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Analyzing the causes of economic depression and consequent unemploy- ment in Canada, Mr. Rowell thought they were: First, unemployment by mlachance: second, unemployment from seasonal occupations: and final- 1y, what he termed psychic causes. The time had come when the mem- bers of the Legislature should look into the face of the whole question and see what method could best be adopted to impioi'e the present con- ditions. He did not propose to sug- gest the same form that was em- ployed in England or in Germany or in other countries. Perhaps the im- migration policy was at fault, but the problem was here, and had to be dealtwlth. - __ _._-AL- --.A..- "mam) au... D...\_ BBtr1qmr " unjust was "unfair. : " itlillMlr'myaittt in tteht harm to " . , " temperance. "in Itlt W, i1qtttttset of his speech Mr. xMt. i't?,',t", his. compliments to the 'MF9trt _ all seconder of the address. , i a." a in the sentiments of 'aiH9t'e- MM! "expressed on the return of In: Ro'Sral Highress the Governor- !Goneral and the Duchess of Cott- gmusht. and wished to associate him- _'etf With all that had been said C'rolt- {Calming the Illness of Sir James Whit- ltle.vi He paid n m'm-eful tribute lsr We labor and patiom-v of Ur. I':.'; (I (inning the trying ortioal at Hm Premier',, bedside in New 1'orli. Getting Under Corer. Mr. Howell made- rerun-mm io Hun "so-cd' "unti-trvtatinig"' legislation oromised by thc Government tutr sears ago. Ever xince the 'rtroniists ot" inch a measure was made in 2h»- House the Government had been "re- trthtintr and getting under cover." Prisoners Are Petter Fed. "But if it is right to do so much as that for the man who is inside, how about the idle thousands on the outside, who to-day are less well fed, less well clothed, and less well housed than the men on the prison farm? While cordially approving ot what the Government has done, it is up-to the Government to say what it intends to do for the relief of these men." Mr. Rowen then proceeded to out- line what had been done for the re- lief of poverty and unemployment in Britain. He quoted from numerous reports, all of which went to show that any method of dealing with the question must be thoroughgoing and radical. He instanced the usefulness of the labor exchanges that had been opened in London and in different parts of Britain. Causes of Depression. The Department of the Provincial Secretary, Mr. Howell continued, had done much in the way of prison rc- form that was to its credit. Mr. 1towe11 deplored the omission from the speech from the Throne of reference to social conditions in the Province. Hi, spoke of the serious depopulation of the rural distrivly of the Province. of the tremendous Srowth of the urban population,, and ot the conditions which had resulted In the great amount of unemploy- ment in the cities, and in the city of Toronto in particular. , Together with a social worker. Mr. Rowen had visited ten homes in the city, where he had found deplorable conditions of poverty as a result of unemployment. The position of af- fairs found in each of these homes was graphically described. Thousands Out of Work. Between 9,000 and 10,000 men had I registered at the Civic Employment Bureau, and as members of organized _ labor'as a rule had not repvistered,', the number would he increased to; 13,000 or 14,000. Sixty per cent. or} them were married, and would have, on an average three children each.) Accordingly, from 45,000 to 50,000: people would be affected. __ - _ - z "Perhaps the Prorincittl Secretary will tell Us what is the matter with that legislation-m-ser the Govern- ment still intends to bring it in, or whether his allies have porsuadml hip- that it would not be a good law." Social Conditions Ignored. He GGU quite aware that the Pro- maintained a Bureau of Labor free employment omcet, in sex- hav "iiral cities. entirely inadequate w "w..- ---" dltlons. and they could not hope to deal with the problem through a. branch of a. department, where the attention of the Minister was taken Up with a multitude of other ttiii; Three Important Branches. "If there are three departments of government in this Province which should Ire, strongly ottteered, whit-l1 should be seeking to work for the hotterment of the future of this Pro- vince, they are the Department of AC- riunlture, dealing with the whole. problem of rural conditions: the De- partment of Education. dealing with the education of the youth of this Province in town and country; and a department whose chief function would he a. study of those serious sn- cial and industrial problems which ttffect urban communities all over Untario." (Applause) A _ "- "-n4 (-nnrHliUIlS Mr. George S. Henry (East York), reiterated the sentiments expressed by Mr. Cameron, and paid a compliment to the administration of Hon. W. H. Hearst in the Department of Lands, Forests. and Mines. He hoped to see the day when the T. & N. o. Railway would be extended to tide-water on James Bay, and paused in his argu- Mi. George S. Henry. Mr. Cameron afterwards touched lighth" upon the work of each of the several departments of the Govern- ment, in the main pointing out how expenditure in each had been increas- ed since the present Administration came into office. He dwelt at greater length upon the work of the Provin- cial Secretary's Department. dealing with the prison farms at Guelph and at Fort William. and intimating that they indicated a revolution in the methods of dealing with prisoners. "If there are tan government in this should be strongly should be seeking , The address of the new member from North Grey, Mr. Charles S. Cameron, who moved the adoption of the speech from the Throne, was devoid of any outstanding feature. Mr. Cameron merely recounted the several subjects referred to try the Lieutenant - Governor, commenting briefly on each. He referred with gratification to the return to Canada of his Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught, and of the recovery of the health of the Duchess of Connaught. He was glad to say tn in Ontario were not tif older countries. Canada a great and abounding pr now that the spectre n nwnt was' facing the CA - - 7-1.4" Ulnar"). l;\|lpluuuv., He was glad to say that conditions in Ontario were not so bad as in older countries. Canada had Prjnyod a great and abounding prosperity. and now that the spectre of unemploy- nwnt was facing the cornmurtlt.1, it Was time for the Legislature to be up and doing. It was a work worthy of the representatives of the people of "Mario, and one which, if properly attended to, would enable the mem- hvrs to say "thank God" that they had been able to do something. Mr. Hanna's Banterlng. Mr. Hanna started in a bantering vein. Ho rcmarked how anxious and 'alarmed Mr. Howell had been In prev- ious sessions in regard to questions that he had raised in discussing the speech from the Throne. First, there had been the matter of a Hudson Bay port', in 19l3 it Was the bilingual sit- uation, and now it was industrial con- ditions. He thought it was strange that while Mr. Howell had raised this alarm in the House he hm] been singularly silent regarding these mat- ters during recent byo-ele?tlor1s. Mr. Hanna did not conclude his ad- dress. Sew Member from North. ' But the organization W55 I inadequate to meet the con- and they could not hope to -- an-.." a.