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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 20, 1914
Page
2
A 1914 editorial laments leaders' lack of confidence among business men and weak public spirit. It argues social ills stem from pushing others rather than helping, notes changing labor patterns, and recalls that early settlers built status through industry. A joke about town girls seeking beauty receipts ends with a sharp reply.
Amid a harsh eastern winter and widespread unemployment in cities like New York and Toronto, the piece notes deaths from exposure and calls for social reform. It reports a Senate debate in Ottawa on Senator Choquette’s bill to ban publishing pictures of criminals, with opposition citing enforcement and press freedom concerns. It also highlights renewed mining talks in Nanaimo where a new collective bargaining agreement between Western Fuel Company and workers is praised for improving wages and establishing monthly management meetings to resolve grievances.
Plans describe a large lumber tall building to cut timber into shingles creosoted for export to South Africa. The mill will hire men at the mill and in the bush at first, with labor likely increasing. only white labor will be employed.
Canadian and American beef trusts join to bar independent packers from importing Canadian hogs and cattle. Independent U S packers push into Canada, improving prices for Canadian growers while Canadian and American trusts seek to curb cross border shipments via the Agriculture Department. Canadian shippers balk at monopoly controls and aim for the American market where prices are higher.
An excerpt from a Seattle dated item notes US shippers urging policy action to secure rewards and end dependence on the Canadian beef trust, arguing timely adoption would yield better prizes and stability.
Reports from Ushermen along the river say M Monk & Co of New Westminster have again placed a collection boat for up river fishermen. Stowlheads and white spring salmon are noted with markets favoring red salmon. the polician run is expected next month. One hundred thirty four prisoners are in the provincial jail in New Westminster as negotiations continue for the Dewdney Trunk Road at Pitt River.
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