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Porcupine Advance, 11 Dec 1930, 2, p. 4

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inces indicate that Hon. Mr. the press in the Western Prov ession as a man of unusual Gordon has made a notable impr talent and sincerity. His personality and his eloquence have won general attention. In the North Land it may be that the ability and patriotism of Hon. Mr. Gordon have been accepted too much as a matter of course. Men of the North who were faced with a question as to the ability or public Interest of Hon. Mr. Gordon would no doubt reply that he was a man of outstanding talent who gave freely to public ion is asked. The outside view- impressing the lesson that often towns and sections of country do not fully realize their good fortune in the men of talent and public spirit who serve them ably and well. like Hon. Mr. Gordon has done in the North Land for many years. don’s gifts before any quest point is valuable, indeed. in â€"_â€" Timmins, Ont., Thursday, Dec. 11th, 1930 _________________â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"- .I- Men working on the relief work programme undertaken’ by the Ontario Government in this North Land are being paid at the low rate of two dollars and forty cents per day. "They lose any holidays and also days on which the weather may prove unsuitable for work to be carried on. At the best they can hope to make no more than six hundred dollars a year. Hon. Wm. Finlayson, Minister of Lands and Forests and in charge of Northern Development, pretends to believe that the rate of pay given the men in question is all right. Hon. Mr. Finlayson himself- has an income well over ten thousand dollars a year. On this account he may be able to estimate that another man may be able to live decently and bring up a family on six htmdred dollars a year, but Ulluuuu. ........... to estimate that another man may be able to live decently and bring up a family on six hundred dollars a year, but in friendly fashion The Advance would point out to Hon. Mr. Finlayscn that people in general have little but bitter sneers for men in comfort who endorse wage rates for others below the standard of decent living. The Advance will be much disappointed in Hon. Wm. Finlayson if he does not rouse himself and see that in all lines of wolrk in his department decent rates of pay are established. Relief work at the rate of $2.40 per day is an irritation and offence. It means that the men with a family has to spend his strength in the work and then must seek further relief if he would live and maintain his family. A business executive writing in a United States magazine recently had the audacity to blame part of the present busi- ness depression on the inefficiency of labour. Such a sugges- tion is very irritating. Without troubling to defend labour the question may be askedzâ€"“What about the inefficiency of executives?" If those in executive positions had haldJ ability in prOportion to the salaries drawn by them, present} conditions would not have been possible. It was their work} to see that business was carried- on without accident. The present conditions are a sure proof of the incapacity and futility of the executives of big business. The less they say abcut the inefficiency of labour the better. Last week men receiving about one-sixth the salary of the president of the Canadian National Railways had to remedy an expensive sampie of the incompetency of that official. The men refer- red to as applying the remedy were the members of the Do- minien Govemm-ent and the action they took was to force the rescinding of the order whereby a preferential freight rate was given to Russian pulpwood. Not only was this preferential rate on the Canadian National Railways an out- rageous examp‘e cf favouring an unfriendly foreign nation at. the expense of Canada, but it also had the effect of allowâ€" ing the Russian pulpwoc-d. handled by slave labour, to can- turn the. United S:ates market. and so displace Canadian Eh» finrmpingéhuam Thursday, _Dec. 11th, 1332 ture me CI $0271 high seem line 1 ada. In 1h: matter of unemployment in Timmins it may be said thit conditions here are not becoming any worse. It migh‘ not be well to boast that. they are particularly im- proved. but it is safe to admit that 'with continued care and attention the winter may be passed without any unbearable hardship. It is regrettable that the town did not plan a re- : lief programme of double the size attempted. Such an ex- tended prcgramme would have carried the unemployed through the winter without very serious hardship. It would be well also if the mines. especially those with large sur- pluses. would start any possible work that may be undertak- en to employ labour. The big industries will make a serious mistake if they follow the out-of-date idea that they have no respcnslbilities in the matter. There is some talk about inaugurating a six-hour day at the mines. This would be an excellent idea. provided no foolish attempt is made to use it. to cut wages: The mines at Kirkland Lake are understood to be ready to establish a six-hour day without reducing the pay of the wcz‘kers. In Cher words. the plan would be to ‘have the men work six hours per day. instead of eight, at the same rate cf pay PER DAY now obtaining. This would mean an immense improvement in the unemployment situa- tion. The rate new mm for labour is not too much by any ‘ means for iv esent standards of living. The public in gener- ' al is completely disgusted with the idea of paying a man by ‘ the hour. and then cutting down the hours of labour and ‘ having the hardihood of assert, as Hon. Wm. Finlayson has done in the case of relief work in this North Land, that the mate of pay has not been reduced. When a man who found it difficult to exist on $3.00 a day finds his pay is only $2.40 a day he has a. very emphatic twin word for the man who lays the payhumtbeencut. It wouldbethesamewith ;themrs.ittheindnstrygoosontourshiftsinsteadof three. The wages per day are lowermugh now and should an not. be reduced further by any trick. In Kirkland Lake, it 'is understood that the minw plan to have six hours‘ con- tinuous labcur. without time for lunch or leisure. Such a unethtzl would premise increased efficiency and continuity of Published Ever! GEO LAKE. OWN Subscription Rates: ‘2‘“) per year United S not seem to mar DC] .d is :1 f0: adi 30 .ult was that, hu lumber dealers lians were throw ; of efficiency (3 ne L00 3 year for either doing such that they are done. If any curtail- eeded anywhere it is in some of the ne services of men whose chief ability '. termed “biufiing,” and even in that r of Immigration and Coloniza- m the Dominion Government, 'st and :the reception given him .ighted this North Land where the North is considered as an Comments by public men and .ake any partic United States,.. $3.00 per year Na hul mt of flayed .cular succe‘ the man in ss in Can- and that. would likely offset the Increased first. cost of .me tun-v vv V‘I-‘U w---” v _ V , In any event, the problem would appear to be one for the executives. The difference in salary between execude and labour is presumed to be based on the superior ability of the executives in their chosen work and on their capacity to sur- mount dimculties Under a six-hour day there is every rea- son to believe the country would return the sooner and sur-l er to prosperity and full employment. If any cut in wages is called for, such reduction should be made in salaries of executives. because this would not lower standards of living, and its very necessity would suggest the fact that the lmoney was not really earned. There is reason to believe that if this attitude were assumed executives would discover ways and means to adjust matters without salary cuts either by the hour or the day. .A, ’ North Bay is using its old jail building for the accommoda- . ticn of transients who are out of employment and who need j beds and meals. When the building was first Opened for . this purpose. advantage was taken of the opportunity byi scores of the transient. The patronage, indeed, was so good . that the authorities were not sure of the complete worthi- ness of all accepting the hospitality, and accordingly 9, plan was adopted whereby all transients were expected to give. four hours‘ labour .to the city in return for bed and meals for the day. The effect of this regulation was that nineteen .men who had been accommodated at the old jail building refused to return and quickly left the city when faced with work to pay for the service given them. The city cf Sudâ€" bury has adopted a similar plan in dealing with transients. The method is eminently fair and it has excellent results. Honest men are only too ready and willing to work for the accommodation given. Indeed, they much prefer this plan. The idle and vicious may not like it, but they deserve little consideration. All towns and cities might well adopt some plan of this kind. Those who do not like it should be kept in jails and similar institutions. The Advance has suggested that Timmins use a. municipal wood-sawing and wood-splitting yard to test out the transients. The worthy man is delighted at the opportunity to work and the other fellow may be afiarcpriately dealt with when his attitude is known. So far Timmins has given little help to the transi- ents. Preference has very properly been extended to bcna fide residents of the town. The transients have been warned to keep away. There is no work here for them in the regular way, and the town is already sufficiently burdened. A ct of business men are taking a lot of time and effrrt these days to tell all and sundry how perfectly rotten bus:- ness is at present. If these business men would spend part of the time so wasted, and worse than wasted, in the work of preparing snappy and attractive advertisements to draw business. they would be surprised at the change there would be in their individual share of general business. The men who have advertised consistently and persistently have more or less escaped the general depression. At this time a little extra effort may be necessary to keep business as usual, and advertising is especially necessary. roads for this North Land. By the completion or sucn ai belt line of roads all the centres of the North Land would be connected by road, to the advantage of all. The connec- tion suggested would mean the completion of a roadway be- tween Timmins and Sudbury. All this proposed roadway is cut now as the right of way for the power lines could 'be used. Had the belt line been completed years «ago as it should have been there would have been no “compromise” necessary between Sudbury and the! North Land in regard to the proposed route for the Trans- Canada highway, for Sudbury would have had easy access} ito that highway by its proper route, the Ferguson highway and west. from Cochrane. Had the belt line of roads been completed years ago, the difficulties of transportation into i the new Mat-aehewan camp would also have been avoided, for there would have been roadways connecting Matachewan with ‘neighbouring camps and also with 'both Sudbury and Tim- mins. To The Advance it seems that the belt line of roads for the North is a very Live question to-day. It would ap- pear to be good policy for the Government to consider the l very early completion of this rc-adway, :as a mean-s of reliev- ling unemployment, and also as an investment that will Ibring large returns to the North Land in tourist traffic and gener. The Advance understands that possibly as much as $100,- 000.00 will be spent. by the Ontario Government this season for roads for the settlers. If the Government makes such an expenditure it will. not only be assisting unemployment. helping the settler and eclvantaging the towns of the Nari. Lend. but it will also be investing monye for the development “" the country that will not fail to give good returns from all ‘I .1- There were many people who blamed all the evil of the late we? upm the Kaiser tand‘his military clique, and th- solved the German people from all blame. They seemed t:- believe that the Germans were :a peaceful and innccent peo- ple who were the victims of a system and were driven to wrcng through the evils of an autocracy. This was difficult to believe at the time, especially in view of the attitude of rtprrnnns thousands of miles from their fatherland who Fcr years past The Advance has been urging to believe at the time, especially in view of the attitude CI Germans thousands of miles from their fatherland who secret-1y and openly, upheld the German war programme. It is still more difficult to believe to-day with Hitler preach- ing war and enmity to other nations and the German people making him a popular idol. After another couple of world wars, even the pacifists may 'be doubtful about the good faith of the German people, that. is. of course, if there are any pacifist; left by that time. The communist candidate for mayor at Sudbury was des- cribed on the ballots as a. printer. All printers are not com- munists but when they change a. reference to “Brown’s winâ€" dow” to a suggestion about that gentleman’s “widow.” editors usany see “"Red before the matter can be explained satis- factorily to Brown or his wife. Mark Twain said: “So live that when you die even the undertaker will be sorry." Hon. G. Howard Ferguson has so lived in this province that now that he is about to leave for England, even The Toronto Star is sorry. ral deve lopm-ent of the country. has been urging a belt line of By the completion of such a shift. Timmins in Senior Hockey lin Northern Group of N.0.H.A. The N.O.H.A. season will be officially I opened on Friday, January 2, Iroquois Falls Eskimos meeting Timmins in the Northern senior group and New Lis- keard clashing with Cobalt in the cen- tral junior group. The southern group will get under way on Monday, Janu- ary 5, when Sault Ste. Marie junior Greyhounds 1930 champions, begin their quest for another title at Sudbury. The following are the official schedules of ‘the Northern Ontario Hockey Associa- ‘ tion adopted at the meeting of the exe~ cutive held here Saturday night:â€" Senior Seriesâ€"Northern Group Executive of N.O.H.A. Makes Plans at North Bay Meet- ing. Schedule Drawn Up for the Coming Season. Monteith the Only Team in Junior Series. Timmins, Iroquois Falls, South Porcupine and Kapuskasing in Senior Hockey. Jan Jan. Jan. J an J an. J an. Jan. Feb. Feb‘ Feb. Jan gJan Second Half Jan. 23â€"Iroquois Falls at Timmins Jan. 27â€"Timmins at Porcupine Jan. 30â€"Porcupine at Iroquois Falls Feb. 3â€"F0rcupine at Timmins Feb. 6â€"Timmins at Iroquois Falls Feb. 10â€"Iroquois Falls at Porcupine Schedule divided into two halves, the winners of each half playing home and home series of two games, total goals to comb. . Kapuskasing has a bye into finals the Northern Group. Central Group. Jan. 7â€"New Llskeard at Cobalt Jan. 12â€"Cobalt at New Liskeard Jan. 19â€"New Liskea-rd at Cobalt Jan. 26â€"Cobalt at New Liskeard Feb. 2â€"New Liskeard at Cobalt Feb. 5â€"Coba1t at New Liskeard Feb. 9â€"New Liskeard at Cobalt Feb. 13â€"chalt at New Liskeard Kirkland Lake a bye. Junior Seriesâ€"Northern Group Monstelth Academy a bye. i Central Junior Group Jan. 2â€"New Liskeard at Cobalt IJan. 6â€"Cobalt at Haileybury Feb. Feb. Feb Feb Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb Jan. Jan Feb. 6â€"New Liskeard at Cobalt Feb. 10â€"Haileybury at New Liskeard Southern Junior Group Jan. 5â€"800 vs. Sudbury Jan. 6â€"Soo vs. Chapleau Jan. 9â€"Sudbury vs. 800 Jan. 12â€"Chapleau vs. Sudbury Jan. 13â€"Chapleau vs. 800 Jan. 16â€"Sudbury vs. Chapleau Jan. 19â€"Soo vs. Sudbury Jan. 20â€"800 vs. Chapleau Jan. 23â€"Sudbury vs. 800. Jan. 26â€"Ch-apleau vs. Sudbury Jan. 27â€"Chapleau vs. 800 Jan. 30â€"Sudbury vs. Chapleau Feb. 2â€"Soo vs. Sudbury Feb. 3â€"Soo vs. Chapleau Feb. 6â€"Sudbury vs. Chapleau Feb. 9â€"Chapleau vs. Sudbury Feb. 10â€"Ch-apleau vs. 800. Feb. 12â€"Sudbury vs. 800 North Bay Trappers a bye. In reference to the N. O. H. A. hockey l for the coming season a despatch from 9 North Bay. this week says that the Northern Ontario Hockey Association will operate senior schedules in all groups of the association this year and junior series in the Central and South- ern groups. The Intermediate series has been cancelled for this season and the Gordon Cup, the trophy which in past years was awarded to the winner of the intermediate series will ht awarded to the winner of the runner- up in the senior finals. The Northern junior group is not functioning this season and Monteith the only club to file an entry has been granted'a by: into the finals. These decisions were reached at a meeting of the executive held Saturday night. I Kirkland Lake a bye. ‘: I l Jan. J an. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb In the Northern group Iroquois Falls, ' Timmins and South Porcupine will play ‘ through a split schedule of games. Kapuskasing, a new entry this year has been granted a bye into the finals of this group. In the Central group, Co- balt and New Liskeard will compete in a regular schedule. Haileybury in- tended to operate a team, but as New Liskeard had made arrangements to play their home games in the Hailey- bury rink, accommodation was lacking for a. senior entry from Haileybury. Kirkland Lake will operate a town league with teams entered from the Lake Shore, Teck Hughes and Wright- Hargreaves mines with the junior N. O.H:A. team supplying the fourth entry. The winners of , the Kirkland Lake town league have been granted a bye into the Central group finals. First Half 2â€"Iroquois Falls at; Tlmmins 5â€"Tlmm'ms at Porcupine 9â€"Porcuplne at Iroquois Falls IZâ€"Porcupine at Timmins 15â€"Timmins at Iroquois Falls 20â€"Iroquois Falls at; Porcupine Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie will operate town leagues in the Southerr. group. The application for affiliation of the North Shore Lezigues. composed l of teams from Bruce Mines, Blind River and Thessalon, a fertile source of great hockey players in the past. was granted and the winners of this league will meet in a series with the winners of the Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury leagues to declare the Southern Senior winner. i As Haileybury will not be represented {by a senior team. New Liskeard and Cobalt will be permitted to draw on Haileybury {Payers Main street Hai- leybury. was set as the dividing line. New Liskeard being permitted to sign players residing North of Main street. éâ€"Haneybury at New Liskeard 13â€"Haileybury at Cobalt ' Its-Cobalt at New Liskeard 20â€"New Liskeard at Haileybury 23â€"Cobalt at New Liskeard 27â€"Haileybury at Cobalt 30â€"New Liskeard at Haileybury 3â€"Cobalt at Haileybury fin a1 5 of and Cobalt, all players South of Main street. The executive was asked by the New Liskeard club to clearly define this territory. Byes were also granted Kirkland Lake juniors in the Central group and the North Bay Trappers in the Southern group. A large number of applications for playing certificates were endorsed by the executive. A hopeful feature as far as the future of hockey in Northern Ontario is concerned was the fact that practically all clubs are playing home- ibrew players this year. D. E. Sutherland, of Hadleybury, president; J. Ii. McDonald, Sault Ste. Marie, vice-president and W. A. Thompson, secretary-treasurer were ap- pointed as the sub-committee for the present season. “1-1 Present at the meeting were D. E. Sutherland, Haileybury, president; C. 0. Baker, North Bay, immediate past president; Angus Campbell, Cobalt, life member and N. O. H. A. representative on the advisory board of the O. H. A.; W. A. Thompson, North Bay, secretary- treasurer; J. H. McDonald, Sault Ste. Marie, vice-president; T. J. Faught, Chapleau and E. M. Little, Iroquois Falls, members of the executive. Still another despatch from North Bay deals with the Junior N. O. H. A. situation. This despatch sayszâ€"“One finalist has already been declared by the N. O. H. A. for the season of 1930- 1931. Monteith Academy was the only team to file an entry in the Northern Junior group. A bye into the play- downs was granted them by the execu- tive of the association Saturday night. Iroquois Falls’ Eskimos and Timmins, who staged merry battles for northern honours in past seasons will not have junior teams this year, both clubs con- fining their efforts to fiche senior series. “Although the northern clubs are! abandoning junior hockey for this sea- 1 son a high school league has been; formed composed of three groups,‘ Kapuskasing and Cochrane will form! one group. Timmins and South Porcu- i pine another and Iroquois‘Falls and! Monteith the third. Town home and; home games will be played in each; group and the winners will enter :1' playdown for the special trophy em- blematic of the high school cham- pionship of the northern district. 6 l i w James Rochefort Manufactured by Mohawk Radio Limited Toronto Timmins sing having a bye into the finals. (3.] H. Durgan. general superintendent of‘, the Spruce Falls‘ paper mill has been‘ very active in the formation of both the high school league and the senior series of the Northern group. Kapus- kasing opens this year one of the finest arenas in the province and it is ex- pected that in the future Kapuskasing will be one of the strongest and most active members of the N. O. H. A. “Several of the stars of last year‘s senior Eskimos who represented the N. O. H. A. in the Allan Cup piaydowns will be missing this year. However, the Eskimos have plenty of material available to place a strong entry in the series. C. Powers. O’Donnell, Cybulski, "beverul U1 ulc awuo u. am- 4-..- _ senior Eskimos who represented thel Gait Prestonian:-â€"If you watch the N. O. H. A. in the Allan Cup playdownSI ctcck .when you are twenty you will will be missing this year. However.hll;eiy still be only a watchman when the Eskimos have plenty of materiallyou are sixty. available to place a strong entry in the! ' series. C. Powers. O'Donnell, Cybulski, Toronto Mail and Emplre:â€"-Tho Chircoski, Wimperis, Fahey and Fraser‘ threat of the Prohibition Union is thin- 'de!ly veiled in the same way that one oi the experience. Then the Eskimosl'Earl Carroll's dancing girls is thinly have several promising graduates from I veiled. McDowell Motors the junior team or last year in the Porter Brothers for the‘ defence and ‘ Toronto Mail and Empire:â€"-â€"The ‘ threat of the Prohibition Union is thin- !ly veiled in the same way that. one of Earl Carroll's dancing girls is thinly | veiled. hissâ€"Bennett. In addition Roberts speedy forward from Cobalt and Smith star of the Monteith team last year, are located in the Falls. "Little is known as yet of the strength of the Timmins and South Porcupine teams. but they have always provided strong opposition in the past and should do so again this year." Distributed by Vimy Supp'y Co. Ltd. Schumacher 'oronto Fourth Avenue

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