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T L' ESDAY, MARCH The Premier just before adjournment said he hoped to be in at position to. morrow to suggest a manner of dealing with the numerous bills to amend the assessment not in such a way as to avoid the. embarrassment and delay m dealing with them all separately. lic also begged to move. with the consent of the leader of the Opposition-which Mr. Graham readily gave-that Govern. ment business he taken up on Mondays after the ordinary business had been disposed of. This means an effort to carry out the idea of getting through the work by the and of the month. - Killed by Bon. Mr. Hanna. "The. great. white plague is reaping a terrible harvest in Ontario," said Mr. J. P. Downey, member for South Welling- ton. yesterday. when moving in the Leg- islature tho second reading of his biil to prevent the spread of tuberculosis. Figures were quoted freely indi. cating the world-wide. scope and tear ful effects of the malady. The bill was criticized by Mr. A. G. Mackay as being too local and unnecessarily expen- sive. The whole question should be made a Government measure, he said. "and dealt with from a Provincial stand. point." Hons Mr. Hanna asked for the, withdrawal._0f the bill for this session on the understanding that in the mean time the Provincial Board of Health would go into the question and inform the Government as to what may he necessary. Mr. Downey complied with the request., - _ - opposition peer., Mr. G. P. Graham, asked the following question: "What tire the names of all immigration agents, A bill to enable local option munici- palities to bonus local option hotels for the accommodation of the public was moved to its second reading by Mr. Preston (Durham). but was killed by the Provincial Secretary, who congratulated the member for having called the atten. tion of the Government to an important question. .l'or Mr. Kohler, who was absent, the ("cation yy1er., Mr. G. P. Graham, In Meantime Mr. Downey Withdraws His Bill-Measure for Bonusing of Hotels in Local Option Districts In- terred in Legislative Graveyard. First Step Towards Effective Legislation. RAVAGES OF MALADY. Provincial Board of Health to Take Matter Up. COMBAT GREAT. WHITE PLAGUE. 1907. Seotlind since oiGUr 1st. 1906, the district and duties assigned and the ro- muneration allowed, or to be allowed, when}: such agent t" .. I ,. .Hon. Mr. iGil'teith replied that the names were Jas. Thompson, John Fare". and John M. Clark. The remnneration l for Mr. Thompson was 8150 a month and for the others $125, and in addition! their actual travelling expenses. Then" duties were to induce farm laborers and. domestic servants to come to the Pro- Vince and to educate British tenant farmers as to the desirability of Orr. tarin as a place for settlement. Th0; appointments. added the Minister of? Agriculture, were of a temporary char- not": Mr. Preston (Durham) moved the I 'e'eond _reading of his bill to amend tho 1 liquor hot-nae act. Mr. Preston would! permit, the municipalities to bonus hotels in local option districts. Local option had just been carried in 43 munr. cipalities, cutting off M licenses. Asa. result. accommodation would he out, off in many places for the travelling public. The problem on that. was command- ing fhe attention of temperarter and vommereial mm. The hill provided that. tl place of G,000 maple or. moro could bonus hotels to the extant of $2.000 in the aggregate l places; of over 2.000 and under 5.000 (amid expend $1.000 for much purpose: places of under 1.000 inha.bi- hints $500, Mr. Downey moved the seeond read- ing of his hill to prevent. the. spread of tuberculosis by providing for the cre- ation of County Boards oi Health, whose duty, with the aid of the Provincial Board of Health, it. shall be to take measures to keep in touch with per- sons sutftering from tmnsumption, pro- vide them and their families with liter- ature hearing on the disease and meth- ods of eombatting it: to remove pa- tients where neeessary to sauitoria 1fo take steps to build and maintain such institutions, and to make notification of the disease compulsory. Speaking to the measure, Mr. Downer regretted the general apathy ' on the question. He quoted figures as to the death rate from the disease in the new and the old world. Dr. Wm. Osler had given it as his opinion that in the United States to-day I,- '2.50.000 people were atfiiMed with tho disease. The loss on this and other continents in life and money from this disease were truly appalling. But these losses in the aggregate were often lost sight of in the deaths of the great geniuses of the world who fell victims to eonsumption. He gave a number of names of such men and women, and proeeedinz. devoted some time to an outline of the manner in which the Cer. mans were ftehting the disease. Up- On this in part his own hill was based, partieularly in reward to the sending. out of literature for the maidance of tuberculosis sufferers and the establish. ment of local sanitaria. The. results had been gratifying. ', Cogpulaorx Legislation. Hon. Mr. Hanna pointed out that there were places in which local rm- tion had not, been carried. and in which nu Humans existed. Why discriminate ond nive one the privilege and the other not t The Last, Objection Removed. Mr. Preston replied that as a rubs licenses twisted where local option had not been carried. He would. however, ho pleased to amend his bill to meet ihe point, raised hy the hon. Provincial Secretary. - - LT": last objection removed." com - malted Mr. G. P. (Wuhan). with a twinkle of his eye. _ '. . the Provincial Secretary, and withdrew! his bill after expressing the hope that, the Government would sen its Way clear to take the measure up next '3eiV; sion. _ t The Provincial Secretary. in rising to more effectively kill the measure, con- gmtnlated the hon. member for Dur- ham that he had directed the ntton- tion of the House to a. very import- ant question. It was a, now proposi- tion that would have to ho consider- ed. . to Ndryvay.' hou7ever, stood as the model st Fight Tuberculosis. Mr. Presto?) tosrot4od the wish otl "In, "pm-u. «an ' Isis, 1906, the and _ l for all d'lturttt%, in ii'itiijt'a" to anvil tuberculosis' legislation. In that use compulsory notification of the disease was provided for by law. A great deal had been done in the United States in the encouragement of establishin State. t sanitnria, but so far little hag beeni done in Canada or in this Province to': prevent the a read of tuberculosis. The Legislature J/' Ontario had taken one important step by the paniing of an act in 1900. making a grant of $4,000 toward the establishment of municipal institu- tions to fight the disease. It was a mat.. ter of regret that only one municipality, Hamiltpn. had taken advantage of that act. In alluding to the clauses demanding compulsory "otifieation, Mr. Downey de- elared that everything else that was done by way of legislation would fail unless notrifieation was made compulsory, so that the. authorities would be at once able to take the steps the case and the nature. of the surroundings warranted. Mr. Downey did not offer the bill as It final nolution of a question which was pressing itself upon this and every de- ', liberative body in the world to-day. He limped that he House would take the '-matter into its earnest consideration wiih a. view to measures to deal with an all-important question. a.nd he moved that the bill be referred to a commit- toe. ; Suggested Government Measure. i Mr. A. G. MacKay thought the weak. I mass of the bill was that it was too local s and unnecessarily expensive. It should _ not he necessary to establish forty sani- [tor-in. and 40 secretaries at a salary of $1,500 earl). In view of the nature and i importance of the work the boards i should be as permanent as possible, and (the work should be centralized more. ! under Government control. The disuse '3 was not; so prevalent in Ontario that it E "It should be made a Govenmcnt meas- iure, and the whole matter dealt with ': from a, Provincial rqttrm1pointa," concluded ; M r. MacKay. l Referred to Board of Health. '7 Hon. Mr. Hanna referred to the efforts lof five central counties to secure tive , units of the Provincial grant. in all $20,- '000. to build a Sanitarium. The request I appeared to be a reasonable proposition, but the idea, was abandoned that one in- Tstitution could serve five counties. It i became a question whether a county in. stitution was not dealing with too large an area. Tho, patients required lots of fresh air, good food a.nd a kttowledge of hygienic conditions. and itdid not require might not bis dealt with in three or four or five Provincial institutions established on similar lines to the new normal schools. There was considerable to be said against county boards being able to compel County Councils to build uni- toria. and the creation of such power: would likvly result in friction. a very large investment. After all; the omens and machinery were the most im- portant. Tho Board of Health ot the. Pro- rinee had given the matter their atten- tion. In fact, if he was not mistaken. they had already drafted something that enuld he readily put in the form of a bill. The Government. was anxious that this. matter should he. taken. as well as to suggest a reorganization of the medical boards of health. He desired that Mr. Downey should withdraw his bill for this Session. with the understanding that the whole matter ho referred to the, Provin- cial Board of Health. who will take it up actually with a, viow to informing the Government an io what should be done. Mr. Downoy agreed to the suggestion and formally withdrew his bill.