'The men did not accept this report, and a nation-wide poll of union men called for. It is understood that tically 100 per cent, voted for a strike, 1f full basle rates' were not re-Jestablished, Union leaders have been ring how they should proceed, jand already there have been con ferences with the railway executives fand with the Minister of Labour. But no solution has been reached, fand the possibilities of a strike are greater than they have been at any Ume in recent years, There is, how-fever, still hope that conciliatory methods will prevail, 'A complete railway tie-up, even for 2 short time, would be in the nature of 2 national calamity, for the main centres of population are widely scattered, and depend on transportation facilities for the exchange of goods and supplies. Then, too, with the commerce of the country" s0 closely intertwined with export trade, rear dependence is placed on the railways for the movement of pro-nets to the seaboard or to the United States. A railway strike would be a rear stimulus to the motor trucking companies, which have already made' serious inroads on freight hauling, and it is believed that this is one factor in the situation that Is causing the union leaders to move with more caution than would otherwise be shown, Canadian "Black Sheep"
One of the most important steps towards stability in an industry that and semi-precious stone. From the contents of the inscribed records, we find that the Shang people possessed 1 complicated calendar. system, worshipped ancestors and offered 10 them at regular intervals luxurious sacrlhas been the "black sheep": tn Canada {for the past five or six years was the this. early date that for contracts covering the frst six months of 1098, This Is the frst Significant price advance. In more than a decade and regains a good deal of the ground: that was lost during
market, A the cut-throat period of the buyer Annual repens of the paper coni-panies which have been appearing in the press during the past month reveal 'a much healthier state of of: fairs than has been the case since the onset of the depression, "Significant, Indeed, of a new and better day was the release of Price Bros. & Company from bankruptey after some four and a half years in this state, Already the Great Lakes Paper Ca,, in whose mill ig situated the widest machine for newsprint In Canada, had been 3 organized and the receivership litted, Several smaller, companies operatin under creditor supervision have been able to proceed on their own feet. There remains one large company—Abitibi Power & Paper—that Is, still in the hands of the receiver. But its: business has improved so greatly that two more of its mills are. being tuned up for operation, and it is fable that before the end of this. year. some plan will be devised so that It can operate independently, 'Despite the fact that there are evidences of a growing demand' for newsprint, and a distinct. sellers' market, there is tle likelihood of the situation getting out of hand, The American Newspaper Publisher's Association, which links together the portant. buyers of newsprint, has advised its members to budget their needs more carefully, and to take their annual consumption ju more equal monthly tonnage, In the past there have been slack periods inthe summer, followed by a great rush of orders inthe autumn that the mills feannot handle, The Association suggests that the publishers should bulld stocks in July and August, mand. All of which indicates, more healthy ce-operation in the industry.
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