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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd, 1937. One of the most outstanding bene-‘ fits to the people of the Province un- der three years of Liberal adminis- tration is shown by the record of savings to the Hydro Power users effected; since 1934. When the Hiyndro System was relieved from the oner- ous burden of the Contracts made by the Hepburn Government’s predeces- sors with the Quebec Power compan- ies, and three of these contracts were replaced by others more favourable to the people of Ontario, the result was a saving to the Hydro Electric Power Commission of, such magni- tude that they were able to pass on to the power users a most substan- tial reduction in rates. These reduc- tions in the various Systems since I | 1934 have totalled $3,557,038.00, and to this must be added the sum of $580,723.00 refunded to the various municipal Systems after final ad- justment of costs. In addition the service charges to consumers on rural lines have been reduced three times with a resultant saving to these con- sumers of $660,000.00. This is a to- tal saving to the power users of the Province of $4,797,761.00 since the Liberals assumed office. Rural Power Lines The big Hlyuiro problem of the Province for many years ‘past has been that of getting a supply” of electrical energy to the residents inl rural Ontario at a reasonable price. For this purpose the policy was adopted in 19123 of contributing from the Provincial Treasury oneâ€"third of the cost of the primary lines on rural Systems. This was increased to a bonus of fifty per cent a few years later, and each year some additions have been made to the rural Sys- tems under this policy. It is only since the 1934 election, however, that substantial progress has been made in supplying the benefits of cheap electricity to lthe rural communities. Our great stumbling block in the way of securing customers for rural lines was the heavy service charge which had to be guaranteed before a line would be built. To meet this difficulty, the Hydro Commission has been working toâ€" wards a substantial reduction in these serviceycharges with the result that three reductions. have been made-0n November lst, 1935; December 1st, 1936; and August lst, 1937. The serâ€" vice charge which was $2.78 per month for ordinary \farms and $2.33 per month for small farms in 1934 is now $1.11 per month for both classes of farms and the saving to the rural power users totals 8660,â€" 000.00. ".1 RATE REDUCTIONS UNDER REDUCTION IN RU During the twelve ; ing with the year been constructed 9,53 primary: power lines. During the three years of Liberal administration the number of miles of primary lines constructed totals 3,574. During 1934, the last year of Conservative rule, “ ' 77‘11Aâ€"nâ€"n nnmch-nnfpd W85 In n... J , the mileage constructed was 190. In 1935. under Liberal rule, that figure was increased to 442, in 1936 to 831, and in 1937 to 2,300. The total Lumber of rural power users at the end of 1934, after 12 years effort, was 64,283. The num- ber of new subscribers in 1984 was 1,995. In 1935 there were added 3,- 519, in 1936 an addition of 5,812 and 12,000 more in 1937, making an ad- dition of 21,331 rural subscribers during three years. of the new ad‘â€" ministration. During the twelve years ending in 1934 the total bonus from the Provincial Treasury to the cost of the rural power S'yxstems‘ amount- ed to $9,085,108.10, or $757,092.50 per year. During the three ye rs 1935 Hydro Users Save $4,797,761.09 Street and No., or R.R. No. . . This coupon is inserted as a convenience in re- newing your subscription. The address label shows you the date up to which your subscrip- tion is paid. If it is in arrears we would appre- ciate your remittance, at $1.50 per year. THE LIBERAL Enclosed find $.... being my subscription for .. . . years. Please send me a receipt. twelve year period end- ‘ year 1934 there had ted 9,533 miles of rural '91‘ lines. During the .-.-..u u s u a u u . CUT THIS OUT >ER HEP BURN ADMINISTRATION â€" SIX RURAL SERVICE CHARGES. SAVING O] QUEBEC POWER CONTRACTS to 1937, inclusive, the bonus has 3-} mounted to $3,409,892.00, or $1,136,- 630.66 per year. Quebec Power Contracts The critics of the Government‘s acâ€" tion in cancelling the contracts for supplies of power made by its pre- decessors with four Quebec Power companies, have been telling- the peo- ple that new contracts have been made with the companies and that eventually there will be no real sav- ing as a result of the Government’s laction. It is true that new contracts have been entered into with three of the four companies, i.e., the Gat- ineau Power Company, the Ottawa Valley Power Company and: the Mac- Laren Quebec Power Company, but the new contracts have been arrang- the new contracts have been arrang- ed on terms which result in a tre- mendous saving to the Hydro Elecâ€" ‘tric Commission. No new contract has been made with the Beauharnois Light, 'Heat and Power Company. ‘ In the year 1935 under the conâ€" tracts made by its predecessors, the ‘Hydm Commission paid to the f0ur companies for power (the large porâ€" tion of which was not needed), the sum of $7,936,892.70, and the pay»- ments which would have been made in 1936 under the same contracts would have amounted to $9,509,490.31. The four contracts were cancelled in 1935, and in December of that year new contracts were made with the iGat-ineau Power Company and the MacLaren Quebec Power Company. In 1936 there was paid to these two companies under the new contracts the sum of $2,823,906.74, resulting in a saving in that year of $6,685,- 583.57 to the power users of On- 583.5 tax 30 warn” In the early part of the present year a new contract was made with the Ottawa Valley Power Company, and it is estimated by the Hydro |enâ€" gineers that the total amount which will be paid to the three companies this yéar will be $3,592,422.48. If the old contracts» had remained in force the amount paid to the fOur companies would have been $10,965,- 000.‘90. Thus the saving for the cur- rent year will be $7,372,577.52, or a total saving for the two years of $4,058,161.09. A , 9A1,VVV,--_,, The amount to be paid to the Que- Ibec companies in 1938 will depend on the increase in the demand from the municipalities and the consequent acceptance by! the Commission from the Gatineau Company of “Contract Demand” power, that is, a reserve: of power held by the company at a nominal charge per horsepower to be delivered to the Commission as re- quired at the regular contract price. However, should the use of power in- crease to the point where all this “Contract Demand” power is requir- ed, the total payments to the three companies in 1938 will amount to $4,950,000.00. The amount which would have been paid under the old contracts was $0,965,000.00 and the result is a saving every year, under the full contracts, of the sum of $6,- 015,000.00. A most substantial saving has been effected in the cost of administering the Provincial Hydro-Electric Com- mission. In July, 1934, there were three paid Commissioners drawing salaries aggregating $30,340.00 per year. This Board was dispensed with and a new one appointed of which the Chairman receives $10,000 00 per year and the other two members serve without salary. There Were also a number of highly paid offiâ€" cials, the Engineer-in-Chief received over $29,000.00 per year, and the staff was at the strength which was [X ‘HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS 0F FOURTEEN MILLION ON required when the construction work of the early years was at its height. The services of a number of offi- cials were dispensed with and no re- placements made and certain of the higher salaries were reduced, thus effecting a saving of $93,000.00 per year, a saving in head office of $113,- 000.00 per year. In addition the ecst of the legal department has been re- duced from $47,540.00 to $19,550.00 per year, and the cost of insurance has been reduced by $87,000.00 per year All that a bounteous season could offer was to be found at North York Market this week. The stands piled with vegetables, fruit and flowers were full of color and everything sold in quantities to suit the buyer. Five or ten cents would purchase vegetables enough for the average family, while those .bent on pickling and preserving could buy in larger quantities at a saving. Apples sold at 25C and 30c bas- ket, varieties including Stars, Wealv- thy, Alexanders, Duchess and Transâ€" parent. Among the plums, which sold at 25c Ito 35c basket were Lo-mâ€" bards, Monarch, Burballk, Green- 'gages and Damsons. Pe rs, peaches and crabaplples were on many of rthe stands. Among the 1e55, cormmon fruits were ground cherries, vine beaches and plum tomatoes, all] good ‘for preserves. Large watermelons ‘Were 30c each; canteloupes were ‘plentiful, and British Columbia strawberries were soon sold at 2 boxes for 25c. Egg prices were as high as 48c ‘dozen for extra large ones, and as ‘low as 2-0c for little pullet eggs. But- ter was 30c 1b.; cream 30c pint, and 'cream cheese 10c each. Roasting chickens sold at 25c and 28c 1b.; capons 30c, plump larve broilers were 75c each, and boiling fowl fetched 20c lJb., one extra fine hint weighing over 8 lbs. Ducks Were 30c llb., turkeys 30c. Baby beef was one of the most delicious meats at the butcher’s stanQ, Where pickled, shoul- ders of pork at 19c a 11)., and tender young lamb were other popular bwys. Farmer’s sausage was 18c 11)., 2 lbs. for 35c.; breakfast bacon was 30c 1b., and back bacon 40c. On the fish stand was trout 25c and 27c 1b., and Whitefish 22c. Whitefish 22c. The flower stands were well fill- ed and there was plenty of choice of blooms, from bright yellow calen- dula‘s at 5c bunch to zinnias, asters E. F. L. Sturdec, general pas- senger agent, Canadian Pacific Railway, Vancouver, will be proâ€" moted to Montreal, headquarters of the Company on October 1 as assistant passenger traffic man- ager, according to announcement by R. G. McNeillie, passenger traffic manager. Since joining: the Canadian Pacific at Saint John, N.B., in 1893, he has served the Company at Toronto. Mont- real, Boston, Scatil", Wash. Hong Kong, and Van-sou? ‘. Tlfl! LIBERAL, RICHMOND Returns to East YORK MARKET and gladioli, mixed bouquets, and a variety of everlasting flowers at various prices. Toronto’s traditionally Tory jour- nal, the Evening Telegram, carries an editorial in a recent issue heap- ing- ridicule on the Conservative plat- form as announced by Hon. Earl Rowe. “Rowe is strong in attack, weak in constructive policy," is the head- ing- of the article. After compli- menting the Conservative leader on the virulence of his denunciation of “We fear that Mr. Rowe’s. mani- festo will not win many votes,” the paper continues. “He says, ‘We will improve our laws in the interests of temperance and solariefiy.’ That is a beautiful but entirely meaning- less phrase. Premier Hepburn, the editorial 1a- ments the fact that he only offers “destructive criticism.” “Mr. Rowe apparently still cher- ishes the delusion that it is good politics to speak kindly of the 0.1.0. He inferentially accuses Mr. Hep-burn of trying to reach the home plate on this plank, but if Mr. Rowe had not straddled the fence on the issue, Premier Hepburn would never have got to first base.” “He is an ungrateful wretch,” usuâ€" ally means: “He wouldn’t give me a dollar’s worth of gratitude for a dime favor.” In a speech made in Toronto this week by J. W. Buckley, secretary of the Toronto District Trades and Labor Council, he said: “There is no darker page of corruption and wrongdoing in the history of this province than the Tony regime from 1923 to 1934. HILL, ONTARIO “FOr Mr. Rowe to now shed tears H0 ELEMHIB WWER BOMMSSMN 372 Before the advent of the motor car and Hydro in Ontario, the farmer was truly “the forgotten r'nan”. The days were longâ€"the nights longer and lonelier . . . farm labor was arduous . . . the housework drudgery . . . the young people waited their chance to get to the city. Few realize how much Hydro has changed rural life in Ontario. Its coming brought every advantage enjoyed by city homes. Hydro lights the home and barnâ€"pumps the waterâ€"washes the clothesâ€"cooks the foodâ€"brings the world’s best entertainment into the parlor. Today, the farmer has within his grasp the opportunity to make his home equal to the most modern city homeâ€"to operate his farm with the most modern labor-saving equipment. Fully realizing that the greatest single contribution it could make to a better, more enjoyable life, and a more permanent prosperity to Ontario, would be to electrify every rural home in the Province, the present Hydro has left no stone unturned to extend the benefits of low cost power to Rural Ontario. During the present fiscal year, Hydro will spend approximately four million dollars building over 2,000 miles of new line to serve approximately 10,000 new rural customers. fit fiugust 15th, 1937, over 1,500 miles’had been built. and more than 7,500 new customers added. ‘ Service charges have always retarded Hydro growth. H Realizing this, the present Commission cut these rates in half in November 1936. Hundreds of rural users immediately applied this saving on neweappliances for the home or for labor saving and profit making electrical equipment on the farm. In addition to this reduction in the service charge, the basic 'cost of power was reduced in some systems by $2.50 per h. p. On fiugust lst, a further reduction was made of $3.00 per h. p. in Eastern Ontario, and $2.00 per h. p. in the Niagara System. The effect of these reductions will ultimately be felt in reduced con- sumption charges all over the Province. ‘ Certainly Rural Ontario has gained as much, if not more, than any other section of the Province by the success of the present Hydro in cutting power costs and extending the benefits of low-cost power. There is no “forgotten man" in the Hydro policy of today. because of the action of Premier Hepburn in the Oshawa strike does not remove the blot of the tanks and machine guns in the Strat‘ford strike,” continued the trade union leader. He went on to ask Why the Conservative leader did not raise his voice for the workers during the “iron heel" policy of Hon. R. B. Ben- nett. MASSEY-HARRIS AGENT Farm Implements, Machinery and Repairs Telephone Richmond Hill 39 Charles Graham PAGE SEVEN