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* S S ream a Ne ~~numainmememmmmmememmmmmmrnmemimniie uioi m oo on o ie infimicny, FARM PRODUCE i "It reflects on the dignity of the CONTROL URGED Chair." "Well, 1 have never declined to bow to a ruling of the Speaker or the Chair." said Mr. Roebuck, "and I'll not refuse now. I accept the ruling." | People Should Know. (he ifi natennaee en en iegs | | _ _Mr. M'acaula.v j'umped to his feet, Acfion to A|ign Producfion | saying, "Well, let's see if I can talk c | to section 4 of th: l;'ill]and kTe;p WIfh wOrld Demand | within the letter of the law. e | Government got a mandate from the Advocafed ipeople to gohhac:: to Nlagarad for Summemmmmmmmmtrmmeme | power, and they have not yet dem-- t ?gnstrated why they saw fit to J- S. MCLEAN H EARD 'change their mind. The people mm mm mm should know why--and until they Farm production control in rela-- know, these contracts should not be tion to market demands, through ratified." * Sene: f it At the outset of his argument, f:\f'rntmont agencies, was a.d\oca-.- Mr. Roebuck urged the deletion yesterday before the Legislature from the validating bill of provi--| AE"CU"U"BI and Colonization Cnm-l ~ sions saying that the Power Com--| mittee by J. S. McLean, President mission Declaratory Act of 1937 and | of Canada Packers Ltd. ' | the Privy Council Appeals Act of| Mr..MoLean. who presented to| 1037 did not apply to the new agree-- | committee members the argumem,} ments. The Power Commission | that the price of Canadian farm Declaratory Act, said he, provided | produce was wholly dependent upon ' that no action could be brougnt | the prices that were being paid for against the Hydro Commission or that produce on world markets, de-- | the Attornev--General without con-- clared Canada's problem was to sent of that official. The Privy pontrol surpluses in relation to do-- Council Act protected the Province :'ne(';t"Coaggjlfl';';e'::o;'li::':; '::m;l:gi | :i..!amst appeals to the Privy Coun the demands of the best markets ' hi is abroad. | To Benefit Rich. Solution to that problem, he held. | "The bill," said Mr. Roebuck, Jay largely within the scope of "proposes to leave the power com-- government, even if action went no panies under the clause as was the further than to acquaint farmers, case previously, but allows the of market trends and to advocate Declaratory Act to affect other the lines along which production | | people. shoulq be directed. | | "It says, in effect, that every small Behind his argument, Mr. Mc-- litigant must obtain the consent of Lean cited that the welfare of ag-- | the Attorney--General before bring-- yiculture devended upon the sale of | ing an action against the Hydro approximately one--third _of the | Commission, but that they (the vear s production abroad. Proof of | power companies) are excepted. fhat was given in 1932 when farm-- T don't know why, but I presume ers were the har_dqst hit of all class-- they are to be the most favored of es in the Dominion because they all the litigants. You might apply were unable to sell their surpluses this to all except the millionaires. mbroad. Consequently the local "You might amend it to say that | market was g'lutte_d. « it applies to all but the power har-' The hog situation was relieved ons. I would say it is an act to in a spectacular way by the Empire benefit the rich."* ' Trade Agreements, which suddenly t n»pened a market for surplus bacon in England under the quota and in a nine months' period, hogs rose from 3% cents to 9% cents. He claimed also that Canadian bacon sold on an average of 1% cents less per pound on the British market than did Danish. He attributed the difference, not only to a somewhat superior product, but because in forty years the Danish producers have organized their market so that the shipments are constant from day to day. Canada's policy should follow that of Denmark, he empha-- gized. Mr. McLean denied as being "wholly untrue," charges by A..H.] Acres (Cons., Carleton) that pack--, ers consistently bought at low prices and thereby created a rising market, filled their cold storage plants and then refused to buy on the artificially created highesr price ; level. This action, the Conservative | member declared, then automat-- Jcally formed surpluses with the consequences that the market fell Again. '"'There is repeatedly made charges that packers rig the price of live stock. There is no such thing as that goes on whatever," claimed the speaker. Mr. McLean claimed that the packing industry was one of the: most competitive industries in Can-- | ada. He was told that farmers were | losing money this year on cattle,i and he agreed. i Last year, he said, Canada had a strong cattle market in United | States, due largely to a crop failure in the corn belt. This year, he t claimed, farmers with memories of the good year in mind, purchased heavily in feeders, only to find now there was no market such as + that of 1936--37 to take their surplus % and as a result there was a glut in cattle. "This is a problem in which Gov»-- ernment departments might con-- ceivably do more," he emphasized. .