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As the result of the high cost of :fivinx brought about by recent price increases in foodstuffs, more and more of the women of the Porcupine are making their dresses and. clothing for â€",i lj‘ix:tr families at home, the Advance jlearned this week. Ladles wear shopsâ€" report that busiâ€" ;nm is extremely dull, but on the other iA dry goods merchants are exâ€" _ Timming town council was asked at its meeting this week t8 increase its per diem grant for the children who ,_ town charges . in , the Children‘s Shelter. In the past the town has paid aeents per Uay toward the tipkeep "Business has jumped handâ€"overâ€" ;f;;,ttle Mone% Gals Mak resses shamed at the amount my business as increased lately." â€"â€" ol XXXHI No. t thapr@rlegor of . the town‘s larâ€" it dry goods store said. *"When ney is scarce women start coming to in bigger numbers ahd frankly I‘m is today,. welfare officials are askâ€" that this â€"amount .be .boosted to $1. Mrs. prsldefl{. Application for the position of permanent asâ€" sessor will be accepted at the. clerks office not later than 5.00 o‘clock Tuesday, Januaxv 20th The: Muni pal Council Meetings will be held in the Tawn Hall, Ansonville on the first and third TUESDAY each month at 8. 15 p. m. for the More For Children "@" Campbeli t, Union Auxiliary impose controls" ig 4. . TOWNSHIP.OF CALVERT â€" TOWNSHIP OF CALVERT is OF LOCAL WOMEN‘S GROUPS PROTEST SOARING FOOD PRICKS Councillor Quesnel Asks Rewards Given After False Alarms Another instance of lack of proper surveying before a building was erâ€" ected in Timmins occurred at this week‘s meeting of council, when it was learned that a new garage erâ€" ected at the corner of Second avenue and Balsam street overlapped.â€"slightly on town property on both streets. Mr. Norwood Paukert . of Iroquois Falls spent theâ€" weekend with friends in town. 4 ind â€"In Y ts aaties U +4 ind wuths Puc? N e us NP y ue u*4 ». 0 8 t * 1e 5* WB The town of Timmins should post rewards for information leadâ€" ing to the arrest of persons who ring in false alarms to the fire department, Councillor Fred Quesâ€" m1el, chairman of the fire and light committee, advised council this week. made~this year. Council will deâ€" c‘:de at its meeting next week wheâ€" ther rewards will be offered. Mr.: Quesnelâ€" stated that false alarms for. the fire department Overlaps On Street E. C. LAPALME Clerkâ€"Treasurer i. '; The Porcupine camp will be the «foâ€" cal centre during 1948 of} the drive for wage increases in Canada‘s minâ€" | ing industry, according to speakers at [ { Sunday‘s public rally of the Interâ€" ‘naticnal ~Union of Mine Mill and ; 6melter Workers, The rally, held in o the Empire theatre, featured speeches ; bytheleadmottbemnemdonfmm .all "parts of Canada and was highâ€" : lighted by the presence of John Clark I in of Montand, international president. || ~"Yyou miners of the Porcupme have sc 4 bemsimmebanmfibcmedflve, president Anger and resentment is the keynote in Timmins today as local women atâ€" tempt‘ to juggle the family budget to allow for the increased cost of living due to the recent: manner in which food .prices have rockeited upward.. Soâ€"intense is the feeling that a fullâ€" fledged and unsponsored buyers‘ strike is in progress, amply reflected in large *drops in revenue among merâ€" Women Ask Control Again On Foodstufis "It is a shameful situation," one agrocpr ‘said," "and" T doxi"b sy that :simply because business ‘has fallen off. I know as well as everyone else that ‘the average workingman cannot pay the prices being asked for food today, and I feel sorry for those who are tryâ€" ing. It is. a rotten business. ‘through and through.‘"‘ And this feeling of resentment does not halt with the women who buy the town‘s groceries. â€" It is extended to the merchants themselves who are powerâ€" less to cut retail prices untll_fiwfiwiesale prices recede.. In a survey madé the Advance, merchants wetre unanimous in condemning the price increases. * . chants. As a result of the high prices, most grocers are attempting to get rid of credit trade, for they fear that bills may mount to a point where customers are unable to "Ne Already they have had a number of bitter experiences where buyers have got in "over their heads" dile to the high prices.. "Credit today is the worst I have ever seen it,"‘a grocer situated in the Hill district said, ‘"Things are at the stage where I don‘t care if I get any business or not. _It is better to do nothing than not get paid. I have nothing but sympathy for the general public who have to pay today‘s prices, but if I am going to survive myself I am going to have to watch credit like a hawk." Leaders of the town‘s women‘s orâ€" ganizations condemned recent price increases in an outright manner. They charged that racketeering was taking place in and urged that price controls on food â€"be re~imposed. "It has become a terrible situation," ‘Mrs. Oarl Briggs, president of the Union Declares Timmins ‘l â€"o Spearhead W ageâ€"drive| charged that racketeering was taking| "All the vital foods, milk, butter, place in .foodstuffis and urged that |wegetables and meat, have gone up," price controls on food â€"be re~imposed.â€" |said Mrs. I. Makynen, chairman of the "It has become a terrible situation," | Ladies Aid o fthe Finnish Lutheran Mrs. Oarl Briggs, president of the|Church, “P;ices are far ahegg of wagâ€" Gold Star Chapter of the Women‘s les. It is going to be awfully difficult Institute said, "Prices are beyond all unless something is done." â€" Mrs. P. J Catholic can‘t un TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15th 1948 * 4. t m _ ..- * ‘ ."‘ ~ Mrs, I. Makynen, .. â€" _ Mrs. <Hakiyâ€"Â¥ ic. Women‘s League president, Women‘$ Institute president, Finnish Ladies 5s president Deftores nderstand" . : "a terrible situation" "awfully difficult" $ ’?‘really. ou'tT‘ 5 reason. Controls on food prices §hould be brought back." "The fact is that average famili¢s have reached the stage where they are unable to eat properly," said Mrs. P. B. Nolan, president of the Catholic Woâ€" men‘s League. "I can‘t understand how larger families are getting along. It is a very serious sltgation m‘ can get along without luxuries, but with foods it is a different matter," said Mrs. Os Carter, president/‘of the Kinette club, "It seems to me that price controls should be brought back, provided they are properly handled and business generally is not damaged." Mrs. J. D. Ggmpbell presiden of the Ladies Auxiliary of Local 241, id that the union has been striving to obâ€" tain the return of price‘ dontrols for some time. , o *4 "The reâ€"imposition of price conâ€" trols on food is the quickest and best way of bringing down food prices," said Mrs. L. Labow, president of the Princess Alice Club. <‘"Prices . are too high for the average family to folâ€" low a proper diet." "Prices have become really out of hand," said Mrs. Harry Presley, presâ€" ident of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Canadian Legion, Branch 88. "An average man cannot look after his yfamily properly the way things are at present. I am in favor of the reâ€" turn of price controls." â€" She said that a Royal Commision to investigate the prices of food would probably be a waste of time, due to the amount of ‘delay in dealing with an urgent situation. clared »that . the union was. the only ‘ organization wh ch could cope with presentâ€"day living conditions and that ! it deserved the support of tbe entire community, including bi | C ‘as well us miners. * well ns miners, $ "All the town‘s business p le should be interested in the wage | rive," Mr. Clark said. "If we don‘t get higher wages, how can businessmen: here surâ€" vive? "It shouldbethepu'tofthe program of every businessman to aid as much, as possible, !foniy.forhls own benefit.‘". : "We‘re here and werehu'etostay We‘re not Reds, zens who want n and less profits : cellings shoul tid_fi-ay’ are she said, mm m /8 Lo 7 4 ERNMENT EMBARGO ON U S FOODS AND PRO- IN PRICE INCREASES WHICH ARE PLAYING HAâ€" °C c 8: E5 m 3 bn t J 5 B ES o y 6 it it tss iss _ A COMBINATION OF PRICE DECONTROL, GOVâ€" yOC THE,. â€"ANVERACGE WAGE EARNER‘S STANDARD OF LIVING _ C Pe um CD ason! â€" The Consumer‘s Coâ€"perative Society is owned by over 1600 consumers of the Poreupine District. It‘s purpose is to serve its membersâ€"at cost. It has no reason to profiteer because the Society is owned by its customers and ALL of its yearly surplus is returned to them in ratio to each cusâ€" tomer‘s purchases. In buying fromand Using the services of the Society the consumer actually gets his goods at cost from the Consumer‘s Coâ€"opâ€" erative Society. _ . . y ie o Sn it The Consumersâ€"Coâ€"op is playing square with its members and the genâ€" eral public alike. We were fortunate enough to make large purchases of potatoes before the.embargo on American vegetables came into effect. Today the Consumers Câ€"op is selling these potatoes; AT : LESS 'FHAN THE WHOLESALE PRICE JOIN THE CONSUMERS’ CO#OF"'TODAY i AS A PRACTICAL STEP In combatting today‘s prices inâ€" vestigate the manner in which the Consumers Coâ€"op operates. Let Consumers Coâ€"op show you how to put more on the family dinner table for less. * yru P pt * tw 4 *tto 0# 8+ eaQecQecQeaQoate ctes oi “wNoQ 30303?0?0. Moéoo 303 e aQoete ate eteate ate eteote - 8 $ L d us oA + tss S n?b»DbrI)i}.DbllDiIPDPbb”'FPP’..”””” 4 {} At the Consumers‘ Coâ€"op. Investâ€" igate with an open mind and you will see why hundreds and hundâ€" reds of local families are memâ€" bers of Consumers‘ Coâ€"op. * tf Tag ARE PLAYING HAâ€" WAGE â€" EARNER‘S ho s y in eB in e ie ty «# ¢ "l“ /. Nee s 1 ." uk. .-.-'",_“‘ 3 . iB ) the . Consumer‘s ofiteering 1y .A. ............... 1 by over 1600 consumers of re its membersâ€"at cost. It has is owned by its customers them in ratio to each cusâ€" g the services of the Society from the Consumer‘s Coâ€"opâ€" w . . S ie h gks h s n en ie e ° C":“:"t%’%.: __' to* * ’, $ * < § e i 4 Th R 3 6 18 ' ul * io i0 o 212 22 2020122 sn is2 212202 282282282822 a®2 * 00“00000“‘000.00000“00.00000000 0'0000 000000000000000000000000000000000000 @ < Moneta Wineâ€"makers Gape at Grape Price An area of side of Vimy Cameron stre town of Tim: ing of counc Killeen asked Single Copyâ€"Five Cents An Vimy street between Rea and ie streets was offered to the ‘Timmins at this week‘s meetâ€" council by D. V. Killeen. Mr. asked $12,000 for the property, of five acres on the North