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PAGE TWO Tp ---- The Dryden Observer . Xlsie B. Collison, Publisher © Published every Friday at . Dryden, Ontario. jubscription rate $1.50 yearly. Earl Hutchinson's Speech In Ontario Legislature (Continued from Page 1) men. Locomotive engineers arc generally regarded as the 'aris tocracy" of lacor, although I abhor that word and they ar usually pointed out as among those in receipt of too mueci money. Let me give an exampl to show how erroneous tha idea is. In 1913, an engineel working on my 'division was paid $5.10 a hundred miles on a certain' class freight engine. Calculating today's rate at that desired by the railway companies namely 20% less than hundred miles since 1913, 14%. Labor Gazette in January, 1933, show that the cost of living in| Canada now stands at 125% o1] So that those engineers, | who some say are overpaid, are | 1913. getting less per day by some 10% than in 1913, resulting again in lower purchasing power. This same thing would apply to neacly all daily rates of pay in various classes of labor in railroad service. In addition. too, these men have taken cuts in hours aad miles of roughly 95% to assist in the general un- employment situations, so that in reality, they are actually get- ting less money now, in many instances, than in 1913. Let me say further, there is not a fire- man working at his trade in Ontario today, every engine be- ing manned by a first and sec- ond engineer acting as a fire man. { "However, to cap it all, let me add that the freight tariffs are based, in a general way, on ton- nage hauled per mile and the ton mile cost of train and engine crews, despatchers and operators combined, is lower today than, probably before in this century owing to large tonnage hauled in trains today. The high wage stuff is a myth. So I ask, is it any wonder that farm prices have fallen un- til every last farmer is operat- ing at a loss and discouraged, when wages have fallen below pre-war rates. Has any shipper benefitted by cuts in wages by reason of reduced freight rates! In dealing with the unemploy- ment resulting from ail the blunders of Governments, Car- ada came last May to the point where we never expected to land. In 1930, every man was to have a job, but in 1932, all those who could get it were to be given a ""dote" in its worst form. Could there be anything worse than the degradation of the workers today? In a few short weeks ""dole" jumped successive hurd- les and landed in the slavery class 'so far as my district is concerned. 1929 | rates, we find that it would be $5.79, or an increase of 69c¢ per | cur need for, and pleasure at rds or! getting, action on the road but The tables issued in then 1 : 1 | degrading wage paid the men? Camps of road buiders drop- ped over-night from $2.00 a day and board to 19¢ a day and board. Over-night a fine*type of workman became worth less than a horse for which the sum of $100.00 might be paid. The Dept. of Northern Development paid 60¢ a day for a team or 30¢ a horse but only 19¢ for a man. Probably it was consider- ed that a horse 'had more sens: than the man anyway as it ai least didn't vote Tory in 1930. But in addition to more actual money aid for a horse per day than for a man, the horse go. ais feet shod and harness mend ed and I want to say here anu. now that the horse wasn't over paid. The honourable membe: or S. Renfrew (Murray) wa: exaetly correct. It is slavery. My district is benefitting from the building of a Trans-Canada Highway and everybody was overjoyed at the announcement that it was going ahead but 'I am sure I speak forthe majority in the district when 1 say, we are torn between two fires; one how can one keep mum at the 1t has been said that there is or has been no compulsion. In that statement, the minister, not only showed a lack of un-| derstanding of our workmen, who desire work and wages and | not a hand-out but also ignor- ance of economic conditions which forced men into . sueh camps in preference to wander ing like a tramp from pillar to post. The independence of our labor, the right to earn a living has been unquestionably demon- strated by the workers in thes: camps but it should never have been challenged as it has been done. Labor has been grieviously insulted on many occasions but I doubt if ever more so than by action of the Dominion Govern- ment in taking action to stop whot got to be spoken of as 'vod riders." means of transportation, tne men took to freight trains, a dangerous practise, in search of | work in the wheat fields and then to return east again. The expression, "travel is so broad-| ening and edueating" might also have some bearing on the problem. Anyway, without much warn- ing and certainly no plan as to how it was going to work out. police guards were stationed at strategie points and searched all trains. At Sioux Lookout, some 180 men were herded into a little town where adequate pub- lic services for looking after them did not exist. After a few days spent in exchanging telegrams, housing for these men was arranged in bunk houses, located just outside the town, that belonged to a lumberman. Not stressing the lack of super- vision which existed, sufficient to say those men were left there on two meals a day with noth- ing to do for some two months. Reference to Communism has been made both in the House and outside but do you not recognize. Mr. Speaker the won- derful field for agitators in 3 I] Ef : New Kitchen Chairs, Special 89c Wicker Table Special $4.50 Large Floor Rug, Sp. $4.75 es esse eee i * 'S. FREEDMAN, Manager EE -- DRYDEN - FURNITURE Ste MART msec Visit our store. Our service, our courtesy and our prices will please you, others are. A few of our specials-- Dryden Furniture Mart New and Sccondhand Furniture Bought, Sold and Exchanged. 4 Gramophone, Special $15 Dresser Special .... $9.00 New EBeds Complete, Special | $15.75 ce es nse LEVINSON BLDG. Fe | | | | Ft | 8 Ff | FF $8 | Fm Ft} ot i | FL | 0 Ft Fo i [i i Fe | Having no other | which to begin work thag created here? And agitators begin and a riot followed the result that several w Jail and then action was hat move the rest into a road that had not been in oper: for months some fourteen m south of town. What of men were these? They this camp in spite of the start and in spite of the lack of wage. Why should men subjected to such treatment as | nave described? I say that it is a shame and a disgrace ami shows utter lack of appreciation of responsibility starting i Jttawa and ending here. Before going farther, I w ic pay tribute to the chief n ofticer of the Government. | nave a great deal of respeet § Mr. Ellis and 1 feel that he has peen called upon to administer velief on such a scale that it bas been humanly impossible f man to attend to it all. 1 area is too vast and the hums body is too weak to stand 1 hours required to advis po and answer all the problems that come into his office. | | not, for one minute, attae : blame to Mr. Ellis for fu ditions 1 have described. 1 lie is one man justly entitl a rest, on full pay as soom 3s Lhe desires or it can be arrangs It is the system that is at fash In addition, consent of Department was requ open the road camp. un page 1579, Hansard November, 23rd, 1932, Hon Mrs rordon, Minister of Li r, stat that Trans Scotia was z r opis ia} : - of m days worked and wages each month from May to S tember. By a simpl livist 1 find that those Trans read builders in Nova Scoli received very close to $3 } day. 1 presume ti k is harder and the hours the sam as prevails in Ontario. Why { then, should our men have | work during this same period [at 19¢ a day? Surely this Province is just as rich as Nova Scotia. Some reference has been made to "board camps' m Northern Ontario and [ must confess I don't know of any ej- cept the one which broke up in| | the riot. All the rest of the | camps are Trans-Canada camps and the men are surely building the road every day {fit tc work. The same degrading influence exists among those settlers who, not having been established iong enough on the land to raise food supply, have been forced to ask for relief. With one ac- cord, the request was for work not "dole."" Acceeding to the local demands for work the Government has decided that these people may be permitted to work out the value of relief received on the roads. But the same lowering of morale is evi- dent on every hand. In Kenora, the method adopt: ed was work at $2 per day. Heavy, hard rock work and the hoys went at it in order to ob- tain relief. No work, no relief was the order. But how are they paid? Continually running for orders for food, and only so orders for fuel and only half cord wood or half ton coal at a time. This last raises the cost of fuel by probably $1.50 ton or much allowad, orders for clothes, road | ers, hounded by adversity oun £m ree pmamenmgies Folie AA 2 ES ARGH RAI rr me oo 24th, 1933. En t 34 cord of wood cost $4 the man receiving it was aU for a cord or the same of wood so that his in- xd cost was 11% due to system adopted. Here we al a class of unfortunate work- Be one hand and supervised out of the pittance of toil on the other hand. No freedom lett vhatever, except to take it or ave it ana starve. Surely, we right to criticise any earth, after this, ior | under which that | ticular nation may be living. | through the ruck y Uu€istrict 1HO on System nation OL 3 og l1IKe a sia: 4 L M EE EERE ER RELL ERE REALE ERY FULL FASHIONED HOSIERY Peautiful quality in an array of new spring shades ---semi--service weight---reinforcea fine lisle foot with slender French heel--fine lisle garter hem---all sizes. Specially featured at Toc pair. HOUSE FROCKS House Frocks made of fine quality vat dyed prints that will really stand washing; light, medium and dark patterns, in floral and neat small designs, short and puff sleeves at T5¢ and $1.00 each. cord. In some cases, 1 know | HIER nimi nnn UII Hann Two matters 14 HEIEEEEE J. B. GATES i hat at one point, where ® ® Borer ge of inemploved "popula: PHONE 71 DRYDEN en vole fre tn. TEI EE EEE EE TT : a > : = - -- an EE ----G-------- EJ § uf Mis wares "1 Dryden Lumber Company, Ltd. i : BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS g. as < SS D. ANDERSON, Manager, 1 SIOUX Distributors for Canadian Oil Products. ; gener WE ARE BOOKING ORDERS FOR s C. N. R. railre LAND PLASTER st run co ted Order early to avoid disappointment. . ris was 1 tha Price $12.00 off car, cash. ted on va mele ; t f An an coal | --_-- SEAN HWay Managemen | || A acoA ~ A greed to pay on the basis of || : : st of coal. Permit to cut on H ny Wg lands" was granted and Ad Ad an Job was organized. In addi- I might say the wood sup- ies for residents were also ar- ged for in the same manner. operation has proven highly wy suecessful from the start. Ex llent co-operation has been ad from the Department of Lands and Forests, the railways management, the town officials and the men employed, with a minor exceptions.. Wooua cutting, hanling to town, dis- tribution to houses and swamp- ing out are paid on a piece-work i A limit was placed on of trucks and men em- ploved by the hour to assist at certain jobs and the cutters limited to cords per month ex- basis. nours cept during the peak of consump- tion. The ween are paid by voucher but they are free to Lluy where they like and to take CANDY SHOP BREAD, BUNS AND PASTRIES FRESH FRUITS Cooked Ham and Pork, our own baking always in stock. EASTER GOODS here and hope to have unpacked on Saturday. We will be pleased to hold any piece selected until needed. Our display is a little different. Ain't it the truth? ROUGHING IT MODERN STYLE --- Buying buns, onions, mustard and weiners and mixing your own hot dogs. E. W. STANSFIELD & SON advantage- of bargaining power. I may say that the Dominion member for Port Arthur, Mr. D. M. Cowan, in whose riding this]; ji town is located, has joined me in saying that this is a model |} relief job, the like of would be hard to find, and con- gratulations are due to initiative of town officials in|} particular. I might add in pass-|§ ing that the men working in the |} hush are housed and fed in a satisfactory camp at 40c per day per man. The other bright spot is in mining. Again, I note as 1 did |} last year, increased activity in|} gold mining in the Red Lake Lake of the Woods and Manitou Sections. The Howey is going deeper and an addition to the mill is assured. Another mill is going in at Savant b | Lake, i shaft sinking is going on again vy in two properties near Kenora. |g: 1t seems strange indeed, that the one thing we cannot export and are producing more of each year, should lead the way. But (Continued on Page 3) whieh | f§ RED and WHITE 0. H. PRONGER, Prop. PHONE 26 the | 3 , fi % 3 % WATCH THIS SPACE FOR SPECIALS NEXT WEEK HAY FOR SALE Carload arriving any day FOR SALE--STUCCO BUNGALOW Fully modern, very snappy price. APPLY THIS STORE. No. 1 Creamery Brookfield Butter, all next week from Monday to Friday 29¢ tb, Nabob Coffee 43c 1b. <> Ss > -- Beef Hearts, per 1b Pork Kidney, per Ib Sirioin Steak, B.R., per Ib Side Bacon, sliced, per Ib Stewing Veal, 3 tb for . Veal Steak, per Ib Whitefish, per 1b Cod Fish, 1 1b pkt. Stewing Lamb, 3 1h for Patties, per 1b Haddies, per 1b Phone 6. PATERSON'S MEAT MARKET SATURDAY Botstein sinieisiat sss ese uB ess tenn a aD Roll, bh 3 RR Ne Oa MONDAY Pork Steak, 2 Ib for, ri. ............ 008A TUESDAY 1. 1h Stewing Steak, 14 1b Kidney WEDNESDAY THURSDAY CT ry re He TE A RPI RN RS RE I A STN TW Trout, per b LL itd... .. pati re A 12¢ H Dryden, March 23rd, 1933. Dear Folks: -- ' Your hooks, music and stationery dealers are more than ordinary merchants--' 'They Specialize." The piano tuner will be visiting Dryden next week-- Don't fail to leave your order with us for him to call. WANTED--about thirty more customers a day for magazines and papers, books and greeting cards, crepe paper and jig-saws, records and sheet music, cameras and films, mouth organs and other musical instruments, radios and pianos, writing materials and things! We have several cabinet gramophones we are offer- ing at $7.00 each and are still selling withdrawn ree- ords at 19¢ each. Well here's looking for those extra customers. Yours faithfully, : Joe. P.S.--The real reason they put rubbers on pencils is so when you try to figure out how you can pay your wife's bills you won't seratch your teeth gnawing. the pencil. : J "THROUGH SERVICE WE KEEP GOING' '"No One Appreciates Your Business More Than We Do." 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