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Mr.PAXTON, after referring briefly to the lumber interest, which he believed was in A fairly prosperous condition, expressed his concurrence with the necessity for caution in the granting of aid to railways. If, however, the statement in the Speech quot that no railways should be aided, he did not agree with it. He believed that the Government would always be willing to lid deserving lines when the proper repre- sentetions were made. ile regretted that no reference was made to the ticccsmity of luv reform, which appeared to him in he very urgent, but he felt s-tttist-ted that ly hen the pooplo of tho Province manifested their desire tor any change the Government would not hesitate to make it. Mr. ROSS desired to refer to some re.. marks made by the hon. member for West I'yterborough as to the relative amounts given in aid of eastern and western sections of the Province rc"speetrvely. That hon. gentleman had stated that out of the 't'2,400,000 granted in aid of railways in Ontario only $213,000 had been granted to lines east of Toronto, while all the rest had b been absorbed in the west. He (Mr. Ross) was surprised that tho hon. gen- tleman had made such a mistake, for he was generally very fair in his statements to the House. Haring taken the trouble to look at a return presented to the House last session, he (Mr. Ross) found Cn..,'. the fact was that the cast had received more than the west. (Hear, hear.) lle re- grettccl that this sectional attention had arisen, for the railway policy_0t' the Govern- ment had not been sectional', but broad and liberal. in aid of railways in the west he l found $2,177,176 had been appropriated, _ while $1'-',rs':'ppo'.'. had been appropriated for those in the wctit--0icar, hetu)--bcing a ditlerencc of between $5,000 and $6,000. The amount actually paid in aid of eastern lines was $1,065,366, while the amount paid in aid of those in the west was $826,000. He l did not propose to discuss the. merits of the Toronto and Ottawa Railway In the absence l of hon. nwinlwrs of the Uppositiott-whol were no doubt attending,' to matters of greater importance to themselves than the business of the lion's, (Hear, hear.) He would merely c.'ilttvtss the opinion that as that line would injure many other lines ill the cast, it would not tecvive, the support oi the majority of the people in that section. Mr. GllAliA Il thought we must he reach- ing a political millennium, the complaints otthe Spec-ch from the Upposttton Were so rt nunhnhly fur. lie expressed his grati- titatiun a: the l-ountitul harm-st with which l'rtrrhlcnce hatl bless -d this Province. lie l rtptuliatx d the aspcrsions cast upon the magistrates of this country by the leader of the Irppositi 11, who, he regretted to See, mu not in his place. To' a large extent were we indebted to the magistrates of the t-mxntrr for its prosperity. In many in. stances they had adtninistvredjutiticv. without tee or reward. He regretted that no promise ofa Draining Act or of a reform in the jury law appeared in the Speech from the Throne. The latter was a relic of feudal ages, and there was no law in the country that more required reforming. lle scorned the in. sinuation that hon. members had been influenced in their actions by the Govern- ment. He had never been so inoenced, and he was aatisiicd there was too much independence on that side of Pe House to I permit such interference. Cheers.; 1 Mr. UNA"; ing a politica ofthe Speech so n-nnulgubly Mr. WIDDIFIELD referred to the re- arrangement of the boundary between the counties of North and-West York, He had been in the village of 8touiiville,whero members of both political parties had as- sured him of their satisfaction with the change. The Crooks License Act had been most effective within his con. stituency, and also, be believed, in every part of the Province. It had reduced the number of licenses one- third, public-houses were better kept, they try largely made ci, of Crown lands. Re- ferring to education, he said that thelnspec- tow bud too much power, and that some of the powers they now held should be com- mittcd to trustees. Ho was also in favourot taking the privilege of selling school books from the buoksollcl'S, so that they might be ohtsmo,,t . ' t. __, . {IL wi'N" Mr. BELL regretted that his leaders had not thought proper to move an amendment to the Address rcpudiating the statement that the trade of the country had im- proved. He though hon. members had i lost sight of the real cause of the depression ', ol'tlade, which he attributed to the fiscal policy of the Dominion Government. There was no really increased prosperity in the mercantile or nrauttlrtcturirG pursuits of the country. Dru'ng the past two years 41,000 permits had gone lrom Canada to theh'tates, which was proof positive that trade had not iinprored. In one year alone more than 9,000 skilled mechanics had left this country for the United States. These numbers, he thought, were far front being equalled by those who came from the United States to i Canada. He was satistied,too,that the lumber l trade had not yet recovered from itsdepression. i It would seem that the Government had made mistakes in their railway policy of the past, or that they had served all their friends and had concluded to grant no more _ railway aid. He thought that if it was true there were 500,000 Canadians in the United States and other foreign countries, the efforts a of the Government should he devoted to keeping Canadians at home rather than to encouraging immigrants trom other countries. With regard to education, the interest which some members of the Cen- _ tral Committee appeared to have with the i booksellers in the sale of certain books would appear to account for the ditticetlty parents experienced in heepingtheir children supplied with books, owing to the sudden and numerous changes. He hoped the Govern- ment would take steps to put a stop tosueh joblrery in future. Ile was surprised to find _ that the Government had not promised to deal with the question of exemptions. In Toronto, with a total assessment of $49,- 000,000, the exemptions amounted to $12,. 000,000-a fact which showed the glaring character of tho evil. He hoped that, though the Government might not see their wayto doing away with all exemptions, they would even this session bring in a par. tial measure of relief. He recommended them to follow the example of the Im. perial Government in this respect. i They had adopted the principle that l property or grounds occupied for tho public service, and therefore exempt, should contri- bute to. the local rates equally with other I inept of this country, and he mutuo1eascd to notik that tho Government had taken up the matter. lie was happy to anticipate legislation on the subject, whether it took the form of the establishment of aBureau of Sanitary Science connected with one of the Departments of the Goverment, or went in some other direction. He pointed out that no point could be justly made against tho Government with regard to the appointment of a sixth Minister, for all that was done was to abolish the office of Superintendent of Education, and to place his duties in the hands of a. responsible Minister. were more orderly, there was less Sud}? drinking, and, practically, drinking in groceries was done away With altogether. The Dunkin Act had been arlopte'i in the county of York during the past year, after an exciting contest, and he was happy to notice that both those in favour and those opposed to that Act had spoken in high terms of the Crooks Act. He should have liked to hear some 'expression of opinion fe the leader of the Government as to Jurisdiction in this matter, and he, regretted that the Supreme Court had yet given no flee-Mon on the subject, although it had _b_ee_n before the Court for several months. Allud- mg to the question of public health, he said that Canada was much behind other coun- tries in that respect. The medical officer of the British Privy Council was invested with great powcr, and in almost every State in the United States there were, State Boards of Health. These bodies at very little ex- pense had contributed very hugely to the initiation of legislation for the promotion of public health. It seemed to him that the time was fast approaching when the object of the medical profession would he more in the direction of preventing disease then of curing it. He believed that sanitary mea- sures should be carried out by the Govern. FisT81,