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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 1911. W'-- GILLIES LIMIT . Very large estates, heavier taxes on ' . _ corporations, including the railways l and one on all the automobiles in the g ES t Province. In closing he stoutly de.. l . fended the reciprocity agreement and I l ridiculed the fear (expressed by the 46 t --l--._l_t- 5 Provincial Treasurer th.at. reciprocity l Tk ti, ' ti,voo/1//l, riii,'p,1,ietnip,crc11"1ailflun'icf' Et,1,1,t' N ' , , him " ve l L ,, t»! d - t f " ' - put». gag") Clarke tt Sharp At t _,), Mr. Clarke we: ('.etllop/a',?tlil'j',.' Mr. ili . t _ w. Johnson of '08. as tugs. am tliste on Government :13". J. Molhving of West Wellington 'e', 'it, _' took up the cudgcls again for" the Op- ttl -.-.----_'-. - position. B il?" I W'l'hc Gillies Limit sates. 00G "i' EBATE t10ES ON. l In takingr up tho uiyiussion.of the l . polo of the Gillie-s Limit arc-as. the l -rr--Bltqlt-- - lmember for Northumberland 'tmowed, F . i {that in the session of 1909 there was. _ (T ti l (nothinrr to show tho y,:'-'-':.!:-,'?,."",,?,':),;' . (tho ,rorocrtr was to be sold. hey? I axa lon of Railways andl "ll/i.) told that in the limit there: wail , . wealth onough to pay the bonded de b'; f Automobiles Suggested. l , '05 the Province ten times over. l I t "The House was adjourned," do- -------- , icinrcd Mr. Claplie. "Mid not a month i l alto!" tho Gorcrnntent was taking steps 0, s . , . , (to soil the property." i i'PO ition Memher Gives Government, Reading from the: evidence of Mini I a Few Pointers-No Danger to Im- iA. J. Young," of North Bay before thei, periat Unity F :Pnlilic Accounts Committees last ses- ' rum Tteciproeity-- lsioii. .\lr. ('larkc showed that one par- Mr. Johnson's Speech. lcol of twenty acre-s. for which the I (rsovvrnment received $10.500 was sold A Elms than four months later for $3110.- l ' 1000. and only $35300 was spent lil', l . prospecting and eveloving it. f? .The icinarkable manner in which ifh"'t'iji'iriii' the t'l//,/1,f.1f,l/1"t' also for not mineral areas on the Gillies Limit liliu'ing advertistd the sales more ox- with their wo d . _ . . itvnsively, particularly in the Unitcd n exit" Prospective I , - " . . q ." m-,'. wealth passed from ' intatcs. Only " few pettliogging ad- vi . . the' Pro- iiy/"t'tit'oteytt wore scnt. out over the once into the hands of private ll'rovince." declared Mr. Clarke. individuals at insignificant amounts _ "Tall; about sagacity in noting in was aired on the Mor of ti Ity' intCst'Psts ol' tho people." he con- yesterday f . _ te House, it,',",,?,','.".,) "God help the people of this C, . a tcrnoon by Mr. Sant' (Proviutw if that is sagacity I .. . Clarke of Northumberland in the i, lttgi'crrinz: to sales of timber. Mr. debate uHor th . T, . '-Cl:irlies, declared that there had been l l e Budget. Fot over , ' at,. ' _ A . . an hour Mr. Clarke directed c l . . in number ot' pi Hate salcshind intim- at th ' . . r ticism €11.16" that these would be investigated Whi e administration of Sir James i111 committee. manhnee? "l his characteristic caustic :liibcrals Provided Revenues. . r. . " head to the House, the; 5 After showing that tho Liberal .Pl'lmc Minister 5 statement to the Lar-l . (Government had been responsible for Nature in 1900. wherein he declared! the iai,l..,1,,1i't,1,enri11i1e12" revenue lact,tthc that the ' . .. . . , . 'succession l u ies act. am 0 her and dev 1',,i,llf"' Limit ll ould be kept isources of rcvcnuc from which the e oped for the benefit. of the iPro.vity'ial Treasurer was securing ipeople of the Province, and ironicalir 'such large increases-ai, which had icontrasted this pronouncement With i)ee.n..vigoryysly opposed by the 0p: ithe record of wl .. . (iii/iii/iii.' Mr. Llarke rcc1ypmend.e.d . tat occurred bro soon 'ilnc't'eares in these taxes. The rail- ite.t/y,r,.t,e, calling for tenders in a _wu.vs, he declared had for years been small number of papers and but six (securing concessions from the Pro- l weeks later the sale of the much- (Vince and the time had come for them heralded property at figures, in one 'to extend it little help in return. The (i%,'t'i'ri'cre". $220,t00 less than was real- _lautotnoloiles, which "owned the lized by the private purchasers four .i'oads," also needed some attention. imonths later. The member for Northumberland l Mr. Clarke called the Government l"wcut for" .th.e..tlari-t-,h't_1i.i; clause as it?. task for its ungenerous treatment l"unfanr. un-British and unjust. loltntlgte farming; industry, and took a "tecivrocit.v Dct'cndcd. .1 ment J. 'tlhi'firz,')C'att" 13%.Repa';t' In his closing remarks, Mr..(5larkc Ilion. Dr. Pvnes looked (uitolLllx .130 vigorously defendcd the reciprocity {The memher for Votth u', {aft-d- agrecmcnt. llo pode fun at the Pro- ishovved th; t h g l', " y IDel and cincial Treasurer":,' explarratiyu.for his I a t e. "Dune" from which it; 1 tho 11' tter-tho in "I" re- ithe Present Administration tras ' dam yr'on t, l (L e TL " f., _ iceiving its revenue increase h: 'e' l 10' _,yiisrotitCtye1l do to the Temiskam- iprovided tr: their J,?iresleidl'ilf.s, :33 mg. & forthfiinl 9?EarIE)-r0a% T.his ldrew an amusing ortrait , h" was Pt, Phtelild side I'l. it. . he In- 'A. J Mathesoni P I or. t e Hon. ternal sidc might be quite different. '. pleading "a" ") Pt _opposition.1ays. Hon. Mr tyathesoy's.clymt. or author- land orphans v(ll°' the poor Widovvs ities for his pessimistic vicw of the 'wee Jifiiirg Sa ed)upon to pay their situation-Mr. \_\tlliaiii Whitt' of the 1 ."Yo f, In succestuon duties. c. P. l'... and Sir William Mackenzie,, I, "'th out: it to read your own back provided Mr. Clarke with material pt : 2fiect1lfe"'ml1oev./le.e5tiet'1' the House. irouical remarks. ', 'i,',l',',flodle; t'lltnlllClal Treasurer looked _ "You can take Mr. 1hrnt, White or! taround " a ple as a laugh went Sir William Mackenzm and a hundred l i . others in the same "'e?trtcii,t,i)'1i' couin- Agow . . . try is not going to M? stoppo in ts i to "arouse Revenue. purpose by them. or your little petti- I Mr. 1Tarke outlined a. number of fogging rsiitway,"ueclaredMr. Clarke. i?'Prs. by which the revenue of the Ho declared that the revenue from Il.??."..')",? could be increased, advoeat- the increased wealth of the. Province .ing a higher succession duty upon the would in ten years be double the re- "e-------------------------------.--.-, venue of the railway. Reciprocity would be a, boon to the people of the Dominion at large. "England will be proud to hear that be her daughter, Canada, after she has . been all to herself for a centurv. has proved capable and thoroughly able' to deal with the people of the world.) V to deal successfully, honorably Giiil to the credit of herself and the Em- -,pire." "Barnacie" an Obsolete Word. Mr. J. w. Johnson (West Hast- ings) defended the sale of the Gillies / Limit as having been carried out