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N - _ Yrtimgryi-j/- "AP" _ ' N5, 191t . ' . .' l -------. ' . Government were-interested in the , . Aritistr-American Nickel Corporation Mr. Dewart Reads Long List and had practically control of the corporation, and are making large t of Shareholders of Inter. contracts with the British-American ti l Ni k . co'ig.'.ragid'llirvt, motion was deteated nn Iona 1C el Co. With by 47 to 22 and the bl" given its sec-' ond reading. German Names Heated Mr. Oeacart's Mesartution. , Reply From Minister Mr. Dewart's resolution. after quot- ing from the recent report. of the ' Royal Ontario Nickel Cyn.mistion, as ------t- to the possibilities of refining in On- tario. said: T . ., Tno straight question of retining "This House is I/i, "11% "ie/t I,' tticket m ' that negotiations s ou e a i," i"ocd'i.',,,'1,o/',t.Y? was put up to the once entered into by the Govern- i It "I the Legislature late ment of this Province with the a last evening by Mr. Hartley Dewart, Governments of the United member for Southwest Toronto. The Kingdom and of the Dominion. of l ' resolution he moved set forth that Canada to secure united action/i ., negotiations should at once be enter- to acquire the absolut'sd counsel '. _ . .. i: (e 1 ed into by the Provincial Government r'i,ue,t"oiC?,.e119i'iria/l of On- With the Governments of the United tario: and that, in the mean- l Kingdom and the Dominion of Can- time. tho Government of Ontario i nda to secure united action to acquire should _t,'ce,ri' Tttr),11ei,'wit),,'e '3' . , . " . 1 ", a - the absolute control of the nickel 1hi,r'c'/-'5ti',tfJ/h,oJnior)l,l,i refining , _ rhinos and nickel product ot the Pro- plant in this Province where all 1 I Vince. and in the meantime the Gov- the nirlicl mined in this Province l , eminent of ontario should take pro- would be refined." ' _ ccedings to acquire. construct, or Government's Nctr,icct. l , otherwxsc secure the control ot nickel Mr. Dewart quoted a letter dated l T refining plant in the Province where ' 29th Decembpr. 1915, by Sir Robert. all nickel mined in the Province Bordon to the President of the Inter- l T could be retincd. national Nickel Company, uniting that l Mr. Dcwart charged that the 111- the Question of refining nickel It) Cary- . ternational Nickel Company had neon ada had engaged public attention "ii) organized to refine, nickel outside the recent years, and since the outbreak , w" Province of Ontario. because the "or the war there had been a pat'-; , Canadian Copper Company (its'sub-3 ticuluvly strong feelintr---apart from) sidiary) could ttot undct. its chattel" any commercial aspect---thttt there! .rcflne nickel outside the Province. . i . should he in the Dominion a nickel ' T . refinery sufficient at least to sunny Jumped Lp the Price. i the retinirenicnts of the British Em- T "And tho first thing the interna- hire. And yet the Government of the i, iional Nickel Company did when thes l Provino of Ontario appeared to have f, heard the taxes wore to be increased) only realized in August. last it was 2 was to raise the price of nickel "(mil time they; should co-operate in this 35 to 45 cents It pound." he said. Hei matter'. It was the avowed Policy of alleged the International Nickel Com-l the international Nickel Company to pany was full of shareholders who; as.» that, so Far as the shipbuilding represented German and Austrian iti-( business of the world is concerned, _ terests, and there were large Gerinanl so soon as this war is over they l' holdings under an English veneer.| shall mnleaVor to supply the nickel ' He read a hundred German names; that 1:4 :meclm; for the warships of a which caused the Minister of Mines; the world. to remark: "Those newspapermen . . . . N * .. . a "5 will never be able to get that down." 5 building m cs. Ot Canada'? _ l Mr. Dewart added that in the "Roll "Do we desire to sec that this Come '; 's, u/ Honor" he found Hon. w. J. Hanna pany shall continue its refining busi- l, g oi' the Ontario Government with 88,5, tless' in the United States or what are 1 g shares of the common stock. and Hon. ', we going to do?" asked Mr. Dewart. i , wttllace Nesbitt with 1.000 preferred! "This Government has control over; 1 shares and 891 common snare-'4. l, the Canada Copper Company so far , . . ' , i as its mines and minerals are con-' _ Minister'sneatcd Reply I cerned. and if there is any questitni Hon. Mr. Ferguson, in a heated rc-l about it there is not the beast doubt ' ply, said: "l hold no brief whatcn er; that the Government could get what,; for the International Nickel Company? power it needs at Ottawa were it not i Tilt-e member for Southwest TorontoE for we sinister influence of Frank _ reads a lot ot' German names and in»: Cochrane. (Liberal applause.) If my , frts that these shareholders of the, hon. friend will ask Frank Cochrane ' Nickel Company are alien enemies... if he will assist him, and if after an The list has been carefully checkedi honest effort is made he comes back i _ war by the authorities at Ottawa, and , and says he cannot get the assistance I am assured by them that the depor-' of the Dominion Government, then ' tation of alien enemies at the begin-: we will see the responsibility is placed , , ning of the war was just one in onei on the shoulders to which it belongs." l thousand. if this octopusus the honor- (Liberal applause.) l able member describes it, is controlled 2 alien enemies of Great Britain, how Many German Names {1! ong do you suppose the International . . i". Nickel Company would have been pro- ' - - In List of Shareholders l C ,.. ' ' . . ' l 'i1f,?g,.gendt,itT" for the allies arter , Large blocks of Internationali , , "When the 'war. 1eotnntenced tl l Nickel Company stock are held by, - t .. t. " I t _ . _ w . . l head of the International Nictlrel Com I the voting trustees. who are tive ofi ' e bk . It 1 - 'g the directors-inverse. DeLamar, pany told the Canadian Government, Monell, Thompson and wood-said '1i,'e, are with you in this war. We! Mr. Dewart. They hold preference sy.'.ntrol the nickel supply ot the world. i stock. on the last statement. of 54,409 What will you have us do? Take! fshares and common stock. 307,486 charge of our work and control itl ishares, making a total of 361,895 and operate it.'" l 'snares. The interests which they re- The , arrangements Ill-1d". soiled? present are, naturally, not disclosed; Hon. Mr. Ferguson, have the ohmic; Taking thti shar6rtoldert, of the com-; approval ot the British Gorornrnemt. Dally listed as being from the United' . l States, there are many names of Bonar Innis View. l I shareholders of tifty shares and over '. Hon. Mr. Ferguson quoted cables' that may _fairly be classed as Gets from Mr. Bonar Law, one in last man-American, stockholders. Take November. saying tho British Govern- itie following Very partial "Sit; inclutV ment recognized it "would be imposr.. - 'Q', the. Australian Reichen ach in- . ' estment. You will find the following sible. and, indeed. manit'eatly in- names th li t f h h Id furious. to the conduct of the war to 91.8.; upon y' .. 8 'l B N"' O - f,'g'lel'utte,, export ot Canadian I. Preference qtoplr---0. w. Aitkan. F Mr. Ferguson stated the British _..,---" New York, 100 shares; A. M. Arch-