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| _ When Sir James arose he accused 'the Labor member of courting "clap-- |trap admiration," and said further that "while my hon. friend has in-- terested us with his two--day speech he has not so far attempted to an-- alyze his bill clause by clause, and {show us why the provisions made are | necessary." The Premier objected to the clause in the hill which stated | that "no workman shall be required !or permitted to work more than eight hours in any one calender day ex-- lcept in cases of emergency." Mr. Studholme's bill was practical-- ly the same as the one introduced at a previous session. It provided that eight hours should constitute a legal day's work, that workmen should be paid for overtime, that no workmen should receive less than twenty cents per hour and forty cents for over-- time, that no person under eighteen years should be permitted to work more than eight hours a day, and that men working on Government con-- tracts should receive fair wages. The [ bill, however, did not affect farm ser-- 'vants or domestics or persons work-- !ing for their parents. * | Sir James Objects. "And this is a British country," remarked Sir James, sarcastically, re-- ferring to the word "permitted." "Again," the Premier proceeded, "aq man must not dare to receive less than forty cents an hour for overtime. It means that a lot of elderly men like myself must starve or fall by the wayside in order that men like the hon. gentleman may get & little Sir James was engaged in a perusall of a newspaper when Mr. Allan Stud-- holme resumed the debate on fairl wages and an eigzht--hour day. The other members sat about the House |i" groups chatting together, and ap-- parently paying no attention to what 'the Labor member had to say. For over an hour, while the member for East Hamilton was speaking, there was barely a quorum in the House, and at one time only nineteen mem-- bers could be counted. When the Premier got through with the paper he passed it along to Hon. Dr. Pyne, . Minister of Education, thinking per-- . haps it might be useful when the school readers are revised. Despite the evidences of an unsympathetic | audience the Labor member plur;kily} continued, appealing to the Govern-- | ment to see if something could not be done along the lines of the old--age | pension scheme of (Great Britain. "Morses are pensioned when theyl grow old, why not men?" he asked.! '"'The Government would rather see| them arrested as 'vags' and thrown into jail," he added. There should | be work for the older men and at a.' living wage. It was the business of | the Government to see that old men | in need of work got work. "You are | your brother's keeper," he concluded. | When the same bill came before the House in 1910, said Mr. Rowell, the Prime Minister moved an amendment recognizing the importance of investi-- ration, and said the House would wait the result of the investigation being carried on hy the Dominion Govern-- ment. At that time the position of the Liberal party in the Legislature was that the House should do its own investigating. Since then the report of the Dominion Government has been published, it was three years ald, and he did not know if the mem-- bers of the Provincial Government had ever taken the trouble to read It. '"The Opposition to--day take the same position as it did in 1910, and believes that this House should take the matter up itself." Premier Pays No Attention. As betwaeen those who employ CAP!~ tal and those who do the work. I d0o not think it will be fairly distributed until every man has, as I have de-- scribed, a living wage." He believed there were a number of manufactur-- ers who would welcome a change in present conditions, but were deterred from acting alone on account of com-- petition. "I have an abiding con-- fidence that in the last analysis the intorests of the employers and em-- ployees are identical, and that which is best for the employer in the long run will be best for the employee. It should be possible to work out a bill which would not be unduly embarras-- sing in the sense of hampering indus-- try, but at the same time make a sub-- stantial improvement in the condi-- tion of the workingmen." ful. "So far as I--am personally cOn-- cerned I do not think the results of industry to--day are fairly distributed As between those who employ C'ag'; Public Accounts Committee of the Legislature -- yesterday. Mr. E. ' MZ McGuigan of the McGuigan Construc-- tion Co. was again on the stand and persisted in his statement that he Further investigation into the tend-- ers and contract for the high tension | transmission line of the Hydro--elec-- tric Power Commission in the Nia-- gara district was continued before the Changing of Specifications Made Work Difficult--Contractor Declines _ to Repeat Some -- Statements Which He Made. , MR. MGUIGAN SAYS _ PROVINCE ROBBED HIM ENTITLED TO A LOT MORE Accepted a Settlement Because He Needed the Money Mtr. W . K. McNaugh ronto) thought that in r the world aid workmen ¢ conditions as in the Prov ri0, He thought Mr. Stud members who favored treated the question in -- If thers was no foreign §%e sn ave e B sielus NUR Crtariadei 1. P A bort as 37 Tady £ood poifls in sup-- port of his bil}; The proposed mea. sure came down practically to two points: fr8t, WwHhathna, L1 ["UY -- C e o vOuaEl 'er, and he had volunteer that the matter might b. All the members, he hop cause of labor at heart, by holme haq it in a peculi Frequent references to t} deal" led the member for say that he, behind the W1 ernment, always had giv ways would give every equare deal. Mr.. SAM | sn * mss "There's no seconder required terrupted the Prime Minister, | Seconded By Capt. Machin, But Capt. Machin, a support Sir James, continued. He agreeq the Premier that some of the el of the bill were dlscrimlnatory had no apology to make for secor the bill. The member for East H; ton ~ASd : inFanminst i s P na2d no apology to make ; the bill. The member for ton had informed him having difficulty in secur Sr.' and Ba nhase ulogy. NC ~"Claptrap admiration.'" Sir James then took his gea called "question." '"'Mr, Speaker," began Capt. | In (Kenora) "ag the seconder 0 D ]----msmuews > 51 In .53 -- 3 [ 'IAlory. Ile. no apology to make for seconding bill. The member for East Hamil-- | had informed him that he was | ing difficulty in securing a second-- and he had volunteered in order _the matter might be discussedq, the members, he honad. nasa Vas not giving more oney _ réceived tha , and whether he w : hours than were gr ot or "as the seco;la;r of _ seconder required,' Prime Miniatar at no member of| gainsay the fact' dGer required," in. Minister,. _ were worth iSters, _ some ; others, but had interest. he thought supporter of agreed with C the clauses wage--earn-- ar Capt. Mach-- NOI'lhunl- seat and this