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Hon. Mr. Cochrane's measure "to sup-- plement the revenues of the Crown" is the bill previously referred to in The (GHobe, which places an acreage tax on all mining lands in unorganized territories. It also puts a tax on the yearly profits of working mines, whether in unorganiz-- ed or organized territories. This tax will not be imposed on profits up to $10,000. _A large portion of the proceeds of this taxation will be devoted to bonuses for the encouragement of smelt-- ing and refining of. metals in this Pro-- vince. No figures are given in the taxa-- tion bill; these will be brought in by resolution in the usual form when the bill is being discussed in the House. To Encourage Smelting. XThe bill to encourage the refining of | etals in Ontario empowers the Pro--| vinwial -- Treasurer, un&er regulations which may be made by the Lieutenant-- CGovernor in Council from time to time, to pay bounties on metals or com-- | pounds when refined in Ontario fmm, ore mined in, the Province. The ; bounties fixed in the bill are:-- | An incident of the session was Mr. CGamey's speech on a question of privil-- ege, in which he objected to an editorial in The BRritish Whig, Mtr. Pense's news-- paper, published in Kingston. The mem-- ber for Manitoulin spoke somewhat heatedly. Mr. Pense replied in a very moderate and gentlemanly tone, explain-- ing that the editorial in question was written and published without his knowl-- edge, as a separate staff conducted ithe paper when he was away. The Mining Tax. on the question of child labor, and was promptly met with a sympathetic resolu-- tion by Hon. Mr. Monteith, the effect of which was to appoint a committee to go imnto the matter actively and seriously, and to report with a view to the subse-- quent enactment of legislation in accord-- ance with the recommendations made. pounvies naAcud in ine Mil are;-- On refined metallic nickel or oxide of nickel, sx cents per p the 'free metallic or on the nic The session of the Legislature yester-- day was marked by several features of interest and importance. Premier Whit-- ney made a statement, published else-- where in this issue, in regard to com-- panies seeking charters from the Domin-- ion so as to get away from Ontario jurisdiction. Hon. Frank Cochrane, Min-- ister of Lands and Mines, introduced three bills relating to mining ; one pro-- viding for taxation on acreage and pro-- fits, another for the encouragement of refining and smelting of ores in the Pro-- vince, and the third for the clearing up of all obscurities in the present general mines act. Mr. Preston (Brant) spoke Government Meets Him by Appointing a Committee to Look Into the Matter ----Mr. Gamey's Objection to an Edi-- torial in The Kingston Whig--Pro-- _ aeccuangs n Legislature. CHILD LABOR PROBLEMS Mr. Preston of Brantford De-- livers Thoughtful Address. BILLS AFFECIING ~-- MINING INTERESTS. axes on Acreage and on Pro-- fits Above $10,000. cents per pound on on the nickel con-- refined f a factor. _ If the Liberal party desired to continue this kind of attack--speak-- ing of The Whig's article--he also was prepared to continue the fight. _ He challenged Mr. Pense to point to one thing wroug in his life--other than his mixing up_ with the Liberal party. The article complained of stated -- that the Conservative party _ bad disowned him in this Province. That was false, He was perfectly satisfied with his posi-- tion in that party to--day. TIf the School of Mincs at Kingston endorsed Mr. Pense®s article, then 'he would not sit there and vote money for that institu-- tion. If he were not a member of the House and he had been treated in the way complained of he would take sat-- isfaction out of the skin of the man who was resnonsthls No person, firm or company shall be | entitled to any of the bounties unless / they have at all times during which the | hbounty is claimed been "prepared and ready and willing" to smelt, heat and refine similar ores belonging -- to other ; persons, firms or companies at rates and | | on terms and conditions a,pproved, | by the Tieutenant--Governor in Council, | | or shall have been ready to purchase | ! such ores at rates approved by the same g ' authority as current market rates. } If the aggregate quantity refined nfi »ny of the ores mentioned is such that the money Sset aside for it would nat be sufficient to pay the bounties on the basis given, then such sum shall be] divided upon a pro rata basis, so that | rot more than the maximum -- amount | specified in each class shall be paid. | Rising to a question of privilege, Mr.| Gamey pointed out that the members| of the Legislature had been invited by | Mr. Pense to visit Kingston with the | other legisiators to inspect one of the j institutions of the Province. -- On that | very day an objectionable article ap--| peared in The Kingston Whig, Mr:] Pense's paper. He thought that the | day of being on his defence had passed, ' because for two years he had been pre-- pared to meet those who had been con-- nected with his case. _ The result of that case was that the former Govern--. ment had been signally defeated. -- He did not want to claim the credit for this result, but believed that his case was In each case the bounty is payable tfor a period of five years. On white arsenic, otherwise known as arsenious acid,, produced from mis-- pickleores and not from ores carrying smaltite or niccolite or cobaltite, one-- half cent per pound. _ This bountvy is not to exceed $15,000 a vear. C The third messure, "to amend the mines act of 1908," while somewhat lengthy, contains nmothing of a revolu-- tionary character. It simply makes quite clear the meaning of a number -- of clauses in the act which are liable to be construed in different ways. Mr. Gamey Disliked Editorial. per pound. _ This bounty is not t s veed $60,.000 a year. * Lo tX "lained in the nickel oxide ; nieTSel re-- ceiving a bounty in one form is net to receive it in any other form. This stipulation -- applies to.all the other hbounties hereafter mentioned. _ The ag-- gregate of this bounty in any one year is not to exceed $60,000. On refined metallic cobalt or on re-- fined oxide of cobalt, six cents per pound on the free metallic cobalt or on the cobalt contained in the oxide of cobalt. The aggrevate of this bounty is not to exceed $30.000 a year. On refined metallic copper or on re-- fined sulphate of copper, one and one-- half cents per pound on the free metal-- lic copper or on the copper contained 'hi the su]nhate of copper,. or on any wopper product carrying at least 95 per cent. of metallic copper, one--half cent Making the Act Clear. T0 " 23 forince. . Ihat was false, perfectly satisfied with his posi-- that party to--day. TIf the School | 's at Kingston _ endorsed Mr.| article, then 'he would not sit i id vote money for that institu-; f he were not a member of the j nd he had been treated in the / ilin 'had infringed unneces-- the time of the House. The ie _ objected to was that the |of the article had been Cns o omeCeeen C l®. political controversy. He ritten a line about the | } member j inneces-- | se. The' 1 .4 im' | | méember for Manitmiifi"fbi'»"fié;;lid "guggesbed anything to The B:&?:;f | | }'lvl':xgH (fi?;ce::l;?l;]zd him.-- He trusted that || the se yet have reason to i | think that he would not offend even th | | member for Manitoulin, stronz' fighte: !'I as he was. Every man on his paper [| had his department. _ One man "P}f l | wrote the column in which the arti l0 \| bad appeared had been with him thf:te | years, and he had not found it neeey 1 sary to instruct the departmental hoad:. '| If he had known of the existence f that article he wonl; y,, . _ ~ 1 Cte o $ 1 PNTDRTVT 2 GOLC VCCEL should be allowed to work in a factory, warehouse, _ store. hotel, _ apartment house or place of amusement; that no child between fourteen and sixteen be permitted to work under certain condi-- tions specified unless the child could read fluently and write legibly, and that 12 t Nx _ idHIMLEL _ OCClipations,. | More factory inspectors were needed. A boy who left school at fourteen ought to be employed somewhere, and if not might be drifting into bad company. _ If not employed the Iaw should make him go to school until sixteen years of age. The laws affecting child legislation should be consolidated. 'The Minister of Educa-- tion was in sympathy -- with -- technical education, and nothing would #urther his object better than keeping the children: longer at school. Mr. Preston main-- tained that no cMnl nnrdlar | Lanvkaami W tinett in uns riitaamndlalits 2 1 1. L 77 appeal to all who love children. It ought to appeal to all who desired a high standard of citizenship and edu. cation. _ He spoke for the children of the common people. _ What opposition might be encountered would come from capitalists or families that needed the help _of their children. _ These last should be helped. _ Opposition might come, too, from ignorant or dissoluta parents who might want to live from child Jabor. _ The child of to--day, he said, was the citizen of to--morrow. My., Preston declared that for twenty years our child labor legislation had stood stagnant. _ He reviewed the develop-- ment of such legislation in (Grea{ Bri-- tain, and displaved marked familiarity with _ his _ subject. The _ confer. ence in London of 1890 had taken an advanced stage, yet Ontario to--day had not made such progress. | (ireat Britain had in recent years lagged be-- hind, while in the United States there was a revival of the question due to widespread agitation. Mr. Preston gave numerous instances for the necessity of protection for Canadian children, many of these having reference to cases in the city of Toronto. The truancy --laws were in@adequately enforced outside of Toronto, _ In the Province the truancy: law was a dead letter. There was no provision to prevent the employment of children in hotels or places where the moral surroundings were unwholesome . There was no provision to prevent the exploiting of children as contortionists and such similar occupations. _ More factory inspectors were needed. _ A ha. 1 child under fourt,--een all who desired a itizenship and edu. for the children of What opposition al crecd that mu';;, love (:hildron. 1t