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Early Prohibition of Liquor % Clearances Foreseen by Fra-- { ternity at Border--Bootleg 1 Craft Will Be Converted Into Pleasure Boats E. Rum--Runners Are Retiring; f Distillery Staffs Reduced M itarces Pomwon hy his §Quick Development of Seaway f temity at Borde--Booiles ; Urged by Hon. Harry C. Nixon' Do This House is further of the opinion that the work should be carried out in co--cperation with our friendly neighbor the United States. When the resolution is called, Mr. Nixon will, it is understood, offer in support of it the argument that to follow any other course than a joint development would _ unquestionably of the House: That, in the opinion of this House, the development of the St. Lawrence to provide hydro--electric power and deep navigation between the Great Lakes and the ocean should be undertaken without un-- necessary delay. '\Q.\'c\- ifttmctaftmendeitmendainenditiiedidtineta iedA insl L. +215 P1 c o Td t T 6 9 Te o 9 s 6 P Tess £ ts arc h Mr. Nixon feels further, it is said, that to insist on carrying on the work as a wholly Canadian project cannot fail to induce a similar attitude on the part of the United States. That would lead possibly, he thinks, to de-- velopment of a rival all--American route, and probably to an impairment of the friendly relations existing between the Dominion and the States. Mr. Nixon will also contend that no worthwhile advantages, material or otherwise, would result from carrying cut the development as a wholly Cana-- dian enterprise; that Canadian inter-- ests could not suffer under a joint ar-- rangement, inasmuch as they are not conly guarded by treaty and by the In-- ternational Joint Commission, but by the very nature of the development it-- self. mean a serious and unnecessary finan-- cilal burden on Canada, if not actually making the work so costly that it would be inadvisable to proceed with it. # 0 ult h old 5 Nes d P Ns 6 9 Nn g 68