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¥ C A f 1p: -- " * .'.' $ ., .": £ 7 P ' . * .Vj«::y' * Dt °_ _ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 190. -- _ _ _ _ REREFIN $ i" TT AR [ .. :T Mr. Cochrane repHed that no " such | DJ dAdDNJ UNIALLLI representation had 'been made to him, | ~ _ ~Ant ~ and he could not see why there should | _ iREs IN PRoTKCR |ss ho e nand| _ of the law in different parts of the |-- Province. § a : i Mr. Harcourt retorted that his point| _ M s = s of view was perfectly clear to mem--| _ Minister of Lands and Mines on | bers or;Ihis sid'eiof the House. ~| o | ¢ The House will go into Committee of| _ Smelter Policy. the Whole on the bill, and it is on the| _ order paper for to--day. s Refining of Ontario Ores. f $ LOCAL OPTION PETITIONS. Hon. Mr. Cochrane moved the second | _ reading of his "bill to encourage the| _ n it refining of metals in Ontario." At the outset the Minister stated that On--| _ a o tario's supply of nickel, corundum and | _ Mines Act Amended in Matter .cobalt was the finest in the world, yet it _ of Fees. could not be bought in this country in' 3 a refined state unless first imported. | _ He felt that by the offering of a bonus | _ i tmnun for the refining of these metals it would | _ { s encourage their treatment in this coun--| _ Mr. C. N. Smith of Sault Ste. Mari® | try, The Minister stated that it was| _ Would Encourage Prospecting for | th¢ Government proposal to lump the| . s nickel bounty to $60,000, on cobalt to & Iron of Bessemer Grade--Increasing | $30.000, on copper to $60,000, and on' Po a NR arsenic to $15,000. The bounty on | wers of Railway and Municipal arsenic, the Minister explained, was not | Board--Sudbury Judicial District. applicable to Cobalt, owing to the bonus | being otherwise appropriated to the out-- : | ! ind es put of that district. The arsenic bounty | | | would apply to the output of Hastings | | ciics county, the deposits of Temagami, Port' That the bill introduced by Hon. Mr. . Arthur and elsewhere in thega Province. Cochrane, Minister of Mines, to en-- || The Province would derive more than courage the refining of metals in On-; 't'"""&f'}]} I""t(;ln"ebf"om the t;x l?n mines tari j s !| to offse e bonuses, and the whole ar.lo, did not go far enough, '_"'s thei of Ontario would derive some benefi: claim made by Mr. C. N. Smith, the || from the measure. member for Sault Ste. Marie, in the Did Not Go Far Enough Legislature yesterday afternoon. -- The 31. Smith (Rault St o Maric) thouch T. apeber , Mr. 4 Sault Ste. Mari | bill, ."thh was up for a second reading, l the terims of the measdre migfit b:"ge xt, | provides a bonus of six cents for the ' tended so as to include iton, and parti-- refining of metallic nickel and the same ' cularly iron of the Bessemer grade. Mr. for metallic cobalt. For refining met-- | S';"u':;' 92;),:2%&'.:?" if the proper en-- allic copper one and one--half cents is mightg be induced etog:':;n;ngrg:%ec::;- to ibe paid, according to the bill, and | a metal. It seemed to him that were on white arsenic one--half cent a pound. | 2 straight bonus offered capitalists for Mr. Smith thought a straight bonus Zfifi::"fbgmox solt;n u:;logledr gzmt:gtt:; would be better instead of so much proposed. _ Mr. Smith, in con'clu- per pound. While such a sum might | sion, expressed the opinion that look large at first, it would be small ,fizen id "t $5'0_-000 bounty _ might in comparison with the benefits that | (V, pg»lft th: ?3';; sefi::o';r;llLO :3":'3;3 would come. 'if he went beyond the height of land. ; i+; _ _ The bill will be considered in Commit-- LocalOption Petitions. { tee of the Whole House to--day. Again the proceedings of the House : jJon. Mr. Hendrie moved the see-- | were prefaced by the presentation of i onq l'ea»di.ng of bills to a.xpgnd the On-; a number of petitions from churches ii?otoR::rll\:fig tl;u((l)nx':ilz)mrg?{wamg' and church organizations asking fOT © ong of an act respecting certain rajilwai the repeal of the three--fifths clause in : and other corporations. It had been the local option act. Two of these : found impracticable for returns to be were presented by the Attorney--Gen-- n]mdc by t::le railv;a);; tot_the ll)'gards in | eral, Hon. J. J. Foy. three months, an e time d been | Hon. Mr. Cochrane moved the seee changed to the 3lst of June of each ' ond reading of his bill to amend the Y°AT, 3}[)','{] He"'l(llntfe 9"P'°£'l"10d- | mines act of 1906. _ He explained that 3 '_I;lh(' flOI'S d':: Osal on the order paper . ' since the act came into force _ last '0"':? Fov 31 exi) lidning: 'his bilt to | | May there had not been a'? a];pt::.a * +9 ; amend the registry act, said the changes '3 tl}e DIV]SIOI'}:),! (om:t on the ded81005 | were the results of the investigations of 'Ot the * Mining : "Commissioner, o | 'the inspector, who found some of the j amendment which he proposed to adOpt | ofgoas in a somewhat deplorable state. | | was simply to make the clauses more | yfp, Harcourt thought that they would | 'clear. so that only one meaning could | peay from the Registrars themselves . be taken from them. There had beet ang the County Councils in a few days. | a minor change in regard to miners' aosmmnice doeare tvimnendrenie tpiarecocearnncrnnnily I licenses. It was felt that it would j be well to reduce the license fees to | $10 and on the other hand to _ raise , \ the filing application to $10. Tt was | | felt that the miner would prefer to | pay the filing claim, for then he would % have the knowledge that he -- had j | something to warrant the' expenditure. ; n arsmrar on . s ap | Mr. Cochrane added that he had had ; TWIN TOWNS' RIVAL AMBITIONS. | the Mining Commissioner make note of | as ~= 5 yY the clauses coming before him during ; Fort William's Bill For Incorpoutlon' the past season in order that all the . Considered. indefinite f#eatures might be _ dleated / I» . Smellie. _ M.PF_ mmuiths -- Privata up . es Mr. Harcourt (Monck) thought that f while the bill might be ideal for Co-- 4 balt, it might not be satisfactory for ; . 4 y other parts, of the, Province. . where the | # discoveries were not so rich. He had, K no doubt that the Minister had given , f y i a great deal of study to the subject, | ; but nevertheless he was repeating the! opinions of practical mining men. 5 » td