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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1919
Page
4
The firm Taylor and Humphrey, civil engineers and surveyors based in Abbotsford, is noted with Henderson and TaylOr in Box 11 contact details in BR, O. The listing provides a local business address and telephone contact.
Master printers from Oregon Washington and British Columbia gathered in Seattle on a Saturday to discuss education cost funding and unity. About 500 delegates attended under the Northwest division of the United Typothetae of America as part of a three year national campaign.
Dominion fruit growers credit G B McIntosh for transportation leadership in opposing express company attempts to abolish commodity tariffs. His knowledge of freight rates and logistics aided producers east and west against low U S rates, with western growers facing southward competition. The decision, seen as fair reward, should compensate growers amid higher general express charges.
The article argues that surplus farm and forest product outputs must be hauled over country roads to ships, estimating highway transport costs at no less than 50 million dollars and potential annual savings of 250 million if roads were improved. It cites rail freight reductions since 1837 and appeals for nationwide road construction to cut costs, with an example from Panana American Road Congress speaker Frank Terrace about dairymen relying on roads.
The article argues for improved rural highways as a means to lower transportation costs and retail prices. It cites farmers transporting cabbage and crops, Hoover on rural expressways, and Lane on linking farming communities with urban centers to strengthen food supply and economics.
The provincial branch of the Canadian Patriotic Fund tabulates that from September 1914 to March 1919 British Columbia raised 4 354 267 in total contributions with 6 729 188 60 disbursed, leaving a 3 375 930 75 shortfall filled by Ottawa. Fraser Valley localities show varied sums for Agassiz Abbotsford Burnaby Chilliwack and others.
The drought will make the grain and straw yield light in the Delta this year while root crops suffer. Hay crops in the Delta are good and in the Matsant district hay is exceptionally fine, with current favorable weather aiding haymakers.
The Princeton Star notes a New Westminster Columbian photo comparing Arthur L Sifton to a former Alberta premier. The Star editor, if facing Sifton in a libel trial, would likely recognize the image as authentic.
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