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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1916. ONTARIO IS EAGER ' TO GIVE FURTHER AID ' stt sWn ho se uin enied Nee TBAE G c ns in ce oo oi incfomnirratrendecarmcrececmmemmrece.| ' @ + the Prime Minister suggests to con-- | Leglslature Names Speclal Islder these matters, not oaly could % s J ; we have the benefit of mutual cm-- Commlttee to ference, free and frank zsonference nquire into | P b | over these matters, of men from both ibiliti m | sides of the House meeting together bidtinds lhtles Of Systemahz'l 'not as representatives of each side of ; * * # 'the House. but as common citizens of ' ing Ald to Emplre--Talk la, common country, all alike invere--sed + in doing the very best thing, but we| Of Reglster Of Man Power could have the benefit of renresenta-- j tives of agriculture who could . pre-- | sent their view of the matter and tell en us the conditions in connection with the farm .abor problem; we could The Ontario Legislature yesterday s have come before us the representa-- appointed a special committee _ of tives of the industries of the country, Four im barsg TVR h who could state the conditions in con-- ourteen members to consider the or-- nection with their industries; we could | ganization of the agricultural ind in-- have come before us men represent-- ' dustrial resources of the Province, | htlgtthehr_ecruiti'?lg agetncies. ?\ffho cgutl'd | , £ f y oL 2 m s state their probiems to us, nee e al?' to inquir« x'n[n.xrul report: as to j we could have the suggestions of the what further assistance Ontario cun| military authorities, who might put render in the work of recruiting ,\_.(..n' forward their view on these matters. for the Canadian expeditionary forces. ' Get All Possible Facts. , This action was the outcome of a "By gathering together the best resolution introduced by Mr,. N. W. thought of all classes of the com-- | Rowell, leader of the Opposition, ard munity and conferring,' together, man ; &' bill sponsored by Dr. Forbes CGCd-- to man, in the best interests of our | a bill spons § = °s Province, we might be able to wark | frey, member for West York. out some plan or suggestion which: The personnel of the committee, as the committee could report back t°| rwested by Premiecr Hearst, :s 'm' the House, and which the House if it | psSuggested D» hC / 23 e us saw fit could adopt or embady in l6eg-- j | follows: -- Hon,. Messrs, Hearst, Duff, | islation which would represent a real i McGarry, FPerguson, and Messrs., (}Ml-l afldt sufbsttl'xaintila;é (;Oll'"tribellti("'% 'iggnpte}'l)e Atje® McCrea, Sinclair part of 8 gislature a a~ | frey, .\l.(l l'lt'l?'J".-r -""' rea, § '."'_ lair, | ple of the Province to the prosecution | \Allan, Rowell, Proudfoot, Bow '*"""", af the great objective which lies so | Ducharme and Gillespie. near to our hearts." | _ The debate occupied the whole uf! Reason to be Proud. the afternoon. | Mr. Rowell gave an instructive ac--. 'The resolution which 'stoou '»n Mr. | count of how the British Dominions{ \ Rowell's name was in the following hgd ?rgamzed to meet the unparallel--| terms: o f ed situation, and referring to the "That in the opinion of this House British Isles, declared, amid general the most gy...,~.u,~.,nl...-;;'..l.z..y,:nu,.u possible applause, if ever there was a time] of our resources should be secured for when a man had just reason to be: the successful prosecution o the war s i o snvalnienance of o oang m * proud of the race from which he ns i'r::hh}"rll':]'v'v.'-)f..t'!.,'.rvi(l.;.U:":r-Itfi!'%(nul;h'zl.xl';-l sprung and of the achievements of ; tion to the action already taken by the men who still lived in the old 1 tllm;'tz..\f- ::::xl\;"nt """f House would ap larxlf it Wfis d%t this hour. N prove o 'ther action to this end., and > s1 ' that a Select Committee composed ,',,- H& art'ledrl\?ev': Zgg];gdtll::d"?y A{lst{; | -- members be appointed to inquire into s risen to e ' and report as to the further assistance occaSion- and paying a tribute to the ; which this Province can render Ihn sse. courage and capacity of General curing such organization of our 're-- | Botha in dealing with the situation in sources, particularly in assisting in the i t South Africa, the Liberal leader \'\.;c;rk ..'x) Sg-;:rmtmg( men for the Cana-- Iaroused loud applause from both dian expeditionary force, insuring a suf-- § c Cient Rupply of iabor ":r ;ll:le u-g'rh'-l\lxt;- | :idd.cs of the House when he remark--, tural interests and the necessary indus-- : l § trial operations of the Province, -- and Must Do Whole Duty itl}l] prummling t},'hrix'tt; and economy among l C e people, thereby strengthening our "I venture to think, I venture financial position uring the-- war and . '% 7 f j ;tw_repar:'-tt\g f;;r the ;{enou of reco':xlstrdl;c- | t(')af sgg(;n':ie;lha;:dsai'gp'enattheh(enttg | ion after ie war." # » yad ; that we should not permit the ! Premier Favors Committee. | Natiinalist dmovemenft in _ this { [ country to deter us from doing Premier HMHearst said time would be our ",'hOIe duty as we see it. And saved if they discussed together the 1 'believe that'the Fedefal lead-- Opposition leader's motion and _ I>r. i ers of the two parties--Sir Rob-- | Godfrey's bill. 1t was the intention | _ert Borden and Sir Wilfrid Laur-- | of the Government that these two |__jer--in expressing the common | n.xaltters Sh'i)tl:ld b({ 1't?ferred to a spe-- :leterglintatlon of the tg;'of']e of ! cial committce of the House, 'in Canada to prosecute s war to .: doinfi that," said the Proemier, n[;m a successful conclusion expressed : Government want to have it clearly the best sentiment and the over-- : understood they are not endorsing the wheliming sentiment of the men | 'principles of the bill or, in fact, any of both races in the Dominion of iprinc'iple other than the general one: .__ Canada." i \the desire of the HMHouse to co--operate av iin every way possible in the war in Man Who Stays Home. { \which we are now engaged. In fact, Mr. Rowell advocated that there it might be that some of the matters should be some means by which th« referred to are beyond the inrisdic-- men who stayed at home by reason 'tion of the HMHouse, but we feel the pest of the importance of their work here |course to take is to refer both the should have a certificate that their. motion and the bill to a special com-- duty lay at home, and thus remove lmittee. where the legality as well as any odium. ' the merits of the different sug§6S-- tions can be thoroughly canvasseu and | Canada Behind. p ' 'a report made back to the House tor Australia and New Zealand have such action as might be deemed nec-- Canada '"faded off the map,'"' in the essary." ' opinion. of _ Dr. Forbes Godfrey mber for West York hep Full 0 s mem rk, who made a A rganization 7¥ strong plea for the compilation of a In his splendid plea for organiZing register of the men of military age in the full resources of the Province, the { Ontario. In urging registration he 'leader of the Opposition said . they said he was speaking for himself, | 'must not only promote and proiect and was not asking anyone else to | {the interests of agriculture, but aiso assume responsibility. "I am a firm seek to maintain to the highest point | believer in national service," said he ! | of eitflclieng:y tthehwhole intdustrial Tot:-! | referring to what he termed "the_ |ganization of the country. _ '"The | slipshod and chaphazard | thought in presenting the motion to' \recruiting under pthe '_blu!:teat: ods ,°f t the House is this," said Mr. Rowell, Y¥ -- sys-- "that if we have a committee such as