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. no» . _..------------- . _.' "4t-r -._- _ . . harvest in ripen, the hill mead mtuhu. ONTARIO LEGISLATURE Second only in imporuntm ttt "I'm interest of this Province, in the number of ,"a"",'","i"","2"rf"ii"i a g . . persons deriving lsupporttmffom t and t: ' , -" - r 6881 n amount of capita inves in. ,was e Thud Parliament 0 ' lumber trade. Unforltunatelfy this had been " .. . in a de tossed con ition or some years4 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, back, and), this had' disastrously affected a Toronto, Jan. 10, 1378- large portion of the community, more es- Tho so her took the chair at half-past pccially in the northern and eastern parts lhrce l of the Province, where the people were. per- . _ traps more largely dependent upon this Pli'll'l'IOXS. interest than on the agricultural. "was '" , r' . . . '- therefore a matter of congratulation that, Th, tUiIOWlng petitions were presented: owing not only to a large demand at home ' - By Mr. Cameron-From Henry Pe1latt . for that commodity, but to an increased: and others, or Toronto, that the capital foreign trade, the lumber interest had me.- i stock of Untmio insurance companies may terially improved. As a result of the en- liot be :iSsesr. d it '1' municipal purposes. larged prices they were assured that, not. I',y Mr. Itvihuiw-l'rom the Toronto withstanding the Imat depreoion, the rev. Club, for an Art to amend their Act of In- cutie from the woods and forests during the corporation. year had been equal to what had been ex- h By Mr. Sinrl,vhu-Frotn the County Coun- pected. It was stated that the revenue oil of Jhurcr', for curcciuneuduw.nts to the from the sale of pubiilc lands had Municipal Act. Spent tddQt ouretliluctionbeeiln It); v . , ' e I _ . By . M": Chvip iitott-, 17"" lly "@503" with" might have been expected as a con- ciiot l.)wcn iT'nl"l, itri atl Adi" ttut ()t'uie sequence of the failure of the crops in the Construction ot water-works. 1876. It was therefore pleasing to THE DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS. know that though the' depression of . . . the times might have caused the Mr. ROSS (who Wal' Very indistinctly new settlers to curtail their personal ex- . heard in tho gallery), ou rising to tttOW) the penditure in many ways, they had been able address in reply .to the Speech from the to pay their dues to the Crown, and that Throne, was rec-Wed with loud cheers. He. they were becoming-what fortunately every Stud that he would ask the indulgence of industrious settler in this Province had the the House, "ad more especrnlly of power to become-the independent owners the older members, in making the usual of their farms. (Hear, hear..) It was a motion; atul ho did not do BO " 5 more matter of regrct--as expressed in the Speech 1 matter of form, but because he felt very -.that the provision for the insane and for keenly his peculiar ttntitneM forthe task the deaf and dumb had not hitherto been owing to a more than usual share of that commensurate with the demand made upon nervousnessto which inexperienced speak- the accommodation provided for these. un- era were subject. He embraced the oppor- fortunate people; and it might be well, tunity of saying thus publicly that three perhaps, if the attention of some of our most years ago, having the fullest contidence in competent medical men were directed to the honesty,nbility, and i.nfegrit.r,onhehtad l the question of whether there was any real of the Government and his colleagues, he increase in these classes, of the population, had been elected as a supporter of the Ad. or if the increased demand for a-ccanmoda.', ministration. After these three ycttrtf ex- tiondid not arise from the greater confi- Ire.rie.rtc.c, observation of the conduct of the dence the people had in the trcatment and Administration, and of the character of the care provided for such patients in the public have they had placed on the titatuta Book, institutions. It might perhaps be the case he had to say that he had IP." ', that the people kept fewer of these persons abated ttOrthotics m them Mill. at home than they had done heretofore. (Hear, hear, and_ cheers.) If on some and that this was the cause of the apparent occasions he had differed with them on inat- increase in their number. He could not tors of detail, he had never failed even on but congratulate the House on the such ofc'atifPs.to.fee1 fully assured of the absteneo of any proposed measure honesty of their "9'" and the integrity of for the aid of railways. .In the past no their purposes. No clause in the "like" doubt, there were many railway projects ' would strikes truer chord P. the hearts of that had ad their claims pressed upon the , the people than that relating to the late House which Were really deserving of aid by abundant harvest. "Mont 'rttempting the encouragement they offered to settler's to discuss all the causes of depression that in the newer parts of the Province. But to had prevailed inDCanada in .common with him it was gratifying to know that for one 'early,'tttrrciyllizet country intheworld, he session at all events members would be rc- I thought it could not be denied that '"." of lievcd from the iniportunato button-'uoling ( the causes that affected our own Province of a score or so of railway promoters . or I most materially was the comparative failure at all events, that these gentlemen wduld ) of the crop of 1876. It was beyond question not be able to exercise their talents in i that since the harvesting of one of the that direction with the knowledge that most abundant crops that". had ever pleased the Government had sanctioned a reduction I a beneficent Providence to bless us with of our surplus by granting more assistance 5 1rusiaeys.prospee9 had most markedly im- to railway schemes. lie was not by any proved in nearly every direction. Mum- means averse to granting aid to necessary 1 iacturers who had been curtailing their and deserving lines of railway, and lie con- i operations and in some cases suspending ctuzedinthomtu'n withthewisisand judicious: them aitogether Were ""'PN work. policy which the present Government and l Merchants, though wisely profiting by the the House had pursued in that regard. But disasters of . the past; wisely avoiding rash this could not go on for ever. The surplus I and speculative ventures, were now tinding l of the Province was not the widow's cruise l anenlarged volume of business and an in- of oil-iexhaustib1e, tend he thought creased purchasing power, the re- that perhaps the time had come salt of the satisfactory prices re- when a check should be put upon ceived by . the farmers, who were the tendencies to construct .lines the great capital producers of this Province. of railway in every possible direction. Mu- Lvery one must agree that i.n this large and nicipalities had been granting bonuses to fertile I'rovince ot Ontario our present roads which did not appear to rely so much wealth and our future prosperity depended . upon a reasonable expectation ot paying to a Very large extent upon the interest and traffie as upon municipal aid and the anti- prosperity ot the agricultural community. cipation of Government grants. He thought (Hear, hear.) Egotistical politicians might therefore, that perhaps the present was a). arrogate to themselves the power of pro- good time to curtail these expenditures: ducing prosperity or removing a depression and this paragraph or the Speech was par: by passing certain laws; but what did all ticularly opportune in view of the nianyfail- their petty Tsttyms amount to compared urea of railways on the other side of the with [hollows ot waving grain or the barns line. In truth, he was beginning seriously stored with the fruits: of an abundant har- to doubt the propriety of having a surplus vest? (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He there- at all. Upon the railway trpeculator fore _most devoutly joined His lion. it acted something like the piece of cheese our in .accotiding to Iiim who caused upon the fox in the table l and it might per- the rain .to fall, the sun to shine, the spring grain to tructlfy. and the