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4#3 . ; . Omnadae $2.00 Per Year. It is considerably within the reaim of possibility that the Reds who control the International branch of the IUMMSW in North are devoting their activities today to a ~scheme of hamâ€"stringing gold production. Mine employees and the general public should bear in mind that these persons have their first allegiance to Russia and not Canada. Com. imuntsts continually maintain that they <are ‘attempting to better the lot of the working class when they account for their interest in trade unions. HOWEever in the hlack merard af Feasar:. .. «ifrom last year‘s norm. It is to be hoped that local mines will. announcée wage inâ€" creases in the near future. The government appears to have offered a reasonable plan to assist the mines and if this‘ is the case, a fair share of this ass istance should be passed on to the ‘men who work underground. . They need the money.s °: _ However, there is something about this Slate business for which the Advance does not care. It would have been preferâ€" able if each of the new members of council had been elected independently. The existence of a Slate smacks of domina. tion of municipal affairs by a special group representing a :special section of the public. It establishes a precedent which opens the door wide next year for organization by political groups to further the mterests of spec1a1 candldates sponsored by these parties. ' It would appear that the new plan announced by Ottawa for assisting the gold industry partially clears the way for. a wage increase for miners of thePorcupine even if no mcrease in gold production is made. s in T isiC «xd At least a portion of this sum is said to have been â€"conâ€" tributed by "publicâ€"spirited" citizens.‘ ‘Just who these public lic spirhted citizens are was not revealed when candidates of the Slate were questioned at a public ‘meeting in Harmony Hall last week. The new government plan appea®ts complicated at first, but it is relatively simple. Using the year ending last June as a base period, ‘the government in,tends to subsidize all gold injexcess of two thirds of the product;on made in thxs perlod Thus if a mine produced 9,999 ounces of gold last year and it produces a like amount in the year commencing Decemberâ€"4; 1947 it will be subsidized for 3,333 ounces. ’I‘he amount of subsidy it Teceives will be one ‘haff"bf the To c t h 19(4 ces ~efrondl s o C J 0 hn 5200000000 00 u0s i n n tWnt N w2 «n Pnd uoi 2 WB . n 2 05 + on ic es tai-x;ing";)f a campaign hea.dquarters on Cedar street and the: operation of a fleet of cars to take electors to the poIls .,o elect the Slate for 1948, would be $3,000. $3,000 rperesents a lot of public spirit. En fact it repâ€" resents so much that the ordinary independent candidate opâ€" erating on a limited campaign budget might well be "spirituâ€" ally‘" overwhelmed before he starts. The Advance hopes that the 1947 election will mark the first and last tigne that a "Slate" makes its appearance in municipal politics here. It is not a healthy phenomenon. base cost of $18 per ounceeâ€"sef.by the goxy: cost‘penzéunce of production is $34, ng Â¥ as an example would receive;6 G*or dbllars for edch of the 3,333 Thus the ’dnq .ease m ‘net revenue would. be $26 664 Without any mcrease whatever in production i All the members of the Slate for 1948 are respected and popular members of the community. It is very likely that they will conduct the town‘s affairs in a businessâ€"like and efâ€" ficient manner. A conservative estimate as to the amount spent on pubâ€" licity, radio and newspaper advertising, printing, the mainâ€" ~~ _ Then, ‘if..production could \be‘.stepped up, net revenue would be relatively higher; /‘ > Another advantage of this plan is the fact that it does not encourage a mine to extract its highgrade. Since the boâ€" nus is graded according to production costs, a mine is encourâ€" aged to confi;i_npe exploiting its low grade ore. PC B CC .A cact...cdith tA U %S V _ AZ t o ue a t eCP â€" In regard to wages, what an increase now means is that ‘the government is going to pay part of the increase.. If a pay increase in the Porcupine resulted in an increase in cost of $2 per ton, the government would be paying half, BUT ONLY ON THE ONE THIRD OF ~PROQDUCTION WHICH_THE SUBâ€" SIDY COVERS. THUS THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ACTCâ€" ALLY BE SUBSIDIZING ONLY ONEâ€"SIXTH OF THE PAY INCREASE, provided production did not advance or retreat NMM “fi e o ol t 1t e w s To many observers, the result of the .election was someâ€" thing of an upset. It was not anticipated that publ‘c sentiâ€" ment was so actively opposed to the members of the 1947 counci! who were defeated, although the single and muthâ€" repeated plank of the Slate was a generalization which said "Bjeéct the old council. It is no good", a plank remarkably in accordance‘ with the‘ editorial slant of the Timmins Press. hb it . + +2 2 $s 2: T tAlst â€" f + xi The people of Timmins had the‘r say on election day last. Friday and in a landslide glected the soâ€"called Slate for 1948, with the exception of one member of the Slate, who also polâ€" led an impressive number of ballots to obtain_eighth position;, With recent reliable reports of the current "race for gold" taking place between the democracies and Russia, a new light is thrown on the activities of the:Communist union organizers in the gold industry in North Ontario. __ ‘ne amount Of subsidy it receives will be one halfâ€"of the diflerence of the mine‘s cost of production per ounce and a ntario; Wednesday Deécember, 24th, 1947 mbmy‘hnlhybyneflonw Lake An Aid To Wages Miner, Beware! half ,aqf P ices." Thus thein@ 'lease in‘ ‘net United States: $3.00 Per Year After the absolutely terrible effort made by Wilbur to forecast the results of the T:mmins election, we have avidly been waiting for the little exâ€"scribe to appear at the office to see how he will attempt to "crawl out from under‘"‘. He misâ€" the boat badly and if you recall, he phophesied that the . â€"â€" following gents would be elected to countiiâ€"â€"Bartleman, Chatâ€" eauvert, Fay, Bonhomme, Quinn hnd Del Villano. His batâ€" will mark ppearance enomenon. by Ottawa ‘wa:y for ) at .o o increase:~= d at first, * last June *: ze all gold hxs penod ear and it ecemberâ€" J;« ‘ase m net; rhatever in t revenue ; § at it does "Of that we know nothing." The scribe rose. *"Well, are you comlng on that trip? It is Christmas Eve, you know." We put on our hat and coat and. walked outside to Wilbur‘s canaryâ€"colored big chariot which he had purchased . from the proceeds of his and McTavern‘s goldmine, We got into the bowels Oof the great vehicle and drove along Cedar street tillâ€" we located the Great Northern Pike. ~The Great Northern is‘ a salesinman friend of Wilbur. '.'.He is called "‘Great" due to his ample girth and “Northern” ‘"‘ pecause this happens to be Northern Ontario. i Wilbur and the Great Northern ‘stopped off at. a resiâ€" " dence on Pine street and emerged, presen,tly with two armâ€" Ffulls of parcels which they stuffed into. the. back of the car. "~ ‘The big chariot swung down toward the, river and drew up beâ€" fore McAffert] s Boarding House. . Tree Year Wwas out in the front ~yeard, lustily yanking at the tail of a small puppy. â€" Inside we . opening <Christmas: ‘cards ‘and the @yeram" nce and a Highgrader ruffling the pages of his bamrk book. It was. a homey Xmas scene. We sat down and conversed for a while. it the Great orthern and Wilbur marched out and A ’5!',5-,e way to The House Next Door. An old lady answered ind 4n we walked, to find four children, all under twelve playâ€" t ng house. . ~"Their mother is deade mother Wilbur, . > ;/ f "Their old man works undergi!b‘und? 73 §a1d the Great Northern, "It is tough going trying to raise four kids without a mother today." The old lady is thelr, grand- â€"q*'. #+ 6 * ts â€"â€" When. he flmny did appear this morning to deliver his wegl;ly for the edfi'icauon of readers ot t.he Adâ€" ... vanece,.strangelyâ€" gnotiglf ‘sfi.‘i L8, _: n. â€" ; e- '.iâ€"_, *Â¥3 : mal ranure For‘a guy who always . ‘ pormal. He. seated himself . S@ld:, _ e _ _ "Old pal, how would youw‘fike .. i ,’ " *"}. " g‘_!"g_ :- C â€" 7- o ' 3 % ) me tOday? | a* b.,fl.“a!f"ir!‘) i uw ..-i;‘ mlgh.t, say it étinks. ; se C ts as 1 nnnl’.- ‘‘Is it ‘mportant? (Does it matter?" he‘replied. "Will the town hall collapse in debris because I erred? Frankly, there; were forces at work with which I did not reekon. I was almost as surprised as the thre eguys I didn‘t mention who were elected Anyway, these three guys weren‘t elected at all. point is that the three losing gents in my selection were defeated. There is a subtle difference, my fran." ting average was .500, which is considered extremely poor in the reaim of. elect'on forecasting. In fact some:â€"persons "By the way," said the exâ€"scribe, a look of cunning fleeting across his bony face. "Do you think there is anything to the charge? I am confidently informed that four of the guys who ran on the slate for. 1948 never spent a red cent of their own.‘" j 1 ; 2. n "Don‘t talk to me about misjudgement! Didn‘t you tie up J. V. Bonhmome and J. P. Bartleman in the same heading of the story you had in the proceedings at Harmony: Hall last week? Didn‘t you link the two of them together in charâ€" ging that a gang of housebuilders or something was footing the bill for "The Harmony Boys? Mister, you ruined Bonâ€" homme‘s chances right there. The public thought that ne and J. P. had formeéd a coalition or something and as they apâ€" pear to classify J.‘P. as some sort of rattlesnake this year, Bonhomme was scuttled along with him You ruined ‘one of my candidates right there 2s ‘ # n o O Psn e io .. Mge ns L @0000 ‘-A“-d ” old L _ s c ons idE 0 N cce 4 N hnfi o 26 ) «6 5 l “The Advance merély reéeported the facts," we‘ ‘replied coldly *‘Both made the same charge and it appeared that way in the story." m ns nsl i) 4 tk81 For‘a guy who a.lways Bred to 'pormh.l He, seated himself Withgh dfo hx h\ and ‘{f aid s i' 1 *4 ;-; : ‘,.,. Â¥. é ‘ ;i'; * § 4; "Old al, how would ou ‘like‘ to; gd. 0 me today‘ig’- S# * "‘“‘z‘%?fifi‘qn: :u' T 9 m _ really defeated? / "Don‘t. change the subjeémqetwfi 1. e{e a z’}m %e djcffpctggr 8 i?mi , for the horrible mess you made bf the election forecast? Bro- poverty of the people: never had he ther, you were eight miles up the creek on that one." ; known that people Jived in such "That, Wilbur, is a very feeble alib. You misjudged the entire matter and you know it." ; > _'â€"I"tâ€"xe-yr pu't down the fiarcels and we beat it. Please accept my sincere thanks for ‘the honor which was accorded me at the Muniâ€" cipal Elections last Friday, December 19th. I shall do my utmost to merlt your whole- ies * support‘ Here‘s wishing all czt:izens a Merry Christâ€" mas and a Happy 1948 1? f.f?i! %qq‘, . ' ‘ ql H J\reany .‘ V ;3« 1 ‘1 *Â¥ J %q:qetom 1 get a ‘charlt, Fhat Wweird exfifamq%%fi e by Wilbur to we have avidly . at the office to der‘‘. He misâ€" a L0 m C +4 This is what one man did when the world was a black wall; when he had been defeated, was frustrated. His name is Rdgar J. Helms. _ He wanted to be a foreign missionâ€" ary and he went to school and studied with that in view. It was the great ambition of his life. But when he had completed his education for the work, it was time for: mm to leave, the nh n a t > rera a" bl‘ 606 SA _ W ie on in poverty of the people; never had he known that people lived in such squalor. So he set out with a sack to beg for old clothes and shoes from the rich of the Back Bay section of Boston. These he gave to the poor. But he discovered that some of the clothes needed mending and â€"some cf the shoes required repairs. An idea came to him that has changed the lives of thousands of people. He arâ€" ranged for destitute women to come in and mend the clothes; he found scme destitute men who had once been cobblers and. he got them to come in and repair the shoes. ;The women were paid in clothes and the men in shoes. The idea worked out. ;But he a further, idea he thought these these repaired and reâ€" conditioned articles could be put on sale and the. money. used to pay cash to the people: who were . doing the repair work. This was tried and this, Loyalty Under Persecution. Lesson: Revelation 2:8â€"11; 7:9â€"17. Memory Selection: Revelation 2:10. Some parts of Revelation seem anyâ€" thing but revealing. But there is much that is not difficult, and we may cerâ€" tainly know that the purbose of the book is to encourage Christians under persecution by showing that the right will ultimately prevail. The book was written in the time of persecutionâ€" by John on the isle of atmos, to which he had been banished. "‘*/ letters _John wxqte to the Seveni Chiurches of Asia â€" the two being Smyrna and Laoricca. , Smyrna was.z ‘a beautiful but wicked city on the Mediterranean. Yet in a clty largely given over to vice . and â€" debauchery was a church that Was Warmly comâ€" mended by the apostle He urged the members of the congregation to continue steadfast in their loyaltyâ€" under imprisonment and tr ibulation and even unto death For geath wotld briné them a. crown. of 1if The church at Laodiaca was the very opposite of the church at Smyrna. The Laodiccan church was rich and its members seemed little concerned about the wickedness around them. While rebuking them in love, John urged them to seek after the true riches. How often do we find these two ‘types of churches in our modem world! S en it s ks 22 1 Ni s d ies ce . BR Ee se PeC c h n In the lesson text are two of ‘the 4 REV. ROBERTH: HARPER 1 L an. appqigmen* 1 it =â€" Truck > SDerttion FRED QUESNEL We,ll there are now branches in 90 cities in‘ the United States, and in 18 IOreign lands. You can really find out whether there is one | in your city. Most of them will send a car for arâ€" ticles if you telephone them. Edgar J. Helms died two days before Wlshmg You All The Joys ‘of Christmas and every happiness for the New Year ----- r*'- â€" CITIZENS OF TIMMINS «542 The Municipal Elections are over for another year, an'\d it‘s most opâ€" portune for me to THANK all my su;apm ters, wholeheartedly, for the ,.‘ response which was accorded in my *Bbehalf, at the POLLS on Friday. Thank Youw* The year 1948 will see many chanâ€" ges, and many problems will conâ€" front the new council. You can resh assured that I shall do my utmost to fulfill the trust that has been reposed in my election. he honor Whlch was accorded me at the | Elections last‘;j'rlday, Dec. 19th Please y sincere than S. I shall do my utmpst our support. _â€" * ty 3 '; Thanks . . . There is one bird in‘t which evidently forgot to is here. This unwary birdWis a robin which has been loitering\ about the Hhll district d the past few days. on Sunday several residents on Toke street were astounded to see the bird attempting to forage in â€" the deep snow. One resident photographed the phenomernion. i. o : defegted in his purpose, for his attitude and~uitimate accomâ€" plishment cannct but encourage work in a new. and different {lbld when the original idea has been fmstmted If you are such a one, turn to anâ€" other line. You may succeed in a bigâ€" ger way than you have ever dreamed possible. Christmas, ‘four years ago, but he 15 o.n lnspirmg mmplez for anybne who Urbain Aubry COUNCILLOR ELECT y