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it?" To correct a clerical error In the (benture registration act-The At hey-General. "a, we mm: or the Hous a. few moments for the considel or a. question that is elsewhere C In; widespread attention, viz.. the tion of the unemployed in our and towns. Were any apology l Barr, the importance of the out and the fact that, with the ample tical rights and privileges that w Joy under our free institutions. no tion of greater importance is pre for solution, and we may, them we]! take up a social question at importance. would he " ~--"' . q Various ca notably the "Vine mach throwing mm process ia at not that to 13"?" reott. . To Thursday. March 26. "Rather an important day's business was transacted to-day. In the after- noon Hon. Mr. Bronson's resolution in encouragement of the formation of voluntary associations to aid in the settlement of the problem of the unem- ployed by placing them on the unoc- cupied lands of the Province was passed unanimously by the House. Mr. Bronson's speech was an interesting and lucid exposition of the subject, and the resolution was received in the friendliest manner by both sides ot the House. In the evening Hon. Mr. cont: SOCIAL RELIEF PLANS. lemme the Unemployed in the Newer Diartrteta--Government Measures Pass- ed-The Speaker's Reception. A subject of broached by H he moved the re'trolutionr-. I Reigning to crodir tirdier--Mr. Har- Fe _ - -_ _-e-_. """"'".".r-s.%-aa%-8C6'. Respecting the quieting of titlea--Thty Attorney-General. Respecting fraud _by debt collectors --The Attorney-Gene/al. Respecting bills of sale and chattel mortgages in unorganized districts-- Th_e Attorney-General. County Courts Bill Given Its Second Heading. Hardy's Important County Courts bill was given its second reading, and a good deal of other Government busi- neu was despatched. Respecting the Hamilton Gas Light "tytpany--Mr. Middleton. Revising and consolidating the acts to encourage the planting and growing of_treeartMr. Dryden. Respecting Houses ot Refuge-air. Gibson (Hamilton). To secure payment of wages for la- bor performed in the construction of mgmc 1erkt-frhe _Atforrtev-Cveneral. To iGGii;grdii"i'h"i" Lincoln Radial Ptctrlc Railway Carmpany---Mr. His.. " Réspectlng the City of Ottawa-Mc, O'Keefe. Third readings came tlrst, and a num- ber were taken up and discharged. They were as frr11owtr.-- r'V-'u-cuu'l I machinery, have res tr many men out of we is still going on, and t to a. certain extent THE UNEM PLOYED. ably Received. am: we may, therefore. a social question of this rould be a sufficient one. mes during recent years. improvements in labor- norv u....,, - ot work." That I, and were it 'xtent our ap- l m our cities apology neoes- f the question Tor in the de- t--The Attor- , no QUES- 1 presging poll- Now, sir. this is not the time for any remarks upon the temperance ques- tion. but I cannot forbear repeating this statement .' that it one would con- sider for a. moment the immense sums that are spent for stimulants. am- ounting, for example, according to the report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. to over twelve hundred mil- lions of dollars per annum in the Unit- ed States alone, and to even a larger sum in Great Britain, it will at once _.b.e seen that if the working men of the country-und I do not know that they are sinners above all others in this Permt?ct--would abstain from their use and save the money they spend for them they might in ten years buy up all the industries in the (oun- try, and thus become capitalists as wiyll as laborers. and enjoy all the pro- fits that would rim-rue from the bar inonious employment of these Joint melons- of all surm-ssful industry. with- out which cumlm-rciai prosperity is l impossible. - r V- --'._--...vuus nave new pace With the means for supplying them, many more of our workers would to- day/tind themselves without remun- erative employment. We all enjoy the companionship of our fellows, and the union which results therefrom' has ren- dered possible many enterprises of the greatest importance that would otherwise have been impossible of accomplishment. But this social impulse is not an unmixed blessing, for under its influence and the fascination that our large centres of population seem to possess. the people drift un- resistingly to the cities and towns-- the industrious in search of fellowship and employment, and those who dislike work in search of a chance to live by their wits. So strong, indeed, is this drl ward In our own country, that from the census returns that the urban population during the fh.e,.s, 1001 1. «mm . From time to time various ex- pedients have been resorted to to meet this dimeulty, but, while they have palliated it. they have not cured it. For instance, there have been many cases among our industries of Co-opera- tion and prot1t-sha,rlmr that have con- tributed largely to the well-being and contentment of those who found em- ployment in connection with them. But, necessarily, the numbers of such have been comparatively small. It appears to me, however, that the plan of co-operation could be much more largely extended than has been the case thus far. An instance has lately come under my own observation where nearly two hundred workmen of superior intelli- gence have associated themselves to- gether and, in conjunction with a'few others of business experience and in- tekvity--theretty securing efficient and reliable management-have organized an important business enterprise. These men will in this way not only supply their own wants in the partic- ular line in question, but they will at the same time reap whatever of profit there may be in doing the business. The success of the enterprise thus far has been most gratifying. and with careful management in the future the result cannot be doubtful. ut-ty l BENEFITS OF CO-OPERA'I'I ON SMALL INVESTMENTS. requiremegtg have kept pi mluyment of these Joint I sum-essful Industry. with- commercial prosperity is says '.--- Pit. drift city