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Reeves Rivettâ€"and Masters moved that the request â€"be rpfused, not only because the lavatories would become a uisance, but also_ because of the many valuable documents which werg_ klt‘a‘g‘t in store in the vaults of the building, Reeve Kemp stated that the Counâ€" ty Judge had at one time ruled that no publicc conveniences could be placed in the building. Reeve Masters referred to the many valuable papers kept in the vaults of the building both in the basement and upstairs and felt it would be unâ€" wise to permit free access to the building at any hour. Reeve Rivett was opposed to such action. He stated that the commitâ€" tee had already considered the quesâ€" tion and the majority were opposed. He thought the matter should be set tled at once. To permit Reeve Rivett to present a resolution on the subject, Reeve Richardson and Welstead withdrew their motion. Reeve Mitchell also expresseq his opinion in favor of refusing the reâ€" quest, saying that rest rooms should be placed underground or on city property. It was moved by Councillors Richâ€" ardson and Welstead that the reâ€" quest be referred to the Printing and Building ‘Committee. The warden drew the attention of the deputation to the fact that> the ‘building is owned by the city, that only last year considerable trouble had been caused by an endeavor of the council to erase the Bull‘s head from the east side of the building and erect a suitable adornment. The warden drew the attentio the deputation to the fact that building is owned by the city, only last year considerable trc had been caused by an endeavor Reeve Rivett of Niagara su that a building be placed on t Hall plot, as he did not think it place a public lavatory in the ment of the County Building Report adopted. . Publik â€" Lavatories Reeve Richardson of Merritton, inâ€" troduced a deputation â€"from â€" the Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Calder led the deputation and requested perâ€" mission of the council to utilize a por tion of the basement of the County Buildings as public lavatories. He spoke of the work of the committee in endeavoring to fing a suitable loâ€" cation for the much needed rest room for ladies and lavatories and the deâ€" cision that the County Buildings, beâ€" ing central, well known and also handy to the market, would be an ideal location. The portion of the building to be utilized, he said, is un. used and already heated. A stairâ€" way would be required from the west side. â€"The financial part of the arâ€" rangement, Dr. Calder, said, would be put up to the City Council. Reeve Rivett of Niagara suggested. that a building be placed on the City Hall nlot. as he did not think it wise to| The committee recommended that committee fees amounting tto $20 be paid. The committee â€"re payment of $1,500 to man for damage t Bridge. + 1 ( k 1 M : A Loro ro_ -;fimuw‘%o b%mpai\nted gnd this work has notâ€" yet been completed. Bridge No. 22, Page Bridge, was to be replaced by the bridge at Smith ville. This work has been done and the old bridge sold by public auction for $94.22. On resolution of Councillors Kemp and Fry the request was referred to the Finance Committee. Councillors Masters and Rivett inâ€" troduced a byâ€"law ~confirming the purchases of the following stone quarries: Jordan, Randall of South GRIMSBY, Baldwin of Smithville and the GRIMSBY quarry. The stone from these quarries is used on counâ€" tv roads. pealeéd fOor assistance. Capt. . . Malcolmson _ ac Capt. Morris, ‘but felt the n be safe in the hands of the and refrained from making peal. needs of : pealeqa foi wives and famil met death durin died later as a disease contract told of specialâ€" The County Council in session on Thursday afternoon heard a request from Capt. Morris of the Navy Leaâ€" gue for a grant to that organization and refused the requestt of a depuâ€" tation from the Chamber of. Comâ€" _ _merce to permit the utilization of fa portion of the basement of the Counâ€" ty Building as *4 public lavatory. The report of the committee on roads and bridges was also received. The Council expected to conclude their ses sion on Saturday, including an inspec tion of the roads constructed this year or now under construction, Capt. Morris, in introducing his request for funds for the Navry Leaâ€" gue, spoke of an amendment to the Municipal Act which permitted muniâ€" cipal bodies making grants to patriâ€" otic organizations. â€" He stated he understooqg the refusal of a request at the June session was due to the belief that the council had no authorâ€" ity to make a grant, but that the reâ€" cent legislation now provided that authority. He referred to the great work which the league is now doing |« in caring for the sailors and the }, GOUNTY GOUNGIL REFUSE TD INGTALL ‘ _ LAVATORIES IN COUNTY GOURT HOUSE THIRTYâ€"SIXTH YEAR Mas the an or: TC 8 esult of d in th recommended the to Austin Zimmerâ€" felt the matt« to 11 Zation () Ll oun mp )1 an TAE INDEPEN nd CO l1 a gseâ€" n W ied to Lpâ€" or ' Uoil He ) ‘Old nc 0 () most instructive and humorous.‘ Rev. Mr. Tebbs has kindly promisâ€" ed to give his lecture in GRIMSBY on Thursday December 9th, under the auspices of the Women‘s Auxilâ€" iary to the (G. W.; V. A. at Moore‘s Theatre. During intermission Miss Metcalfe will play a violin solo and Mr. Lorne Baldwin will sing "Rule Britannia," the audience is asked to join in the chorus. Tickets 25 cents can be obtained from members of the Auxiliary,. weI At the conclusion of the day‘s sesâ€" sion a presentation was made to Reeve Sutton of Port Dalhousie, the Warden calling upon treasurer Camâ€" by Wismer to present the genialâ€"rep resentative of the lakeâ€"side village with an unbranded cigar, beautifully adorned with a red ribbon. As the presentation speech was being made Reeve Sutton stood in his place at the council table, dreaming of a cane or club bag, but was still smiling} when the lone cigar was placed in his hands. The cigar was the gift of‘ an unknown friend, who requested that his admiration of the Reeve be, thus conveved. Dr. Calder thanked the council for their promptness in handling the matter, stating that the committee wished no delay in securing a suitâ€" able location. 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A.:::t;iei:i':iii No RMY fifi;‘é«fiz:.: m en | 1 sugar refined in Canada, and four million dollars‘ worth of glass conâ€" tainers, tin cans and casys, etc. made in Canada by Canadian labor; and their policy would wipe out a large part of capital investment. of approxi mately seven million dollars. _ Senator Smith cited instances of industries which owed their developâ€" ment to protection, the fact that the British manuacturers, owing to ~the depletion caused by war, had not sought the Canadian markets, thus allowing. the Canadian markets to p oee Jam Makers‘ Brief _ Senator E. D. Smith, who appeared before the commission as official spokesman for the jam manfacturers of Eastern Canada, stated that his arguments would apply with equal force to the conditions in British Col. umbia, where there is also a flourâ€" ishing industry. Exhaustive data, obtained from fourteen jam factories, was submitted. ‘Over three and a half million dollars was paid annualâ€" ly for raw fruit.â€" An annual sale of goods to the value of $16,000,000 eviâ€" denced the fact that this industry was no mean one. To < close these factories would affect 3,211 growers, mostly all farmers who grow fruit as a side line. Hundreds of~ growers The fruit growers and the manufac turers closely connected with the fruit industry had their innings beâ€" fore the Dominion Tarriff Commisâ€" sion in Hamilton on Saturday mornâ€" ing last. Grimsby U DENT CO _ lne mal million d | GAOWERS PRESG 6LA HIGH TARIFF B cil mal selti the million rom per )1 I‘l 11 I( ) V thou )11 . _ this industry To <~ close these t 3.211 erowers 1t orth the T i ‘e would pproximat wWOI and Of small D; qual to pJ res of at nlievy of . a¢ {€ 11 11 O1 four 1y "In fact," he added, "sometimes we annihilate our own ~market, as we did this year when we had too much to handle. What, then, would it be if we got the surplus from the Unitâ€" ed States in a big year? American pears are coming into GRIMSBY right now, he declared; 450 bushels a day being cannedâ€" and Aimericall ~pears are . coming into GRIMSBY right now, he declared; 450 bushels a day being canned; and fourteen carloads of U. S. pears havyâ€" time the iOntario growers were getâ€" ting 75 cents a bushel, these fourteen cars from the United States were on the track.‘ Instead of the six cents ing arrived in that village. At the per pound for good pears, growers had to take one and oneâ€"half cents per pound, after growing, paying big wages for labor and marketing the fruit. Sir Henry asked Mr. Livingston how it was that the United States fruit grower, with similar high exâ€" pense, could undersell the Ontario fruitmen here. The answer was that fruitmen here. The answer was that they were willing to dump their sur. plus and take what they could get. The fruit industry of New York state had gone to pieces because it had ‘been continually pounded by fruit from the south and elsewhere. Mr. Livingston asserted he could sell a GRIMSBY farm and with the money buy four or five New York state farms. In GRIMSBY $600 to $1,500 an acre was the range of pricâ€" es for fruit farms, he stated; and in New York state from $35 to $150 "If you destroy the canning facâ€" tories and the jam factories, you would wipe us out. It‘s our life," Urges No Reduction Summing up, Senator Smith strong ly advocated the nonâ€"reduction of the duty on jam, asserting that to put the Canadian manufactir+r on an equal level with his business associate in Britain required at least five per cents per pound on an average. At the present time the British manuâ€" facturer is laying down jam at least eight cents below the actual cost here, and, as a result, theâ€" senator forecasted the going to the wall of several of the weaker Canadian facâ€" tories, many of which are now ser. iously involved financially. Would Annihilate Market James A. Livingston, a fruitâ€"growâ€" er of the Niagara district, urged the retaining of the present tariff or even making it higher, to save the an nihilation of the Canadian fruit mar. 11 you destroy the canning 1lacâ€" tories and the jam factories, you would wipe us out. It‘s our life," Mr. Livingston stated in reply to queries from Sir Henry Drayton as to outlet. Enormous quantitiee of Bartlett pears had come in last year from across the border, but local growers had not complained, because of scarcity here. "What are you ~â€"getting for your (Continued on page 11) {et GLAIMS FOR FF BEFORE COMN 1166 ~Lra@ue with tie mother country; but can the council of agriculture guarantee that under free trade labâ€" or will drop here to the level of the cost in Great Britain, and do we want it?" stated the speaker. Free Trade Proposal Chimerical To enable the manufacturers to compete with Great Britain, the Council of Agriculture would have to guarantee that wages would go down in the U. S. to the levels of those in Great Britain, otherwise there would be an exodus t the U. 8. That the proposal of free trade with England and free trade in food stuffs with all other countries was chimerical, unless to deliberately deâ€" 11 that country was. prohibitive. Unâ€" der the terms of the soâ€"called farmâ€" ers‘ platform, drafted by the Canadâ€" ian council of agriculture, Senator Smith pointed out,the making of jam in Canada would become impossible. The speaker proceeded to uphold his contention regarding what he called Jjam factory, being used to maintain these other industries. Britain Chief Competitor Great Britain was stated to be the chief competitor in the making of jam, the imports having astonishingâ€" ly increased within a few years, up to the war, when the export from §hat country was. prohibitive. Unâ€" enjoy what was equal to a high proâ€" tectiv( tariff~ The number of Canadâ€" ian factories had almost doubled as a result, as had also the qutput. The merchant, the transportation companies, the fruit and sugar men, the glass blower, box and can makâ€" ers‘ etc., are all closely related to the UI $2.00 Per Yearâ€"5 Cents (1 to jam <ma k« n the â€"counci itee that und 1 drop here t i Great) Brit uld U slvIinsston, a Truitâ€"growâ€" gara district, urged the the present tariff or it higher, to save the an the Canadian fruit marâ€" th th 10 to )1 Pa Dl 1 10 h C 1 D n gG At â€" the zrowers cents 1 In Te opy ON : TN lual, 1¢ ) W n