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kuments that are ~now ~advanced | oter of the Pusine rgaears , l" 3 ; 5 sys e t "0' 9 .'\"a'l 1* «4 !I." m . * .'. " A: | | F" her. m o n« h -figw of the bars would 'fi" t ; | ' at any basis where it would be. file hotelkeepers to .'°'°r':"';§°,:g? : f and equitable now to come jn and tention to the important branch of the fl and equitable now pengistion | - business, which would not only con-- + adopt the principle of com has | tinue in the future, but with the elim-- . : which up to the present ufi-'::,'m : ination of the bar would become in-- F never been debated in the oL .4 creasingly important. At present the & f of Ontarie," declared the PremI®t. . 4 * hotelkeeper was penalized b:lcaul'e '&i | liquor traffic in connection w & Isconses Are tor One Yoar: is hotel -- With prokibition Rig: stvil } is f Hav'll' pointed out that the fran-- and social status would be improved_ |¢ t chise given to a hotelkeeper or the He would have all the privileges of * |\ keeper of a shop was the right to sell other citizens, and would no longer it§ liquor for one year, Premier Hearst be denied the right to sit in a muni-- -- remarked that men who went into cipal Council. He believed the time ' ® this business in recent years should would come when the very men en--| #: have had in mind their profits being. gaged in the hotel business would % a sufflciently large to take care of the} & bless the day when the bar was taken. t risk involved. Many of the hotel--| away from them. . keepers, he had no doubt, had made} nmmmmnsomenmeommmesommmmemmmmemnpmemmmmem > | &4 | large profits, and the . fact that ' % | licenses had been cut off had to some | ' | M | extent helped those who continued in . i & " the business. If it were possible to pre-- | P % vent financial suffering to those who! | o were engaged in the trade he would | & be personally very pleased indeed to| ; | $# act with that end in view, but the| d { $§ ; ' general good of the community must| m f it $ be supreme in everything. | |CHUICE UF NURSING SISTERS '] ¢ % '\\'ar Entails Sacrifices. : t 9" ? \__"We would not be taking the ac-- | SWAYED BY PULITICS a l" a R tion we are taking, without a vot,e. : | 5 A of the Province of Ontario now, were! f +. h § t not for the war and the net;:essitl):i CANXADIANX NURSING ASS()(gs;ll'I\TON!- o ve feel for economy in every branc ~C¥ ¢ , HE PR = £/%: ind in every possible shape through-: coMPLAIN®S 'Fq:((;Brl;s]'PARY j + out Ontario and the Empire generally| , CIAL SE o Fa L if we are to do our duty in this great t sn " & y h [' : crisis." _ Premier Hearst remarked | _ Representatives of the Canadian| : 3 } that the men engaged in this trade | Nursing Association who 'helieve that| e . ; were by no means the only people 1 u1 * o had -- much to do i f suffering loss. Hundreds and thous-- political influence had |. Zf ands of people had not only vwith some of the appointments t_" n'g* f sacrificed their property and every the nursing staff of the Ontario GO"- F4 dollar on earth but had sacrificed \ernmen{ Hospital yesterday afternoon | Lt their lives in the very great cause for protested to the Prjovincml cSecreta!'.V' ie . which the allies and civilization are against the apzsointiment of a num-- Eo -- _ now fighting. The Premier indicated ber of the nursing sisters, who, they! 'f& J he would have preferred an avenue claim, have not the qualifications de-' had been found whereby the loss to manded by the Militia Depawtmentl h the trade might have been prevented, for nursing sisters. _ ; | ? f ; but he did not see how at this stage They eriticize Lieut.--C ol. Marlow:: ?}g it was possible to adopt a principle of :' on the same matter because he ac--!. & the@ykind, or if a principle of the l! cepted the nurses recommen_ded by ; g kinfi~ were adopted how it might be \'the Ontario Government, It is statedi P :y f carried out. _ |\that the Provincial Secretary . pro--) d The Premier asked the member for mised to consider their objections. ' ~ot Northeast Toronto to withdraw -- his ' --mnmerseemoatetenetatiene t | [} w .! motion, and Mr. Irish replied: t [ e "In view of the remarks of the 1 & Prime Minister, and that he still 1 & 4 holds out the candle of hope after the. t 3 interval has been passed and perma--, 1. s nency has been arrived at, I can see | $ v*, no objection to my withdrawing the ' motion." £ Rowell is Proud 1 t % to Take the Blame + 90e oo . _;"-' Mr. Rowell made short work ott L4 the _ personal _ remarks of -- Mr. | 32 | Irish. He said _ he was _ not | going to enter into a discus-- | < d sion of the question of his motives in E. > advocating the abolition of the bar, x) but if the hon. member for Northeast s 4 Toronto (Mr. Irish) was blaming him s | 4 for the prohibition legislation now u4 / before the House he would take his . criticism as a compliment rather than ' .{V a otherwise. If the member for North-- *fi'?' |east Toronto was satisfied with the \ ie good taste of his remarks concerning lae !his motives, then he (Mt. Rowell) o was satisfied, and he offered no com-- | e plaint. d g-No Reason for Compensation. / _ The reasons the Premier had given f against compensation-- for licensge-- ».? holders would commend themselves n ¥> to the people of Ontario, Mr. Rowell *k thought. «There was no precedent § that would warrant compengation, A % and he heartily concurred with the Premier that there should be no com-- "ia pensation. He also agreed with the s j Premier when he said there were serious practical difficulties in the' .: way of compensation, even if they 5o. 5 admitted the principle. It was un-- gL fortunate that the license--holders | | e would sustain financial loss, but those 1 who had gone into the liquor business f recently had had ample public notice ' l and warning of the precarious char-' t ® L § ie R 3 § j