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Collee- itively, they constitute the Premier's' Advisory Committee on Unemploy- iment. In council the whole situation was considered and reviewed and strong support and approval given to the following statement of proposals: 1,--/I'hat Manufacturers should be asked to take a priee for goods on hand equal to the cost of replacement having regard to decreased cost of raw material and of labor used in mu- nufaeture. ' 2.--Tlvat Wholesalers should be ask.. ed to sell goods on hand at veplaees ment prices. "l 4llll fllll [VIM MAI, nllll?illlTll Hill All!” 3.--aTlutt Retailers should he askedl to sell. at replacement prices. , l 1---Knnwing that the costs of build-l, ing at the present time have been con! siderUbly reduced, those desiring to build should be encouraged to agk for new tenders on their propsed work; and "that building contractors and builders' supply people should make a special effort to reduce prices to a minimum in order to restore this im- portant key industry. _ _ 5.--uThat Banks and finaneial iosti, tutions should be prepared to eo-oper- late to the utmost with all productive lenterprise by allowing all reasonable credits and by decreasing rates as we ipidly as conditions may allow. l""’- _ _ ('o.---Chat Farmers should be asked] to maintain reasonable produetion/ and in the event of a proportionate reduction being reached in other lines, should 1oe prepared to make needed improvements and betterments. 7.---That Labor shall be asked to take willing:ly a reduction in wages proportionate to progressive decrease in cost of'living, in so far as sueh a reduction has not already taken place. It was decided to conduct an ex- tensive newspaper campaign to appeal to every class of citizen to make every Open Evenings. v effort to tame employment and to get business back to normal. This enm- paign is now in progress. In Timmins and district the unem- ployment situation is not as serious as in. other parts of the Province. In- deed, it is commonly remarked, and with a very large measure of truth, that this is the best section of the Province these days. In addition the merchants here have been making ear- nest efforts to foster business by get- ting back to normal prices, even in cases where this effort means a loss on goods in stock. There is some unem- ployment 'here, bat it is only of the incidental. kind. There is no unem- ployment menace here like in other centres-of Ontario to-day. The mines have maintnined wages right along and the increase in staffs, particularly at the Hollinger, has'heen ll wonderful assistance to the district during the past six months,---anore 'assistance to the district. during the past six Flo/ths,-----, assistance, perhaps, 'thun most people realize. It hasmeant continued prosperity. The Hollinger took up a large pereeniage of the men left unemployed throng-.11 the slump in the lumber and pulpwood industries. The local , Ontario Employment oo-ooo-o-oo-o-o"""""', N O tri.,."'".'."",,,",", LCu.CuLTu,Lu Ott1ee Terre, .pratstieally no unem- playment in Timmins. Last week tn.. deed between 26 and 30 more men could have 'been placed, though at lower wages than last year. Tho re- duction in wages in many lines is of course a hardship to many, especially to the married men with families, but this district has suffered loss than most. rT,Irr'rrp It need not have sudtered at all; there would have employment for all and a few more ;---of the Ontario Go- vernment some months ago had per- mitted the Hollinger Mine to go on with its plans for developing more power for its own needs. The Hollin- ger was ready to spend three million dollars of its oyn money and employ 3000 men this full and winter in this power development plan. This would have been a great help in the unem- ployment problem of the North Land. Mr. M. Levine, who has been con- dueting an iee-eream parlor, candy and fancy goods store at 45 Third Avenue, is selling out all his stocks without reserve having decided to dis- continue his present business to en- ter a newline after the new year. Timmins. t%"T%tTg'TT.,"1