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AB£ the luncheon given last week by the Timmins board of Â¥rmie to Premicer Ggo. 8. Henry there was some disappointâ€" perhaps because the premier, while mentioning the mswsiter of the Transâ€"Canada highway, indicated that the ««eaasmplete route across Northern Ontario had not yet been «@ieecided upon. There are no real grounds for any disapâ€" printment to the people Of the North, however, in what the premuer said. Indeed, if logic and language have any meanâ€" mm in politics, the statements by the premier seem to leave ®® doubt that the proper route will be announced when the #ime comes for public declaration in the matter. The only wosxuler remaining is that there should be delay in making the announcement when the matter is so clear. dn his remarks the premier pointed out that two routes «were being seriously considered and that the choice rested "BLetween these two. The one route was by way of Sault Ste. ‘Miarie and along the north shore of Lake Superior. This route had its ardent advocates because it was argued it wamauld have so much attraction for tourists. It had been emllectne scenic route, the premier suggested. The other rsute was by way of the Ferguson highway to Cochrane and then to Hearst and thence westerly to the Nipigon country‘ %o Hnok up with roads already built or now . under construcâ€" ‘This latter route, the premier‘s words implied, was alBowsd the virtue ofâ€" practical utility. It passed throuzsh xuntry where there was settlement and rich promise of Aurther development. The premier did not add that this worthern route was also a scenic route, but he might well zeve dons so, for its seenery will phove to have great atâ€" Ereetion for tourist.s and others. Indeed, as a matter of fact, Eisis northern route will prove the greater attraction cf the gwo routes in ‘the matter of scenic appeal, for this route has wariety sas well as besuty The expanse cof lake and the sucâ€" eession of rocks on the proposed route along the north shore e€ Lake Superior would insvitably re;\l by its very sameness Sikm. ‘This latter route, aowsd the virtue ofâ€" p: wanmtry whore there wa -lnl;er of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association TIMMINS, ONTARIO 1t is likely that in the days to come Hon. Mr. Finlayson will be throwing in the teeth of the people of the North the asxmmwunt of money spent in this country, including the cost w# the Transâ€"Canada highway. From present indications, only the South and its unemployed that are profiting wsweh from the Transâ€"Canada highway. None of the towns «# the North, for so long so unfairly burdened with unemâ€" wloyed, have received any relief from the Transâ€"Canada Â¥KHighway work. The Canada Lumberman refers to the depression as no se than a mythâ€"a ghostâ€"with no solid foundation in Sxet. If The Canada Lumberman were to be read by the Bsndreds of poor fellows in Timmins at the present time who formerly had work for the winter in the lumber camps, this year can find no work anywhere, they would be Rzable to tell The Canada Lumberman its knowledgeâ€" of emmlitions was a myth and its statement without solid Â¥eumdation in fact. The forest workers here would like to ®Freave a phantom of job and they would be delighted to see "*he ghost walk" once more. "The Ontario Government will be missing one of the very Best measures for the relief of unemployment and for the development of the North Land if it fails to order an early eemmencement on the work of building the proposed highâ€" way to connect Timmins, Gowganda, EJk Lake, Matacheâ€" wan,. Sudbury and other important areas, by roadway. AND SANDâ€"AND PLACE The Cochrane Northland Post apmparently aspires to be Â¥he Ghandi of this North. In commenting on the suggestion Â¥That with the census returns showing so greatly increased a gopulation in this North there should be another seat creatâ€" «d im the Federal parliament to give proper representation t%» this large section of country, The Post says:â€""We agree with our contemporaries that this section needs more repreâ€" semniation, but if it means more members, we are not in favâ€" «wr of the move at the present time." There are a lot of yewple like that; they are in favour of increased expendxtuves se long as it does not cost any more money. "There is one man 0| ts of work, and that i w11 those letters of der Khroughout the country bw@hway route With Hon. W. Finlayson against this "fancy toufist stuff," angd Premier Henry in favour of a road that will be of use and still not cost too much, it would apripear as if everybody will soon be unanimous for the Ferguson highway and west #rom Cochrane and Hearst as part of the Transâ€"Canada A reader of The Advance asks why the Canadian dollar is below par in the United States at the present time, while Cx@mada remains on the gold standard. The answer is that the decline in the value of the Canadian dollar had no valid werason in facts or conditions but was simply a piece of weanipulation by United States financial interests, who will o doubt be deeply grieved later on to find an unfriendly Hreling in this country. The recent depreciation of the Caxanadian dollar had little justificaticn or excuse, except #hat it could be done. Last week The Mail and Empire had an interesting hisâ€" Sorical article on its editorial page telling of the founding wsome 181 years ago of the settlement of Sault Ste. Marie Ry a French soldier, Louis Le Gardeur de Repentigny. The article was headed in bold letters, "Soldier Founder of the Epe." The Advance has always suspected this, but has alâ€" ways been tco fond of animals to say so. Timmins Thursday, Oct. 29th, 1931 PREMIER MAKES A GOOD CASE SBubscription Rates i0) Per Year United 8 Published Every Thursday by: GEO. LAKE, Owner and Publisher Vorrupine Aduvance > foreigners who were asked last week to accept pulpwosod refused the work on the pvlea that know how to handle an axe. Some of them, very scood with a hammer. Ont., Thursday, Oct. 29th, .-"a.t,al."y Most v always fata Ma ut of employment who certainly has is the fussy communist who writes up mands made upon the town councils PHONESâ€"â€"â€"â€"RESIDENCE 70 United Statesâ€"$3.00 Per Year mpire last we kn: ind yet roses bloom in the r that Premier Henry i1 and optimistic. T In reference to the matter of relief work, it should be noted that all possible employment must be provided this winter or conditions will be very sericus. There are eight or nine hundred men in town at present who must have work provided. The seriousness of the situation does not appear to be fully realized. It will be a task to provide all the work necessary to give employment to all. The buildâ€" ing of a new town hall will provide employâ€" ment. It is true that the majority of those employed will be skilled tradesmen, but these tradesmen have to have employâ€" ment the same as any one else. It is a fact that many of the unemployed posing as common labourers are in reality skilled tradesmen who can find no emr¢oyment in their own particular line. Most of the men who will be employed on the work of building a town hall here will be men whoaotherâ€" wise will have to secure other employment or relief. As a means ¢of creeting emp‘loyment the building of a new muniâ€" cipal building is worth considering. The work is a very necessary cneâ€"one that should have been done before. It ssems to be well worth while to consider it very carefully n>w when it will do so much good in the way of relieving unemp‘oyment and adding to the comfort of the people of the town a matter of financing. Five years ago the provincial govâ€" ernment offered to pay half the cost of a municipal buildâ€" ing that would also care for the needs of the province in the way of office room and other accommodation. The need is greater now than five years ago and there is every reason to believe that the pwovincial government will contribute materially to any cost involved. Of course, if the provincial government will not do so, the matter would not be possible for Timmins alone to finance at this time. It does seem to be admitted that a new municipal buildâ€" ing is very badly needed in this town. The present structure is notoriously inadequate, inconvenient, unsanitary and unâ€" satisfactory. The question then resolves itself largely into At the council meeting on Monday Mayor Drew called attention to the fact that on the one hand he was accused by some of unduly urging the building of a new municipal building and on the other hand he was charged by others with attempting to stop the construction of such a necesâ€" sary building here. Accordingly, the mayor wished to make his position clear on the matter. He said, in effect, that on the one hand he favoured the building of a new municipal building because the present premises were SC inadequate, so out of keeping with the town in general, and so unfair ta the civic employees who could not be expected to give the most effective service under the handicaps imâ€" posed by the quarters used. On the other hand, the mayo! suggested, the time might not be opportune for financing such a venture, desirable though it might be. The mayor mentioned the fact on the one hand that the proposed building would _ create a certain amount of employment â€"not only here but elsewhere in Canada in connection with the materials used, and so would be a good thing at this time. On the other hand he felt that other relief work would create much more employment for ordinary labour and so should come first. After this explanation it does not seem fair to suggest that the mayor is too urgent for the building or too active against. In word, he has given both sides of the case, but does not appear to show any definite overâ€" enthusiasm on one side or the other. and monotony, while the northern route has the spscial appeal of change of scene. Along the route will be found forest, lakes, rivers, hills and valleys, meadows and farm lands, settlements little and big, quiet countmysides and silent bush, thriving towns with mammoth industriecs, quaint villages, cities in the makifAg, mines and forest industries, and many other different items of interest. It is a notable commentary on the independence of charâ€" scter of the cf Canada that toâ€"day the call of the unemprloyed is for work,; not relief in direct form. "Let us have work, and we will look after ourselves" is the thought in the minds of most of those seeking employment in this country. Only the communists are forward with demands {for direct relief, and few people pay any attention to these alien agitators. The pecple in general in this country are appmrently anxious to escape direct relief measures so far es that may be done. The only plan by which direct, relief may be avoided this year is by the providing of ample work for all. So far this has not been done. The work available :o far has been pitifully inadequate. There seems to be reascn to doubt whether or not the authorities are fully seizc1 with the extent and the seriousness of the situation. TF> communists have done much to becloud the real issues by their idiotic attitude in the matter. But the necessity for more work should be urged upon all. With any direct relief the money is simply spznt and there is nothing to show for it except secars on the hear‘s of those forced to acâ€" ce;y. ®ven work not necessaryâ€"work at a lossâ€"is preferâ€" rable to direct relief, and in the end less costly. In the most of cases important public and private works will be achieved by the work provided for rel)af purposes. The Advance beâ€" lieves that the full programme of the $60,000.00 in work in the town of Timmins, as approved by the rtrovincial authoriâ€" ties, will not be enough to handle all the unemployment here. The Advance believes that the province will eventuâ€" ally pay its full share of this amount instead of a fraction as suggested by a recent letter. With the amount allowed to Sudbury and other towns the grant to Timmins is absurd at present. In addition to the $60,000.00 worth of work reâ€" ferred to, there is need for further employment to be created. A new municipal building is one way by which such work could be given. Another is the building by the Government of road connecting Timmins and Sudbury.. Such a work would assist materially in the development of the North Land. It is a necessary work admittedly held back only for financial reasons. The relief money can be used now for this highway which would be of immense value to the whole North. As a scenic route, the Ferguson highway route would ippear after all to have greater appeal than the muchâ€"toutâ€" d rocky road along the north shore of Lake Superior, but t is as a route for the service of existing settlements and the Sevelspment of the country in general that the northern route AVOUR OF A NEW TOWN HALL Premier s a th will be well ple rtvy approval when ier Henry implied that the scenic idea would be conâ€" and that there would be special thought for the of the road. HMHe went even further than that. He ed that economy of construction and maintenance e a factor carefully weighed. It is wellâ€"known that t of the soâ€"called scenic road among the rocks and along the shore of Lake is practically proâ€" In the matter of economy of construction and ess and value in development the vote apparently ct honestly go otherwise than in favour of the route he Ferguscn highway to Hearst and westward. e question is finally decided on the lines suggested mier Henry‘s address at Timmins, this part of the will be well pleased and Canada in general will give anproval when the facts are known. n wWay â€" o fur e served but the country i : settlement, and this is : ut the Lake Superior rout i that the scenic idea woul would be special though e country is such a id this is somethin THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMIN®S, ONTARIO uld b n route lements ’Hand Back $1,100, 000 _ to Beauharnois Co. McDougall and MHenry Satd to MHave Returned 80,009 Shares and Cash and to Relingnu‘ch Offices in the Company. "It is also understood thit Robert O. Sweezey, president of the Beauharnois Light, Heat and Power Company will retire from the pres‘dency of that nal of "In this connection it is understood that Senator â€"McDougald will retire from the chairmanship of the board of directors of the Beauharnois Power Corporation, the holding company . of all of the Beauharnois enterprises. FPolliowing this interview there comes the story tha‘s a total of $1,100 000.00 has been virtually handed back to the Beauharnois Co., and that McDougald and Henry will both relinguish their cffices with the company thoughâ€"R. O. Sweezey will be retained in some capaâ€" city, though retiring as president. In its article on the matter The Otâ€" tawa Journal on Monday of this week Ssays : â€" x "Hon. (Dr.) Wilfrid ~Laurier Mcâ€" Dougald, of Montreal, and Robert A. C. Henry, gegneral manager and viceâ€"preâ€" ‘"‘The Journal understands Mr. Benâ€" nett will carry out the recommendaâ€" tion of the parliamentary committee which investigated Beauharnois to the effect "to procure the development of the Beauharnois preject in such a manner as will best serve the people of Canada.‘" sident of the Beauharnois Light, Hea!l and Power Company, have made an adâ€" justment of their proceeds from the sale of the Sterling Industrial Corporaâ€" tion, Limited, to the Beauharnois Powâ€" er Company, The Journal has learned "The adjustment included handing back 80,000 shares of the Beauharnois Light, Heat and Power Company to the Beauharnois Company and included part of the $300,000 cash which Senator McDcougald and Mr. Henry received from Beauharnois for the Sterling Industrial Corporation‘s "nuisance value." "The transaction involving a deal of $1,100,000 was the first definite move made by any of the persons either conâ€" demned or criticised in the report of the special parliamentary committee which investigated the Beauharniqs picwer project at the session of Parliament. "The adjustment made by Senator McDougald and Mr. Henry, the sole interests in the Sterling deal with Beauharnois, was mentioned in Ottaâ€" wa on Saturday when the Prime Minâ€" ister conferred with representatives of banks interested in the Beauharnois Light, Heat and Power Company. It is understood that the question of reâ€" organization of the Beauharnois Comâ€" pany entered largely in the discussion. It is understcod some new angles came up, but no definite conclusions, wére reached. "It will be recalled that the parliaâ€" mentary investigation revealed that Senator McDougald and Mr. Henry sold the Sterling Industrial Corpsraâ€" tion (captialized at $2,500) to the Beauâ€" harnois Company for $300,000 cash and 2,000 units or 80,000 shares of Beauharnois stock which at one time had a value of something around $803,â€" 11 J2 il h ind the meetl 1 othe djustrn rnols projec 1C arti 1e AC the m uC E3 That is a picture of the United States in 1839. Here is one from across the Atlantic cof almost the same date. Th> Weekly Sectsman recently had an art‘ cl> comparing 1831 with 1931. The writer iccalls that just a 100 years ago secotland and England were in a state of "acute" economic distress.. He outâ€" lined the situation in these words:â€" The industrial revolution and the soâ€" cial misery it brought in its train, the rise in prices during and after the Natijleonic wars, the barbarous criminâ€" al code, with execution and transporâ€" tation for trivial offences, unemployâ€" ment, political corruption, a Poor Law just two centuries out of date, the rise of factories with child labour, lack of foodâ€"these are but a few of the outâ€" standing evils of Scotland a 100 years ago. Unemployment was rife. In 1820, the problem was temporarily solved in Edinburgh by setting the men, whose discontent was making them dangerâ€" cus, to reconstruct the road round the Salisbury Crags, thus gaining it the name of "the Radical Road." In Engâ€" company and from the Beauharnois directcrate but will be retained in some advisory capacity in view of his unâ€" coubtcd engineering ability and in fact to his having been the guiding genius of the great power development. "R. A. C. Henry, former Deputy Minâ€" ister of Railways and Canals, and now general manager and viceâ€"president or the Beauharnois Light, Heat and Power Company, will retire from the board osf directors of the company but will remain as general manager of the Xo Reastn to Believe that Present Dif ficulity is "the Worst Ever," or that it will not be Safely Passed Ere Long. Former Depressions Have Been Overcome A week or two ago The Advance made reference to pizevious depressions in the medern world and to the pessiâ€" a glcomy fate, but the British "mudâ€" led threugh" stronger than ever, In revicwing former depressions The Edâ€" monton Journal is of the impression that the world has overcome all forâ€" me: depressions and may safely be left to triumph over the one that at presâ€" en} is worrying this cld world.. The Edmonton Journal in this connection SaV r operty in Alabama changed hands; the great United States bank failed nineâ€"tenths of all Eastern factories were closed and the same proportion of their hands were idle; book printâ€" ing, furniture making and some other rades stopped completely and 5,000 men attacked the city hall in Boston." "Scmetimesâ€"much too often, in fact â€"one hears two or three prophets of zlcom declare with shakes of the head that this is "the worst devression in history‘" and that someâ€" th‘ng is bound to happen, the "someâ€" thing" is being anything that isn‘t parâ€" ticularly happy. Yet, the historian, James T. Adams, recalls that in the United States over 100 years ago, people went real estate mad; the boom broke, and in 1839 "North Carolina farms ccould be so‘d for only 2 per cent. of their former value; half of the whole LKE rem *AlTlV 3v O @â€"wWCTK on the t. 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