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W---------w--v-------" h ~AAmeeeeeeee s "o °eeeernieemn mm fes W a 0b w » * , mape m h * t WEDXESDAY. FEBRUARY 12. 1913. | h h Monek spoke of the close attention . A ond study"gfven" to "this 'problem Wy * _ J. A. Ellis; Conservative member for Ottawa West, and of the sacrifices "N IMP"RTANT P["NTS which it inevitably involved for Mr. ' ' Ellis to disagree with his party. If * ® was only an indication, he said. of the way the wind > was blowing. "There have been presented to the Government petitions from organiza-- No word AbOUt TaX Reform or tions all over the Province and other countries are taking up this ""'"m'; 5 * and I fail to see why the Government Anti--treating Should hegitate in this matter." W. S$. Brewster (South Brant) re-- Webtinee im un hm sioncmmientmcrne viewed the record> of . the present "Government in the matter of assess-- CRI-HCISM ment reform, and referred to the spe-- OF OPPOSITION Cial committee appointed by the Legislature in 1909 to consider the question. -- He wanted to know why the Opposition were so anxious ft"": » tax reform. "This new movement, People Led to Expect Legislation, De-- 1,..)\34,;,;'"'-1';".,, ;.?.pn brought about by clares Mr. Marshall in Resumption "l'} "uff"'f'"""} S":' rteds o by .. ";"" "q'\a n:iv elippings, ich were mailled to varli-- of Debate--Mr. Munro Points to HnL'" I[:];r\g "f,;" the Province. . TLet me 1 _ Western Benefits. say here that lit will mequire more {han these clippings and this mode of pro-- paganda to shake our confidence in M amkax«--samens and love for the Premier of this Pro-- Afth § vince," O ] 4 SHi * a x rp "mendmuegm :(l)r thf;lh.otts' f"'\_ xcr'nrm' The "Stunted Poplar." | * : address in reply p A 1M to the speech from the Throne stands, hir. m '\.l(""m"',d_ s {\"tr'; Eh(lf' Ne on the resumption of the debate o ndn ow o lntl'«' .'w""'-- y .' 9 '.m-l'-': e debate in servative -- members. North Bay °| the Legislature yesterday there was greeted him when he rose, and he at| little curtaitment of discussion. The onee admitted that he had revised his Pn ur 4: + vp> + j ra c \ Speaker allowed wide latitude to both | lard ,t;";'h,f".'.{}{:;,"IS']',',f',"',',';;;)..""";],',.'f.'.: Upposition and Government members. claimed by Sir James Whitney when| Tax reform and anti--treating -- were| in Opposition. ' the principal points of criticism in the _._»t never said anything@ of the kind," | Speeches of the Oppoglit: i Ao | interrupted the }'.ro-nnvr.. is fage pposition members. "'That was my impression, ro'p]l("] The people of the Province had been | the man from Bruce. I led to belteve from the speeches of "Ab," said Sir James, '"the hon--| the Prime Minister and Provincial | ;::fi:'l{;)nfp.lnI"m:m ie fguided .1¥ m'-! b.ecreta".v on the temperance discus-- | Confining his criticisms to the lack! sion last session that legislation would | of progress towards assessment re--| be announcéd, declared Mr. Marshall fl;!'fl'l.f Ml".' .\l('l)u:\.a]cl '.,-,;:n.'-;nf»d his| n plea for the granting o ie principle | h::'m'(;ck;,-and-}ft nothing had been of l.uf'nl option in taxation to munici--| rd of it. Strangely enough nonoe| palities. The voters in the munitci--] of the Government supporters who| palities were hbest able to judge whe-- ; spoke essgayed any excuse. A defence | threr a.divffor(-ntinl assessment betw een | of the femperance policy of 11 J Improvements and land would work I ie Ad--| beneficially.. He was prepared to ad-- ministration seems to be tabooed, ""di * mit that not 10 ner cent. of the land only furtive references are made to in Bruce county was held for specula-- s 4B s tion, and that was more reason why tz?.x reform. Entrenchment -- means the right of choice . should. not be everything, and the Conservative given to the voters speakers-- take every advantage of i enulogy and excuse. | What About the 16,0002 Mr. Hugh Munro (Glengarry) (-un--' The _ member-- for Centre Huron t_rtbuted valuable material to the dis-- | (Mr. Musgrove), continued Mr. Me-- "'"SS'OU- He spoke from the point of | Donald, had. read out of the .pu.rl\' view of a manufacturer and a mun' The Ottawa Citizen. Why not .-uy}: \-\'hose observation hqd enabled him to | tinue the work and read out as well reacl dCuio conclision. ' The Toranto World, and the 16,009 What the Speech Omitted. | voters in Toronto who had voted for | a change in the assessment law? .Mr. Thomas -- Marshall ( Monels ) | "Of course, the question would not said the address from the Throne| get thnat majority at election time was not so much an address as a| because the city is controlied too testimonial, and as a testimonial, it much by societies," he said. § was more valuable for the things it "*Name, name," cried several mem-- mnitt.('.d to say than for the things bers amid general laughter. it said,. There were two important Mr. MceDonald had no doubt that omissions ir) the speech. No mention: the rank and file of the (;m-ernn{.x;n was made in it of the question of members were in favor of a change anti--treating legislation or of tax re-- in the assessment law, and ap in form. 'The people were looking for to them to take : c Ress ciee Ond ple a j ake a business view of the gome announcement on the vital issue question. of temperance. . The statements o of Mr. John I. Hart (FEast Simcoe} the Premier and of the Provincial twitted Mr. Rowell with trying to finga Becretary last year left no room for nicknames for the ['l'inu: 'f\[inis-'tl(.,- doubt, thought -- Mr. Marshall, who which, however, would not hurt ;m :« mj"_ted- t'rom spcm-hf-s by Sir James f er the Government or Sir James ;?._ W n'\kn}:'t and Hn'r) V 'l,' Hanna. charged the leader of the tl;){)():flifi"\n * a' D%}DPI. asked ¥Mr. 'P. L. with inconsistency in the recent East Mf:'(,arr.\, (South Renfrew). Middlesex campaign, claiming '41'1-:'1' "'They are frum' a publication, the Mr. Rowell had forestalled thT» m'-";, head officos of whl.c-h' are in the Con-- able action of the lemperum-b Jeo '1- {federation I"'lfo building," replied Mr. by placing a disgruntled ('c:nq('r'l\'fitli"" Marshall. I do not wonder at the In the field. Only one qnec?&'inn ]\p honorable member asking that ques--| said, could vworry the ()1)])()s'iti«-n. at l.': 't,iloen',' for it is probably not on his; time.. Last year it was the ;xll»«»Xi'tf,,}: Ri'ferl'intg }:0 the omission of any, ?(frrtr]l].e har: thle year Af Masi tax wes mention of the tax reform movemen j p ; \ in the address, the ms-n?h)n'x-' * r,r::- Srah:{.;.la[:el:ighfiz\)lnun'l'\;l) _ NHama gh -- m . Mr. Hanna on his|