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Price also read several resolutions ' "Veterans may select a sits-I'm" ' IO Del-ed by various Boards of Trade. in f n of land, as in the ease of -)', which the same view was taken as to gouty; African veterans. It T', t _ the duty of the Government in the "unwed that the veterans 1 .1 matter. Messrs. Parry. Parnell, Cock- were similarly treated by the which _ Attttt,irdott, Snider. Smith and Har- Government several years ago. shall addressed the members of the Rat s _ amid": term" the 2fl'lt'lt, " No Cut in e.. re ', ', n e " ous new at cm. In Association. . I " reply Premier Ross referred to the suc- 1-3::nthla: e 82:33:: railway' and cessful experiments made by the De- ",'lfl"i'llllll companies. is understood to pertinent of Agriculture. As a result 'll ve declined the request of the On- of those experiments and the report of at Government tor a reduction in l the commissioners sent to the State of 'tti' o ttlers' rate from Toronto to l, Michigan, as well as the growlng de- t eta: thur The present single fare I mand from the farmers, the. Govern- Pongqg ll .round an increase of " I ment had decided to aid the industry. " ' Egg; The 'moclation contend tPeggy,', b3 t1"g,',hvt, dong: 'lf/l and Tii the 'margin of profit is now so , e ma e nown. e not know that the gram to be made would small that a further cut is out of the _ lung gush a; $100.ooo(i as had been question. .. a or an suggeste in several of l - owln . . the resolutions. The bonus could not Prisca for Beet gr . he given direct to the farmer. but the The prizes tor the most successful . _ Government would safeguard the inter- growers of sugar beets in the Prttl 3;? ests of that class. He thought they Provincial tests last summer will bet 1 should provide for the factories, paying distributed on the following dates i" (tj, the farmer $4 per ton for beets for the Aylmer, February 12 ', Welland. Feb- ' fir" year of the period over which ruary 13; Newmarket, February 14. il Government aid was given. and after Mr. James G. Hamilton. Vice-Presi- I that " per ton and pro mm for tho dent of the American Beet Sugar Com- Il8 amount of saccharine matter. Other panv, New York, will speak at each of . questions would also have to be con- 'tiG"inlei/tirum. Hon. Mr. Davis. who sldered, but in any event he thought was instrumental in securing the tests :the Government's measures, when fully in North York, and who has followed announced in the bill to be brought the experiments there with a lively In- - terest, will be present at the ewmar- tp,? would be found to be Btytitgftte ket meeting, as will also Prof. Shuttle- ik . worth of the Ontario Agricultural Col- 'i" Requests From Haliburton. legs. who conducted the tests. ' mtd',g'te,t,',"t',', from thehCoagty of Press Gallery Omcertr. . a urton waited upon t e vern- n f the Press Gal- _ mentyesterday morning and asked that my)?" t'g,uh1,e'lttetivnef,tStl"v' afternoon. assistance be triven in the matter of when the following officers were elect- opening colonmtwn rogulrr, and In ttiw. ed ..--Preeident Mr. H. c. Cttariesrworth ing the Town of Minden railway con- of The M ail ahd Empire; Vice-Pre) nection with the Grand Trunk and the dent Mr. M. o. Hammond, The Globe ', I. B. & o. Railways. At present Min- Secretary Mr. R. M. English, Evening . den itt twelve miles away from the near- Telegram" Committee. Mr. C. Fensey. 9 "l est railway station. lrondale Junction. The World . Mr. W. Blue; The News: i and the deputation asked that the Mr J F ic'sn7 Evening Star. i, usual grant of $3,000 per mile be given . . . ' ' , for; a taranch line between the MW.'. Notes. ' p0 nts. he spokesmen stated that n- den had a splendid waterpower, which. The tttttGoulet,',':,',','?,?',',',',,':"',,?'?;,',', without proper railway faci'ties $3";sz a ' to uand from the town, world The Conservatives held awe11-attend- con hue to lie idle. The no ed caucus yesterday morning in the nould also aid in the development Public Accounts Committee room. Mr. I . of navigation on the upper waters of Whitney announced subsequently that; t. the Trent. The deputation consisted . it was merely a "friendly fellowship 'hu/gpg; T238. Graham, Warden of, 'meetlng" ' I urton; m. Hartle. Dr. 5urrr, . the member for Kent, {-1. Mortimer, J. H. Delamere. County, tAJid?'liful"t"'it) home. and, 4t is re- . ;Clerk. and R. J. McLaughlin. solicit- 1 ported may not he able to appear dur- . 'or. They were assured that the mat-: 'in "If: session . ter would receive proper consideration. , tr ii,'iiiiiiii,-=e=se=sa, l Later the same gentlemen were intro- I rw , duced by Mr. Carnegie, M.P.P.. to the Minister of Education, and asked him i ' to increase the grants to the schools in in the county. Mr. Harcourt promis- I , ed to give his decision at an early date. , Grants to Veterans of '66. ' Veterans of 1806 are interested in the information conveyed in the speech , ifrom the throne, that their services _ ' would be recognised by the Ontario . f , Government. The bill has not yet been Prawn. but it is understood to be the Government's intention to set apart . certain unorganised townships where