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anies in which a small, a véery) make the Government's grant to the 48 fi.'percentsge .of the people of the 'Canadian Patriotic Fund --$100,000 ln-l «~Province were interested. These com--| + ttead of $10,000.._ They had no °h'e°" panies had been greatly benefited ; tion to expenditures which were made through legislation, and could, there-- | for the benefit of their own constituen-- fore, afford to pay their dues. Continu-- | cies. either in public buildings, mining. 1:'. he said that no other Province in roads or colonization roads. . (Hear, the Dominion, and no State in hear.) -- Mr. Pattullo went over some | the. United States, and no other of the figures, showing the present fin-- country in the world, could ancial status of the Province, as ré-- show -- such a satisfactory finan-- ported by the Royal Commission. He clal statement as that presented by the thought that in a case before a jJury | Premier a few days ago. He then re-- between his hon. friend and the Royal| ferred to the criticiems of Col. Mathe-- Cemmission the latter would win, and | son, whose courage in making frontal when the case was presented to the ; attacks year after year on an impreg-- judgment of the people he did not doubt nable position he very much admired. |\ as to what the verdict of the people: HMHon. gentlemen hbad talked of direct 'wuuld be. . (Applause.) taxation. The country had not reached | | that state yet, and would not, he was \ Political Corruption. | #ure, in the lifetime of those present. Continuing, }f,e said | his {1'0". & sation. friend had referred to the Test ources of Taxs{iOh f . Eigin case. --While it had . no 't appeared to him that none of the relevancy to the matter in hand, corporations affected by the taxation , he thought the. more the members of he had referred to had been burdened ths Opposition referred to that case thereby. The total amount raised by the better it would be for the Govern-- the revenue bill is only about $300,000 ment. -- If they wanted to discuss it on a year, which was surely not a large | the platform or in the press he could amount to impose on companies which premise them a Roland for an Oliver. are making such large profits from the | (Applause.) He would like to test thei' people of this country. The hon. gen-- sincerity on this question of corrup tleéemen "'l'p""""- used to attack the re-- | tion. in South Ontarto the Conserva-- &:?"22.::'"'32""- bul:lthey hdndhff'}'gd | tives in the last Dominion election no-- ior HWw attack "WPH }"('j-l';" tt(t?fl ":f minated as their-- candidate William Ehad by any means exhaust "('i' M' Smith, who confessed in court to have sources of taxation. Thorou«"-n.gllldo'tl; Tr.: | is C on ad C(;vrl'uptlng meabirctiqef incérease in some directlons without do-- ate in th'athrldln?} (!;le would.like to IfNg injustice to anybody. There waes rnfisk if his hon. frien had protested room for the collection of fees on new lqgalnst "haF nomination. q'.n su_pp_qrt companies in nroportion to the amount | Io.t Smith's candidature Dr. © "flrfn"f"': s of stock which they were authorized to | was. a candidate for the Conservative (Seue. . As n matter of fact, the ex-- |C'abinét, had spoken,. and A. W. penditure of this Province was $400,-- | Wright and T. W. H. Leavitt, the or-- U00 less now than it was ten years ago, %am"r?' J'?d nmlcl'any represented :ths [ and the last five years had been years en 'T'a o ced of extraordinary expenditure. If the A Progressive Government. exrpenditure was wise, and in the pub-- lic interest, and we wore able to meet Mr. Pattullo spoke cof the great our debts, what did/it matter if our ex-- work done in the past by the penditures were increazsed, as they must Administration, -- and referred . to the be in a growing country ? task before the Government of deve'i-- ® * aping the country, and. said the De-- ; Opposition Prophecies. | partment of Agriculture by its farmers' He referred to the prophecy made| institutes and other work was in reality 'by Co#. Matheson, to the effect that at| carrying on university | extension work |the close of next year the Province among the farmérs of the Province. As would be facing a large deficit. The| a 'result of the work of this depart. \financial critic of the Opposition had| ment and of the Dominion Government | made such prophecies in former years this country had . developed . a great land they had not materialized. '(Ap-} cheese and butter business with the | pleuse.) > The gallant Colonel's me-- | old country. Our exports of poultry had thod of dealing with the financial state-- | grown in a few years from $20,000 to | ment was not, he thought, a fair one. ! nearly . half a million. and when our [If it was proper, as Col. Matheson farmers once realized the importance of | seemed to think. to deduct from the | t we would increase that to five or ten ordinary revenues iteims which he look--| | millions per year. (Cheers.) Almost |ed up as extraordinary receipts, it | equally important was the technical ed-- weuld be just as fair to deduct from | ucation of those who were to take part tne liabilities such charges as those of in' the lndt._lstrh\l deyvelopment. of our ,Tallwa,\'s and annuities. The result "'»«('""tr."- For this reason the educa-- would be the same, though the system | tion --of the. country was being made | of bookkeeping would be changed. He (MoA practical, and being. run along |eonsidered, however, that the des're of | scientific lines. The teaching of ap-- the Opposition . was not. to treat the |plled science in Ontario was something \Government fairly on this matter, but | to which we should make liberal grants, to make the financial statement appear and which ought to be supported on the :: poor as possible. As to expenditure, {most 'patriotic grounds. e members of the Opposition conecur-- i 6T a + ;::d l'l: nearly every case, and last year | i Remember Ross." s . hon. friend (Mr. Matheson) had ~*On the Government side probably under the inspiration of his' , Mr. Pattullo cominuedl.dthg; t::grz{gg?& batriotic or military feeling wanted to| confident of the future. ©(Government