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vt,', URSDAY, FEBRUARY ' 1915 'd.s . [ T 'ind credit hard to get. 'es' Mil, Mr.- Mark Irish (NE. iPorontoh- in '21,. ' his maiden speech. felt that perm-Pl E. . the method of collecting the interest .- ; under the phraseology of the bill as " HEN SEBIIN" fl " now stands might be very cumber- some. The bill seemed to'reverse the ' usual course of. British procedure and ----.r-1.- l placed the onus upon the man who' has the right to sue to }prove the abil- . ity to pay the debt to m. . Measure Opposed Only In Name Should be Changed. . . . . d Mr. Rowell thought it might .te Words and Division AVOlde wise to change the name of the bill. He mentioned this for the reason ------.--.- that it was not, as the Attorney-Gen- eral had said, a moratorium in the _ E THE CRITIC real sense of the term. Therefore, in " HOYL order to preserve the good name of . the Province in financial circles and '_--.-. give evidence of its stability, he did not think they shouldd putthi on the _ . . - statu e books an act un er 5 name, Details of the M"! Bill Were Discttss whent it was not a moratorium 2,t',',t ed - The Leader of the opposi- real sense. The bill was limite ii its,naiure, and he was not sure it tion Thinks the Name Should be would cover a great many people, for I C ed this reason, that the right to apply! hang . tor relief was limited to those who lean show the court that they are un- able to meet the payment by reason of circumstances attributable directly The Ontario Government's inora- or indirectly to the war. ' torium measure, after more than an Scope of the Act. ! hour's discussion, received its second As the law stood it was necessary' reading in the Legislature yesterday. for the creditor to get liberty to pro- Several suggestions relative to the ceed. Eake tht, ctase wheretetshte ill 'ere made, but debtor as no nen ion o con - 3:311:15! 0:11;):n2h't l the principle ling the proceedings, then the creditor ' fgoes to the court. The expenses in.. of the measure was ex-Speaker curred of the court application is add- Hoyle, who said it retroacted a most edbtto ta? mogtgage clainti, and Jim Hr . I-T. . - de or, roug no reques or ac on repulsive kind of legislation. blow on his part, is called upon ultimately ever, he did not carry his opposition to pay a larger amount than he oth- beyond words, and a division was erwise would. It might be that some thus avoided. clause could be i'/!'t,',?"l, to litelptithe . ' . . mortgage debtor rom at s ua on. In movmg the second leading, Mr. Howell also pointed out there Hon. I. B. Lucas, Attorney-General, might be a vigorous contest before a. said it was not a moratorium bill in Judge with 2i'afiyattho,. "ie,'",':',," it . - was a case com ng w in e scope' the ordinary sense of' the Iv.1Cl: be of the act or not. and he suggested to cause tt did not postpone payments. the Attorney-General whether that Where principal money was due it might not be considered with a view was proposed that no action should a: 31:8?qu mime. provision" will? ' . . lg e some asis or m " e be taken to recover that principal amount of cost in deciding the pre- Without leave of the court. He liminary issue. thought the House would agree upon thTheh ftertr"trit'gt,r,t,1 agreed, and the principle of the bill, and he outr t t at t e udge W119 had the! would be very glad to get "/t"rfej',toi,T? '/'x'"te/,1'1otg,'. facts before him might from any quarter to make it a wor - . able measure. It was probably the wohglrd iilta"ie"i.mat,'patgentt.hatptht least drastic legislation of the kind costs were to be fixed in that W: that had been proposed in any coun- the r eedl ld b y try during this crisis. They had been be ao"';',',":",',','."" wou pro ably not in touch with prominent men inter- . ested in mortgage transactions and highs. bill was given its second read- with other sources. Not one of these . gentlemen had any objection to.leg- Cost of Government House. isiation along the lines of this bill. In answer to a question, the Min- Rechristen the Baby. lshter of Public Works reported that . . t e expenditure on new Government 1o,Rtftert1tT,,Jluy,ide,s) 1,ghgi/t,-, House so far for site, grounds, build~l attempting to score at the expense in? tgh giganishinlgs was $723,084, of the Attorney-General. He said: an o ' wou d be required to "We have been told a few moments complete the work. The new build.. ago that this is not a moratorium ing should be ready by next October. bill. Well, T would like to know why An 1'll't"'f/pe,'lt, ta, the assessment this is stated as 'The Moratorium act soug t y A' r. . C. Chambers Act of 1914?... (West Wellington) would exempt Mr. 1towel1---You will have to tell farm lands in towns and villages when . my hon. friend the Attorney-General held as such, whether or not they to rechristen the baby. (Laughter.) have t"'erue.leett1uLL.. . Hon. Mr. Hoyle-As long as it gets the proper name it's all right. I am not the godfather. Burden on the Consumer. Mr. Hoyle quoted from paragraph 4 of the bill. which declared: "This act may be cited as the moratorium act of 1914," and commented amid some laughter that he had evidently read the bill more carefully than some people. Britain wanted no more to do with moratoriums. She had presented her case to the world as in favor of freedom of contract, which to his mind was the only safe and stable position for any Parlia- .ment. nation or people to adopt. Bill Is a Protection. ' Mr. Clarke (West Northumber- land) said he was surprised that the member for North Ontario did not Vote against the bill. This bill was a protection for those who could not help themselves, and he would sup- port it. It he understood the Attor- hey-General aright this bill was an intimation to the Judges that the Legislature desired that no advant- age should be taken of any person where money was hard to obtain