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® he surplus and other 'things' could not be Oka%t.tho same $ The Government had acquired its sur-- aged than similar institutions anywhere plus by selling the resources of the else in the world. Mr. Graham, pro--|__ country. The re'%eésts from selling tim-- ceeding, dealt with the aid and encour-- f ber last year of $600,000 might as easily agement to the agricultural interests f have beern $6,000,000. The Minister of of the country. He praised the effici-- ; | Agriculture had acknowledged the fail-- ency of the Minister of Agriculture, | = ure of his San Jose scale measures. If and spoke of the good work which had ' ' every part of his work was as bad as resulted from the Agricultural College, i that it was a poor lookout for the coun-- the dairy schools and 'the encourage-- a iry. He complained that in Lincoln ment to the poultry trade. 'The demand ; I County in the three_years the insnot-- for the education of the people of the| f f g tors received ~$35,117, while the poor, Province would be an increasing de-| * unfortunate _ farmers received -- but mand on our resources for all time. % $19,175. He criticized the Government The cry for aid from the large educa--| $ P for having thousands of officials who tional institutions, such as Toronto and : were bound to work and act for it, as Queen's Universities and the Mining | E did the retainers in the feudal times School, were touched upon, and in this f of the past. regard 'Mr. Graham favored a very lib-- ' eral policy. urces. Merely a Transfer of Reso Free Tekt Books. Mr. Graham (Brockville) defended 4 the selling of timber, and said it was He also spoke of the importance of simply the removal of one part of our maunual and technical training, and in $ resources to give place to another which this connection expressed the hope that C was more profitable. The growth of ex-- the Government might at some not far ¢ penditure was just as reasonable in distant date devise a method for sup--| f the case of the Province as in the case plying free school books, although this | k of an individual from his youth to ma-- was a problem surrounded with many turity. ° It made very dittle difference difficulties. The Government's policy 3 what the expenditure was so long as in regard to forestry was bound to re-- we got benefit for the money spent. The sult in great benefit as well as in the de-- timber and minerals of new Ontario velopment of new Ontario. In this con-- might stand as they are until dooms-- nection he referred to the statement day, and be uséless, did the Govern-- that Mr. Marter was retiring from the ment not wisely place it in a position Conservative party because he would to be accessible, to the hand of labor, not oppose progress along that line. f That was the Government's policy of He spoke in favor of a Government k development. Mr. Graham interpreted | railway to Lake Temiscuming and of § the praise of Col. Matheson's great fin-- | the good roads proposition, and praised ancial ability by Mr. Whitney as a the labor legislation passed by the slap at Mr. Marter, the former Oppos!-- Gcvernment. tion leader, whose differences with his g f present chleththe speaker r%gretteldito North Waterloo Election. F see. Mr. Graham endeavored to divine E. the Opposition's policy, and said it wu! oth;::lng?:(;'llxte';:fer::d to the charges § garding _ North f made up of shreds and patcheg Contri--| Waterloo and West Elgin. He th buted by many members. As nearly as gin. He thought k that perhaps both sides were not he could make out, the financial policy | blameless in regard to th . of the Opposition was to take in less| & e practices of e their friends in elections. But he de-- money and pay out more, and have sired to express the opinion that the more left. (Laughter and cheers.) Opptulltlon should be very careful in § » k throwing stones, and in this regard he A s s Opposltlog\a ¥olicies intended to show that the evidence of ' Ur. Pyne, Mr. Graham went on, would one Bossard of Berlin, given in the 1 * bonus all educational institutions in the North Waterloo election case,, was I country. _ Mr. McLaughlin had been | prompted by the organizers of the Con-- converted to the good roads policy. servative party and paid for by them.' g Mr. Whitney would give more to edu-i (Applause.) Mr. Graham then read an i cation and agriculture, and Col. Mathe-- affidavit made by Bossard, subsequent j § | son would cut down the revenue of the' to the trial, as follows :-- $ Province. (Hear, hear.) The Govern-- # ment had the trlmht to transfer theér re-- Bosgard's Revelations. $ sources from timber to better roads, to a« M railways, or into educating the people r J, Albert Bossard, °t_the Town of of the Province. These were expendi-- Berlin, in the County of Waterloo,, tures, or transfers of resources, which hotelkeeper, make oath and gay :-- _ were defensible and commendabie in' | _ "(1) That at the time of the election [ thkis country or any other, (Ministerial| for a member of the Legislative As-- cheers.) ' ;;m::llly"fo!t' tlhe electoral dl;trltctM of | or 'aterloo, in the month o ay, More Than Economical. A.D. 1809, I was holding a two-- ' Mr. Graham spoke of the careful months' license for the Royal Exchange management of the public institutions, Hotel, in the Town of Berlin, within and went on to say that it had been| said electoral district, which license ex-- a little more than economical. "Per-- pired on the first day of July, 1899. haps it could be carried on with a m-i "(2) That with the object of obtain-- tle less economy to the public advan--. | ing an extension of said license I open-- tage," said Mr. Graham. There are | ly supported the return of Mr. I_,oufs "J. some instances in which we might have Breithaupt, the Government candidate, & a little less of the strictest economy---- but privately gave rmmy support to " not parsimony, but verging closely on Menry G. Lackner, the Conservative it. (Applause.) In service, equipment candidate. and care these institutions, he said,, us