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For Sure Results Try a Classified Ad. flumday, April let, 1932 NEW FEATURES NEW RIDING QUALITIES Chas. Pierce 8: Sons, Limited By‘buying from local mer- chants you aid in the em- ployment of local peopleâ€"in the paying of town taxes, in assisting charitable and other institutions depending on the municipality for sup- port. Spend Your Dollars in Your Home Town honie 32 truce St. S. / NEW REFINEMENTS NEW VALUES But of necessity now the change has Ito be recognized. It would be absurd lfor a Government to have to raise Emoney, under great difficulties, to be ipassed along to farmers to pay out in ! gasoline and car. truck and tractor up- lkeep; or to buy food which they can Ewell provide for themselves. f How long the depression will last no I one knows, but it is plain that it will The policy of providing employment for relief purposes to farmers and other people on the land, was first forced by the fact that in recent times of com- parative prosperity, the average family had adopted a more expensive mode of living and buying than their prospects allowed. and at the same time had dis- carded the old established arrange- ments by which a family on the land was almost entirely self-supporting. The change came too quickly for these people to realize and to adjust them- selves at once. Payments had to be met; habits had to be altered. those whose hearts are set on some par- ticular new road or road improvement; but the fact remains that we have more and better roads now than any new country ‘ever'had at so early a stage in its development. It is very evident, however, that this sort of thing cannot go on indefinitely. The heavy drain on treasuries when economies are so vitally necessary must prohibit these expenditures to a mini- mum. In other words, whether general conditions improve or not it will be be possible to extend less and less relief. Great sums of money have been ex- pended in a two-fold endeavourâ€"to stimulate business and convey the ne- cessities of life to those in need. and to obtain useful results of a n‘ature that will play a great part in a betterment of condiions in the future. Good roads and highways are essential to modern prosperity and development. But with the completion of the pre- sent work on hand we shall have a roads system that will be well abreast. to say the least. of our devel-Opment. Considerably in advance. as a matter of fact, to what We should, now have had if times had remained good. This may seem strange but reflection will show it to be true. Naturally. there will be disagreement with the statement that we are fully supplied with roads, on the part of those whose hearts are set on some par- ticular new road or road improvement; Trans-Canada highway, in the wage money that has been distributed there- by. and the incidental business created has saved the situation. That this policy was necessary. and is appreciated. is everywhere admitted. One hears from business men in the localities concerned the repeated state- ment that it is hard to imagine what would have been the local condition had the various forms of employment not been provided. It is recognized that the work undertaken in the im- proving and construction of roads and highways, and the building of the Thinks the Country Has Enough Roads 01 To t The The lowln: ment : Dear Sinâ€"With tn upon us. and the char nual readjustment rm and doings. especla North Country. it ma: stock of the situation of unemployment as Writer’s Opinion of Standards of Living on Farms Does Not Apply to this Part. of the North. Several the North Bay, April 16th, 1932 me Editor of Advance; Timmlns. ar Sinâ€"With the .spring break-up us. and the change which this an- readjustment makes in our habits doings. especially here in the : Advance is in receipt of the {01- g letter. which calls for some com- Years Yet Before Neces- sary Roads Supplied. 1y. there wi statement with roads 8 will be disagreement ant, that we are fully :ads, on the part of ts are set on some par- or road improvement; THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO Your Durant Dealer will give you a driving demon- stration. . If ever there was a car built,for to-day’s travel plus economy, it is the new Frontenac Six. YOUR satisfaction that it is more comfortable quicker in pick-up. . smoother in flight .faster on hills than any automobile you have eve1 driven at anywhere near its price. DRIVE the new Frontenac “6-70” and prove to DOMINION MOTORS LIMITED TORONTO The Advance believes that Mr. White is equally astray in his suggestion that there are enough roads built now for the development and convenience of the country. That is not true in this section at any rate, and it is equally untrue so far as the area along the Transcontinental west of Cochrane is concerned. There are still groups of settlers without roads to schools and markets. In saying this, it should also be said that thanks to the untiring | Sacrifice and change of outlook is" [demanded of many people. but the Gov- ' 'ernments have done their part in tak-l zing up the slack of the change of cir-l cumstances since the easier days. It is' now a matter of necessity that those who can must help themselves. E. NEWTON-WHITE. I It would not be fair to allow Mr.‘ White's letter to pass without comment. Certainly his references do not apply. to this part of the North Land. The' settlers here positively have not been: enjoying any too high standards of liv- , ing. The Advance regrets that theyi have not been able to live much better" than they have. For practically all oil them in this part of the North. theI struggle has been one to daunt the! stoutest heart. To suggest that the, settlers in the large area north of Kirk- ‘ ”land Lake have been living any better i ‘ than the pioneers of Old Ontario is not} to know the facts, or, kncwing them.. lto sadly misrepresent them. It may be. ;true that in some parts of the North l(around New Liskeard, for instance. where Mr. White is particularly well I acquainted) the farmers may have been .able to live in better fashion than their Iforebears. But if so, they certainly! lshould not be asked to reduce their lstandarcis of living unless the people iof the towns and cities, and particu- Elarly the high finance crowd, are ready' ito go back to the standards of fiftyl i years ago. There is something enrag-i I ing about the suggestion too often made Ethese days that the “common people" should get back to simpler ways of liv- ing. Will Mr. White or anybody else tell the world why the humbler folks lof Canada should make the suggested sacrifices and wipe out the progress of the. last fifty years for no other bene-I I fit than that of the high finance crowd? , r Surely it is “absurd to suggest that men i rare living on’ too. high a standard oni $600.00 or $1,000.00 3. year, to satisfy thel tender feelings of a number of others! who feel they are being pauperized be-g cause effort is apparently being made} to cut them down to $10,000.00 or 350,-} 000,00 or $100,000.00 a year! The Ad-i vance does not believe that the far-l mers anywhere in Canada, as a class} have been living in any extravagant; way. The standard of living of then settlers in this North has been pitifully! meagre. The Advance has too much? knowledge of conditions in this part of. the North to allow any suggestion of extravagant living on the part of the settlers to pass without challenge. Those who know the lives of the settlers in this part of the North know that they are making one of the most gallant bat- tles in the history of pioneeringâ€"a battle in which the hardships and the; trials from day to day are veryevident, i but where there is practically no . chance of any very large spoils even when victory is won. Theremay be better prospects for the next genera- " tion but for the settlers of to-day therei ‘ is little hope except a sturdy indepennL dence. l ‘ is AUTHORIZED DEALERS FOR TIMMINS AND VICINITY Sold and Serviced by Durant dealers everywhere Canadian Built l ( LEASIDE ) no one will benefit except a few who have already profited far beyond com- mon sense or the general advantage. 0111' Want. Ad. Column Brings Results worl: of men like A. F. Kenning. M. PR. and A. V. Waers. M.P.P.. long needed roadsâ€"roads absoluteLv essen- tial if the settlers were to have a chance at all,â€"have been built in the past few years. It should be remem- bered, however, that there are still many more roads very greatly needed and it will be several years before this part of the North begins to vision in any fashion any glimpse of the “saturation point" in the matter of road-building. What Mr. White says about roads and conditions may be true about other sections with which he is acquainted. The Advance leaves that to those of the sections referred to. but absolutely and positively it should be known that the standards of living, the road facili- ties and the other conditions in this new country are not what they should be. Unless the Government continues its good work along the lines followed in recent years, then the Government will suffer, the country will suffer, and There will be the deepest sympathy extended to the Campbell family in the double bereavement suffered recently in the space of about a week. First, there was the death at Timmins of Angus Campbell, who passed away at St:.’ Mary’s hospital. Timmins. ‘safizer {an operation for appendicitis. Then there came word of the death of the mother in Saskatchewan. The Haileyburian last week in referring to the double bereavement to the family says:â€" “The sympathy of many friends in Haileybury and the North Country will be extended- -to Mr. D. A. Campbell, well-known prospector and mining man who suffered a double «bereavement last week. His brother, Angus, died sud- denly in Timmins, following an opera- tion for appendicitis, and when Mr. Campbell arrived back in Haileybury after attending the funeral, he receiv- ed a telegram containing the news that his mother. had passed away at her home in Saskatchewan. He was unable to reach the western province in time for his mother’s funeral and, as he had arranged to accompany a party on a prospecting trip. did not attempt the journey." The Advance would urge all radio owners to look after this matter at the very earliest moment so as to avoid unnecessary costs and inconvenience. The wom from Ottawa is to the ef- fect that the owners of radio receiving sets will be given until June lst this year to obtain their new $2.00 licenses. This announcement was made by the Department of Marine. The new 1i- censes will be available in most cen- tres in a week or so, but owing to the fact that the fee has been changed from $1.00 to $2.00 :by the new budget, the date at which new licenses may be secured has been extended from May lst to June lst. Owners of radio sets should are the tipcomirwsmnedaysagofmm cream totheeflectthat there is-iaobe a gen- eral meek-up this year on radio li- censa and that all who have not the required license will be brought into court and fined. It will be recalled that a couple of years ago a number of people in Timmins were up in court bec'ause they did not. have the required license for their radio. To those up in court the radio license for the year was an expensive affairâ€"much more eXpen- sive than even the increased fee that. is to go into eflect this year. For this reason it would be well for all owning radios to specially check-up on them- selves. This is much cheaper and nicer than waiting for ,the Government. om- cials to do the checking-up. SECOND BEREAVEMENT IN A WEEK IN CAMPBELL FAA‘IILY To Check Up on Radio Licenses at Early Date CANADA as if they are being side-tracked. As‘ soon as the budget debate is finished it} is the intention of the Canadian Le- gion and Associated Veterans to press! these questions. At the present time! all they ask is for the pension appli-. cant to be told whether his pension has! been granted or not. In the latter case he could at once put in an appeal to the tribunal or take his fate as final. Under the 1931 amendments all pen-l sion applicants that had been turned. down by the pensions board were re-9 ferred back to that body for recom' sideration. The board has not been able to dispose of more than 15 a day‘ of these cases and the Canadian Legion is urging the enlargement of the pen- sion board to permit quicker action.‘ Col. Roper. Dominion President. stated 1 at a Vimy banquet at Halifax on April 9th that a united effort would be made for consideration by the government of the proposals placed before Premier Bennett in January of this year. The veterans would wait until the Budget had been disposed of, and would then: i so once more to the Cabinet asking them for consideration of the various 'account in last week‘s Advance that your correspondent was still feeling a little shaky and trusts he is excused. for leaving Alf Bellamy’s name from the principals in the second act. Ali. . was very good and his antics when the ! whizz-bangs went over kept all in roars ; of laughter. The part when he knock- ?ed the scenery down after a'loud one! went over was unrehearsed but made! the biggest laugh of the night. So realistic was the trench fire pail that one of the audience called out to Fred ! l Curtis to take his arm off it before it was burned. Without doubt it was the best night yet, and full credit should be given to Fred Curtis for writing the sketch. The cook made a splendid job! of the catering, everything being of 3 first class order. The meats were cook- ! ed to perfection and the trimmings, with the rolls and the Army tea, made! a meal fit for the Field-Marshal him-! self. When it comes to the singing of i our National songs. the Canadian Le- gion. sure can show the way. As one! 'visitor said, “I have never heard the! National Anthem sung with such unity,l and it proves that patriotism is still deeply rooted in your branch." "We won't get home until morning," seemed to be the theme song of the celebra- tion, judging by the reports around, anyway it was a night to remember! and all are looking forward to another; of similar nature. ! i Pension Applicants Seek Action Judging by reports current in the‘ daily newspapers the pensions board' are again slipping from their work. It! is said that there are over 10,000 aprili- ; cations for pensions now before the? board and that only about 15 per day’ are dealt with. The Canadian Legion! have recommendations for the speed-2 ing up of these claims now in the hands! of the government officials and it seems; Echoes of Vimy Night questions affecting pensions and other Yes, they are still ringing against urgent matters put forward on behalf the wall of the hall! As one comradelof BX-SBI'ViCG men. Among these 83%- said, “The programme was 3 lengthy gestions is one affecting Imperial pen- one and several of the popular artists 5 SiODSI‘S in Canada and it will be advis- of the branch were not able to perform; able fOI' all to keep a 01050 watch for so 1 suggest next year we start at the this deputation and the results which bottom and work backwards, and binill arise therefrom. the time we reach the half way line all I Big SmOker on Monday will be recovered from the effects and- The entertainment committee under the. rest of the talent Will be heard in its new chairman, Charles Keatw, are peace." One could tell by reading the holding their first smoker on Monday. account in last week's Advance that A very good line up of talent has been your correspondent was still feeling a secured and the usual brand of eats, little shaky and trusts he is excused. smokes and tea always provided will be .mxmxmxmmxmxxxxmmxwxxs\xxm‘a Red Label - 256 1/211). 30c orangePEkO" 38wc V2 lb- 43}: the Porcupine The Canadian Legion in You now pay only a little more for RED ROSE than for cheap bulk teas. YOU CAN NOW BUY We refund the grocer the drop in price WE BEAR THE LOSS : It is a significant fact that. not only * has Canada far exceeded the estimates lmade for the gold production, and not ionly has this country become well en- sconed as the second largest gold pro- }ducing country of the world, but one province alone, i.e. Ontario, will in 1932, with a production at present es- timated at some $48,000,000. exceed the {gold production from the whole or the United Statue, which for many years has held second position among the productive countries. The steady in- crease in gold production from $4,600.â€" loco in 1913 to $43,100,000 in 1931. with n the vast resources as yet untapped, au- 9 gurs well for the future of the Province I of Ontario. ' The world tcday is registering sur- lprise at the rapidity with which gold ! production from Canada has continued I to grow and at the apparently unlimi- ,ted resources which Canada. possesses : from'which further yearly increases can be made. To those familiar With can-5 ditions in this country the increase is not so remarkable as they have wit- nessed gold production steadily advance from some $19,000,000 in 1921 to a rate iof at least $100,000,000 per annum. tray. All three papers are damm- lnz the absolute freedom of the pram. anyway. macaw-1y the freedom of exprmlon allowed when referring to t‘. contemporary! Cochmne Normland Postâ€"Recently The Porcupine Advance became em- broiled with the Ottawa. Journal on the question of “tree speech", and now the Northern Mum: has joined me The next regular meeting c! the town council will be held on Monday next. April 25m. commencing at 4 pm. The astonishment expressed on all sides is, to a large extent, due to the f act that such authorities as The Gold Committee of The League of Ntions, in preparing their estimates covering indicated gold production from the various oountria; of the world, have credited Canada with a possible p.10- duction of only $40,900 000 for the year 1931 and $46,500,000 by 1940., Ontario Will Produce More Gold Than the U.S. In the introduction to a report on one of the Quebec gold properties now coming into prominence, Douglas A. Match. B.A. Sc., M.C.I.MM.. Profes- sional Mining Engineer, gives the fol- lowing interesting facts and figures:â€" questions affecting pensions and other urgent matters put forward on behalf of ex~service men. Among these m- gestions is one affecting Imperial pen- sioners in Canada and it will be advis- able for all to keep a close watch for this deputation and the results which will arise therefrom. Big; Smoker on Monday The entertainment committee under its new chairman, Charles Keatw, are holding their first smoker on Monday. A very good line up of talent has been secured and the usual brand of eats. smokes and tea always provided will be on hand for your enjoyment. It is hoped that a big attendance will be on hand. This new entertainment com- mitee are going to try for a record. so it is up to all members to help them make it. Hoping to see you all there, I am, your correspondent, NOW By Timmins Branch Correspondent. -â€"W. A. Devine ()ld Price