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: Waterloo Electors To Vote on Byâ€"Laws 4 7 Ne TD _A a ‘ P :.> * P s o t ies in nE w 0 â€" it on 1 oapl s 4 Suie n o. o pagihe ie s P ce ay t t Oe t uBs & â€" fl 6/ Ne # 7 ’:“K' * + g’*“ n 7 F ts “f‘-': t ..;\ i”“‘% "':% " '::.’ ‘y‘:.' .'f ~4 o « Balmy Beach O RF.U. championa defeate‘ the Hamilton Tigers Kasâ€" tern championa &5 at Toronto on Saturday and are now Dominion Champions. School Board E. D. Lang was elected over D Sutherland in the west ward. D. W. Houaton in the centre ward over E J. Shantz and John Walter and Mel vin Swartz in the east ward Byâ€"Laws Defeated Substantial majorities were given against dayâ€"light saving by 615 maâ€" jority and the market byâ€"law by 406 Mayor Vindicated Mayorâ€"elect Bezeaun, who was twice defeated as mayor aaid he was netnrally gratified over his election which he considered a vindication of the atand taken during the paet three years on fsanes which came before the people. It is also an exâ€" premaion of approval of policlea #®â€" vocated by him. He said his work would be constructive and would enâ€" deavor to work harmonionaly with other membere of the council. Kitchener‘s new mayor for 1931 is C. Mortimer Bezeau, who hes led the poll on Monday over his opponâ€" ent, Alderman Oscar W. Thompson, hy a majority of 1879 the largest ever accorded by a Mayor in any previous election. The total vote was 4,597 to 2718. It was generally conceded that Bezeau would head the poll bu, the big majority given was a real surprise to all. He sucâ€" ceeds W. P. Clement, who held office for two years. The candidates for alderman headâ€" ed the poll in the order named, N. Acmussen 3230, Henry Sturm 3090, Charles Creb 3061. Dr. A. E. Rudell 3003, A. R. Gondie 2979, J, Albert Smith 2877, Allex Schaefer 2843, Geo. Gordon 2602, 3: H: Tait 2560, _ and : A. McGillivray 2578. The _ old membera of the council were all returned with the exception of Ald. Dreger. The new members of the council are, A. R. Goudie of Goudies Limited, Geo. Gordon, optician, and R,. A. McGillivâ€" ray of Kitchener Furniture Co., who tuade a surpriningly strong run. Alderâ€" manic candidates who . failed of election were: O. Vogelsang 2498. C. Seibert 2444. Dreger 2370, Wieon 2323, Ivan Shantz 2168, Joe Meinzingâ€" er, 2105, A. Eby 1918, J. H. Schnarr 1849, Ovens 1747, Marvin Stroh 1515, Petch 1131 Two byâ€"laws will go before the electors of Waterloo for approval at the coming election at New Years. ‘One byâ€"law calls for the abolition of the sewer commission, the work of this body to come under the supervision of the town council, and the other byâ€"law to provide $6,500 for addition to the market building. The above was decided upon at a meeting of the Waterloo town counâ€" cil on Monday night. The byâ€"law providing for raising $12,000 to clean the lake bottom at the park was voted down by the council and will not go before the people as proposed. _ The members of the council with cne or two exceptions approved the resolution submitted by the sewer commission providing for extension of trunk sewer from Seagram‘s stables to the sewer plami, af* a cost of $30,000, part of which will be paid through the grant to be reâ€" ceived from the government unenâ€" ployment relief fund. The Globe Furniture was granted a clear title to a strip of land after E. J. Bauer, a director of the firm, uddressed the council. * Sewer Extension Town Engineer Claude Necker gave reasons why the sewer comâ€" mission should extend a 24â€"inch sewer in order to provide the town with a sewer plant capable of meetâ€" ing the need for some years to come. By starting work soon emâ€" ployment could be given two shifts of men who would work three days each per week. The work could be completed by March 3ist, the time allowed by the government if the town was io secure 50 per cent. of cost of work from the Relief Fund. Ratepayers to Approve or Reject Byâ€"Law to Raise $6,500 for New Market Building Addition and Byâ€"Law to Bring Adâ€" ministration of Sewer Plant Under Control of Council . To Proceed With Sewer Extension at Cost of $30,000. The veteran member of the counâ€" cil, John R. Kaufman, could not see any need for extending sewer plant, contending it was large enough to serve the town for some years. Doing Good Work Ald. MecKersie contended the sewer commission was doing good| and saving the town money and he| could see no good reason why the commission â€" should _ be abolished. Mayor Dictrich explained that for years it was difficult to get ~men to agree to stand as members of| the commission. It was therefore wise to have the work of the sewer commission come under a committee of the council. Mayor Dietrich in concluding said the matter could well be left to the ratepayers to deâ€" cide if the sewer commission is to continue as a body. Four Opposed Those opposed to submit byâ€"law to the people for a new addition to the market building were Mayor} Dietrich, Aldermen Frickey, Ratz) ond Kaufman. Reeve Uffelman, Deputy Reeve Dotzert and Ald. Ratz favored takâ€" ing the engineer‘s word and making the proposed extension. Mayor Dietâ€" rich and Celrk N. A. Zick were authorized to sign agreements in connection with securing grant from the gow@rnment. Defeated Alderman O. W. Thompson by 1.879 Majority. Former Aldermen Returned Except Dreger.â€"New Memâ€" bers are A. R. Goudie. R. A. McGillivray and George W. Gordon.â€"Daylight Saving and Market Building Byâ€"Laws Defeated. C. M. Bezeau Elected Mayor of Kitchener WON CHAMPIONSHIP 44, NO. 49 With goigfl weather it is expected that the Aargest turnâ€"out in gears will be seen at Guelph. The Light Horse Show which will be held during the evenings of Deâ€" cember 8th, 9th, and 10th, promises to eclipse nnythin% which has yet b"_\_n attempted in the Guelph arena. The closing date for entries at the Guelph Fair which was Monday, November 24th, brought forward an exceptionally heavy and well balâ€" anced entry in all lines of live stock, seeds, and poultry. Many of the prize winning animals at fioth the ?loyal and Chicago will be on exhibit at Guelph during the fair dates, December 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th. GUELPH ENTRIES E. J. Bauer, & director of the Globe Furniture Co., addressed the council and asked that the town grant a Clear deed to strip of land deeded the company some time -fio for the nominal sum of $1.00. He assured the council that the comâ€" pany would not sell the strip separâ€" ately but would require a clear title should the plant be disposed of at future time. Ald. Kaufman and Ratz pointed out the company was a large taxpayer and should be granted a clear title to the land. The council finally granted the reâ€" quest. pmace 00â€" _ â€" Mr. Zick pointed out that $12,000 annual pavement debentures and cther public improvement debenâ€" tures expire by 1934. If the counâ€" cil decide to make all the above improvements next year it will be a substantial increase in the tax rate and this he believed inadvisable in v.ew of the business depression and shortage of work for many of the ratepayers. Chairman Frickey of the fire and light committee reported new hyâ€" drants placed in the Sunshine area and installation of eight new lights. Tenders will be secured for a carâ€" load of coal. No Prizes for Christmas Market Ald. Schondelmayer stated that the Christmas market will be held on December 24th. There, however, will be no prizes as was the case last year. The engineer was given authority to purchase 300 feet of snow fence, and the City of Kitchener was given the right to connect a 12â€"inch storm drain to Waterloo‘s drainage sysâ€" tem, at the corner of Herbert and Union. At the finance committee meetâ€" ing, Clerk and Treasurer N. A. Zick submitted figures showing that work in the way of improvements this year totalled $122,500 and urged that the council delay for a couple of years certain proposed exâ€" penditures which could be underâ€" taken in a couple of years after some of the present debentures exâ€" pire. Money spent on improveâ€" ments this year included: new town scales, $1,950.31; boulevards, $776.30; sidewalks, $2,617.92; flood gates, $4,500; water and gas mains, $9,962.30; sewer extension, $5,1094.45; _ grading, $4,030.52; pavements, $61,788.04; trunk sewer, $31,680.16. Proposed expenditures for the rew year are $125,000 for new school building, sewer plant extenâ€" sion, $40,000; cleaning lake bottom, $12,000, and market building addiâ€" tion $6,600. _ â€" The Board of Works report called for the appointment of a committee to interview owners of land needed to extend East Erb street to purâ€" chase land and that the engineer make a preliminary survey of the route. Trustee J. Walter. Trustecâ€"elect M. Swartz. North Ward Trustee A. W. Augustine Trustee J. E. Vogt. Trustee Trustee West Ward Trustee W. Findlay. Trustee E. D. Lang. Public Utilities Commission A. R. Lang. C. Kranz. D. Gross. C. H. Doerr. Mayorâ€"elect Bezeau. s Water Commission J. C. Breithaupt. J. Hainsworth. C. Braun. P. Gies. Mayorâ€"elect Bezeau. Mayor Mayorâ€"elect C. Mortimer Bezeau Aldermen (In order of election} Ald. N. Asmussen. Ald. H. Sturm. Ald. Charles Greb. Ald. Dr. A. E. Rudell. Ald.â€"elect A. R. Goudie Ald. J. A. Smith Ald. A. Schafer Ald.â€"elect G, Gordon Ald. Tait. Ald.â€"glect R. A. McGillivray. Trustee J. E. Bilger. Trustecâ€"elect D. W. Houston ie 9 Nee on Keep Tax Rate Down To Extend Erb St. Given Clear Deed South Ward J. M. Hoelscher H. Graber. School Board Centre Ward East Ward PROMISE BIG SHOW New Aldermanâ€"elect of Kitchener City Council. He is president and general manager of Goudies Limitâ€" ed, large departmental store. 1 Henry is Likely Successor ‘ Because of his seniority in the Queen‘s Park Cabinet. and because of the farm regard which the Premier is known to hold for him, Hon. George S.â€" Henry, present Min‘ster of Highways, will, it is generally conceded, be announced from Government House as Mr. Ferâ€" guson‘s successor. Salary Not Mentioned Mr. Ferguson made it quite plain when asked regarding the rumors of a $75,000 salary going with the London Commiestonership, that he did not arcept the office from any mere monetary point of view. "In fact," he said. "I have never Neard of «uch a suggestion. The financial side of the post has never been disâ€" crased.. I‘m just going on the anâ€" sinmption that a reasonable amount will be provided me with which to carry on the office." Sir George resigned in 1921, when the Conservatives were defeated. and was succeeded by Mr. Larkin. The duties of the post of. High Commissioner are many and varied. He is the representative of the Canadian Government in the Mother Country. Diplomatic pr&@Mems, comâ€" mercial matters, questions involved in immigration, etc., come before him. _ It is assumedâ€"that Mr. Ferguson will be made a member of the Privy Council of Canada. He is the sixth High Commissioner for Canada. The {irst was Sir Alexander Galt, who held office from May 11. 1880 to May. 1884. He was succeeded bf Sir Charles Tupper. Then followed Lord Strathcona, who held office from 1896 until the time of his death in 1914. when Sir George Perley took chatge. Among the. premier‘s large imâ€" mediate audience, drawn from ali parts of the province, were many who attended in the belief that he vrould make some announcement reâ€" garding his successor to the premierâ€" will go to Hon. George S. Henry, ship which, it is generally believed, minister of highways. _ Mr. Ferguson succeeds the late Hon. Poter C. Larkin, who died some months ago. Hon. Vincent Mcesey had been appointed to sucâ€" ceed Mr. Larkin, but never went to London. and tendered his resignation when the Conservative Government took office in August of this year. Such persons left the hotel disâ€" appointed. Mr. Ferguson gave no hint as to who would be Ontaurio‘s next prime minister. After dealing with the province‘s affairs in a genâ€" eral way, he took up a high Imperial theme. He closed with a heartâ€"felt zu revoir to the province. He would return, he declared. "I know that the task before me is difficult. I may not succeed in doing anything, but I have the will to try and so far as my ability, my strength and my effort is concerned, then Ontarip, Canada and the dear old Empire will have the best that In these words, coupled with a stirring declaration of his belief in the maintenance of the British Emâ€" pire as an essential to the maintenâ€" ance of civilization, Premier G. Howard Ferguson at Toronto on Tuesday night pledged himself beâ€" fore. the people of Ontario to his new task, the Canadian high comâ€" missionership at London. More than 1,500 people in the Royal York Hotel and countless thousands _ who â€" sat â€" at _ radios throughout the province heard the Premier address the Ontario Conâ€" servative Association on the tenth anniversary of his accession to the leadership of the party in this province. Splendid view of the handsome new steel highway bridge at Wallenâ€" stein now spanning the Conestogo River. The bridge, one of the finest in the County, was completed last October. Hill grothers of Mitchell erected the steel structure while Bowman & Martin of Floradale were the builders of the substructure.â€"Picture by courtesy of J. F. Martinson. 1500 People Attend Banquet at Which Mr. Ferguson Says Aim Is Empire Unity. Tribute Paid to s Premier Ferguson The oniy appeal which the post WATERLOO. ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1980 NEW BRIDGE AT WALLENSTEIN Cortiactor Alex Schnarr, well known Waterloo contractor, was awarded the contract for the erecâ€" tion of the new public school buildâ€" ing on Moore Avenue. The price quoted was $82,015 with $5,000 extra for_ fireproof construction, und was the lowest of the sixteen tenders received by the school board on Thursday night. The highâ€" est tender was $138,000, while the others were around $85,000. The names of those firms submitting tenders were Alex_ Schnarr and Reitzels Limited of Waterloo; Dunâ€" ker Bros. and Ball Bros. of Kitchâ€" ener, and Poag and Kemp of Hamilâ€" ton. â€" M. H. Philips of the Kitchener government employment bureau reâ€" gorts that there are over 400 men in the list seeking work. Where TENDER FOR $82,015.00 IS ACCEPTED Contractor Schnarr Awarded Contract for New Waterlos School Building. had for him. etated.the Premier, was that he might be of some service "in an Imperial way"â€"of some use in interpreting Canada to the British Empire, and of maintaining a closer contact between the two. sork is available married men work me week in every two and single mnen one week in three. Last week 115 men were given work, Trustces â€" Orley _ Uffelman _ and Iohn Bruegeman were appointed hairman and viceâ€"chairman of the ~uilding _ committee _ with _ Mrs. iweed, chairman of the board, exâ€" thc‘o member. BREACH HEALED The breath which existed between Hon,. Dr. Forbes Godfrcy, former Minister of Henlth, ancâ€"Premier G. Howard Ferguson, was healed when the former attended the Conservaâ€" tive caucus and paid a tribute to the work of his leader whose acceptance of the high commissionership in London now appears ceriain. Premfor Ferguson was visibly affected by the tribute of his old friend and colleague. ie :ucceed Hon. Mr. Ferguson as Premier of Ontario. Recently appointed as Canada‘s Migh Commissioner _ to _ London, England. Mon. Mr. Henry is likely Premier G. Howard Ferguson In an address to the producers at the luncheon held in connection with their annual meeting in the King Edward Hotel, Prof. Reynolds attacked the suggestion that lowerâ€" ed grain prices should reduce the price of milk. Feeding costs had been le«sened, he said, only to the extent of about 10 cents per 100 pounds of milk. On the other hand, the producer was now receiving 30 cents per 100 pounds less for his milk than he did last season. Hon. George S. Henry, Minister of Highways, who is both a farmer a nd a dairy executive, observed that the producers deserved a good nrice but that the distributors had their troubles too. He pleaded for closer coâ€"operation between proâ€" ducers and distributors. A despatch from Tokyo, Japan, stated that 250 people were killed in an earthquake on the Izu peninâ€" sula. After the caucus, the premier anâ€" nounced to the press that he had the full sanction of his followers to take the appoiutment offered him by Preâ€" nijer Bennett. Equal unanimity marked the supâ€" port given privately after the caucus to Mr. Henry for the premiership soon to be rendered vacant. Heretoâ€" fore there has been some suggestion that Mr. Henry might succeed merely as House leader with the perâ€" manent leadership being left open until a party convention was called sometime before the next election. But the idea of a convention seemed without support among the members. The general view was that the cabinet. acting on Mr. Ferguson‘s advice, would name Mr. Henry as premier and full leader. In Miltionaire Class A millionaire will head the Ontario Government if Mr. Henry steps into the premiership. Born into a family of wellâ€"todo farmers, Mr. Henty early combined agriculture and busiâ€" nees with a remarkable degree of cuccess. He still lives on the family homestead near Agincourt, but for yeans he was one of the active exeâ€" cutives of the Farmers‘ Dairy Com:â€" pany. Though he is said to have sold most of his extensive stock holdings in that concern, he remains on the directorate of the Acmeâ€"Farâ€" mers Dairy. the company into which ie Furmers went by merger a few years ago. Mr. Henry gained his first politicâ€" al experience on the York Township council. He was sueccesfully reeve of York Township and warden of the county. He has been a member of the legislature continuously since 1514. In the Conservative debacle of 1919, he and Mr. Ferguson were the only cabinet ministers to retain their seate and he is thus. next to the premier, the senior cabinet minister in point of service. The premier took the leadership at one of the darkest periods of the Conservative party‘s history in Onâ€" tario, In 1920 the Drury Government was in power and public sentiment was running strongly against the two old parties. Only a handful of Ccnservatives sat behind Mr; Ferâ€" guscn on the Opposition benches. Any expectations that a conâ€" ference between milk producers and the Toronto daities might result in a lower wholesale price for milk, cntailing possible benefits to the consumer, were rudely jolted reâ€" cently when Prof. J. B. Reynolds, president of the Toronto Milk Proâ€" ducers‘ Association, declared that a price â€" reduction â€" would | certainly mean loss to the producer. The dairies have asked for a lower price. e â€" â€" While announcing no decisfon, the premier, it is understood, made plain his desire to accept the London ap pointment. He expressed his lofty estimation of the importance of the work he might endeavor to do over scas ard put the matter before his supporters as a great opportunity for him to serve not only Ontario but Canada and the Empire. By his yoice and bearing, the premier eviâ€" denced the nearness of his deparâ€" ture, it is said. ' MILK PRODUCERS CLAIM REDUCTION wWOULD MEAN LOSS Hon. George S. Henry, Minister of Highways, will be the next Prime Minister of Ontario, taking office soon after Premier G. Howard Ferâ€" gvson announces his acceptance of the Canadian high commiesionership at London. Premier Ferguson, addressing bis followers at the caucus, saved any definite _ announcement _ of his course for a later date. In connection with the high price of wheat in 1928 and previous years he pointed out that in many inâ€" stances the system of farming was not on a cest basis. Following the heavy crop in 1928 there came the smaller crop of 1929 as a result of which the western farmer calculated that the price of wheat in the spring would go up. Consequently he startâ€" ed to gamble in margins on the grain market. His calculations were again wrong and the prices went down farâ€" ther. The elements outlined had covaed lccaes to the western farmer oi about $100,000,000. Again alluding to the drop in prices from $1.50 to lesa than 50 cents a bushel for the farmer within iwo years he stressed the fact that the purchesing power of the west today was practically nothing and he aw no relief for 1931. The fact wrea that the production baeis and cost system of the farming in the western provinces had to be changed and this included the adoption of diveraified farming. The western farmer had been depending on one product only, wheat. He ia now learning what the farmera of Kanaas and other atatea learned years ago. that diversified farming had to be adopted In â€" this connection he stated that the Kansas farmer went bankrupt three times before he el believing that Europe should pay that price. In their calculationa they were miataken as the price of wheat went down since then. Mr. Bowman before alluding to the present situation in Western Canada and to the probable eolutions in the future, reviewed the history of their development. in brief this was to the effect that the first 50 years with their prosperity including the development of railways, cities and towns as well as farm lands centred around the production of wheat. Canâ€" ada in the time had become the Lirgest exporter of wheat in the world and nowhere in the world were there termina‘s with the same elevaâ€" tor capacity as these at Port Arthur and Fort William. By the end of 19â€" 28 Western Canada reported the bigâ€" gest wheat crop in its history. In ‘rat year other countries of the world also had a big crop. The year 1928 also marked the end of a 15 year period during which the averâ€" age price of wheat was $1.50 a bushel. The speaker then pointed out that deapite the $1.50 price for wheat the western farmer through the pool deâ€" cided to ‘hold wheat for $2.00 a bushâ€" The remarks of the speaker were shared by Rotarian A. T. Thom, Waâ€" terloo, vice president and manager of the Sunshine Waterloo Co., Ltd., in a vote of thanks to the speaker. He stated that from his own experiâ€" ence he could vouch for the situation of some western farmers as outlined. He said the only solution for the western farmer was the adoption of a modern system of production inâ€" cluding the lowering of costs. Withâ€" out wanting to appear as making a personal _ reference and _ without meaning any particular machine, Mr. Thom said that the use of a combine by the farmer would lower the cost of grain production by 20 to 27 cents a bushel. The question of reconstruc tion in the west was of course an intricate and involved question and he believed one for coâ€"operation beâ€" tween the federal and provincial governments. The necessity of Western farmers adopting a reconstruction program and the probability of a system of diversified farming being adopted were emphasized by C. M. Bowman, chairman of the board of the Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada in an addrecs on "Conditions in Wesâ€" tern Canada" before members of the Kâ€"W Rotary Club at the Walper House, Kitchener monday afternoon. Mr. Bowman who is always looked upon as a epeaker of authority, whose remarks were received with great interest by the members, was not pessimistic over the future of the western _ provinces. In â€" outlining present conditions he pointed out that the Western farmer was just commencing to learn the lessons leitned by the farmers of the middle states including Kansas and other states, years ago. The eventual outâ€" come will be the adoption of mixed farming and modern methods of farming. To accomplish this end would require at least ten years, he atated, and when the objective has been attained the present acute situation would generally be considâ€" ered to have been a blessing. remier Ibennett â€" | Replies to Charge of "Humbug" by Thomas EPIDEMIC OF INFLUENZA REPORTED AMONG CATTLE An epidemic of influenza among cattle has been quite general in various districts in the county this year. A well known veterinary surâ€" geon informed the Chronicle that the sickness for the most part has affected cattle shipped in from outâ€" side points. If d':e farmers watch their cattle closely and report any sickness promptly the veterinary can check the disease and preyent it spreading to the rgrlhr stock kept by the farmer. he disease was prevalent last year as well as this year and farmers report losing several head of cattle. DIVERSIFIED FARMING FOR THE WEST C. M. Bowman Delivers Inâ€" formative Address at Rotary Club Luncheon, Farmers Are Urged to Note Sickâ€" ness and Call Veterinary to Prevent Spread. In concluston the apeaker stated ‘hat there is a future in western Canada and he urged every one to ake an interest in Western Canada, and help to put it over the hill. learned that lesson. To reach that vbjective the speaker said would re quire probably ten yeara tion of the brakes caused the acciâ€" dent, the pavement being slippery. The two injured people were taken in an ambulance to Guelph, where the woman‘s condition is considered very critical. Mrs. (Rev.) Ottewell of Otterâ€" ville is believed to have had her back broken in an automobile acciâ€" dent near New Hamburg on Thursâ€" day _ on _ the Kitchenerâ€"Stratford highway. Fred A. Hiller, also of Otterville, was badly shaken up and cut when the heavy car he was driving skidded on the highway and turne(f over in the ditch. The car was rounding a curve half a mile Mrs. Ottewell Badiy Jnjured Near New Hamburg. was rnundinr a curve hall a mile from the village when the applicaâ€" Afterwards the minister explainâ€" ed that in the heat of debate the word "humbug" had slipped out with a wrong meaning. _ _ _ "My intention was to refer to the roposal and the government‘s attiâ€" ‘ude toward it as pictured by the opposition. _ That was hnm{ Rid Tgais was Mr. Thomas‘ explnnl':flm after the session. BELIEVE WOMAN‘S SPINE BROKEN AS AUTO UPSETS In the House of Commons last Thursday, Mr. Thomas was replying to the attack of the Conservatives on the British Government‘s stand at the Imperial Conference. A Conâ€" :ervative asked: ‘"Why was not the "He has condemned it despite the resolutions which were passed, deâ€" spite the statement of policy of his government, despite the fact that auring the whole period of the conâ€" ference neither the principle of tariff preferences nor my plans to make tgem operative were discussed. And Jhe has condemned it without offering a single positive proposal which might be reviewed as an alâ€" lernative to mine. Regrets Statement "I have said it is with genuine regret that I refer to this statement of the secretary of state for the Dominions. But in justice to my own country and in justice to the great cause of closer economic unity, there is no other course open. For if this statement indicates what is to be the attitude of the United Kingdom at the conference to be beld in Ottawa within the next 12 months, then I have little hope that any agreement which.Cnnadp: may reach with the other overseas Doâ€" minions will include the United Kingdom. â€" â€" ooo "Holding these views, it is but right that I should express them. Time is running against us. Canada in her own interest and in the inâ€" terests of the Commonwealth, is honestly working for closer econoâ€" mic association, But if her proposal is to be thus contemptuously reâ€" jected, Canadians can only accept the rejection and act accordingry hy embracing other means at hand of further strengthening her ecoâ€" nomic position in the world. Bennett proposal accepted?" ‘"For the simple reason that there was never such humbug as this proâ€" posal," Mr. Thomas retorted. _ _ ‘‘Now the secretary of state for the Dominions has condemned beâ€" yond the possibility of further disâ€" cussion and in language which is deeply resented by the government ~f Canada, the proposal which I made in the earnest desire to meet cur individual and our common vreeds. He must be taken to have condemned alike the principle apâ€" proved by all the dominions and the specific illustration of it which was advanced to remove our debate from purposeless and unprofitable generalities out of which there can never come a concrete and stable egreement. _ o â€" "The principle of preferential tariffs was neither approved nor categorically disapproved by deleâ€" gates of the United Kingdom in the imperial Conference, nor was there offered by them any definite alterâ€" native to the general scheme enâ€" dorsed by the Dominion." _ _ After a detailed explanation of the Canadian attitude at the conâ€" ference, Premier Bennett declared: Premier Bennett in vigorous lanâ€" guage declared that the secretary‘s statement in parliament "was a conâ€" cemnation in terms, unusual as they are injurious, of a proposal made by myself on behalf of the governâ€" ment of Canada, and which we sinâ€" cerely believe contains the best soâ€" lution of the urgent problem of closer Empire economic associaâ€" tion." "The principle of preferential tariffs," he also said, "has been apâ€" proved by all the overseas Dominâ€" ions and among them there was a common eagerness to canvass their deta_'i‘lled npplic.as.ion. _ _ 20 Premier R. B. Bennett of Canada, now in England, issued a statement this week viioroluly condemning Rt. Hon. J. Thomas, Secretary for the Dominion, and Minister in the McDonald Labor Government, for calling the Canadian trade proâ€" posals "humbug". Mr. Bennett said the language, is deeply resented by the government of gnnadn, and the failure of the British government to denounce it must be regarded as endorsation. Premier Bennett has now conâ€" cluded arrangements to return to Canada on board the steamer Duchâ€" css of Atholl, sailing on Thursday for Saint John, N.B. Declares Canada Resents Reâ€" r Proposals of Doâ€" L uP 2