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s s s 4 t o ‘*The miners,‘‘ ne continued, ‘‘are| deal of b larzely single men. They are foreed| assert to depend for itheir recreation on| taken awa what they ican find, so naturally they| ger would samble and drink. | business." *‘*I1 am not blaming the mine owners Mention: for the conditions,‘‘ he went on.| mine in ps ‘*They are not in the least responsible| twenty me In most ecases the best care possibleitime just . is taken of the men; the living quar-i had been i1 ters are excellent; the food is good ingâ€" worki and the best of medical care is taken| ‘‘and as t of the sick and injured. The matter|the month is out of their hands and they are|open to the powerless to remedy things, if they | discharge could. of the bes evil elements, liquor, cards and small groups of undesirable women. ‘*+We have let the evll run its course long enough,"" declared the professor. *‘‘And the social service workers must face the issue, bring all Forces together for consideration, and try to work out a solution collecâ€" tively."‘ saAldl Proressor UVrwIrcK, was Dbeing enâ€" eimmeered by existing conditions in the North country, which provided these newcomers to our shores with three evil elements, liquor, cards and small groups of undesirable women. ‘*+We have let the evll run its course long enough,"" declared the professor. **‘And the social service Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, Prime Minister of Ontario, and Hon. Chas. MeCrea, Minister of Mines, both made very effective reply to the silly talk of a Toronto college professor who adâ€" dressed a social service meeting in the city last week. Prof. E. J. Urwick, head of the university of Eeonomics Dept., and actng head of the Dept. of Social Service, told the gathering that the plea was being set up conâ€" tinually for increased immigration, while at the same time men, who had been in Canada only a short tme, were being discharged weekly by mine owners, principally because of drunkâ€" enness. This wave of drunkenness, said Professor Urwick, was being enâ€" Premier Ferguson and Hon. Chas. McCrea Make Effective Reply to Unfounded Statements by Toronto College Professor Who Must Have Been Reading Some Wild Yellow Literature. Social and Moral Standards High in the North Country ‘*The whole problem,"‘‘ he said ‘‘is Only teas grown 4,000 to 7,000 feet above sea level are used in "SALADA"" Orange Pekoc Blendâ€" the flavour is therefore richer, more fragrant and much more delicious than other teas. Only 43¢ per }â€"Ib. â€"Buy it at any grocery store. great part of t The liquor store the whiskey, but \ deal of bootbles business.‘ Mentioning an incident at one mine in particular, Dr. Innes told of twenty men being discharged at one time just before his arrival. **They had been found drunk in stopes durâ€" ing â€" working hours,"‘ declared, ‘and as they had been warned only the month before, the only course open to the mine management was to discharge them.‘‘ This mine is one of the best managed in the \*orth, 7 he deelared.. ‘*YXet it is on this mine ng. Inne colle t| twice as much and their expenses ar no higher. At the same meeting, Dr. H. A Innes, who is said to have been mak ing a study of conditions in the Nor thern mining camps, also let himsel talk a lot of nonsense. Dr. Innes i ‘*‘The men work day and are paid 0 lowest wage paid and it eosts about live, leaving about . month â€" to the Jo Machineâ€" tenders r one of surplus leisure ague, ‘‘that every payday a it part of the men get drunk.‘" liquor stores supply a part of whiskey, but he felt that a great of bootblegging was going on, asserted. ‘"‘"If the stores were n away,"‘ he said, ‘‘the bootlegâ€" would only step in and take their ‘st wage paid is $4.20 per day it costs about $2.25 per day to leaving about ..60 surplus every th to the lowest paid man. hine tenders receive more than e as much and their expenses are vervyvone Knows, supporting the = eve OI CoonditIons in the ‘Norâ€" ig camps, also let himselt )f nonsense. Dr. Innes is of the University of Toâ€" work eight hours per paid once a month. The paid is $4.25 per day views every â€" pa 6E his The meeting for the purpose of or ganizing baseball for the coming sea son was held in A. E. Movysevy Co.° This year Kirkland Lake will have a threeâ€"team baseball leagae as a group of the Temiskaming Baseball league. The three teams will be:â€" Wrightâ€"Hargreaves, Lake Shore and Swastikaâ€"Kirkland. The Kirkland Lake Northern News has the followâ€" ing reference to the Kirkiand Lake baseball plans :â€" ‘*The objectionable condition reâ€" ferred to not only exists on T. N. O lands, but also applies to privately owned property as well.‘"‘ ‘‘The speaker is in receipt of a letter from a citizen having reference to the condition of the unused part of the lands owned by the T N. O. railâ€" way, adjacent to the town. Our corâ€" respondent uses very definite lanâ€" guage in denouncing the Commission for allowing what he alleges is a fire menace of the worst kind, and one which a spark from a locomotive might start off at any time. _ The writer refers to previous fires in the North and states that if a fire started in the section east of the T. N. O. tracks with a favourable wind and the conditions of 1922 the town of New Liskeard would be wiped out. ‘‘A remembrance of what has hapâ€" pened at Matheson, Cochrane, Poreuâ€" pine and Hailevbury should be all that is necessary to have the menace removed immediately. The matter was brought up in the Board of Trade meeting a short time ago and referred to in these columns at the time. If not already attended to it is up to the town council to take steps to see that there is no further delay in the matter. New Liskeard cannot afford to have a repetition of Haileybury‘s experience of QOctober 1922. HREEâ€"TEAM BASEBALL LEAGUE FOR KIRKLAND In last week‘s issue of The New Laskeard Speaker the following arâ€" ticle was published :â€" FIRE MENACE REPORTED NEAR TOWN OF LISKEARD. Hon. Charles MeCrea, Minister of Mines, and member for Sudbury, added his word of criticism to Pro- fessor Urwick‘s statemerts. ‘*Generâ€" ally speaking,‘‘ he declared, "‘the part of the Province from which I come will compare favourably with any other section of Ontario."‘ ‘‘I have had no requests for more police protection,‘‘ he stated Friday, ‘‘and the Provincial officers do not hbave a great deal of trouwble. _ For several years the mining district gave officials â€" considerable troubleâ€" and worry but this has practically stopped. Of course, everything is not exactly as we might desire, because when a thouâ€" sand foreigners are brought in they cannot be O\pectod for a while at least, to live the same life here as they lived in their native land. But, on the whole, the situation in Norâ€" thern Ontario is very satisfactory, and I think that it is improving steadilyv.‘‘ the staff of the university is to teach the students, and I doubt the wisdom of â€"their undertaking to interfere in maiters that are in a sense policital. I‘m inclined to think that the learned professor will find his statements strongly resented by the good people of Northern Ontario, and particularly by the large number of organizations which are actively interested in doing excellent work in maintaining a high standard of social and moral life.‘ *Attorneyâ€"General William H. Price claims that conditions in Northern Ontario are good at the present time. ‘*I understand,"" said the Prime Minister,"" that Professor Urwick has only ibeen in this country about a year, and, as he is supposed to be engaged in teaching at the university, he can‘t have had much time to visit Northern Ontario and learn of conditions as they exist there, man â€" MeClenaghan of Liquor Commission. do not reveal any e: drunkenness. " professors nave come . from man sources,. One of the first to speak pointedly in the matter was one wh is well aequainted with the North ‘*If the miners are addicted to wine women and ceards, it is not shown by OoUr _ recot t1ons, â€" C4 men have and in for recres 1 t THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE. TIMMINS. ONTARIO particular that I hbase my observaâ€" ns. â€" Conditions are unnatural. 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