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E CRITICIZED IN Mr. Rowell Tells of Com-- ' 'plaints Heard in France and Mr. McGarry Makes _ Warm -- Reply -- Budget A sparkling finish to the Budget de-- bate was witnessed in the Legislature yesterday, when Mr. Rowel!l and Hon. T. W. McGarry addressed the House. The criticism of the Liberals brought a vehement counter--attack by the Provincial Treasurer on the Liberal jleader and Mr. Hartlsy Dewart, mem-- ber for Southwest Toronto. | In thur'aderous tones Mr. McGa.rnr' accused Mr. Rowell of telling haltl truths in refsrence to the machine guns contributed by the Province of Ontario to the Canadian troops, and vigorously scored the member for Ssouthwest _ Toronto regarding his speeches on the nickel question. Mr. Rowell had stated that he had been informed by officers at Shorn-- clife that the Lewis machine guns made in the United States had "Jam-- med" in much the same manner as the Ross rifles "jammed" under active service conditions. He did not bring the matter to the attention of the Government in any controversial or 8 Cuituaw ' entrlr ht he thought it was partisan spirit, but he tnougut it Won worth looking into. Mr. McGarry answered the Opposi-- tion leader's remarks by the atate~ ment that the British Government had ordered a large number of Lewis machine guns from the United States factory which supplied the Ontario machine guns, and quoted from a let-- ter from Sir Edward Kemp, Minister of Militia, to the effect that the Lewis machine gun was one of the surprises of the war, and it was generally con-- ceded that the Germans had nothing to compare with it. Ontario's Prosperity and Its Cause. Mr. Rowell said it was a matter of congratulation that the financial po-- wition of the Province was exceeding-- ly good. "We have & prosperous and progressive people in the Province," said the Speaker, "and by rCaAa~ son of the increasing wealth and pros-- perity of the people, producing ever-- larger financial returns, the Provin-- clal Treasurer is able to assure us this year that we have the largest in-- some of any year in the history of the Province. That the Province is in 8 104 C000 id sn i en en e poaiky, VL . LAk / K mR OS O S L larger financial returns, the Provin--. clal Treasurer is able to assure us this year that we have the largest in-- some of any year in the history of-- the Province. That the Province is in such a good financial position to--day, I think we must recognize, is due to the careful agnd thrifty manner in which the.finances of this Pravince were handled® Por at least the first 40 years from Confederation on. For practically that 40 years the Pro-- vince had no public debt whatever, except that invested in the T. & N. O. Railway. In fact, when _ my hon. friends came into power in 1905 there. was & substantial surplus apart from the investment in the T. & N. 0. By reason of the careful handling of the finances of the Province dur-- ing the first 40 years the extravagance of my hon.--friends in such buildings as Government House and other mat-- ters which have been discussed here has not, fortunately, seriously im-- paired our financial position; but be-- cause they have not seriously im-- paired our financial position is no _justiflcation or excuse for continu-- ing expenditure on such a scale." Mr. Rowell Finds 'Deficit. j Referring to the statement that the net puhblic debt this last year had been -- decreased. by $810,000, Mr. Rowell argued that in fairness to the House it should have. been pointed L U M n tel 120 9g6090 o out that thisu;'w.';s ._;st;i'xvve&' at f)y tak-- ing into account on the capital side Of the Treasurer's §t§,§e3'r_1ent the u't}- Debate Ends 4o OA 2 Esn UE NOR Sm s e e o e EnE oo i ded balance of $1,250,000 of the Toh