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*AAA "*"A_t y %27 & o1 * WwEDXESRSDAY. MARCH 19 1913. enc n C 0 n emenemmmmmmnmmnmemmmmemmmmmmmemmmmenemmemmmmmmmmmnus enenesenr ppmemmenemmer evnerer ervenronpevenenmamnn k y S Evans, Fish and Game Commissioner HI fianUSTRY of 1911. and in failing to talie any action on the revport of the Coimmis-- sion the Government had proven itself indifferent to the best interests of the & people of the Province. Report is Worthless. x 14 It was the usual want of confidence , s o * motion,. but vnrovided the members of Chlcago Fixes Price of Catch n the Opposition with an opportunity to criticize the lax administration of the Ontar'o Game and Fisheries Branch of the f Department of Public Works. The debate also disclosed the fact that the o aorantnaa Government had little faith in Mr. Evans' report, for Hon. J. O. Reaume ; barely referred to it during the course| CHARGE OF MR' S'NQLA|R of his remarks, ard Mr. R. R. Gamey| (Manitoulin) said the report was| secammmes«smmes commercially impracticable, and Mr.{ Evans did not understand the first i i i principles of handling the fishing in-- Serious Situation Due to Gov-- t uelrs cof Te Provigus. l The debate continued untilt six! el'nment Apathy a'clock, when it was adjourned and| the evening session was taken up in | hi t ce uc en e iss considering Government bills. ; In Grip of Fish Trust. | Report of Fish and Game Commis-- i ues & Mr. Sinclair commenced by quoting | sioner Brings Repudiation From from Mr. Evans' report, which showed | f us o n ralys 3 3 P aimkt | ; tGovernment Member--Hon. J. 0. '.h"t the tnghmg ll'ldl!S(..',\ of the .]'.0\'7 & ince was in the grip of the Lmted; Reaume Attempts DPefence, States fish trust. "The fishermen of Ontario are practically compelled to| mm s meriinmzmtsoemo~ m sell their catch to the American fish! trust at prices dictated by that trust," | ap} + P ' ; T+ was.ti tA s fer1."| The Legislative dict in qQueen's Park he said. It was. time 1'01 the Govern. | yesterday was fish ment to wake up. The report was| yestel (S, is (ish. As all the mem-- presented on March 7, 1911;: a month j bers did not observe fast days it was ago the Miniswier of Public.Works in--.} appropriate that some aw least should :'r)rmed ]the House--that no action h'ddi o PHSH 33 3 6 o 5 q n taken to carry out its recom-- abstain fre ; udse een. 1A 3 | f m'n qm.mnun Budget -- dis mendations. | vourses and enrich themselves upon In view of the increaging cost ut' fish. (It was timely. too. for the last living steps should be taken,. it was| week in Lent. B it Wwakca die said, that would make for a larger words #0N. JDul ff werk in d"'f of + supply of fish for the people of On-- ras, not of fins. When the Gov-- tario. He charged that every game ernment proposed to move the House warden and overseer employed by tlne! into Committee of Supply Mr. W. E. (Government was a't.'polmm_au first and X." Sifimais» a L s a an official last. !hese fellows -- are .\~. sinclair (South Ontario), by way apparently more. anxious about the of amendment, discussed the depletion welfare of suckers on land than suck--| of the Provincial fisheries owing to eors in the sea. (Laughter.) He sug--' theip oo To 64. ty ies gested that fish and game might be eir exploitation by _the Chicago placed in the hands of a Provincial "fish trust." and the lack of enforce-- Commission. .. ment of the fishery regulations as dis. ._ _ _closed in the report of Mr. Kelly c mm