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Recently a couple of Timmins men had an argument in regard to the safeâ€" ty of dynamite and similar explosives, the talk arising from an accvident in ancther camp. Ths one man held that if care were taken the handling of powder could be as cafe as anything else. He argued that observing all the rules and regulations in the matter would make the handling of dynamite about as safe as handling nail kegs. "Look at the immense amount of dynaâ€" mite that has been brought into the Porcupine in the past twenty years," he said, "and after all how many acciâ€" : dents hHave there been?" He quoted : the case of two cars of pewder thrown : off the track near Connaught some| time ago when a freight train left the: tracks. "A lot of people were afraid at that time," he suggested, "but there ; was comparatively little danger because the factory knows how to pack the stuff and carefully fcllows directions." The two cars of dynamite were duly deâ€" livered. Some of the cases were actuâ€" ally broken open in the wreck, but no explosion took place because of the care and knowledge of the requirements that had been observed in the handlâ€" ing. This man made out a remarkable case for the safety of explosives if properly handled. His way of expressâ€" ing it was to say that handling powder was a lot safer than handling autoâ€"| mobiles. He had the figures to supâ€" port his suggestions. Of course, all he Dynamite Safe When Properly Handled : MHouses and Lots for Sale on Terms â€"And it‘s a beauty! Just look at its handsome finishâ€" UNDREDS of customers have told us "We like the EASY Vacuum Cup Wuhet. We like the thorough, safe way it washes. Can‘t you give us a model at about $100.007" Here‘s the answer. EASY, world‘s exclusive manufacturâ€" â€"ers of Vacuum Cup Washing Machines, has met your chalâ€" ; Jlenge andâ€" ours! 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He pitched forward and fell, his nsse being fairly buried in the box of powâ€" \der when both landed on the ground. , His whole life passed in review bafore him. He was just getting to the point 'of saying a little prayer, when it was all over. He rose rather shakily to his féet, As th> character in the play, ‘"Moonlight and Pretzels," said, everyâ€" thing was "hunkyâ€"dory."" The settier had a few scratches on his face whers it had encountered the rough edges of the box. He told his wife that he had bumped against a tree. Privately, ha said that any man could get all the excitement he wanted out of being a settler. At the same time he was conâ€" firmed in his opinicn that the more ccare you take in handlifig dynamite the better risk you are from an insurance standpoint. If all the rules and reguâ€" lations are observed, however, this setâ€" said was strictly contingont upon care being used and upon those dsaling with the powder knowing exactly what they were about.. 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Although gold mining has been the All. tcoo frequently this unreasoning fear of dynamite has hindered and even blocked progress, for people used to refuse to Avail themselves of its power to ~save time and labour. Even the railway companies were not unaffected by this misapprehension. One of the largest companies in America for many years refused to accept dynamite for shipment, and it was only after a long series of arguments.and dsmonstrations that the railway agreed at last to accept it for carriage. This mighty servant of man, notâ€" withstanding its great powers, is quite stab!ls â€"and controllable under a large and very definite set of conditions, and it may be carried, stored and used with perfect safety under those conditions. To avcid accidents it is, of course, essential that it should be handled in the proper way, just as people must exercise care in handling gasoline and oth>r inflammables. (By .D. W. Kelly) At the more montion of dynamite a fecling cof dread springs into the minds of ~many people. The name suggests to them a powerful substance so capriâ€" cious in action that it will explode on the slightest provocation, fliinging death and destruction around. Yet few forces developed by man can be so carefully controlled and directed as the energy latent: in dynamite. the Canadian Industr!es Limited, the Canadian Explosives Limited being one of the companies included in the Canâ€" adian Industries Limited. . This artitcle. gives much interesting and valugable inâ€" formation. Here is the article:â€" Properly Hardled, Dynamite is Three nickel plated copper Vacuum Cups, adjustable for large or small loads. . Tub Porcelain enamelled inside and out. Extra large pliant wringer rolls. Cadmium plated wringer, tatnâ€" ish proof and rust proof. Beautiful exterior finish. Sturdy, EASY construction. Fully guaranteed. LOOK AT THESE FEATURES Timmins See the new BEAS\ â€" Spinâ€"Dry Washer that washes and dries ready for the line, without wear, tesv or damage to even the most delivate fabrics. The Last Word in Home Leundry Equipment Undar the stimulus of higher prices and growing industrial activity, the metallic mineral industry in 1933 is exâ€" pected to showâ€"for most itemsâ€"quanâ€" titiss and values of production greater than in 1932. But because Oof her reâ€" latively small domestic consumption oi base metals, the extent of the producâ€" tion will necessarily be determined by the would‘s requirements and the Dominion‘s a‘bility to compete in availâ€" able foreign markets. World consumpâ€" any month since May, 1930, while the exports of lead during the first six months of 1933 were 60 per cent. greatâ€" or in volume than they were in the first half of 1932. Again, the, average menthly quantities of lead and zinc exported so far this year greatly exâ€" ceed the corresponding averages for the year 1929. during the depression in that it proâ€" duces a commodity which presents no marketing difficulties, we must not overliook the phrt. played by other phases of mining. A great deal of satisfactiscn can be derived from the fact that, despite the record low prices prevailiny for base metals during 1932, Canadaâ€"thanks to the development during the past decade of large metaiâ€" liferous mines and smelting and refinâ€" ing plantsâ€" retained her place in world markets. ‘This speaks well for ‘her aloility to produce at low costsâ€"a matâ€" ter of vital importance at a time when supply far exceeds demand. The inâ€" creases in the price of base metals this year togethsr with the increased qualiâ€" tics marketed cutside Canada are furâ€" ther grounds for optimism. The exâ€" ports of nickel, which constitute a very important item in Canada‘s internaâ€" tional mineral trade, were more than $2,500,000 greater in June than in the corresponding pericd of lost year, and exceeded in quantity the exports for Phone 701 P.O. Box 1239 Bank of Commerce Bldg., C. E. HALL | Fast and EMcient Service â€"Call or ’l‘eleplnne Total profits were $4,005,153, equivaâ€" lent to on the combined canital rest and undivided profits. They ovre down from $4,663,100 a year ago, a deâ€" lower, due to the smaller volume of business offering and the lower rates of interest on securities. On the other hand, distributior to â€"shareholders is well below that of previous years, due to reduction in dividend rates. After takimg ‘care of ~all, aistributions, the totai at the credit of profit and loss amounted to $1,585,451. As was to be expected, the largest proportion of ligyid assets are:in govâ€" ernment and other bonds and> debenâ€"| tures, the total of ?em being $316,â€"| 967,375.. The greater‘portion of these secin‘ties mature at early dates. These holdingsareuptrommvzsmnm f end of she previous year. ' ‘The cail lommthesame wayahaw ed tende::cy to increase, call loans in | cline of appmximately ;aso,om. Qut @;fi P ame Profit and Loss Account Profits for the year are substantally Canada being up to $7,607,169, from $5,157,690, while those outside of Canâ€" ada were $36,354,280, as compared with $20,071,135 a year ago. | Current Loans Contract As opposed to this situation, the cusâ€" tomers of the Bank have not required as much accommodation as under more normal trade conditions. As a result current loans are down to $251,885,262, from $302,931,269 last year. the holdings of highâ€"grade securities and a corresponding decrease in curâ€" rent loans, due to the lessaned requireâ€" ments of the Bank‘s customers under prevailing trade conditions. As a reâ€" sult of this change, liquid assets are up to $492,526,984, equivalent to 71.15!/,'1 of liabilities to the public, as against $439,768,506 a year ago, equal to 63.46¢. Included in liquid assets are cash holdâ€" ings of $78,683,217, or 11.36 per cent of public liabilities. An interesting feature of the stateâ€" ment is the maintenance of total deâ€" posits at the high level of $641,346,710. These compare with $648,832,663 a year The summary of the report, which is issued in an understandable form and appears in this issue, shows the Bank has total assets of $768,535,808, to meet payment of total liabilities to the public of $692,218,818, leaving an excess of assets amounting to $76,317,090. While total assets are practlcally un â€" changed from a year ago, there has been an increase of over $50,000,000 in Readily maintaining its â€" usual strong position, the Bank of Montreal is forwarding to shareholders the anâ€" nual statement for the fiscal year to October 3i1st. Bank has Total Asscets of $768,535,908 to Mecet Liabilities to Public of $692,218,818, Leaving Excess of Assets of $76,317,090. _ In as far as available markets are concerred, we have recently seen the effect of adverse tariffs, international ’exchange and trade treaties on the destination cof cur exports of many _metallic minerals. Gold bullion, which Canada had long bee>n accustomed to ship to the United States, is now largeâ€" ly sent to Great Britain, $13,000,000 worth going to the.latter country durâ€" ing May and June and less than $120,â€" 000 across the border. Again, the diversion of a very conisiderable part of Canada‘s export trade in metals from the United States to the United Kingâ€" dom is the combined result of trade agreements consummated at the Imâ€" perial Economic Conference and the alâ€" most prohibitive tariffs impozsed by the United States. But in spilte of the present pericd of transition in export markets with trade treaties much to the fore in many countries, Canada has maintained her prominent position in the world‘s metal trade and has probâ€" ably suffered less than most metalâ€" preducing countries, for, while some markets have ‘been lost, perhaps irreâ€" trievably, notable progress has been made in the acquisition of new subâ€" stantial markets elsewhere. Bank of Montreal in Usual Strong Place of mining properties cutside this Dominion, particularly in the British Empire, may have upon our cwn export trade. When the copp>r properties in Rhodesia are fully develtped, Canada cannot_expect to hold the prominent positicn she now enjoys among the proâ€" ducers of the Empire in tha copper market of the United Kingdom. There is no need for pessimism, however, for Carada, like Rhodesia, has mines which are among the lowsstâ€"cost producers of copper in the world. One cannot foretell how long that may be the case. New discoveries may enable our comâ€" petitors to enjoy a pericd: of diminishâ€" ing costs whils our mining costs migzht tend to increase. That is the danger which ever confronts mining. "The Press overlooked last week an intended reference to the recently anâ€" ndunced reduction in commercial rates by ths Northern Quebec Power Co. In our attitude towards public service cerporations most of us are disposed to be criticalâ€"frequently unduly soâ€"and when â€"Cccasion arises, as sometimes happens, when credit or praise might be given, we are prone, perhaps because of a more or less prejudiced mental atâ€" titude, particularly if the company inâ€" volved happens to be in a position of monscpoly, to withhold either praise or credit. This has no brief for the Northern Quebec Power Co., which we understand is doing very nicely financially and which in this busy northarn country Has apparently prosâ€" pered despite the depress'lon in forâ€" tunate contrast with many companies in the south whose ravenues have been considerably deplated by conditions reâ€" sulting from the economic collapse. Rates have been high in the north, it is true, but could hardly be expected to be otherwise in a new country. The Northern Power interests were pionesars in the north.‘ They took a risk, and to, a considerable extent gambled on the future of the country. That they have prospered is due first to the fact that the country has made good and has fully justified the original heavy investâ€" metn, and secondly to good manageâ€" ment and sound business administraâ€" tion. ‘The company has made three voluntary reductions to its customers in recent years, and the one just anâ€" nounced in the schedule of commercial rates means an average saving to power users, we undéerstand, of about 30 per cent., which is something really. subâ€" stantial. The company no doubt has a large surplus of power, and this reducâ€" tion _ will probably create a market for some of this surplus, which seems like good business, while the hope is exâ€" pressed by the company that if this sult is achieved, reductions in other rates may follow. Toâ€"uws it would apâ€" pear that in this matter the company is "playing fair," and deserves comâ€" mendation and public appreciation. We trust that with the continued growth and development of the north the company‘s business may continue to expand until, in pursuance of the Power Co. Playing Fair sSome weeks ago when the Northern Ciitario Power Co. and the Northern Quebe: Powsr Co. each announced vcluntary reductions in rates for elecâ€" tric lighting, The Advance took occasâ€" ion to say a good word for the comâ€" pany. It may be taken for granted that if voluntary reducticns in rates are to be exvoscted they must mest pepular approval. If no credit is given when reductions are made there will be little reason apparent why companies should make reductions. There is probably too much thoughtless and illâ€" considered abuse of larg> corporations. Even if the right to abuse the comâ€" paniles for allegzed high rates is admitâ€" ted, it must also be admitted at the same time that soms praise is dus when the ccompany in question voluntarily reduces the rates. In this connection it is pleasing to not2 that the majority of newspapers in the North have had a good word for the power company in this connection. One of the best of these good words was from The Rouynâ€" Noranda Press last week. Th2 Rouynâ€" Noranda Press says:â€" and Deserves Approval Algoma Coke, Welsh Anâ€" thracite, Pennsylvania Blue Briquettes, Alberta, Pocaâ€" hontas, Buckwheat, N u t Slack and Steam Coal Any Grade FRANK â€"BYCK KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING With Our Variety of COAL AND WOOD Â¥ard and Office Any Price. At Rcuyn racently Valeontino Legate and Geo. Saben, of Noranda, pleaded guilty to a charge of begging on the street when they came before Nelson Pinder, J.FP., in Rouyn policc court. They were each fined $40.00 and costs, a total of $58.00 or two months in jail. Both men paid their fines at once. They were arrested following comâ€" plaints from residents of Rouyn apâ€" proached for funds. A â€"number of mimeographed nosters from the Workâ€" ers‘ Unity League were found on their persons after their arrest. These posâ€" ters asked for financial aid for the striking bushmen at Kapuskasing and their families and to "help win the strike." In addition to the sentences imposed by the court, the cases are to be revorted to Ottawa. The strike at Kapuskasing was settled some weeks previous to the appeal by these two men. At present representatives of the Workers‘ Unity League are reported as attempting to collect funds /‘to help the strikers in the Abitibi camps In this connection it may be noted that there should be some public.accounting given of the money collected for the Stratford strike, the Kapuskasing strike and other strikes where the Workers‘ Unity League collected money from distant parts of the provinct.*~*It would be interesting, to say the least, to learn the amount of money collected by the Workers‘ Unity League in these alleged causes and the dlsposmon made of this money. present policy of passing on to its customers a share of the benefits of inâ€" creased business, the rates may be brought nearer to the levels prevailing in the south. Cheap electricity would be a big factor in promcting northern development." NORANDA MEN FINED $40 FOR BEGGING ON STREET Sullivan Newton 21â€" Pine St. N., Timmins Phone 104 Security The next call may be of YOUR OWN PROPERTV Are You Protected ? 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