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3'1: pr _ a; I 'ag I ._" I. . l, f' a i r. yall - t l r-""'"""'"""-""""'""""'""- . - wr l ANN i . 'v . o . '71'jié.., ', Government Intends to Give Municipalities Power to Make _ i. i o o . Cd 3 This Exception-l-purpose of the Fund--undustria1 l, Exemptions Not Affected ' l _ I Quickly following the Budget, theido so, the name. preamble vs) [Government's war tax measure was clauses ef, tPt t,t1U'fhoopvt1.t)/g/e,e.tsci.t LU introduced in the Legislature yester- .631 C/il',",,'),; specify the particular ', / (day. The bill. Hon. t W. McGarry, uses to which it would be applied, tyy , ll'rovincial Treasurer, explained whenlcause the Government must use 1&3 i' . W . . . .. discretion to give this money .accSr - . t .movm,D {on the first reading. Tf?liiiir' as the necessities or obligations along the lines of his announcement Which we ought to incur arise. The . lon Tuesday. The tax was to be onelobject of the bill is to repay the P. mill on the dollar on all assessable} $818,000 already advanced oyt of the _ . . . . itunds of the Provmce and in future property in the Province of Ontario. to be able to give such assistance as I l "I said yesterday," said Mr. Mc'lthe Lieutenant-Governor in Gouge" . rs' itiarry. "that this tax would bring in I may think the i,iciu/n/rtalf,1"'tfi"if1utlhrfi . . . . .li is not the object o e 1 a ~ yyrox.imaTe" $1,800,000. . It may i We should increase the revenue of the . ,bring m more. because it will depend l Province other than in the way I " upon the assessment each year, and , have stated." . . lwill include. where it is in force, real "That will bo a matter for discus- " l,property, business assessment and in- sion," replied Mr. Howell. "That was r 'come assessment. the statement. made when )the billdto i', . , . , grant $5,000,000 for New t Mono e- (Exempt Soldiers Families. li"cii'C'r1ri'c"r'/t' was introduced." "Because of the system which we: cu. S' t Affected. are adopting in this bill it will be nec- I Industrial 1.xcmptions ' o essary. if the Government finally de, As the row tax would be levied on icides upon following the ideas which the equalized rate in counties, the we have been considering with re- question of exemptions granted to in- l spect to it, that amendments will verl/iustries would not be affected, for l quire to be made to the municipal whatever the County Board of Equal- act. and possibly the assessment act, ization determined would be the rate l " Igiving to the local municipalities and would apply under the new law. counties the right to exclude from _ , . w' l 'the operation of this act the immedi- F Budget Debate Continues. ( _ late relatives of the soldiers who are Mr. G. A. Gillespie (West Peter- . lon the field of battle fighting the en- borough), who in President of the emy. (Applause.) It is not intend- Eastern Ontario Dairymen's Associa- ed that they shall do any more than tior. in continuing the Budget debate, V thi? sacrifices they are making thought that in the era of newness . alreadv. (Hear, hear.) T mention l the time had come when both parties l k' (this, to the HOUSC now because you should co-operate for the best inter- -- sill understand it was impossible for csts of the Province. He regretted us to assume this in the provisions of that the practice of intensive farm- the act, as the act places upon the ing had not been more. generally municipalities and the counties the adopted. but pointed out that little l . Inecessity of making the collection, could be accomplished by the farmer so that we will have to extend to the along this line unless adequate help municipalities the right to use their was available. discretion in excluding from its opera- Production of population was more tion such persons as ought to be ex- important than the production of, eluded." " |erops. said Mr. J. W. Johnson (West . , Mr. Rowell wanted to know if thtHPsstiryr,sj, in continuing the debate. general terms of the bill provided Mr. Johnson spent some time .in for the application of the money and l pointing out that the financial policy the raising of money. lof the Government had sought to Mr. McGarry replied that, so far l place the burden of taxation where It as the Government had been able to'could best be borne. " 7 2 i UNTARIO'S FOLLY. i I . ( novei-umeut House, that monument to 1,)n-',it tario's vanity and folly, or rather to the vanity and it foil) of the men who for her sins are put to rule l? ovm' her. has already made a big addition to our '/s. debt. and the end is not yet. The expenditure to l date on the site is $147,050. for laying out the; . grounds $116,132. and on buildings and furnish- ' ings $450,902. These figures. emphasized by . ' the. taxation for which the war is blamed but, is" not responsible, should make the people of the" _ Province favorable toward " return to the demo-', cratic simplicity of the Liberal regime i'. Tho estimated cost of completing the uronuds,' is 51:5.000. and of completing: tho: 'ouildin,uy;l $162.:it34. As with all extravagance the fore», casts are probably within the mark. for "henI people lose their sense over wasteful vanity there i l is no length to which they will not go. The total li estimated cost of the furnishings of this residence l] will be $55,000. a total that may help toward al' conception ot Ontario's modern castle. It is;j typical of the Government. in cost. in recklessness. I b and in irresponsible extravagance. . f. f f," I i