PAGE FOUR ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS AND MATSQUI NEWS WEDNESDAY, JAN, : : eS Abbotsford, Sumas & Matsqui News _,_Do You Remember? ‘ # ° e. 4 Established 1922 i editorial ie LANG. SANDS, Editor and Publisher Fifteen Years Ayo page... Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association and Published at Abbotsford, British Columbia, Every Wednesday Subscription Rates: In Canada, $1.20 per year in advance; United States, $2.00 per year in advance. Ju the MLS.A. Area From the A. 8. & M. News of January 4, 1927 The Pacific Milk Condersery Not what to think, but B.C. Division, Canadian Weekly Newstapers’ Association. here is busily Operating with a } 4) staff of 28. An average of 34,000 what to think about... pounds of milky being process- Abbotsford, B.C., Wednesday, January 6, 1943 What Other Basis Can There Be the government’s policy fixing prices as of ed daily. s&s The marriage of Charles G. Walker of Abbotsford and Miss Ivy G. Davis of Vancouver is announced for January 7, oe PROVINCIAL LIBRAl ps : bk S20 . Celle 5 HE institution known as the British Coluj bia Provincial Library is one of the oj standing libraries of the Pacific Northwa For eighty years the Library has been acqu ing from far and near, books and docume} which have to do with a much wider range A suggestion by Fraser Valley potato ¢ Y ) Lloyd Vanetta provided the i growers that the Wartime Prices and Trade the period Sept. 15-Oet. 11, 1941. First it music for the L.T\B. dance in the SG: and Tsatilng baa merely sot sit - Pais seleak went Sa recognized ‘‘administrative difficulties and i : idaee j e Board set a price ceiling for potatoes based recognized ‘‘administrative difficulties and Gaisley Hall on Friday. About somthin BME oie ai inthe on the cost of production, the latter to be established from evidence of representative rs, is ‘‘considered wholly impractic- by Donald Gordon, chairman of the Board. Mr. Gordon admits that if this sug- gestion was adopted for potatoes it would also have to be adopted for other products. He says such a procedure is ‘‘administra- tively impossible’? and then, significantly, adds: ‘‘the whole plan for stabilization of the cost of living would be sure to break down if attempted.” It is only- a couple of weeks ago that we stated in this column that the Wartime Prices and ‘traie Board was probably the iuost important wartime bureau of all such boards as far as the citizens and workers on an abnormally low price in the basic per- iod. Then it provided three major market- ing areas because of enforcement difficulties under the earlier plan. It can now be assumed that the conces- sions granted by the Board have not been founded on consideration of cost of produc- tion but by some method of guess in which the Cost of Living Index was the governing factor and the fate of the producer inci- dental. After what has been permitted in other fields, Mr. Gordon is on very dangerous ground when he says to the farmer: ‘‘We appeal to your patriotism’’ and states that it is “‘necessary individual contributions be made to its suecess.’’ The farmers, whether they be potato growers, milk producers or $70 was realized by the event. s os Snow-drifts and ice paralyzed traffic in this district over the New Year holidays, Gangs of men started Monday with shovels and motor equipment to clear the roads. A real loss Was sustained by Clayburn and Matsqui dairy- men because of the inability of milk trucks to make collections. 6 * Clayburn Co. is making tile and piping for the West Vancou- ver water and sewerage system. 10 Years Ago January 4, 1933 Local entrants in the Skata- thon include: Erriie Coley, Geo. Mawson, Geo. Kerr, Bill Calvert, besides the large reference collection that necessary for a modern and efficient legislat reference library, many rare and import books in widely different fields, long runs) literary and scientific periodicals and trang tions of learned societies and an excellent § arts collection. One of the Library’s unique collections is complete file of British Columbia newspap} kept up-to-date by subscription to every ne} Paper, small or large, published in the P) ince. An invaluable aid to the study of the litical and social history of British Columbil provided in the analytical card index to Vic ia and Vancouver newspapers. There is a of the London Daily Times complete thro the last hundred years. Long files of some iodi provide material iny| the home front are concerned. It has saved Z i > , “Muscles” Hayne, Dick Wain- able to a research library. i untold hardship and worse for the majority beef shippers, may as well call a showdown wright, John Wight, Tommy Fra- | = . : ros Ly of people by keeping prices of necessities NOW as later if their return, direct | from ser, Lawson Taylor and John The prime function of the Provincial Libi ; within reach of their incomes. It is hoped ¢ousumer or indirectly by subsidy, is not Mutter. is to provide adequate, comprehensive and : that the Prices Board will continue to func- based on the cost of production. Farmers ae . F: "| to-date reference service for the legisla iy tion—even the farm family hopes this be- have not been given government-financed nats eee ba Gal | which makes the laws, and for the adminig § cause it has to buy many things while pro- plants, capital write-offs, devious tax ex- iene ae as cupid b i ees waieh carries Our the, laws, and’ attend Zi . emtions to enable them to contribute their Vapi hn ee Ee the public affairs of the Province. In this 4 A ducing only two or three. But Mr. Gordon’s statement intimates the structure of the Prices Board is founded on sand rather than solid rock when he admits that the whole plan of stabilization will collapse if the cost of production of primary products is given practical consideration. We say practical consideration because surely accurate information on the cost of production is the only practical approach to establishing a selling price. Mr. Gordon sweeps any defense from under his own feet when he admits of ‘‘the widely differ- ent, varying conditions of production and rapidly changing circumstances peculiar to any agricultural product.’’ The farmer can not control these ‘rapidly changing cireum- Stanées’ any more than could King Canute stem the tides—though the government that appointed the Prices Board has failed to support its child with control of many of essential part of the war effort. They can not strike, as labor has been variously per- mitted to do in coal mines, shipyards and factories. But there is one thing, Mr. Gordon; that the farmer can -be forced to do, in fact has been doing to a greater or lesser degree as his personal finances dictate, and that is quit farming! Many farmers will continue to farm no matter how scant the living, but the loss in production will gradually assume alarming proportions, as more and more cows go to the butchers and less butterfat to the creamery, and more potato acreage grows weeds. Then what good will be theor- etical prices on butterfat and potatoes if there are none to be brought into town from the abandoned farms? Let’s get down to facts. Producer return must be based at least on cost plus a living and Mrs. O. Davis. ae ere Abbotsford United-Legion team was defeated by the Chilliwack Olympics at a football game on Monday oS! fe In a report of Matsqui munici- pality it is stated that 13 schools were operated. 3 Miss Anna Olund has been ap- pointed in charge of the newly- built school at South Poplar. Nite wne Cy One trapper caught 85 musk- rats on Sumas Prairie in two weeks and was paid $25 for 58 of the skins in Vancouver, RCAF trainin will enable Canadian youths to fill Tespon- sible peace-time positions, Every young woman who en- lists with the RCAF releases a Spect the Provincial Library is second to in Canada. This, together with the wide tion of books and periodicals in other makes tthe Library orfe of the leading of research. It is one of the most important of the libraries which belongs to the Pacific west Bibliographic Centre, and at whose quarters are listed in a union catalog sources of all the important libraries in area, and through which a combined boo! lection, mounting to millions, is made ‘avai through interlibrary loan, to serious stu throughout the Pacific Northwest. + = The people of this Province may well be that amongst other of our defences is numbered the democratic arsenal of boojn the Provincial Library. ~ « big a . . . . | j the factors that are breaking the farmers even if it is still not porportionate with the man for aircrew duty. i | Cees Sine rs i oh 4 today. Further, Mr. Gordon admits the return for short shift work in shipyards, - Prices Board to have twice deviated from mines and factories. L Raise the Price of Butterfat Still Furth “Surely it could have been foreseen long coining money today. But cows are high in ( 4 i ago,’’ observes H. G. L. Strange, who usual- price and hard to buy. On the other side ly writes of The World of Wheat, “‘that there is the scarcity of labor to handle a } when unemployment is done away with, dairy farm, but it is possible that more co- when working men’s families enjoy greater operation in farm labor would help offset 1 ( s incomes, and with the price of butterfat to this. There is room for discussion here by farmers relatively low, that demand would all who work on the land.”’ 4 greatly inerease, that supplies would not in- 5 A é 7 F 4 crease and that a shortage therefore would : At Powell River, where nine of ten dair- result.’” les supplying the city, threaten a strike un- less they get a 2-cent increase in their pre- > > > Mi. Strez 2 ostimates ¢ > airy x G 7 Mr. Strange estimates that the dairy gent 15-cent-a-quart retail rate, the Powell Wj f farmer Is getting only nine per cent more River’ News cautions the producers against for his bntterfat while industrial labor is acting without due consideration but states: 4 getting better than fifty per cent above par- f ity. He says: “This newspaper does not pretend to fe ’ fferi f know the facts of the dairymen’s earnings. “The Government is now offering farm- , Berm noAria(, on of pie SEE ir SS de eeete yon Cea COMPAL This will They are entitled to a fair return on the ite tral hina eeihestared wha as Se ry cert eee ale 18 investment and long hours of labor the same rush of preparation. .. the celebration of the marriage q bring the average price for butterfat , to as anyone else whether he is working for +,-¢o not forget that you are required by law to ; ' : Aon ‘ar is -aleul- ; ‘3 g notify the National Registration authorities about the 5 around 43 cents at the farm. This Ic alcul himself or the other fellow. If they are not aes met zi FOR opis ate according to the Searle Index is nine receiving it, then they are quite justified in : j per cent higher than the 1913-14 parity or - s oie as The bride changes her name... . often both the bride Dea , 5 ‘ : ae seeking to better their position. and the groom change their address. ‘ ~ purchasing power of a pound of butterfat 5 : 4 rae z ee acs , wh istered i in 1913-14. This I contend is still too low a Incidentally a blanket wage imerease has q Speer Dee any, eeetnred paren are aaa sigs j ; : j 2 ' a Pow: from one address to another, he or she is required by me “Asp price for butterfat when we consider that been granted paper mill employees at ww to notify the National Registration autho ities tt j ity for the average hourly wages of ell River raising the basic rate to 60¢ an wut the new address. industrial labor is now no Jess than 51 per hour, retroactive to December 1. very person in Canada, 16 years of age and over, a , cent above the 1913-1 pene: ; 5 z less exempted in writing, must be reistered. It is : +14 parity. There is a butter famine in Whatcom patriotic duty to comply with the National Regis- | This prairie writer has a suggestion that County, Washington, too, but apparently tion regulations. You will avoid substantial * . . . pee ties by doing so. i is very simple and is exactly what Fraser the better organized farmers south of us are y c i i Valley farmers have been advocating for content with prices because S, H. Lewis, ery person, so registered, who afterwards marries . i ae : zs z cB 2 . as ae i hanges his or her address must report within 14 i months, if not years. ‘‘The easiest way to writing editorially in The Lynden Tribunc m to the Chief Registrar for Canada i ripe forway a ae car ” 7 iain, Rae ee pe Selig: | | bring forward more supplies of butter, and Seattle Time s, comments philosophically registered persons are required by law to have | Mr. Strange su.gests, “would be to inerease- on equalized rationing: thal registration certificates in their immediate pos- i still further the price of ante is . - semion at all times. You may be required to produce 7 eis butterfat. This “You’d naturally think that we can your registration certificate, by the proper authorities would enable farmers to give their cows bet- i here i : | 4 eh spread the butter on double-thick up here at iy time. ter care an G 2E( e e eae 7, e f g ; ' is pecaaeees. them b tery andeD at this dairy zone, where the lowing herd Evay duly registered person whose registration core | would result in increased butterfat produe- winds slowly past the lee of my pamage tifidite has been lost, destroyed, worn out or defaced, Tae tion from existing herds, u . should obtain a duplicate certificate. (Necessary forms Q “But not so, our grocers are limiting , and Instructions for this purpose may be obtained 7) { With the butter shortage thus solved for their customers to quarter-pound pats, just aati from any Postmaster in Canada.) ( the Prices Board we could leave the subject aa in the cities, there but editorial comment available is in- ; her qe aes. 13 eee 7 ‘I am pleased to report that the ration- teresting even if confusing. For example, ing is being handled on a fair American ees ca eras The Observer at Salmon Arm, North Okan- basis of equality even up in this Jersey agan, declares: zone. There is butter, butter everywhere HUMPHREY MITCHELL, Minister of Labour, Ottewa 4 Ag F in the cow countries, but the country folk CANADA ‘ ‘Local farmers are beginning to realize qon’t get an extra allotment, no matter how that more cows and better cows would be loud they moo.’ — a , bid ,