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. THURSDAY, MARGE 2, 1911.' , ----"----- "------d-'-----,--. I . l -7 . ___7 _ a, W . nd be called upon to pay NE LICENSE BILL 1't',yg'.'tlt,',i,t'",h cOnsiderablY below ft',', the. rest of the year. He might, un er l MAY BE CHANGED the act in its assists? assists: T ax even thoutr 5 3 ' an: year averaged under 840 a day. . Hon lmr. Matheson moved the sec- -----..--. ond reading of his new 'hill "aemalmg tarv revenue a . l . . the supplemen . brietlsr explained Tax 18 to be Levied on Monthly 'tt""igiteuirrn"utrft'l' tax 3,, double. track railways and express f'xo/','r,,'li'it Average. and outlined the clause: r,.taxia,t' (bill , nd racetrac s. --.------_ $225822: JI, to the committee without discussion:-....--,,,,.,:,.,.,..,,, ' , . ' 21=rrCr-=-----------" I SECURING THE RETURNS. i ONTARIO Small Hotelkeepers May Not l BADLY NEGLEUTEI] , Have to Report. . i Charge Made by Mr. J. J. Cas Hon. A. G. niacin: Suggests That . . ' . " tidt In Addressing House. Tax should be Fixed According to Average for the Year-otherwise -.---"- Hotelkeeper Might Pay Humour. . LITTLE FOR EDUCATION. The license act amendments which ----------- Hon. W. J. Hanna. introduced in the ' Legislature on Tuesday. to the great POOP Roads Prevent Opening dismay of the hotelkeepers. is not like- ly to become law in its present form. Up of Country. The bill was given a second reading yesterday, and from statements made ------. by the Provincial Secretary it is pro- em: a I babie that when the measure comes Member for Port Arthur D ds up again for consideration in com- More Progressive "'mer-eT'l"t mittee a number of changes will be Province Would Receive Would suggested. . Than Pa for Development. But the alterations will give little More y comfort to the hotelmen, except those) . .---------. in small towns and the country, whol are worrying about making the daiiyl A vigorous appeal to the Govern- return of bar receipts required. The! ment to deal more generously With bill in its present form provides that northern Ontario. coupled with an at- levery license-holder shall before the tack upon the provincial Secretary. tenth day of each month file with the was made by :Mr. J. J. Garrick ot lLicense Department a sworn state- Port Arthur, addressing the Provin< ment of the daily gross receipts for cial House yesterday in askingtor at the T,'r'oip't'd"i,1t,'.,t inTthhee 'l,"rlvite,t, return tshowing the expenditure ll', tha over a o e h Government. north country by t 6 ft stairs otL,t'T,1,ete, '217 at-, Mr. Carrick declared thar 2'i,','c, ow e n ' enou that it would be a useless and irk- ornment had not I('Iione J2Cl', In some requirement to place upon these education in nort ern . " , license-holders an obligation to make . the whole north country only " fi ' voluminous returns, hgsm tyt,'"'?),','.,',' 000 had beenspent urn "tect'/'/u' been realized. In re e ng o t is 1 ex enditure o over , "' clause in moving the second reading 'ur' Ad' member for Port Arthur of the bill. the Provincial Secretary said that the roads in "I? north practically admitted that the Govern- were in a deplorable condition, and ment would not expect such hotel- that for this, reason the country if": keepers to make returns. not being opened up. Pturettdenrt Will Tax on Average Only. 't,vtJtdeotoftti1tAU'tt'i as... He m. Hon. Mr. Hanna explained mg: contident that if the tt'g,ert'l,"e""gt,pitl,ii 12,evrl' 5133:1103; 'tir/e' dag: yinwfhe structed gusting? tazgfsshafe son tho $9213 on holidays and fair days in the ngrslzea y~ O , country for instance. the department Mr Garrick stated that Northern' would not go atter"ttieso hotelmen for O tario would itself my for the con- lthe tax, nor was it 2,1u,','teetoue to stxruction of roads. All that J7",',,ffi; them for mon y re urns. . olic 3191(1)? (ltgpartment through its otttcerg quired wastha. gef,'it'fg, line :3an id keep in touch with the bar reerd to e ope is d lyin wait- 3:33.. done in these places. and where _ millions of {gigging Tag; Stever'iue the 1 as seen that sales were increasing ins for se . 1 from the land :0 "IG; . an extent as to bring the Province woutild receave for developing iGiiiiii/ under the operation of the would morec't fdu'lTi, the manufac- l se he would be required to begin ot the distri an i wonderful fi,"tl'/'fii, monthly returns. "New ot older Ontario a iilarin re 1y to the Liberal market. dh,'. 1't'let; that "ghile the pligsenlt 'ter,edttgiptT1cg,tt1kut1'ito"u1'toutr, bill, if interpreted literally, wou ca cons , that Gnadrvation'tneaind ment of the tax on each don't Believe " 2'p,t,hfu)'gt"sl ','h1G, were more than letting our resources lie dormant. $40 the intention of the department Criticism for Hon. Mir. Hanna. 5., really to take the monthly aver- a . , itici ed the Provin- wa nd figure out the tax upon that. . Mr. Camel: cr z t the de.. ntre a citviSecretary'smrpartmettt or h P Should Tax on Yearly Return- plorable condition ot the Port ff,f,,',ud Eton. A. G. MacKay "named that jail and the will" that If 3:: Gov- " would be fairer to collect the tax house. He a ' d ize Port Arthur on a yearly return rather than a ernment would om" monthly one. A hotelkeeper might do 1 tin extra good business for three .