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y . o \ PC , | % f FRIDAY. MARCH 14, 1913. | | cient to {K¥iembers was entirely insu it 0 [enable the members of the Opposition --a 0 to deal with the Budget in any com-- prehensive manner. He hoped this | F Y¥ PP n » 3 would be the last occasion when tl: * \ members would be (-all?d upon '-. !disvuss the financial affairs c'wf the Province without these _ reports in cmanns mt ns mnmeeme mscc im-jntpd form before them. 1t was, lnf course, reasonable thgt '_"'"t]"i" in-- | formation which it was desired to in-- . Hydro and T. & N. 0. Figures 'clude could not be prepared in time . i i for the House, but a detailed account-- NOt Avallable m Tlme |ing of the transactions of these two important departments, along with the necessary tabulations, _shnnld ,h" on prepared in ample time for proper discussion before ine House was call-- | THE VOTE STANDS 73 TO 20 ed upon to deal with the finances ofl the Province. { Real Origin of the Hydro. In a brief reference to the kudos M 8 i claimed by the Government for the + r4» *vi P oOPFg a o Pro-- . C ')ll. Rowell Criticizes Failure t Success of the ll)'1'11-()-(=le(-t1'1<-'st'hvmv. vide for 1913 Deficit -- Coloniza-- Mr. Rowell declared that this move-- s M 6 ment was the outcome of an urgent f tion: Roads -- Built for Political appeal by the municipalities. that Purposes. something should be done, and the first committee appointed to deal with lale the matter was composed, so it hap-- P tene pened, of three TLiberals. The pre-- A $ 4 ts sont Chairman of the l{_\'d:'o-olm~t1'i«-' With a whirlwind finish the Budget Power Commission came into the work ' debate was concluded in the Legis-- as the representative of the munici-- p alities T Te assed v ':I lature yesterday afternoon, and the ;.}]"'" """]'_1 n got passad hy the l Cae % py 'Mr lDberal Administration which preced-- | Opposition amendment moved by Mr. 6d the present Government ' C. M. Bowman (North Bruce) re--| "Not only do we rejoice in the pro--| ifl'i"'vting the expenditure on the new 1;;"('« lrhat hlus been so far made," s;;iv]l [ : P . l O w ve. *ul * are CMAnrerne Government House was rejected by a about tthnelrmmf"" "«(;. ";'h« ';ifir"'tn,'."] " »p h y & + % 1 * & (~ vote of seventy--three to twenty. There casion on which I had the honor 1' were a number of absentees, and Mr. addressing the House this session on | Allan Studholime (East Jlamiltnn)' '[:1" 21(3('11'w-;>|,"1n reply io the sli:-(«'h' s s 'om the Throne I drew attention gave the Government the benefit of} to 'the Tact that=to "."",_V m""'m[ll"""s } the Labor support. There were On].\" movements had been m;m:r «vu!'):«if]vrn»? 1 three speakers during the afternoon| tfon by -- tir Hydro--electric p',"'p,.i i I C m Iunart AYP i¥ s 1 on us . M 3 } ----Mr. Studhoime, Mr, Rowell and ";'\':"""'"'""'l"""""h].' h6 past \;' Phe | ' s °$ was the application of vdro--} i Sir James Whitney. electric energy to the uses of the| ' A Broad Review. farmers of the Province, and the see--| ' C o >@ j i 'iking ond to use it as a means of assisting | ! The two leaders \\(\llC in stlxum&, ,}"' rurat munieipalities _ to"-- aecurel ' contrast. Mr. Rowell's specech was cheap transportation . ' \ a broad review of the financial posi-- l"l asked the Government whether| , s they were behi; » 'thairma; of | +] tion of the Province. He criticized is 'cn pfhl:lvtl ',l,"' ( ]nn]nl.x of | . ig . s th« Hydro--electric Power (rvmmw-? the Government for their tailme' to sion in promoting these measures for j supply the members with the detailed t_hv benefit of the people." he con--| reports of the Timiskaming & North-- ']"""l'*d- _']'IHH'! 1 h]"w' t]hp l'lmlmr .\Iiln- ! . PR » > lact P ster wi noi cloOse this debate this| ern Ontario Railway Commission (m..d afterncoon without nuaking some statec1 Hydro--electric Commission in suffici-- ment on this important matter, .(m,,; ent time to enable the information leéet us know where the Governmentl| a s sta 1 * (Apn P c ; to be useful in discussing the manage-- and. Applause . ) | ment of these two important depart-- Government Plans in the Dark. l ments of the Provincial services, and Dealing with the financial :-mm-i hoped the Government would be in ment presented by the Acting Troea-- Ths f & surer, Mr. Rowell sa; y nlig} _' a positrion to state that the proposal Mc 3 ,,."'\'_ j H. d an enlighten C ' r 'tric system rg and interesting account of the re--| to extend the Hydro--electric sys ceipts and cecxpenditures for the past | to benefit farmers and rural munici-- year had been given to the members, | ' palities would be iadvanced a step. and ei lf:lp of the estimated receipts ;md: ; expe es for ) curr \ There was, he said, an unfortunate "}' "}?Ul"r fA'n lill( current | year. | : 3 s \[r. Lucas had been frank in admit-- 1 lack of information as to the success ting a deficit on current Feccipts and of the experiments conducted by the expenditures of $245,990, but in his Hydro--electric Commission last year. 11'2;\'1'0\\ 'of the finances for the year There was an utter failure on the 'i"& "4""'7" ha d "f"'" no 'dUfi'flw'. at ti Provincial Trea-- all to deal in a comprehensive way part of the A:« o onnnemman *+ h. * with the needs of the Province and surer to give any indication of how how the Government proposed to! the Government proposed to meet meéet them. 'In 4 growing vnmmuni-' F j > ty like the Province c ario Hit? the inevitable deficit on current ac-- ']\ the ','"T""( of UOntario llf l mint for 1913 tle fault could be found with a nomi<| @0 " # R £ firi ; -- 5 at $ AAhai «s f 5 sciy ecapended an« 1e people re-- than forty minutes. o ava ce ' ' I ' s & esived --g ; k h i _--The Opposition amendment declar-- ;Hulltdin\t;:('d I"LIOW' in return, 'I.heI + ' nres sta *as y |ed a willingness to vote all the money a large (l(\ti"i; ~:l-lr in fancs M as with i needed for reasonable expenditures, " p roy the t ,nn'|'1g'lhm_n in the | but condemned the extravagancs and ace for current year, and how the t Syigip 4 : iII--chosen Gov-- Government -- proposed -- to meet it. waste of funds on the ill--chosen Gov & ; ProP o . f ' § nent House whether by imposing additional tax | i('r.nm.n burdens or by borrowing on ihe 'Mr. Rowell's Address. credit of the Province. i $ n is FH Mr. Rowell ventured the assertron § _ Mr: Rowell i'r\'f'"}('c"' ';"5 n t Nass that no Budget was ever presented | with a {elicitous .H_d'l.utdit on tue .}h. to the House of Commons at Ottawa Lucas as Acting pr"]""')"t';'l{ 1";"'""";-"' that did not include an indication iun:d exp'xiossml the hope at \\'hen u;-. from the Government how the Teve. was next called upon to deliver the nug form the--chrrent year was to Jms Budget hc; \u.).uld'hn 'vonnrmed inI the raised, and the same practice hss office of Provincial 'Irea,s_urer. "I am been followed in the Brilish MHouse |sure, now that the Prime Minister of Commons. ® ¢ knows he has the hearty support 3 of the members on this side of the Successive Deficits. House in this matter, that.'.he wiil deal In the absence of any statement w1t11 the platler at once. from the. Acting Treasurer, Mr. Row. flegretting that an adequate dis-- ell, turning to the public accounts, !c)uss!on of t.he financial afi'qlrs of tho gave to the House a review of our !lrmlnro would not be possible while financial outlook. While the late . the reports '01 twn'of the most im-- Tiberal Government had always met portant departments of the (Govern-- the expenditures out of current re-- men_t. 'wex_n. not re»\a}d).-----namey;-, ths ceipts, he was not disposed to criti-- ,'I'i'nnsvka.mmg & I orthern -- Ontario cize too strongly, a nominal deficit on Railway and the Hydro--electric Power the part of the Government if the A Commission--Mr. Rowell pointed out money was wisely expended and the that the limited amount of informa-- people got value for every -- dollar. tion which had been given to the y Going back for a year, he pointed out s Cax