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e Cl e 4 30 NOT LIKE THE NEW TAX 'mmr--x . 3 o . 5. cletnnneranyrnceapeytiiraron m mermenetimiees > flms Ne e l J io -- aaantententetteeientnemaaine 3 iPREMIER AND COLLEAGUES HEAR pFAD All AROUNP HL: PROTEST FROM RAILWAYS. !Mr. Moyes Objected to Cemetery Ar-- semmnmepenmiinn i mermmmrns quiring Land. Legal Representatives Urged That the| | Mr. McDougall's bill to amend the rules I Doubling of the Tax is Unfair--The ;Of practice, which aims at making Otta-- Premier's Reply Was Not Encourag-- | wa s.md London central points for the | ing--Will Take Matter Up. hearing of cases from neighboring coun-- We nrieieteey ne e e e rmarrnmenes ::lf:t ";as befm'p'thr- legal -- Committee { "* Well, it's very interesting, this mat-- ' P"f;f((fi'f;.;l:lr: '.'Rliltl( ::.l("mh{wz. v«m:(lo::](i. ter you have laid before us fe will t (! _ * ~* o LCs .V., strongi} h'!\'e' to take it u 'ltou _"°° we \ull! opposed Mr. MeceCowan's bill respecting o pwien e gol Loge(h: j |cemeteries. whic} covides agai i er, 1 suppose." t o ow VI'\ |'_p1_o\'|dv.~ a.;;a.unq'la_'\-l.ng- » | f" 5c an, ukss s i | j out cemeteries within one mile of cities | This was Premier Whitney's answer,' | of 100,000 without their approval. Mr. in full, to a deputation of legal gentle-- i.\fo_\'os explained that the bill was in-- men representing all the railways in the :t"']'l'"l to prevent H.w pu.rvlm:-'o of land Province which waited upon him and !"d-'a"'mj to _ residential _ property. ces % s i napng ;.\Immt Pleasant has been buving lots several other members of the f4overn-- ; until the trustees were now within forty ment yesterday, and entered a protest | feet of his back yard. _ Mr. Moyes did against the clause of the new supplemen-- _ | nOf \l\'ili!l thf; cemetery trust to sur-- tary revenues ac bling x round him white he was alive, he said. thv.' m"::lw ct doubling the tax on l'\"". further consideraable discussion it , I 1'1 s v'~"' § . L !Wai decided that the representatives of | . was urged by Mr. I. F. Hellmuth, | the cemetery trust and the property-- Iu", first speaker, that the rate was ex-- owners should get together to try to |cessive, particularly _ when compared reach an :""l'?""a]'}" agreement. The form-- | with taxation in States of the United bp;r':" 'i)n"t;xe";'icg;ll'l):'l-]:«c(;:;;x?::'&p;)\l'(c')'}e':"t:;'.t0 lb'lates where the net earnings were f '__"_____---'"L'"'*\ three times as much as in Ontario. With ; ; lthe Provincial municipal taxes and the | ' ' coal tax, Canadian railways were 1:ay-| ' 'ing nearly one--half as much again as! | the railways in the United States, over ; n ;and above the interest on bonded in~l $ : debtedness and the amount required for i paying dividends. 'There was no desivre | on the part of the railways to shirk tax-- ation, but they did feel they were be-- . 'ing hit too hard under the present mea-l | sure. Mr. MacMurchy thought a period was | approaching on this continent when, in| ' regard to railways, there was a tendenc) ! ! to apply the good old rule, "those shali| take who have the power, and those| 'shull keep who can." Proceeding, he re-g ferred to some of the expenditures the j 1»-- C' |railways were facing in loronto alone.|/ They were called upon, for instance, '! for a million dollars for a railway sta--;] | tion. i I | Hon, Mr. Matheson considered that}| _ !a reasonable proposition, and the Prem-- ] fier asked if it was not essential. Mr.:1 ; | MacMurchy answered that there was : Za station now which, except on a few Cc ; exceptionally heary days in cach year,f' f i was not overcrowded . t i _ Mr. MacMureny, continuing, pointed to a 'the fact that juries constantly gave de {cisions against railways,. contrary to : evidence, and that this tendency was in-- |ereasing, and this added to the bur-i \ dens of the railways. 'Then,. there was,' 'in addition to the Provincial tax, the | municipal taxes, which many people, in ' , i supporting the increase of the former,' / were apt to forget. l cf nc intens enc ranienain uen unc ccormmitnimentscen | AUTOMOBILE LEGISLATION. f | Question Again Discussed by Legislative Municipal Committee. l The automobile question was again | discussed at length in the Municipal [('ommittee of the Legislature yester--| day. . The proposed amendments to the | * f nresent act agreed upon by several mem--| | bers of the committee to which the bills introduced by Messrs. Lennox and Suth-- 3 lcrland were referred did not meet with the approval of the '{najon.ty of the | committee. _ Messrs, Kidd, Little, Duf 'and other argued most . strongly _ in \favor of further restrictive legislation, Finally Hon. Mr. Hanna and Messrs, Mc-- Naught, Kidd, Lennox and Sutherland were appointed a special committee, with instructions to bring a dratt. bn_ll before the committee to-qalyw*:iqn Asen expected the question wil spo®s | of. o n o e k