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M i e P s V N 28. ce ape o++ 3 ' ~ -- Mk-- #exr. [rat] ister of Education vesterday affernont| given all lisvilities shoutd be | paid ofh | wnd: asked lt ground, -- situate . near\ therefore that would leave the hand. / Butler's "_';h,.uke in which inter-- way with the subsidies as cash on |, Niagara--on early one hundred Mr. MlCKQY d% "--';;7;';'3"035 | 'mmbem:ggm'l;e:&r gy the Province ities, and * a P in t tm | antormrer se (2 5e Houn o i an | 0 3 IC{:!illt:ly 5:2:?489,000- Those figures | Colonel Butler of But_le: s 5 g'::%;';: submitted by Mr. Shields had been 4485 > fame) were among those inter (f the de tioned, but it was well known to rail |pro;' _ 'The Minister promise i--| way men that railways in course of con-- putation that he would place the ma str?xction often are _ more profitabl®¢ _ jor before Council without delay. than when finished. . He salq that 0;:6 Itmnntmsemmmannemmaameananammaan company had within thirty miles of the Soo 30,000 tons of copper ore _ ready for shipment. _ The net earnings of the steamship company had been $275,-- 357. Mr. MacKay showed that in ad-- ; dition to the Dominion subsidy the road could be completed in its entirety f(:r $862,932, and that there were bonds in the treasury to do that and leave a surplus. The Payment of Wages. In defence of the conduct of the At-- torney--General with regard to the pay-- ment of the men's wages, Mr. MacKay pointed out that if the payment had been deferred until after tge "S0oo" elec-- . tion the Opposition would have said that the Government held this as a whip over the clectors. _ He showed that not one dollar had been paid to American em-- j ployees, whereas every Canadian was paid. _ Three lawyers had been paid, but that was in pursuance of an agreement * made in July, 1903, which had no refer-- ence to the subsequent order in Coun-- f cil. There had been no increase of sal-- ary after the Government stepped in. With regard to the securities for the loan, he showed that the subscribers to the Speyer loan had so much confi-- dence in the plan of reorganization that .* they were willing to give up $3,000,000 of * the $5,000,000 loan, or three--fifths of their claim, and accept $4,000,000 out of $10,000,000 of bonds in the new company, or two--fifths of the company's debt. He argued that, though one bank or com-- pany might be mistaken, it was impos-- 'sible to suppose that all the banking ' institutions which entered into the re-- organization could have gone into a 4 rash bargain. In view of this, it was fair to presume that neither was the Government making any rash bargain. A Myth and Bugaboo. f |, _ Mr. St. John declared that his con--' . ]stituents were nearly unanimous in op--| position to the bill. _ The reference to the United States steel trust was mere-- ly a myth and bugaboo. _ He accused the Government of arranging to pay the employees with a view to influencing them in the elections which were s brought on immediately after. He knew of men who went down to the j "Soo" to vote on October 26 and were 'paid on the same day. This ke thought |a most shameful thing. To put this | bill through partly for the benefit of 'two members of the House was the | most vicious thing he had ever heard | of. _ He hoped the Speaker would not sallow these members to vote on the ,question. This infamous act of a dy-- |ing Government will be properly con-- demned by the péople. The disaster § at the "Soo" was largely due to the failure of the Dominion Government to | give the industries there adequate pro-- tection. _ He declared that before steel | rails could be made at the "Soo" at the rate of 500 tons a day it would be nec-- | ; ' essary to build a new mill at a cost of | $1,500,000, and a pig iron furnace at a cost | of $1,000,000. _ Even then 75 per cent.! } of the ore would have to be imported ( from the United States. The present steel rail mill is a lot of old scrap 1 brought from Ohio, and not fit for mod-- ern business. Even if it were a good + plant the Algoma Central is not neces-- sary for its existence. At 10.25 p.m. Mr. St. John moved the adjournment of the debate, and the House then, too, adjourned. ; . An Historic Burying Ground. A deputation, consisting of Miss Car. & nochan, Rev. Canon Macnab, Mr. E. * M. Chadwick, Major Merritt and Mr. . A. McLaurin, waited on the Min.| :