The Ontario Scrapbook Hansard

Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 4 Apr 1917, p. 4

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l ".- .»p tp, - l .*{'"'l'*:"' a.!.,",": l A T, r r Iii' I mi IFE: 'r't' iii-"3 I ' t , r .. at SF'! in 'ttht W- ' 'r 'el'," TC,,",',"'; 1N '. I,,', "r:.r,s'i, "that would man): the whole house f" .' ", . A .. ' VF ., A at no" or the people in our part of _.-.'-....---.-.-... _ . _ , the min " said Mr. McDonud. ' . T 7. _. htr,','lerg't'i,'l'lt cost 3337," he said. AN IhDUS'I'RY WHICH SHOULD "mg, .gdvernment House having a BE ENCOURAGED IN CANADA 1 ?pettksyhp.sies than moat of us have xow. F honed". no exclaimed. f ', ' ' i" cried Allan Studholme , - --e.'_.r-r-im-w-.e, (IIIN g',',',',,""',',,',-, t $2 OL'?." i Through the unfortunate omission! ' om use cos 'd, '1 - " .u C "" T , l , "I Mr. McDonald, "and the I',', the word nor, the attitude of MR! Gotmneinant spent 87.000 on a con-, Hartley Dewart on the question of the crate avenuent wall to keep Govern-1 'l'rovince taxing gold v. as misrepre- t','ltf.'"t House from sliding down the: 'sented in the report of Monday night's ill. . i, idebato in The Globe yesterday. Dr. ,teaigmefr, Tour. l, Gold should not be tuxedon the The expenses of Hon. Dv. lleauine, fsamc basis as nickel, Mr. Dewart who visited Europe to get ideas for s vi . he rice of old is tstationavr.} Genuine t House. amounted to 81,- isf"ld'.t'1 tl'.." ' G's . ._. "! "f: ooo," he aid. "Just imagine paying ,,Thet Is'mpire nee is 1'lf ounce o l a man 81.000 pin money to so and igoid. Under war conditions the pur-; 1ootr over 130 fit','f"2' tam Chateaux; of (chasing power of gold has decreased! Europe. an t en sen ng otters out l tf . '" "1 ." . T . l l to the school children telling them to gun: I"? ff It. {hf 'priee ut al other i. be eaefttt and save all waste paper , 'eommoilitles this increased, and the.l . for-go Red Cross!" ,eosi of producing and mining gold! b mm of 819,872 was spent on was inereased. It does not stand in: an atrium. which in plain English {the same position as do other trletais.: means a. tront hall." continued Mn. Ht is as essential to the succesnifui "Md. I 1cnrrying out the war as is wheat, "For the love of Mike.'" exclaimed: Iwith the balances between the nation:~: ,', the Labor member. Allan sGiiiGiaT.l lot the' world being settled in gold. . "It any be a new-tangled name,"; iWhen Australia and South. -Africu :1er McDonald. "but the farmers? 'have removed the taxes on gold-pro- wiil know it costs ntoner--a thing of ' '!tlucituCpt.r.op.ertler, .tho Government of. bounty and an expense forever." i E Ontario may fairly make the difference on taxation between gold and nickel '3rot We. . producing properties. which the Min- Mr. McDonald spoke on an amend- ister of Mines, it is hoped, will be wise mentito a. motion to go into supply, ' enough to accept. _ 'ttte amendment being as follows: In comparison with _these Domin- "Thia House regrets that, not- ions gold mining in Ontario might be withstanding the war, the Gov- said to be in its infancy. and, as the emment has continued its CN- Minister of Mines had said. when capi- trannnt and wasteful expendi-. (tul was timid hnd nervous and we tures in the building and furnish- lwei-e looking all the time to Ameri- ' 'fd of Government House. over cans and foreign people to put 84 0,000 having been expended ', moneys into these investments, we since the outbreak of the war. . must not have unreasonable changes. with a total cost to date of over 1 He urged that there should be no in- 31.000.000. _ creased taxation on gold at the pre- "And this House is of the l sent, time. fo.r it is the duty of the opinion that so expensive a Gov... l Government to encourage, and not ernment House is out ot harmony l destroy, the industry. M _ with the democrativ spirit of the 1 people of the Province." 1 . Expenditures Defended. 2 Hon. Finlay Macdiai'mid. Minister; or Public Works defended Cioverp-i ment House expenditures. saying the; building was "not out of keeping withl the. position of the Province." 1 Mr. Thomas Marshall tLincoln)} c said New York State Governor's 'ici/rl deuce cost only $500,000, and it would take the Goveruors' residences in _ twelve States of the Union to equal the expenditure on Ontario's Govern- . ment House. Mr. McDonald's amendment was "lost on division," . m:;;;::::';;;:; l . I 3

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