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1CCr TT o tAck AdodL j RLELUNM : ._: PS t es m-.;:,;;,.}},'m-.'fl?yfi,gm;fl.auwz; fli .,',. " V "' £ e 3 4C . a Wibiintremen cenotresa ns 1 t .t' \a C i q Provincial Secretary Says it |si No Time for Changes ; bc on drcunine taitisensaigeenss wiort en | HINT TO LOCAL ASSESSORS: % i # ' Claim Made That Preseat Law Dis-- / criminates -- Against the Working Classes ---- Speculators Wold Land | f for Rise in Values. 4 ' xc --~: | The Ontario CGovernment in the | Legislature yesterday afternoon !'e'i jected a bill introduced by Mr. Ham,' Liiberal member for South 'Brant, to} permit municipalities by a twc-Lhirds! vote of their Council or by a majority vote of the celectors to raise a larger | revenue from the land value and a} resser amount on the Er-x';wruvunent:;tg on the land. ' Mardship to Pceople. ' The member for South Braut said | there was no reason why the 1;1'-;..-;\321'-'.! system should be permitted to go on, to the great detriment orf the city :u'd! the people. It was ioo bad that fh"é 'vorkingmen of this Province had| added to their purderns and that othe ** people who have not created ths| value in any shape or form shouldl 0t pay their full share. It was fime:-; the Government was beginning to | consider reform in the taxation laws| of this Province. This had been a| plank in the platform of the Reform| party for years, but on account of| prohibition and other things it h:,u'i} not received the prominence it was entitled to. In the future, he ventured to Bay, there was going to bo more heard of tax reform. Notice should be served upon thé speculators, and it was time for the Legislature to make a start in the right direction. *peculators' Land. Mr. Allan Studholime (Easi Ilumib' ton) said they heard'a gzreat deal these days about conserving resources, | and so, at the time time, they had' the strange sight between Cities of j miles and miles of idie land taxed as; farm lands while held by speculators. | Mr. Hurdman (Ottawa) remarked that so far as the city he represented -- was concerned they were vitally con-- | cerned in a bill of this nature. The imetter had been before the people . there in the shape of a referendum,| and the people spoke in no. uncertain.| way as to their desire for what was-- contained in a bill of that kind. He urged upon the Government to allow | / & second reading to the measure. 5 Mr. Mageau (Sturgeon FTalls) also' spoke in favor of the bill. A Wido Departure. ' s Hon. W,. D. McPherson. Provincial-- secretary, opposed the measure on the ground that it was proposing a very --wide depgrture from the assess--. ment system" now in vogue, and the present time was no time to pass a law that would interfere so seriously with existing conditions. "The law as l it now stands provides an adequate | remedy for the disease complained of | by my hon. friend (Mr. Ham), and 'all | one has to do is to call upon the local assessor to perform his duty in connection with the proper taxation: rfé'nvacant lands," said Mr.' McPher-- Mir.» Thomas Marshall (Lin l contended the law as it no(w stc:xx:(ll)s' , discriminates against the working | clasges:and allows the owners ot' castles and mansions to get off with | . lighter 'taxation, comparatively. He -- could not see any reason why the biil should not be adopted. If 4t were, spéculators would be compelled to