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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1932. ___._------~-----#_%_____ The Premier Vacuum Cleaner Co. Limited - - 18 Breadalbane St., Toronto {7=?C-3; All you need to pay to have me start a Iifeiime oF faithful service for you is 50c. cash and a few exceedingly small monthly payments. Send For me now." - - ' /\ by Small . . . compact . . . powerful, the Premier Spic-Span cleans and puries car and furniture upholstery, pillows, mattresses, ledges-in fact, practically everything, everywhere in the house. It replaces stale odors with sweet, fresh air. And it absolutely prevents moth damage because it is guaranteed to KILL every stage of moth life. The Spic-Span, which plugs into any electric light socket, will do for you all g those tiresome tasks that even the best of clumsy attachments cannot do. And this offer is your opportunity to get one. Send your order in now. 247 PREMIER ELQECTRC The appointment of W. R. Pat- tr>r.=nn to be General Auditor, Cmmdian Pacific Railway, has been announced, effective Feb- ruary 1, over the signature of E. E. Lloyd, Comptroller, in succes- sion to G. C. Gahan. who died re- cently. Mr. Patterson. who was born in Toronto in 1890, is one or the younzest ra,i1wa.y executives on the continent. Plans for a national champion- ship for grouse and Woodcock dogs are under way and New B!'un5`.wick is considered as the bust po:=.=:ib1e locality for staging the event. Field enthusiasts in the United States recently held 8- mecting to discuss the champion- ship and were greatly inuenced by the advice of Ozark Ripley. well known sport writer, who strongly advocated the claims of New Brunswick. Indication of the contribution made and being made to civiliza- tion by the engineering profession was demonstrated at the 46th annual convention of the Engi- neering Institute of Canada held at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, recently. A very wide variety of topics formed the basis of speeches and discussions at the convention at which the most out- sfnnding men in the profession were present. A little brown jug left Grand Pre,N.S., recently on :1 1ongjour- ney south to the Land of Dixie. Unlike the brown jug of the old song. it did not contain ale, 9,11 zmything likely to excite the U. 9 ("11sxfnmsI nf'Hnv'n1v: Tnc(> -.'m.m.. u.._vuuu5 unuly LU BXCILC I-LLB U". S. Customs officials. Just `water frum the historic well of Evange- lme at Grand Pre Memor1a1Pa.rk. site of the birthplace of Long- te1low's heroine. The water will be used to christen the new 10,000 ton steamer "Acadia" to be operated on the run between New York and Yarmouth, N.S. Ski-ing. the sport that has had the greatest growth of any winter vtctivity in the past decade, reach- M its peak this year with thou- snmitl of skiers trekking out to in: Laurcutians, north of Mont- 1c;1i_ eV'Z`I`Y week-end. Special 1'--.\in;~'. are put at their disposal ? Ho (`nnariian Pacific Rail- x..-. Similar week-end outings u..- by this railway hi all the zreat centres of popu- iruixm and it takes :1 major place : .. 'l' "Wzrf iinizciirwrrzz .'ir`T:\r:c. U... _'1.`he Northern Advance (.322) I Defends ii Hydro Commission; Backed by thunderous support from Government benches, Premier George Henry made :1 smusliiilg counter-attack upon the critics or. Hydro when speaking on l`uesday in answer to the Opposition speakers in the Throne speech developing the major` Hydro battle in `she pres- ent session. Pz\i`lia1niei1tL11`y critics at the conclusion of Premier Henry s speech declared it the soundes`, most sincere and aggressive address the Prime Minister has yet delivered. Through it ran a clear, sincere dc- tence of Hydro, which he declared he lived every day of his life, a state- ment that could not be made by Op- position critics, who had attempted to besmirch the names of the coin- mission through unfounded argu- ment. 1)Inr\vuA:Au `l J'.-....un ..1n.-Ullnnnnd 4-kn (\n_ HIUIIT. Premier Henry challenged the Op- position to bring forward one fact that would prove anything in the nature of political interference with Hydro while he had been head of the Giovernment or during the days of Hon. G. Howard Ferguson. Further, he challenged D. Paul Munro, Lib- eralll, South Wellington, through H. ;C. Nixon, Progressive leader, wI'.'.: isought an election in the near future, `to return to his riding and run again. P.remier Henry even agreed to pay Mr. Munro s personal election ,expenses. I Dpfnnrlincr 1-hp nnmmieeinnare, I BXPBIISBS. Defending the commissioners, Premier Henry declared there had 3 been a decided eifort by Opposition j members to get Sir Adam Beck during his Hydro regime, and he went so far as to say that the then Prem- ` ier, Mr. D1-ury, would have dismissed ` Sir Adam if he had dared. The same ` methods `to ge Sir Adam, declared ` Premier Henry, were being proceed- ed with to-day in an effort to get the present commissioners, whom, he declared, are men of unquestioned ; integrity and ability. l. lf we r-nhnnf, lmvn pnnf-`uinnm: in ' * L A" (ll? ' .U . /\\ 4'Il(lJ'-`.'I |i~.:1! p1'o_q`1'e.<< t'n2`m1-.:1 the }'n`r>.=ent :(o\=w`i1xn(z11t we iiuxm at C)t`.:u'.'u. P1'emie1' Hr.-nry declared in 3})- ipointing the I\Iidd1(-ton Commis ion Ito probe two specic` qLn_~.~ti0n;~ of Hydro. it was intended to proceed on u .~hinv;:' e.\'pediLi0n, bu` Mr. Sin- <-lz1i1";< motion to i11\`e. seven Hydro 1)o\ve1'-1)11reh.z~.. contracts wu.s nothing else but :1 shin_': expedi- tion. The G1'eg0ry Commisson ap- poin ed under the Drury Government had been nothing; but :1 shing ex- pedition, costing over $500,000 and said at the end that Hydro was all .. right. I i 'i`ni:innv :1 iv 011+ :19 Tho 'T`n1~nnfn -J.'1gm,. I } l':1kinp; a sly cut a` The Toronto Globe, Premier Henry termed it 21 little old lady at Yonge and Melinda streets, imagining she s Lady Mac- beth and becomi:w.;_; distressed accord- ingly. The `Globe's parfy was so be- spafu;-1`e(l with Beauharnois mud that the purpose was to besmirch all others. Tn nnnn r-:v\r\- T\/In Gin:-lnh.'.~ I\wt\`:I\Ir| US, Sd.l(l .l l`D'lIeI' I1CI1I'y. As to Hydro being political, Prem- ier Henry asked` Mr. Nixon to go back to the days of the Drury Gov- ernment when Col. Carmichael, a member of that Government, was placed on the commission, as well as Controller Geo. Ramsden, of Toronto, who, he added, was not a Conserva- five. Tn nnunnni-in... ".141. &1..-. \II\I\\'I \`~ -4` 1lVU. In connection with the request of Mr. Sinclair to have the $125,000 payment made by R. O. Sweezey to John Aird, J12, in the Beauharnois contract, Premier Henry replied there had been no evidence} lat one dollar of it ever reached* i_e Con:~'er\'ati\-'e unarty either in Ontario or any pro- lvince in the Dominion. Premier Henry declared this money went in- to {Ho hands of the man who gave [I. 3Vl.(1'Ol1CE3 before the Beauharnois in- (11!l!'}'. i -\lWl'Q l\\`l/lfshh '~ I. -1 nr-nnfnrl kn- 0EI1(3l'b. In opposing Mr. Sinclair's motion, Premier Henry added: For the sim- ple reason that public ownership can- not survive, eannot tlirive or live, but will die 21 natural death if the pub- lic of this province is to be continual- ly roused with suspicions fosfered by those who are opposed to Hydro. Wnv-r`nnv nvidonr-p '51.: rrivon in the uiu:gnLy anu zwiuiy. If we cannot have condence in the men we appoint to our commis- sions without all their affairs having to be investigated, no man of any standing would take a position from us, said Premier Henry. A: fn T-Tvrlvn hnina hniifir-91 `P1-n'm- tnose Wno are opposeu w nyuru. Further evidence was given in the House that all is not harmony be- t\veen W. E. N. Sinclair, Liberal_ House Leader, and M. F. Hepburn, M.P., Provincial Liberal Leader. The question arose when Mr. Nixon questioned the Government for rea- 3 son why the Opposition should not have counsel appointed by Justice Middleton in order to have status be- for the commissioner s Hydro probe. Mr. Nixon received no support from Mr. Sinclair in the request, it later ,developing that Mr. Nixon, with Mr. Hepburn, had visited Justice Middle- ion with the request without having asked Mr. Sinclair to accompany them. Mr. Sinclair had previously planned to make the same request with Dr. G. A McQuibban, Liberal, .\'.l~`.. `."."el1ing'ton, but Messrs. Nixon zmd Hepburn had stolen a march on the opposing pair. Consequenly, no iulliant.-e exists between Mr. Sinclair and i\Ie. Nixon and Hepburn. " `--7` -- T7-~~.~-i v Hinvnx `<.'1ifi' mag ME HQME FOR md Mr=". Nixon and 1-tepnurn. v_~ N071-\ mg]: `The in\'cstig'ation into 1-iydro by Mr. -\ird s evidr.-nce is accepted be- ms he has p1`0v(-:d the contributxon ` H. `.. n said Premier M vxv '11 the policy develgpmel `.1..,.... . A... UIlJ*'lI(.` buy H. SUN Smclzx L 1111 L from "1 In Ullb UL Henry VP\r.\\ 1" . !~.` lll.`\`B nt had L` EL` cbec. : Government `nu Q4- T 1111"- Tell what you have to Sell through i 10 L116 IIIUILUJ.` UJ. LHU txuvuucc. According to press reports, we see our old friend, the Honorable E. C. Drury, has regained his discarded indemni=ies. When Mr. Drury was Premier of Ontario he made a great display of his efforts for economy and went so far as to refuse to ac- cept his full salary, leaving 33.000 a year in the treasury. This was broz1dc'.1.s ed in blazoncd head lines over the whole province by his U.F.O. friends as the patriotic act of a great man, and one very ardent supporter, while speaking on this subject from a platform in Stayner, went so far as to say That in times like we are passing through we need just such a man as Mr. Drury; that no party had called Mr. Drury "oi lead the forces for economy and right government in this province, but that Mr. Drury had been called by God I-Ii1nse`lf. '\XTln nu um nAy\v\n1In +1-..-. `.:r\1r\:~ ...1..m. I __j `To the Editor of the Advance: Ann;n-;l1'nn- 4-n vw-nee vanrn-fa xv IIIIHSBLK." When we compare the `limes when Mr. Drury was Premier, in 1920-21 22, with the present times, we must conclude that if economy was need- ed then, it is needed a hundred times 'mn1-0 nnur W11 n nnf Vick in Ha. BU l/lllill, ll 15 HUCUCU d. HUIIUIVEU LUIIUD more now. We do not wish to de- tract one iota from the glory and fame Mr. Drury achieved while he was in the high ofce of Premier of this province. Rather we would add to his laurels,' as we believe all too few are the praises given to great men who are called by God to do great things. Can we hlnmrn Mr, Drnrv fnv `rhi: great Lnlngs. Can we blame Mr. Drury for this raid on the public treasury, or just credit it to his astufceness and a further act of his greatness ? Mr, n'r1'n'v viva: 21,: 115: wan:-m1: `Fnr LLll'LIll' aUl- U1 H15 g1'CH.EIl8SS 5 Mr. Drury gives as his reasons for i this donation to his depleted ex- chequer, that he is passing through 3 strenuous times, that he has conduct- ed four unsuccessful campaigns, and that he really needs the money.. IR M.r, nrnrv in nnv Hi`H*'a1~nn1' QUISIIUU HIUSE CHCCT CH8 Vlctor. Mr. Drury is not to blame. He wasl in straightened ci1'cum.~;xr.r' < and really needed the money. W;::`.t of our system of government? A few r-nhinnf, 1-nini=+n-re whhnnf. Lllla I18 reauy HCEQS EH8 money Is Mr. Drury in any different ` plight than countless scores of his brother farmers in this Dominion, who must stand by and see their ` whole life s savings fade away ? Men who are not suiciently gifted with astufeness or greatness to approach a provincial government and ask that body of legislators to make a gift to them of $8,825.00, and have the leaders of the government spring with alacrity to do their bidding. It puts us in the position that the van- quished must cheer the victor. MW `D1-nrv 1': 1-mf tn hlnmn LTD vac uur hyhllll UJ. gUV8l'I1IUB[ ;' | A few cabinet ministers, without the sanction of their partv. or "uh: approval of the members of `he Leg`- islature, decide to make this dona-~ tion and to return all letters leadingl up to this trzinsaction and thus avoid` publicity. Can it be that those who szinctionod this rnunicent gift have at some time in their career carried . on unsuuccessful c:1mp:1ig'ns and really needed the money, and V from their past nztnerience would hold _la kindred feeling` for fheir unf0r1.un~ ate brother in similar (`ircumst:1nccvs'.' .Qn\-ol\' 4-lunvr. u,- cr\\\1n{'l1ir\nn The Northern Advance Phone 53 In the main es:timate.= fabled in the House of Commons last; week, $30.000 set down for Co11ing`wood,. this being styled as under contract. While no defailed information is` given as to the purpose for the vote,r it is presumed it is to nish thel turning basin, which was under con- trac` last fall when operations were closed down owing to the lateness of the season. ('\Hnu f\n4n1.n nnnnvv '|nL'a inn-`hnv: uu: U1'ULIl(.`l' 111 5111111211` c11`c11ms.tz1nc0s. Surely, there is something wrong with our system. VVM T T-TT.TH2`\Y D1lll('UL` (HIQ lIl(`Il Ill llfflfflll. l M1`. Col.~m:m .~;:oke in ~"<`!`.- 3l`L\ll terms In ]`L`f_:ll`Ll to the (`Kl)('l`.`. i " I lbut (lwelt `.:u't.ic11la1`1_\' on `its: . *};enrlit111`e.< for charitable purpo making` specizll 2`el'c-rence to ll`iL* Vi .. lone in connection with `he (flui- l1`en s Aid Society, the I\'Inther:< .~\l- lowanre Bom'(l_. the Hospitals and Old Age Pensions. Each of tliese is sup- ported by the taxpu_ve1- and is con- .='equently of interest to him, or should be. The speaker had good news when he predicted that the county rate would be down two mills in 1932. 'l`n,l I,nnAnn v.lnnAnn,\,1 Linn I 111 1:704. | Ted Gendron introduced the speaker and Marcel J. Te.~:sie1', 1'c-eve of Pcnetang. tendered the thanks of the club to him. | $30,000 IDTESTIMATES FOR COLLiNGWOOD HARBOR ' the Other Ontario upper lake harbors included in the estimates with their respective amounts are : Rvmr Tnlot. $6.000: Goderich., rcsspectlve amounts are | Byng Inlet, $6,000; Goderich,, $24,000; Haileybury, $45,000; Key Harbor. $40,000; Michipicoten, $44,- 000; Pnrry Sound. $65,000; Blind River, $20,000; Midland, $40,000; Penetang, $9,300; Sault Ste. Marie, $20,000; harbors and rivers generu1 1y for maintenance of serviv,-es. no new works to be undertaken, $200,- 00. I __ Justice Middleton has been and will be utterly divorced from poli ics and was not occasioned by the criticism of any political troup. nm. of the first Government meas- OI polmczu Lruup. - One of the first Government E ures `n be introduced m the H0l.1E`\u'13 was the moratorium bill on mort-fr gages, presented by Hon. W. 1{.;t Price, Attorney-General, which wasla quieklv grivr-n second reading and V "v.i]`l likely become lav. within the!` mw+ +-.m wr-nks. The bill nrovides.V of sale, likely become law \V1Lnll1 mu-I next two weeks. The providesl` `hat proceedings of f01`L'COS1l!'C. pom-1' or execution in othnr ways . 1.. 1 ... n.......< :: |'u...l:.. ;un_~. WE could bore you with statistics that paint a pic- ture of savings banks bursting Jvuh funds, sf millions paid out in divi- dends and interest, of countless business suc- Gur Letter Box W D1. 4 CoI1in,r;wood. Ont. . { . COLEMAN SPEAKER AT 1 PENETANG KIWANIS CLUB U111. WM. J. HOLDEN. 1 mm- Though the House of Commons has been in sesslon less than three weeks, the estnnates are up and sev- eral government bills have been in.- troduced. C...-. :..I D...J2.. (`-.......:L5.... 11'O(|UL'UU. Special Radio Committee An impor.unt announcement early last week was that of Premier Ben- nct of the G0\`ernme11t s intention to appoinf :1 special committee of the Hou. to make 21 report on :1 system of radio broudvcz1. for Canada, which Premier Bennett hopes will give the country the very hes`. re- sults. The House committee will have before it the .n(lings of the Aird `commission, which was appoin'cd by the previous urlministration. The main work of the new committee will r be to decide and recommend whether l radio broadcasting in Canada should be privately controlled or nationa1-. \ ized. Exponents of both views are to he given an opportunity to present -ltheir views. Av: :1r\(\vu VuIAI\1v:O\n:o\1 ,......L` .... .... fBusiness at Ottawa (House Ming Fast IHU H21 3 ` L l/HUJ1` VlU\VS. An inter-provincial conference, with the Federal authorities sitting in, may be held in the not distant future at which, among other things, there will be discussed the possibilify Of nrovinciai ieqisintinn a-nvm-nino` blll::1.'U W111 ue uiscusseci me p0SS1Dlll?y provincial legislation governing hours of labor. Hon. Hugh Guthrie informed the House that hours of labor is matter for "the provinces, but he is favorable to the Federal govern- ment using its good offices in the Imatter. l.`...........-v I _g._. n_,,,_ , I, lllillvblfu Farmers Latest Demands Wheat and government bonuses thereon is a lively topic among the western members. Last year the government -bonused the western wheat growers ve cents a bushel on their product. The government s aid was appreciated by the western farmers, at least none of them have so far returned a nickel of the bonus to the Federal treasury. But a de- mand was voiced in the House this ` week that the western farmers should be given a bonus of $1 an acre for l every acre of wheat sown in the roug'ht stricken areas. Western v farmers having got the feel of pub- r lic funds, they like it. Like Oliver Twist, they are shouting more. Although the dpmsmri fnr 1 nnv LWISE, Eney are snoutmg "more. Although the demand for $1 per acre of wheat sown originated in the Liberal ranks, it is interesting to note that Mitch Hepburn, M.P.. Ontario Liberal leader, pronounced against any form of bonus to the far:-iers. Linn `l')..1.n.. n7-:.. n;r:._:_ L21 1'. _ll`JI'S. Hon. Robert Weir, Minister 0'.` i .-\g.ic.u1ture, and a practical farmc in he West, speaks very seldom i.. the House. But when he does gei `on his feet he has something of im ,portance to say and he says it in :: manner that expresses his sincerity i: what he is saying. n0 Thursda night Mr. Weir gave a resume 0` conditions in the drought areas in th. west as he found them during :1 seven weeks:- tour. A quarter of 21 million people are afl"(-ct-scl. Some 0 them haven't had a crop for thre. years, some have lost two crops. som i but one. in nn urea that for man lycnrs \'.'as the richest ag'i'ic11lt111';1l pru- (luccr in tlw i`0l1llfT_\'. I \\7".un- xnun. ..,.n~.\1, :\\ r\.`4..i.:_ ,1 Tiny: 11:1-I .='nmrn eitl`;r~1' f.`.`1'()SS igno)` rrce 01' reso1'te~l to (lelibemte malic` when he declmwl at London th::`; th- Con.=01'\'a`i\'e pa1":_'; l`.71(l 1`wc'- -i`.'e.' ;monoy from Pe:1nl1:11'nol.-:. bu ; `Chg. l.l`.{` money had l)('Cl1 o`rtl:erc-l l'(`t'1IYY! ml by Premier Bennett becnllse he knew an inquiry into Beauharnoi would be held, and that it would b(- bad policy to nd the Cons:-1.'vuti\'e.' holding money from that corpora- tion. Premier Bennett declared `hat the Conse1`vati\'e federal party treas- ury lmdn t 1'ecvi\'r.-(l a damned cent from Beauharnois. l\/fu 1.'3nn. nr\\'\ n+4~n..-...4....] L- .... .LJ'UlIl DL`ilUI`.2ll'll(JlS. Mr. King: `Wm-n attempted to ex- plain away his London speech by .<,ziy- inp: that two Montreal Conservatives had received money from R. O. |Sweeze_v of Beauhzirnois. These ,`.\'m'e personal contributions. Beauharnois Probe Speaking about Beauharnois. Nine members of the Senale have :1 dis- 'tz1. job on their han(ls--the ir ve. of` the relation of thrc' [of their eolh-a_e;ues, Wilfred Lauri" M<'Dou;:nl(l_. Donat Raymond and At`- drev: Haydon, to Beauharnois. '1" special senate commit`ee on this sul ject llfrld a brief meeting on Tut day and then adjourned to Marchc " It is said that R. H. Greer, K.C., c" Torowo, will be counsel for t`.: .- committee. Dn 'l'\/fnnrlnn Ln .-..:....L.... .13.... 4.1.- UUHIIIIJLLUU. On Monday ten minutes after tho 'opening' of the session, a division ( 72 to 49 refused leave to J. S Woodsworfh to introduce a bill t amend section 98 of the Crimin-:' Code, affecting unlawful association` This is the section under which .=:e'-' em] Communists were recently con victecl. iUUUL l' H1 LIH.` C` Whai many not know is `Ll: |4'.n..~.,...~ 1.. 4.L.., who has complete power to decid upon what time shall be allowed .- interest payments and principal. Tn rliurncginrr Hm mnn2I1I'n (`n` ! l lllLCl'L'5t [)'clyIllUIll.S 'lHU pl'lI|Clpill. In discussing the measure, Co` Price said: The bill is intended L. give some relief to people who av unfortunate in being unable to mal-. ipayments on mortgages. No ma`t.t before the Legislature has z1rou.=r as much public lI'llI0l`C;~l'. as this bi.~ When one tries to remedy a situ: I'ion beyond onr,-,`.= cnmrol, many r}' verse factors enter into the situati_o': making the framing of <~xt1'.e1ne d1'.~ cvl.1:_v. It is :1 problen`. `o0g'i\: ,e "pt" h-ction nml ya-1. rut -._;.2 ... .` hill! Hon .-.A.... ( But, we merely want to remind you that the ma- jority of us kept right on eating three squares a day, sleeping in comfort- able beds, driving automo- biles, and attending the picture shows ! CU LHlLl`_\-'. people i~ and \L' T 25' will repay 1 : very I.-,L-nt \vh1( them and tho" ., .511 `no Hous 1;. n. L1<)\ in Ontario (I ~ Sn;=katchr>\v;` 5 will not ta} ml` VI `L, " 4`..- whzxt \\'a '.\`I I3` NHL \\'d UK.` M. King` i~ speech ha~ Tlnn unit" , wxr the 0 r-r ~nd thrr T. r :1-oss ?1`1t!3 Ion th - /I 1-nrI.*.:\'r` L LU.) fro Most of us did not act- ually suffer, so it is up to us to rebuild a spirit of courage, condence and Optimism to hasten pros- perity : return!