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* adopting something "which it is not I ir wages should be reduced on j nie'l::wyf tg adopt now, and run })he' ; this account. T risk after the investigation in our be-- I ing convinced that vg?mt we adopted | '"Poor Mine--owners." s was wrong." Mr. Studholme (East Hamilton) 2 "ir criticized the Government for its soli-- -- Investigation First. citude for the "poor mine--owners" in 4 Mr. Rowell pointed out that this | giving the eight--hour working . day had been tha course followed in the bill a hoist. The hon. Minister of . British House of Commons, when the Lands, Forests and Mines had been measure was introduced some years trying to find all the little stumbling-- azgo, passed a socond reading and al-- blocks for the bill that he could, Mr. lowed to stand for a year pending an Studholme predicted that the same investigation. The bill as d!'aft('d; thing would happen to this bill as would require some amendment in | had happened to the workmen's com-- . detail. It is not intended to apply | pensation bill, which had been intro-- to workers in sewers or trenches, but | duced in 1907 and promptly put on ; should be extended to protect those the shelf. It was taken down around | engaged in underground work, as in election time and put back immed-- ; minse and railway tunnels. | iately after. | Legislation of a similar character, | Mr. Studholme contrasted the cordi-- Mr. Rowell pointed out, had -- been | tion of miners as existing in this coun-- adopted in Great Britain. The history | try and in England. '"Aren't you just of that legislation was interesting. as good as Mr. Asqulth and his Gov-- Prior to 1872 men, women and hoys |crmnont," asked the Labor member, were allowed to work underground in | "who sat up last night and voted for the coal mines at hours varying ]frum a minimum wage for workers?" ten, twelve, fourtecn, and even long-- Tex ; h er. That year the House of Com-- Lawyers Set Example, mons passed an act limiting the hours Incidentally Mr. Studholme toolk a of youths in the mines and prohibit-- rap @t the legal profession in the Pro-- ed women hbeing employed altogether. vince.* Justifying the organization of It was stated at the time that this labor, which he represented, he said would cripple the coal mining indus-- that--all men of a class had to stand try and would increase the cost of together. Even the members of Mr. coal. It was also urged that this ; HMHearst's profession were organized so legislation would be prejudicial to the strongly that an outsider, who had public interest. forgotten more law than Mr. Hearst ! had ever known, was unable to get Beneficial Results. permission to practise in the Province, "But the effect is that after the D mey Would iAlefaite "ho suah iabor; § C i o y would have no strike--breakers. bill was in operation no one suggest-- M 3 £ s is > a Mr. Studholme moved the adjourn-- ed that they should return to _ old $ Pfls n Pvs'r tehas o ment of the debate at a few minutes conditions," said Mr. Rowell. At this beforoe 6 o'clock time the eight--hour day had been The motion for the Six months' * adopted 'in some of the mines and hoist reads:-- the mine owners f'"""" 1,'13' '1hey "In the opinion of this House the got better results 11!)(10'1 lhldt' 's_\st(".m- * | regulation of the hours of employ-- The men went at their \}0"\ with | ment in underground work is a mat-- ; more alacrity and enthusiasm, and ] ter in which undue haste should be actually got out a greater tonnage. | avoided, and should be the subject of Finally in 1907 the bill referred to, careful investigation ; that such in-- providing an eight--hour day for un--| vestigation can be made during the derground miners, was introduced into recess and in time for the results of the Commons. Similar legislation had it to be laid be%ore this House at its also been passed in British Columbia, next session, and that therefore the in Alberta, in New Zealand, and in said bill be not now read a second continental countries like Austria, time, but be read a second time this France and Germany. The consti-- I day six months." titionality of the eight--hour bill had | } | been contested in the United States, | Amend Mining Act. | and the question had been decided by | An amenrdment to the mining act the Supreme Court in favor of Hu\i introduced by Mr. Hearst provides an | bill. The Supreme Court pointed out extension of time for doing develop-- that the effect of such work doeDl.V! fment work if it falls due between + e C g November and April. Abandonment concerned the health of the worker, C :; ind 'lai nust be osted in / and anything longer than an eight-- 8 Ad'r-m,l,.nm]g\ un ',?' 'mu.,lt o s ',H.)"l"c io hour day at underground work was is \e;,or(§1'A.~ § .1"\. o e da¥ s W'Ur": prejudicial s t iL it takes .Offeu. Jack pine. not under ;] laicial to h('ff"h- timber liceonse passes to the grantee 'lhz:. conditions in northern Ontario, of the mining claim. Sanitary pro-- Wir. Rowell continued, were such '\'isiuns are made more stringent, and that_tllc hours varied from ten. nine, |the responsibility for providing safe-- to eight and one--half hours per day, | guards is placed upon -- mine--owners. ; and the actual results from -- the | Code signals are simplified. It is an ; shorter day had been so satisfactory offence for anyone intoxicated -- or that the owners were inclined to con-- carrying liquor to enter a mine. Mine-- tinue on that basis. | owners 'm-cL_\' bring in water, drain ad-; a # & o ' Joining lands, cut roads and tramways There Were Exceptions. through adjoining locations on com-- '"'There is practically no difference '"'."'f?"?""' fixed by the Mining Com-- 'in the principle of these bills," said I)ll.iSl()!l'('t", s a 4 ' Hon. W. H. Hearst, Minister of Lands "']() [')l(:\(?ln the }-ClJl"u(']u(-"U" ".f their Forests and Mines. Their object \\'-,[;- kln.d on the }')H'I't of idiots and "'""n(': ' | to prevent men working under groun ll r{els?ns: I.n-. Ni t nan l asl| for & length of time that m""],, A')\'(' \0_1'1\) mtxor}uced a bill for the ah-; @eleterious to health. C He iu'!:i'(tilt I)tr)m_tmcnt}:l s:ll'gql'.\"hnz:rds in con--| is subscribed to the ce CE A. nection \'{1111 Provincial asylums to | C f I principle. He perform vasectomy or oophorvectomy | s | would even go farther and would on persons whose children are lik ay{ take ample care to see that men were to inherit crimin: noles. : i eln. 5 . ie a p criminal tendencies. A pen.! not elr_lplo_\od at any kind of work alty of $1,000 is provided "'h('"'l'h" under insanitary congl:lions. This was operation is performed in error Te Q'_nlattel' that was vital to the indus-- Mr. W. McDonald (Centre Bruce} trial health' of the country. After all, seeks to amend the liquor, livy(-n'\x- -.}-' the provisions of the bill involved to have bars closed on statutory ';n-l mattfe,rs of detail. He did not know civic holidays. ons 1| whether the bill was altogether de-- Reliev s sl'f'al)]e in some cases. No hardship telieve Deadlock, % ;\l.ltosm\;;nbe t'lmnl_ w he}'c tlllt's"t"_r('z'ft(;',l Mr. }\". K. .\lm\'m;gin (North To-- ous conditions. . Referring to ronto) introduced a bill to amend the ' t_he He]en' mine, where the conditions railway act, designed to relieve a , for working were admirable, Mr. possible deadlock in Toronto over the ' Hearst said there were two shifts of interchange of traffic between the nine hours cach. The men worked on civic car lines and street railway. It a tonnage basis with a minimum al-- :+ provides that where in different parts f lowance. There would be a riot if of the same city two lines of street they were prevented from working an railway are lying contiguous to one addijtlonal hour to catch up when the another but operated by different cor. ' mining had been hard. porations, it shall be the duty of each ' Mr. o J. McQueen (North Went-- corporation to afford to the .othvr all worth) pointed out that in coal mines reasonable facilities for . the inter-- in England better results as to the change of traffic and running rights quality of work done and the amount In the event of the corporations be-- f of coal produc@d had ])Q(." ()l)tilin(:(l ng U'!able to agreo lhe matter Si]a" by the use of an eight--hour working be adjusted by the Ontario Railway day. and Municipal Board, who may vary ' Mr. T. R. Shillington (Temiskam-- y order from time to time to 1n(~o'l'l j ing) said that the time had come changing conditions. 'This bill shall| 'when the Government should do apply to all or any part of a system $ something for the underground work-- of street railway constructed or h('l'o-! ers. He favored giving them an o after to be constructed. eight--hour day, and did not thinp. that n At the present time the Rail\\'avl 1 e *4 ____Board has ordered an interchange of| i