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' uaanaii'i'iikn ' a... rtsiaed in favor of the "W 'jill I The Limit Raised Again. ' _'i,q1 The liquor men, who prophesied "I I . WIND UP To." that the five per cent. tax on all bar -. receipts over forty dollars would " never become law, were not over- q, ----". confident. Monday night Hon. w. J. '1 Hanna fy"':,':',,','),",':', that the Glovei'n- 3' . . ment had decide to make t e ax Night Session Cleared the Way apply only to receipts over $50 and! ', F CI . last night this was raised to $60 111:". I' osm . cities. l i 0 g The provincial Secretary stated that 'N, the present license in cities, $1,600,i a, -------._ was higher, in proportion to the busi- , , ness done, than in outside ifu"ii,ii.iiii,i? , N0 EIGHT-HOUR DAY YET, mes, The difference in the amount; " upon which the tax would be collect-t (i' ed would even things up. l it" --.. Sir James Whitney stated that the wt. limit was not a, ttnal one. It ""th 1. be that after a year, when the work-. 'ii, Labor Member Had to Make m of the clause had been stumed'; f, _ tho liquor men might he asked to pay. ' 'r Two Addresses. on the excess over $50. fa To Hon. A. G. MacKay the Provin- "a - --------- cial Secretary said that the tax would a probably be figured upon the month- , ' ' - ly average, although the matter was "as Called Upon to speak at Ten still under consideration. "d o'clock--Bar Receipts Limit Itaig- Barbers Bill Withdrawn. Il ml Again---HaR-rttro Bill With- Mr. Geo. H. Gooderham withdrew Ill . ' - Bills. his barbers bill when requested to do . drawn Important so by Hon. 1. B. Lucas. The bill pro- " vided for the appointment of a Board ' '. ----.------------ of Examiners to issue licenses to bar- 1' Pers. Hon. Mr. Lucas stated that the 'jill The minute hand of the Chamber Jill came in the class of those creat- "j) clock was just reaching for the hour ing close corporations. fd of le o"clocl; last night when the, The Single Tax Bill Again. i 'd Legislature adjourned, but the tired Mr. A. E. app made another at-l a members had the satisfaction tgf hat'.. tempt to have his single tax bill: a . . ' v. d r a er to such, adopted by the House. He declaredl _; mg cleared the lor l' {LPWiH rob- that since last session the sentiment' " Itll extent that tltp louse p in favor of taxation of land rather sq "My finish its business to-day, A than improvements _had grown l considerable amount of important steadily. Fewer rhd"a'bt.2,ttl Sounglls N , -. r . . had gone on recor agams an a , legislation was considered during the great many more had pronounced in r four hours of the evening session. favor. , . . . ... . " wn and " while two bills were vuthdra , The Entering Wedge. 'alt two others defeated. The Government _ _ J s Whi nes was quite em = . . . . f Sir ame ' - a. bill to tax bar t"r"? was passed l phatic in his )2ri)/disin' to the meas- " through committee. in short order and "re. describing it as the "entering , at once given third reading. The only 'i, \ wedge of the Rc',nd?'t GiOTS'e 538W?" '4; ' ' . e b l . . Hon. A. G. gage 'ay oo up [ e pr n- , (hangf-made " 1.8 to. raise the P? ciple with re ard to land specula- , from $50 to $60 in cities. Mr. W. f: tion and told of conditions in Owen' ,i' McNaught's hill enlarging the Juris-,' Hound. where the development of the e diction of the Hydro-electric Com-, _ town had been held back for years. _," mission was put through committee! Liberal Leader in Favor. t without discussion, as was Hon. Adam! "I am heartily in favor of the prin- " Beck's hill to provide for the locals _ ciple of this bill," said the Liberal ' distribution of Hydro-electric power.i V loader. going: on P, refer to 3:8 tex- 'l Mr. w. Proudfoot vigorously sup-i _ Eigence J'ua,,n,fi,ovuJ,CntChe,1"il' 91):}; , . . F n 0 mp v me s , ported his bill to provide a half-fare! . , " rate for street car passengers unablei abandoned and land values taxed. q to secure seats. Hon. Mr. Hendrie Important Bills Considered. . , pointed out the difficulty of operating " '., . 3 such a bill, and when the members td)"io"hri,e5d"ii011lttt'is2,i"nt/aavg1 _ shouted1 lost Mr. Proudfoot did not and Municipal Board acit was given f prets t e matter. second reading. The first clause Labor Bill Defeated. makes it clear that street railways in . making extensions secures no rights Mr. Allan Studholme waa forced to not enjoyed under the agreement make two addresses yesterday. In the with the municipality. The second afternoon he supported his woman clause declares that the Ontario Rail- suffrage measure, and at night he. was way Board has no power to order or 71 called upon to speak to his eight- permit double-tracking where it. is hour-day and {minimum wage bill. not provided for in the agreement , It was 10 ociock when the order with the municipality and the com- ': was called, and the little Labor man pany. objected to being made to go on then. I =h"2e".'=.='.t.elr.e.="2.T.T.re"h.e". " "If we want to be away from here , before Easter we have got to do some , work," remarked the Prime Minister shortly. "Well, now," retorted the Labor . , man. "is there anybody-doing more . , work in this House than me?" . "You don't do as much work in six V months as I do in a week," came , back Sir James. 3 "Yea." commented Mr. Studholme, , "and there's a mighty big difference J, in the amount we get for it, too." "The Premier," he added, "might , have told me he wanted me to go on, f with it to-night." . _ . In his address he appealed for con- l . si-demtion of the working class, who' ', . had never secured a square deal. He' commented rather bitterly upon the. tact that the Prime Minister and Gi! members had deserted the Chamber. l 1. Mr. Studholme referred to the pro-l _ _ gress of the Labor movement in Aus-' ' "C' tralia and Britain, where Govern-l " ments were legislating for the work- i; man. 1 :5," "I 'won't. You can vote it down," 1. was Mr. Studholme's reply to a lil Jf quest to withdraw his hill, and when . the division was taken his voice alonel F . fig