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In speaking to this motion Mr. Little contended that such a committee would be of the greatest possible assistance to the farmers. He was in favor of on-- couraging the dead meat industry and the horse--breeders, and would approve of aiding the beet--root sugar industry if proper safeguards were made for those most directly interested, namely, the farmers. The San Jose scals and the methods to check its ravages were touched upon by Mr: Little, who also referred to the tuberculin tests of cat-- lle. A committee of the kind smentioned would, he argued, greatly assist the Minister of Agriculture in all these matters. He thought the Minister was hampered somewhat by his collcagues «f the Government, and the committee would prove of assistance to him. HMHon. Mr. Dryden said that since he had entered the Government ten years ago he had never been denied by his colleagues anything that would aid the Department of Agriculture and,through that, the farmers. No one would dis--} pute the fact that agriculture was the chbief industry of the Province, but he did not see how such a commiitee would be of any great benefit to the depariment or the industry. The, de-- partment had always been abresst of| the times, and he instanced the travel-- ling dairies, the appointment of a road instructor and other branches as show-- ing the manner in which an education-- al system of agriculture had beeen car-- rled on and was still proceeding. A committee of the nature : mentioned wou'ld have no (power to act ; they could only discuss and listen to reports: or statements. If, however, the House desired to appoint such a committee he: would have no objections ; he desived The Premier, in reply to Mr. Joynt,| said the Government had no bill re-- garding the prohibition of trading stamps and coupon systems in the Pro--| vince. There was a private bill of that character before the House. Committee on Agriculture. Mr. Little (Caldwell) moved that in consideration of the fact that agricul-- ture is the chief industry of the Pro-- vince of Ontario, and that a large tract of fertile land in new Ontario is still unoccupied, this House is of the opin-- ion that the appointment of a Commit-- tee on Agriculture and Colonization would advanceé the interests of agricul-- ture and assist in the, settlement of rew Ontario, such committee to be con-- sidered as one of the standing commit-- tees 'of this House. of manufacturing pure Manila sgplfl' twine at the Central Prison in 1 was $9.62 per hundred pounds, exclusive of the cost of advertising, selling and dis-- tributing, -- The actual cost of manu-- tac:tux'lni'l mixed binder twine in 1900 was $9.23 per hundred pounds . and $10.78 per hundred pounds respectively, exclusive of the cost of advertising, selling and distributing. Alien Labor. Hon. Mr. Stratton, replving to Mr. Wardell, said that a return giving any details in the possession of the depart-- ment as to employment of aliens on railways wouic #e brought down in a few days. Trading Stamps. Lt 10 dR 14 4 db ravr ie P c wnia c o7 ud Las l T need for such a committee to protect him againgt his colleagues. wl s j Duties of the Committee. ~ > Mr. Duff (West Simece) spok» strong» 1y ln'?av?i'l;of the appdointment of such |--a commiiteo. . Matters fréequently came |\ up -- in / the~ House _ which might \be <referred to such &A commit-- tee. 'Fccaulone had -- arisen -- when agriculurat matters had been TrP--, ferred to a special committee, and that being the case he dlg not see why & amnfilng comrnittee should not be ap-- pointed so as to nvoid any nocessity of relegating questions to select commit-- tees. An Agricultural Committe®e coul_d deal with the dead meat indusiry, which he was in favor of encouraging ; a remount station, the question of pack: age freights, reforestry and other im-- portant issues affectipg agriculture, As to Colonization. Hon. MNr. Davis said that last year the Government members had opposed the same resolution, not because they were copposed to advancing by every means the progress of agricuiture and colonization, -- but because they were @gainst rushing such an important question through in the last hours of the session. HMe was glad to notice that: In the discussion no charges had been made as to the conduct of the two de-- partments affected, and he was glad to see that hon. gentlemen opposite seemed to be awakening to the fact that they were in duty bound to aid in the de-- velopmént of the Province. He refer-- red to the proposal of the Government in regard to the dead meat industry, which he believed would soon be a Waluable gource of trade, and which he wuas glad to know was meeting with 'hearty support. Referring to the ques-- tion of colonization, he pointed to the methois adopted by the department to opeon up and settle new Ontario. 'The result was that during the past year or fifteen months thousands of settlers had taken homes in new Ontario, and let-- ters from almost every country in the world were now received at the rate of fifty or sixty a day seeking in-- formation regarding that part of the FProvince -- Thus in the matter of colon-- ization the Government was fully alive to its responsibilities. Honorable gen-- tlemen were also now waking up to the importance of the question of refor-- estry, which the Government had dealt with in an efficient manner. He al--| luded to the steps taken in this regard, and referred to the timber areas which had been set apart, and other steps taken to preserve the timber resources of the Province. The question of trans-- . portation had been touched upon, and on this he hoped something might be 'Acne in the way of getting cheaper rates, though this was of course largely a question for the Dominion Govern-- ment to deal with. There could not be, he thought, any great objection to the motion carrying. He would wel-- come any action which would aid in the development and benefiting of ag-- riculture. colonization and reforestry. WOE EOO C CCCE DC S ts ing on his work. ~But 'I have it distinctly undera did not desire nor had he ! Es . L _ SAllaine 97