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WV?!) 'iitir"iClr" "e """5, WAY, 2'iikiisegigtgtgttggttgggttlgllMt W-.------- w, a. "_-- a ., - A MOVE son 50cm. BETTERMENT i {W I' Moved in amendment by Mr. Rowen, seconded by Mr. S. Clarke , (West Northumberland), that the following words be added to the motion t--- . _ "The present, conditions of employment, and the 6allure of the , Government to attempt to seriously deal with the problem, again em- phasizes the urgent need for the creation of a department of the Government. presided over by a Minister whosechtef concern should be to study and promote legislative and administrative action for the betterment of the conditions of the workers of the Province ; and to which should be transferred from the Department of Public Works, the Bureau of Labor; and from the Department ot Agriculture, the Factory Inspection Branch. "That in view of the hardship and suffering which thousands ot our citizens who are willing and anxious to work have been com- pelled to cndure during this present winter by reason of unemploy- ment, and that periods of unemployment are invariably associated with periods of trade depression ; and in view of the important rela- tion which the question of unemployment bears to other social prob- lems of the. most vital concern to the State, this House is further of the opinion that action should be at. once taken by the Government to inrcstigate the conditions of labor in this Province and the causes and results of unemployment, with , view of proposing measures suit- . able, to our needs for improving the present position of the workers, reducing unemployment to the narrowest possible limits, assisting those out of' work in securing employment, and providing systematic relief in cases of enforced unemployment of those willing to work." 1,)toundiy Condemns Govern. l ment for Neglect of l Toiling Classes l i 'SHOULD APPOINT l MINISTER OF LABOR _ (Mr. Hanna Resents Charge 5 l of Alliance With Liquor ' l, Men , Afr. N. w. Howell, hill. leader of the prosltior. opened attack on the Government in the Legislature yester- day, calling: for immediate investi- gation into the conditions ot. unem- i ploymcnt in the Provinctar.d for the i creation of P. Department of Labor. presided (HOT Ly a Minister, to bring :lllulll It btsrstevttaeitt of social and in- dustrial conditions in the Province. It was the lit'st gun tired in the de- , lum- on the address in reply to the _ speech trout the Throne and empha- 5 sized the alertness of the Opposition to seize upon problems that are press- l in}: in the public interest. Mr. Howell l did not mince limiters. After a few l brief references to the paragraphs in i the speech from the Throne. he com- i ntcntcd upon the (allure of the Gor- ert mcnt to lake. cognizance of the t-t'nnnlllit' conditions existing, and sug- gested methods by which they might be solved. lie unphasizcd the Pact that while Ontario was in the ran; guard of the nations ill regard to prison reform. it was regretaLly bsrek- ward in those matters of legislation which affected the conditions of the toner. He commented upon the omis- sion of any reference to anti-treating legislation. and wondered if the Gov- errincnt was being so pressed by its allies that it had abandoned this pro- posal. . Mr. Hanna 'Replies. Hon. w, J. Hanna had only time before :tdjoumment to open his re- marks in reply. lie regretted with the others the absente of Sir James t Whitrey from the. House, but spoke hopefully of the Premier's present condition. and expressed the View that he would be spared for many years of usetulness to the people of the Pro- vince. He declared that the charger -- that the Conservative Government. gas in alliance with. the liquor_ln- L