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Mr. Whitney, on behalf of the Oppo-- gition, concurred in the appropriate ian-- guage of the Premier, and had no doubt the end would be that Toronto would go on improving. The effect of the dis-- aster was perhaps nardly realized either Mr. Crawford (West Toropto) express-- ed sympathy with the insurance com-- paries and the hope 'hat they were not only willing but ready to meet all re-- Mr. Foy (South Toronto), on the district which bhad sufi'e):red, tla':lt:'xlzf'i:(f thanks for the kind words of sympathy of the Premier and of the leader of the Opposition. by the House or the sufferers. He hop-- ed that 'Toronto would go on without sufftering any material setback. | 40 y t CVA NYVGEDIOY IGLU LXA LAOGC @llli¢-- ticn which had visited its business men. Many of thein were personal friends of himself and of other members of the House. 'They did business with them, and kunew their capabilities as business men. After struggling with adverse cireumstances, many of them had become captains of industry, others high in so-- cial life, others usceful in public and municipal afifairs. He hoped that this baptism of fire would result in hercism, fortitude, enterprise to make up for their losses, and that their losses by fire would in the near future be ccormpensated through the enterprise which character-- izes the men not orly of 'Toronto but of the whole of Canada. The Premier, when the orders of the day were called rose to express his sym-- pathy, as representative of the Province, with the calamity which had overtaken Toronto. 'They all had shared its hos-- pitaility ~and enjoyed its beauty, and were delighted to countribute to its pros-- perity. While they rejoiced in its pros-- perity, they sympathized with the city in its hour of adversity and in the affiic-- Hon. Frank Latchford returned from the south last night and was given a hearty reception by members on both sides of the House. He looks well, and says thal his general health is excel-- lent. _ His voice is still a little husky, but is rapidly improving. Sympathy With Torouto. 17-- dleathea. : _The feature of the de-- bate was the evidence brought forward by Mr. Cameron (Huron) to show the intimate relations of the Imperial Oil Company, of which Mr. Hanna is soli-- eitor, with the Standard Oil Trust, and that the istter controls the United States Steei Trust, which frustrated the efforts of the "Soo" companies to raise more capital at a critical period last fall. What is called the "$S00" bill was dis-- eussed at length in the Legisiature yes terday again, and Mr. Downey will have the floor to--day, when a division wili be reached. -- The feature of the de-- bate was the evidence Hrritohk Paanes..s THE STANDARD oL TtRust Alieged to be Active Opponent of the "Soo" Industries. TRE STMPATHY OF ~ THE LECISLATURE Extended to Toronto in Its Hour of Calamity. Gamey Started a Over BRailway started a Lively Discussion Railway Contracts--Hon. Latchford Back Again, 1JVA his chief newspaper followers.-- He m RGuirements. } showed that the claim of Messrs. Con-- D o. . o is oas mee and Bowinan was already a _Pr. Pyne (East 'Toronto) and Dr.lutely secured and was mot in &~ ( hegbxtt (North loror}to) also expressedway affected by the guarantee. ' their sympathy, and the latter suzgestedpointed out® that it was not a q J that the Government might follow thction of bonusing .an industrial er example of many private individuaisprise. _ The proposal was to assis when a fire occurs on their premises, andcolonization railway, and in this give a graivity to the firemen who hajGovernment was simply following p: put out the fire in the Parliament buildj'usual policy. He declared that i : img recently. steel industry could be securely esta: The Premier said that the Govern--lished at the "So0" as an incident th« ment certainly appreciated the servicesGovernment would be justified in giv! :)f the city firemen, particularly Chicfa guarantee five times greater than the Thompson, on that occasion. In the sup. present _to the Algoma Central. He ---- plementary estimates will be found ashowed by the affidavit of A. D.'Gall, sum for the city firemen. (Applause.) Oil merchant, of Montreal, that the Im-« He added an expression of regret at the perial Oil Company, of which Mr. H.anne., accident which befell the Chief at thethe member for West Lamiton, 18 thg fire Tuesday night. solicitor, is controlled by the bta.ndnr'" t \'at 5 3 sz Oil Trust. (Hear, hear.) _ He :g, oiz Months' Hoist. ther showed by a return of the Intl;P dr{' Mr. Smyth (Algoma), in resuming the Oil Company to the Government, CAL: debate ouythe( bifi to assist the Afifff,": ed December 31, 1903, that the corres Mr. Cameron (Huron) said that he was not at #rst very enthusiastic over this proposal, but if it was unique, so were the cireumstances, for never, did a foreign corporation before invest $30,000,000 in such an enterprise in this country. _ He thought that the people, of the Province would show little faith' in their ownr future if they were n:gi prepared to guarantee a $2,000,000 lo ' in view of such a great foreign invest-- ment in actual cash. Mr. Whitrey bad said that he never met anyune except those directly anterested who were not upposed to the bill. He thought the leader of the Opposition exhibited many of the qualities of the Artful Dodger, in missing Mr. Thomas Long, one of his leading supporters, and Mr. Maclean of The World, one of Mr. Smyth (Algoma), in resuming the O Comy debate on the bill to assist the Algomma °4 Decen Central and allied industries, sugge:ted pondence that the Government might hel; thp the Stan thousands who were thrown out of em-- *L 20 ployment by the fire. _ He complained °L. 49 that the Premier had refused to adjourn °""**--" the debate on account of the fire. real rea The Premier pointed out that as soon Hanna t as he learned that the Queen's Hotel States S K'her: many of them lived, was on firé p3']the | e at once accented the su i e on q Mr. Whithey io sdjouem o io ,oinged brlieved the House that a few nights previously paana. they had to adjourn for want of a.:.';li t'f'g" quorum. It was ti lnlss the "So concluded . fune: the Gebste !was Ia}: the p« Mr. Smyth, continuing, repeated that E his constituents in Algoma from one end ar to the other were opposed to the bill, &T and alleged that some of the Liberal U members had told him it was a rascally affair. He therefore moved, seconded by q Mr. Gamey, that the bill be not read & second time now, but six months hence. 41 Mr. Beatty (Leeds) said that not 20 per cent. of the land through which the road would pass was arable, and that it would be nothing less than a crime to settle people on it. Mr. Sutherland (South Oxford) ob-- jJected that it would set a bad prece-- dent, and that before the session end-- ed the credit of the Province would be pledged to $10,000,000, which was a very large amount. NMtr. Whitney an Artful Dodger. Mr. Matheson said that to com; the Algoma Central would require least 1.1353.000, and that if the Gove ment advanced this sum and took ti land grant as security there might b some argument for it. -- But the Govera-- ment. he believed, was not justified in spending $1.000,000 to build a railway through a country unfit for agricuiture. Moreover, he claimed that there was no intenrtion to complete the railway, and that the whole $2,000,000 would be ab-- ; sorbed by the trading companies. _ If ;they failed, as fail they must, a further \ demand for assistance. in addition to the i $2,000.000, would be made. Better to : lose the $285.000 now due by them and 'have done with it i |\ Mr. Gamey, having stated that he | would oppose the hill, criticized at length the statements of cearnings and pros-- pects made by the "Soo" companies. He read from a newspaper that Messrs. Con-- mee and Bowman got a ten per cent. 'commission on the contract price of the | Algoma, Central | Question of Veracity. pondence was written by directors _ of the Standard Oil Company from New, York, and one letter said that "the fe of $10 will be sent from the Sarni offics." (Applause.) _ That was the real reason of the bostility of _ Mr. Hanna to the bill, for the United States Steel Trust, which is controlled by the Standard Oil magnates, was jealous of a rival at the "Soc." He believed that those who backed up the United States Steel Trust in prevent-- inz the manufacture of steel rails at the "Soo" would meet with the fate lat the polls which they deserved. (Ap: plause.) He further read from The Literary Digest to show that the Stand-- ard Oil magnates dominated the banks and other financial institutions of the Mr. Downey moved the adjournment of the debate, and the House adjourned a | 10.45. 5+ .'\ United States, and it was for [N&%E reason that "Soo" companies met with a Waterloo when trying to raise the money last fall necessary to complete:! their industrics. -- It was for the Leg-- islature to say whether they would con: tinue to play the game of the United States Steel Trust or assist in establish-- ing an independert industry in Can-- ada. -- (Applause.) j Mr. Matheson Pesimistic. & Mr. St. John said that he had in his possession a contract which showed that Messrs. Conmee and Bowman were to get three per cent. as the work progressed and seven per cent. when it was finish-- ed, and that this was to apply to all futvre contracts. Mr. Conmec again said that there was no such contract. Mr. Conmee emphatically denied that there was any such agreement. -- . The Speaker, as Messrs. St. John and Hanna endeavored to continue the dis-- cussion, said that, according to the rules, the statement of a member of the ¥ouse must be accepted, but that if any other member were dissatisfied he might make a charge. Mr. Harna said that if it was races-- sary to make a charge he would do so, and in 48 hours the evidence could be brought before the House to prove it. Mr. Conmee said he was quite prepar-- ed to deny the charge, and with that the incident ended. was for that