The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

9 "C 5 e * '-,w' ",.: > _. fi'ce.n **itme ¥ " Te 4 [ _ The Prime Minister tgen mol\;?dh hiis &4 * hnres motion, whic s 4And 'tl_iert:"wl?rev.,:norp of them, than g;?:?eddmie;l tartxgtl'fgl? column. f cenge. > f . n un.?ler s:; this knowing it to be true, Where the Prime Minister Stands. _ | C Aaying participated in elections for Mr. W. Proudfoot (Centre Huron)' ' the Scott act and haVlng prOfeSSi'()n' referred to the statement of the ally, brosecuted people every _ year Prime Minister that the leader of the when the Scott act was in force. I Opposition had adopted the policy of don't wish to repeat my experiences, abolition of the bars for the express or even to think of them, they woere purpose of driving him (the Prime so ~revolting. Therefore, before we Minister) into the arms of the liquor come to the conclusion that my hqn. dealesrrs. friend's resolution is wise and advis-- "T . say that is just where he has able we must consider what the pro= been for a great number of years," babilities are dikely to be, declared Mr. Proudfoot. "For many R q ; [ years the members of the Govern-- Contléemns Prentins System. | 'ment have been elected by the united 1 '"Surely," said Sir James, "I need j | efforts of the liquor people. I am not say anything reprehensible as to | fglud to: See thiat as a result of this that ridiculous, disgraceful hahit_ufi ]splendid resolution of the leader of treating. A fashion or habit lasts with } i the Opposition he has broken away. s a cértain time. I could mention j !]f the Government does nothing else things done and language used by | ,}than adopt this amendment to abolish the best people of this country forty , | the treating system the time of our years ago, which to--day --the same | jleader has been very well spent in tak-- s people would be hurri!ieq if they \\'vrc"f' 'ing the Prime ,\Iini.ster out of the arms " accused of doing or saying. A 2M | ';uf the liquor people. For that is the ' merely attempting to show, in 1X | | effect of his amendment. If, as --he } erude -- way, th;q(. 4]4,'\'014);)m('.hf !s ,.,H' fsnys. there was nothing necessary to \ atter of evolution, of growth. '"m'"" | be done, why did he take this posi-- who think they can accelerate or po-- [ tian» He stated that it 'was | not & : _both utterly and ontirf-l\" BPoigy € Alede! ril t iY . h.rd it are * 4 fnm-ossar.v to do anything at all, and mlstake?. Rut) no (linur;t"tllw umo] \\!HI fw-t he comes forward with this re-- come when a break w )e made in Bs 3 § $ ltr sig ue this ridiculous and senseloess habit r)f' I?}?:;:g"}?x ]S]t]r:'\::m%of;,:%") that some> 'nati ¢ » in y t .' ts d( C & treating, and 1 certainly hope so. | ' Mr. Proudfoot pointed out that hy Offers to Abolish Treating, } | abolishing the bars they would in a It is said it would be very dificult | ,"",'.""h fore ('rfe'fl',t,f'.'o "","'.""r ']".,a.\_""y to inaugurate and enact ,pgis]mi"n' ',\\Jf'h trj('atl'ng. The Prime '.\ll.HS[nl that would affect the treating habit. | | Say« he will be 1»!@38011 10' £ee _t'hp I agree. There have been times in | "(I'('Htlllg"S_\.'Slt"n]' done _ away ""h', the history of nations and of this l'rm-" | IA}')('n why '],m'fi. .h(' ."m 'l(.'m h"nd'&' vince when individuals have been wil}-- | with the Opposition in doing awa) iIng to give up. perhaps, somewhat of | | Wwith the bars?" their cherished privileges and righ's; I.\lr. Blake's Statement. in order to the general benefit of the ; & community. Then, ask, would leg-- : | Referring to Mr. Blake's statement islation against the treating system | '1'('34'! by the Prime Minster, that do-- be unwarranted ? j cannot answer| [1Ng away with the bars would simply that question in the affirmative. I } |\ be driving the treating system into shall, under 6 rtain «-ir('llmstnn('os,! | some other channel, Mr. Proudfoot consider such legislation Justified, and ! lsuid that he believed Myr. Blake to under certain circumstances I am pre.! mean that it would drive the treating pared to stand sponsor for legislation }system into the ¢clubs. He wished to | of that kind, l point out that the policy of the leader | i Thinks it Can be Enforced. | }'o'f the Opposition was to \\'i'pp out | ' not merely the bars, but also licenged | "I think I could show such legis-- | (cluhs. | lation to be Justifiable, although un-- | The Prime Minister had mentioned | vsual and startling,. But 1 am not | the lack of enforcement of the Scott | now thinking whether it is Jllfttifia'hlf'.l act -- years _ ago. Public -- opin.| but can you onff)r('p it? 'There is ion, said Mr. Proudfoot, had j no 'cinestr-m' that it would h_o a \01',\'1 advanced a great deal since that time,. '_'.'Irm "')t_]"".\ to enforce, hf"t'", e pos-- | ,No effort had been made to enforce | ;l(»;s]: :t)':'tnlzg(lut;:'»'td hl;xe<f;'::lll(;)ll((;'r':xll.vmlx';-' '{ho Scott act, and had it been en.| forced, but how nAx'm\v' of our l'lr\\.'fi '(':r-' ereL as faws were es 02e {ontay s uce > ENE T anto is s C malsange | there would have hbeen an entirely | so enforced? But 1 think it probable | lifferent result, So far as --&#hops wore that if any legislation were enacted ocms d 't; ralges 1d ?S' e ')I':]\\ io doing away with the treating habit, }((',";'{"e Li Would be. wipg: PS with regulations by the department "\.. fls nptum. r J which has control of the license sys. nce the bars are wiped Gut there tem, holding over the hotelkeeper th"! Nill be no (flf.fi('lllt)' at all> in wiping Prroolity of losing his license if ho | OVz 1o~ RPOb Mcenses. | Becanse ons disobeyed the law, it would have a | ever ](bf',"dl option has failed to pass it good effect. In my opinion, as Hon.' has failed because of the assistance Mr. Blake says, this question _ of given h._\' the ho_telkeepers. Without treating is at the root of the w hotle | the i Seisfance pt the hntr'H((m;wrs P otfen I wish at any ratse it wouldf the liquor traffic could not stand." do this. I asy hon, gentlemen on Piti J both sides to sympathize with --the | HMandwriting on the Wall, position J take. Although it \\-onmi The Prime Minister had seen the not succeed in abohshing forever the | handwriting on the widll. e knew system of treating, it would minimize | well that unless he brought forward and practically do away with it, espe-- I something to counteract the policy ot Cially under the spur which regula--| the Opposition ha would not be able tion would provida to enforce llu" | to keep his seat after another gen-- law, | eral election. The Prime Minister r s r s had said they haq been _ returned Woultd Help Young Men, ' three times on the present system, "Here is the point which has de-- | If that were 8so, then why had he termined me to favor legislation of | changed his position unless ; was this kind : under the favor of Pm-! that the people of Ontaria had also vidence, it jg my belief that it would changed ? i'n & short time kill ana destroy 1hPi Sir James Whitnoywr\'\'hm differ-- gesire for the habit of treating. -- Our fence does . it make if it is a good ' young men and boys would grow up! 'thing'.' (Applause.,) so that in five years from now it t Mr. Proudfoot--I think tha; vyour would never occur to them to entm'( resolution is a good thing,. But \'\'hat upon this habit, because they would | we propose is a good deal better. That | not see other people doing it. ' is the difference between us You! eP £ have proposed a very g00d thing, but | Says Liquor Men Waut It, [ ours is very much better than f'rnurs. (_-- "Further, within the last forty-- : But if there were no possibility -- of ; F |eight hours it has been cummtmi«'at-' our getting ours we would discard | ed to me by more than one man w hw[ ours and accept yours. -- Recause any-- }is engaged in the wholesale manufac--| thing in the way of temperance will ture of ardent spirits in -- this Pro--| be a good move, and anything in that {vince and in the retail sale of urdout) line will have my hearty support,. -- spirits that they hope distinctly that | . y legislation on this question will be Deathbed Repmltamo. I undertaken, because they want to see The _ Prime Minister knew, con-- the treating habit destroyed. The | tinued Mr. Proudfoot, that the resolu. g public ming of this Province has | tion was nhsolutpl.\' no good so long 6 declared itself, and is a unit prac--| as the bars remained. ('It was only F tically in favor of the change I have | dealing with the matter in a hailf-- f indicated. .I believe 1 correctly in--| Cearred manner. -- 1t was a sort of terpret the public view, that aboli--| deathbed repentance, because they tion of the bar wil! not suftice to cop-- had _ adopted the position only ~to rect the evils, but intensify them so make political capital out of it. Mr. long as people are not prevented from Proudfoot did not waunt to make any f purchasing in shops licensed by this political capital out of it. h x Sir James Whitney had said that