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Iii ', ', _ ""'P.t"rs"r",er,rr J. -.." 1r.../,l-r1' I "Eamon "11363553931 l J .AGAmwm'ua romeo. t.:'vji/ t -+--r-.e-r..er .-.-: iitr".':..". T'C.rs, it Resolution Passed by. iNtkmiiitiriii. i Conference Presented. " the flora" F t eminent by Hon. W- act)titirrtmi. t Premier Whitney's; Tt.ertiiMtttc"-. ' l! A deputation of, the, delegates from ' I the tuberculosis conference waited Ilpt It on the Prime Minister and members of '2 tho Cabinet tor .'the. "trurppstsib.r' '; urging the necessity for; largely , increased Government aid in the bottle , with the white plague." The; deputa' 3 tion. which numberiraihhurlim.' and in- y eluded representatives from the malpr- ;' ity of the counties of thitaNo..tttM ttr- in i coivod by Premier, Whitney. There I ly1ere: also present Hone. A. J. Matheson, ' IV. J. Hanna. A. Beck, Dr. Reaume and ( N. Montcith. f l The Hon. TV. A. Charlton introduced) I the deputation and presented to the; 1 Government a resolution. passed by the Ill conference at its meeting the previous l IMF. .The resolution asked that the Government shoulrl.increuse the grant , for the maintenance of consumption pa- , tients from $1.50 to $4.50 per patient per, week, _." _ _ Judge J. A. Barron or9tratrord,/, in l supporting tho resolution, said that 110' know that the Premier was quite in! sympathy with their objects. "People." I he said. ."go a wild on the. temp- 'l cranes question, I am. 'a _ Bible i tr-vtotaller-J take n little whiskey for 1 [my stomaeh's sake. Why. these pee. l hie ot Toronto the good---Toronto,the [ goodto those who don't "know ire-go crazy on temperance, (-'.t.19btrru1tyrrtr,, kills five people for every one that 6its from intemperate habits." .. I" l"' 7 ', Proceeding. Judge Barron urged that the Government should enforce an anti-j spitting by-law in- every" municipality.: and also the medical inspection, ptl schools, In conclusion. . tae" said": "Putting it on ttre"p1ost"mandati" standing. we lose three. illHiiOil dollars a Year through consumption. .Thatr, " putting the. value of a life at, a thou- sand dollars. We are a long Way Wtthr t in the line in that estimate. because the returns are not complete.", _ . Addresses were also 'd'elchred bit Mayor Stcveley or London. Warden Ball of' Grey: Dr. Lockhart, Warden of Waterloo : Mr. J. P: itaftra.v,t,art", Dr, Rogers of Ingersoll: Mr. tA.A,rstgarl. "x-Warden of Peel, angullayor Moss ot Dundas. ' . Premier Whitney, in reply to the ders. utatinn. said that the succession duties, i as well as all other portions of'the rev», mine. were. of course. the people"s/ l money. and tho Gpvprnntv..t had to ext-H _lpo1w1 the whole of the rei'etiue4otythe ' hsxno,tit of the people., He was in Farm. svmpathy with their objects. He would promise them that the Cabinet would. give this question _Inore than more formal or perfunctory consideration. The outcome of that "roprttdotatiou, however. could only. he in the nature of preliminary steps. -- _ . .