CITIZE
15. NO. 3
PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANTJARY 19, 1933.
With respect to the first two they might be considered of national concern, as much in the field of. politics as in that of finance. The banks in effect have little power to assist or retard them! but some of the factors involved are be'ng used as arguments against the existing banking system. As our friend Jerry McGeer, the new Moses of finance, says, "It.is a matter
unking Methods [are Reviewed by W. LvHornsby
r rrnr.v Church ' Moses of finance, says, "It.is a matter Cn o Forum ot *f�ox ^llu : for co-operation between the national Hid Interesting Discussion j the provincial and municipal govern-on FridayEvening. ' �' -............� �
3ANKS HAVEJCHAMPION
3anks are the *^^ "
the Business World and
Give Good Service
lens
....... men's forum o
e not propose that the Jerry 0-s not pi r^A F w piumi
the
Canada with their discussion ne uefects of'the Canadian bank-svstem and the necessity for the lbusnment of national credit, na-the inflation- of cur-the suggested ingre-__d put into the fnan-[cSlpo7^urrI^re day. CJi Friday 1 mJng ^e forum staged a discussion Tf the nation's banking systsm. and � L H^nsby. manager of toe local !r^h of the noy:.l 3.=ik cf Canada. S to bat for the banks. He purpo^ !t steered clear of the complicate^ ^^involvedin^nat^^^i^
ments." Respecting repudiation, such a solution would not be generally adopted, as in his opinion there are too many honest and self-respecting men who will refuse to ignore their debts because a law might permit them to do so.
This brought him to that portion of the discussion under the heading of the Damnation of th he realJzed banks could not expect to be popular. One reason was the natural jealousy of all who wielded power. Money is regarded as all-powerful In business, and naturally those handling it become subject to criticism. Bank.1 ars blamed for all the business difficulties because they arc obliged to | act. as-tho traffic policeman in busi-I ness, and enforce the stop-order when, spending. exceeds a safe limit of speed. To his mind everyone had to be hailed
Electors Approve the Nominees of the City Council
Mayor Patterson and Aid. Opie Receive Big Vote in A Trustee Election
JULIA ABBOTT THIRD
Mrs E. ,M. Ellis was Five Votes
Short and F. C. Saunders
Was the Low Man
The electors of the city gave then endorsement on Thursday to the .proposal for closer co-operation between the board of school trustee.* and the city council by rallying to the suppor of the candidatures of Mayor Patterson and Alderman Opie. who were
-f the rest of the people of Canada will pay an increased price for their bread to make the wheat growers a bonusof $30,000,000 per annum.________
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BASKETBALL
Junior basketball1 got away to a good start during the. last week, three games being played. In the three-team league of the girls section the Public school and High school both were victorious over the newly formed Girl Guides, winning with scores of 10-7 and 10-5 respectively. The High boys won a hard fought battle from the Public school lads by the narrow margin of 6-4. Tho spirit shown by the youngsters for the game, quite makes up for their lack of experience and gives promise for the future.
In the senior league the Comet* took a slow game from the Telephones 10-6. The Telephones showed marked improvement and are to be'congratulated on holding the more experienced
Listen to^Curtis on
Marketing Issues
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Sees Bright Future for Central British Columbia in Mixed Farming � �
P. G. LIVE STOCK CENTER
When Grain Available Animals
will be Finished Here for
Export Market
N. Curtis, market representedve of the dominion government at Edmonton, addressed a large meeting of the
iHtuu �->n liui>�"6 �"v ���--- �-..-- - -.-.,, farmers in the Prince George hotel on team to th\s ?core. Tu about the best' Tueiday even/jig on market require-exhibltion of basketball, seen in the J ments in connect'on with live stock city, the Commercials won an excit- j products. Mr. Curtis would be a breeder I ing. and close victory from the High i of live stock if he had his choice, but designated as the municipal council's .school gj\rls 14-11. The handling of disabilities resulting from overseas ser-nominees and made the race together, the ball and team-work displayed \ viC{. foi-oed him to -;eek other employ-
� s. ... * i^r\ ...rift tTi�rtn�/\ I'fin rc n^* nfic;
sometime, governments, cities, towns, out of 342 votes counted all but
88
well all
S credit, the inflation of currency and 1 Tugged repudiation of debt*. Z he entered a good defence or the te for the manner in. which they
Sve met the business requirements of
.the of
was one
�" dominion. The xneettn.
'the best held under the auspices of
bv was Allowed with interest. Mr, Homsby in ouenmg his subject
their
curtailed even when they may realize good. Mcsi indivi-
___ Lk^ should protect
their special interests. Property-owners eon5.ider thoir holding?, the foundation of all wealth, and the banks should certainly loan money on them to permit the paying of tho taxej. This nv'gh-t save provincial and municipal eovern-ments difficulty in balancing the'r budgeus. but would bring a real-estate boom in its wake and a grand crash
nominees ana macie tne race icgeuier. i uit: wu �."� ..,...........
So .sweeping was their victory that marks the teams a*s contenders for the j ment. For the pa?t twelve years he has
play-offs. I beon in the federal government service
A weakened Racketeer team stood j in the marketing branch. Between the no chance with the .smLh-working j time of his arrival on the way freight High machine which took them to the from McBride-. find his meeting with tune of 32-5. Tho Racketeers missed 'the fanners in tho evening, h-e took a their sr-ar center Pope, and .seemed short trip through the Pineview dvs-veiy �disorganized.� i tricL visiting the J. L. Aitchison
private individuals; and elector* marked their ballot in favor
admited he felt somewhat out of as public speaking was one of the door sports which he had neglected, but he felt that failure to attempt a J i defence for the banking system of the': mighty be construed as ad-
boom in its
later. Owners of stocks and bonds are
fl
_' I agreed . the banks should loan freely collateral, thcroby keeping
prices up to normal and assisting :n circulation of money. Any .<\ich action would get the stock-brokers busy g-ive governments the oppor-
nutting all the ridiculous assertions, ^ ^ ^mng morc bon4s aaid pUe which had been mado against it; dur- , up mo_c d(vbts for futuir generations
ins the past few months. There had been '&%-veritable deluge of discussion on matters related to the banking system of the country, and an unprecedented number of amateur economists are floundering in muddles related to higher finance, but in) the remarks he would make he would endeavor to deal
onlv with the ordinary^roblems
cr to earth. There W^^^L heads under which most cf the of the banks could be ground Nationalization of Credit infla-Son of Currency, Repudiation of Debts and Damnation of the
Samuel Furnace
Ended His Life
When Captur
Man Who Carried Out Latest
Perfect Crime Provided
His Way Out
MADE NO CONFESSION
Motive for Murder of Friend
as Much a Mystery as When
the Body was Found
London, Jan. TPrhe final chapter :n the almost perfect crime which puzzled Scotland Yard officials was written today with the death in St. Pancras hospital of Samuel Furnace, the Sg-year-old builder, of London, hce of learning
The merchants want to be favored as a class. Eacli considers himself a fit exception for any rule which forbids reckless buying. Taking merchants as a rule, while they can borrow they will sell on credit, and vrliilc people can buy oiv_ert?dit they \v 11 purchase more than necessaries.
Mr. Homsby explained that in bank practice an overdraft :�? regarded os an objectionable form of loan. Tho customer who does not provide funds to meet a.11 cheques loses nils standing
of Mayor Patterson, and all but 109 marked in favor of Alderman Opie. Tho count of Returning Officer Fraser gave Mayor Patenon a vote cf 254, Alderman Opie 2:w. Julia F.
Abbott 136. Elizabeth M. El?i and Frederick C. Saundnr.s 114.
131.
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In a replayed fxtu"e last night, the : farm, and looking over a number of Commercials"came from behind in the other farms. He was greatly impressed last quarter to .snatch a victory from | with what he hoard and was able to the Comets by a lone point, and thus see of the P'neview .section, and yen-There were but four spoiled ballots, iead the ladies .section of the league, j tared the opinion it has not its superior three of these .vere rejected because Tn lhe fil^t half tho Comets with a anywhere in the dominion tor mixed, the electors had voted for four can- c0mfOrt�blc 6-1 load, appeared to have famvng.
didates instead of three, two being U;o g^-^ on ice. thanks to Ida Ed- Speaking to The Citizen Mr. Curtis marked for Abbott. Ellis. Opie Patter- vairs sharp-shoot-jng.
son. adn the fourth having the cross
ot'.ng. The Commer- j >Said the business men of the Pin nee rallied however in the second j George district must make up the'r but two crosses for I ^^ bnt fa'iod to catch up till the 'minds that if they are to enjoy the
for Mrs.
Saunders, WTule Mr, Saunders caught
last qftarter,
p
they sank three bas- i>enefit of a pennanent fanning Indus ti | ht 1t
oHiinai.i.N. wi_it; �". ��-ii"�^*u v-"-^" Ma.st qnarirr, %\ii( u w�) �"�"� �"v> .....: i^��-;"' ui
the lowest place in the i>oll he never- | ket>[. in cmiCic succession to take the | try it can only be brought atx>ut the less got the mast plumpers, hav- j lead fov tno f,rst, time, and wore on I through t
ing s'xteen'to his credit. Mrs. Ellis- ' �� - - - ----- ~<� +'- fl-^1 '�*----'-------
next with fifteen, while Mayor j
of a 9-8 blew.
number of the
The
contented i
,.......o� the development of mixed
when the f'nal t fai-m/ng and this included the live I stock industry. Tliis section, in the I opinion of Mr. Cui-tis, is too remote a I, from the markets to expect profit-
commencing, wig
^-
6 p.m. followed by n
holding
nominees who exercised thoir full
franchise gave the extra vote about � ' ��
evenly between Mrs. A%)tt and Mrs.! TEACHERS' SALARIES
Ellis, with but five votes betweciV -------�
and Mrs. Ellis it will be' At the n^xt meeting had tlic EJli.s and j board of school
d a number of friends were taken ^o the morgue and positively identified the body found in the fire, and carrying the bullet, wounds, a* that of the missing man. They were assisted in their identification by the charred pieces of a bankbook, and by laundry marks on the clothing.
The police then shifted to a search for Furnace. London was enveloped at the time in one of its famous fos,>, and for a week no ti-.ice of Furnace could be had. He was finally run down in a lodging house in the oast end of London where he had been In hiding. The woman who conducted the lodK'iiT hciuse said Furnace had complained of be'ng ill, and iia-d kept to his room since coming to the houso, .spending the whole of the time in reading detective stories.
When he was brought, before the magistrate's court .Fumncc showed symptomc of being ill, mid the police suspected poisoning. He was hurried to St. Pancras hospital where efforts were, made to overcome the poison, but without success. Furnace du^d in the hos- pital .today. He hod-evidently taken ti beftsveen the timo
Saunders forces worked together the have been elected, and
former
a resolution wll be
mo fixing of teachers salar� � m
able results dn the marketing of primary products, a-? the cost of marketing would absorb too great a percentage of' the market returns. Distance . morc than any other factor would force i the farmers into the production of a i concentrated product and this brought of the Vancouve ih thc development of the live stock industry. As everyone knew present prices for fann products were far from satisfactory, but the fanners had to build for the future, and there was no believe prices would continue at tile present unsatisfactory price
h
lormer migiu iwvu wv.^n...........
the standing of Mr. Saunders would cordance with the "standard"
have been improved. With respect to|,ted by Hon Joshua Hinehliffo. Several j1T7SU1V" ^ �w_v.x. ,........._
the vote polled by Mayor Patterson, if; months n�-o the minister intimated he at the Present unsatisfactory pric< the 37 pumpers ca-^t for-the other four would set a standard for the salaries level- There is an adjustment to hi candidates are eliminated, it will be |Of school teachers, but he failed to arrived at. which would appeal d'rectlv saiowii his worship caught a crass on I makc pood what he did do wa-s to to more thomughly developed districts, all but 51 of the ballots counted. ------......- n-viirfi tho trovom-| but to a certain extent to Prince
set a salary upon which the govern- ,
� and iws.|..Q�OTge
certan
well. This called for a re-
wall above the cot, which are givii
I i'.eu a bs.u;n\ u|j"" �....... . ucorge as wvu. nu--> va^w. ��* .....
r-j ment grant would bo based, and uus | h)m f_ tho pl-inciple of producing on �>S i has come to lie known as the standard j - ^ thcsc product.3 which can be
wall above tne coi-. �iwh .^v. B..�., na5 t-umu t� .^. ......�� CPhool
tho police much concern. Bush u-a*! mlnry. it te-open to ho- ^^
th
^^ik^to'uie^ore.Uimugli;^;:^ to pay as much � exwa^oi rain on the nlnght bcftnxs th� j tl,e -standard salary as thes choose,
find'nrf of his body. The body when. but;tne .government will not
found was nibbers and cap.
fully clothed including , nnything on account, of sucli excess,
West Vancouver, one of
! municipalities
i Prince Goorgo the taxing improvement in a fairly satisfactory.way tion.s for the vear wove
the few with
rs^rrrs mm^Bm
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the death of Furnace. On the night oi ^ Tuesday, January 2i^d. firemen were summoned to the workshop and otneo of Furnace in northwest London, in the office was found a body, burned almost beyond recognition, ft was identified by a brother and two close ..as that of Furnace. He had made _a practice of burning papers nightly in the yard surrounding his work-shop, and was also known as an inveterate -I -smokerrFoi-these -reasons ._thc_f:re. _ocj-c?sioned little surprise.
The sensation came with the postmortem on the body, when it was Jfound the dead man had been shot three times in such a manner that the wounds could not have been self-m-f^ted. Furnace had served with the "British troops in Ireland, during the which preceded the est-
of liis arrest and his arrival in the magistrate's court, and in passing out Furnace left the poli^ to speculate a.s to the reasons which prompted him 10 murder his friend. Tlie fire was obviously an attempt to cover up the
murder.
POLICE SUSPECT CASE OF MURDER IN DEATH
BUSH
, Prince Rupert, Jan. 19�There is no certainty yet whether the death of Frank Bush, a grocer of this city was a case of murder or suicide. The body cf Bush was found early Tuesday
MIKE KRATT GIVEN TWO AND ONE HAU: YEARS FOR ASSAULT
Judgc Robertson today scixtenced I {^ wh ^^t^lSS"^^
knife Kratt ww>' wield ing
short blade. Although h
d nrs Kratt Ls �n alien, and
marketed in their mast concentrated form, and for the greate*1. reduction in marketing costs through shipment in car lots, thus securing the lowest transportation cost, which is one of tho big items in marketing.
Mr. CurtU> expressed the opinion the jtion oi nw : operatfon of the district creamery at rounded out \W2 \ Pi'ince; George will prove of material y.way. Tax collec- benefit 1j>thc fanners brandling out i'ere down $10,000 ' in the live stock production. There would be a market for such cream as liioy would be able to produce, and there would also bo skimmed milk for the yoiujg stock. The ca.se for mixed farming in this section is so clear, that Mr. Curtis said be could not see how farmers could e-scape beinc impressed with it. Whatever success had been attained in thp marketing of primary productG In the pioneer periotl it must now l>o regarded as something alto-
ist would be but. V � wth steers selling as
ha.s a wife
It, is likely he w'.l be deported.
WHEAT-GROWERS RELIEF
Premier Bcnnctl v ill b'e askbd io pass upon a modified form of the farm rel'ef m'easuife'whicli is teing advocated in the United tales. Tills is being sponsored by the v.hoat growers of the prairie provinces. It culls for the pay- j of the 500 ment or a fixed price for wheat by tho | bren broug milling interests, tentatively $1.25.per
ishel. with wheat selling around 50
nun or the
I would be only 'i In the ense oi.mar- , J^^^Jj^ Uldxistry of any ^ze
ketine butter the drop ui ine i�*"-" _ ,_,_,_ ____,,��. Uari �n tv� fimired
the marketing
gether of the past. The farmers would always have their local market-, but
was; even more
,r marketing u
ng. VViih but to it would oiily be 1 Wrrr worth no more marketing percentage
3Mr Curtis bald he had selected most rccdltig heifers which had i [into the d'strl.cl him'-'.
the federal government's fr.p<>-fi< i!i>'
nstan
... the hasetnont of niresby T.. Sml'thJ a .shoij There were three bullet
cents The millers worrld-gtjt-t-he-beos- ri back from the s and co While the plan
is ;ii effect all'imports of wheat pro-ducts would be virtually excluded. The between the export price of
ted part of the prie bakers and consume
difrWen
**hment of the W rreo Sta^|'��nd. �>._ ** �#^-^
A Winchester ;re-
f'urJ Scotland'Yard at once commenced -....... - - V�lli.i�,.......
-Mtos^or^the^^^ of the arms
been murdered as an act of vengeance ^:^ *%?f" �V dfev^idT^ W
Mr-anwhilft thA nolice received word v.;.rn me ^"* > � _.�_ ��. nfl
eatiwhile the police the disappearance of Walter Spat-
cct in the basemen:.. There was no
��I:wheat and the fixed price would! be turned back for thfc benefit of the ^rowers and on existing -consumption �* is estimated this would give- the wheat growers approximately $30,000,-000 per annum. The wheat growers werrvervbitter in their^comments on the restriction of wheat shipments to Canad'ain railways, to entitle the whe^ to the BrtU-h preference of six cents
to:
125 -of the animals had bren di-'tff-buted among the farmers in the immediate vicinity cf Prince George. With the stock selected for them the farmers had been given a good start, and the foundation had been laid for an important industry. Mr. Curtis gave it as his opinion that the dual purpose shorthorn would probably give the most satisfaction in the Prince George
district.
Broadening the base of the live stock industry Mr. Curtis suggested there should be an opportunity presen-
the outside market had to be figured ... and in case of Prince George this
if butter , meant the Edmonton and Prince Ru-cents the. peat'markets, distant 450 miles, or the would be only i Vancouver markets, another 300 miles by the only direct railway connection. On a statement compiled in February 1932, the marketing costs on primary products had been worked out. With a movement of 500 miles, assuming barley was-worth 80 cents a bushel it. cost 177n of the market price tr> _k__yjnit if the market price foil to 40 cents the marlcettng^cosb-beeaBae-34;":-. With respect to hay Mr, Curtis said a good price for hay in Edmonton would be $15 per ton. but the mnr-" ice Oe
:houir! b'
53g
of Furnace. Spatchett's
iSSSSSS si�%sr�^!ff*:P ~'"~ ~wmonpage tiv"
keting cost to the Prince Or mer would be 46:H%, and it remembered there is r> lot of S8 hav on the Edmonton rrnrkot. To compete with th's hay would bring the markets ing cost up to 86>ir; of the market price.
However, when the farmer shipped a concentrated product the marketing costs were cut p?rceptibly.*In the case of grain-fed steers selling- at 9 cents