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mm * °o aeapees * T t * > oenee" "BAForpay, rEBRUARY_16, 1918] h conéérnea," (thb" Attorney--Gener iT @ nAftyt a 9 | shid, 'the department nad mot MaTQ . 3 M A ? R | success in pros¢cuting . "D""'éo ) [# A o §M HLa dJ cendiaries. -Hwevflr;ainm&? : L 3 LE ABARLS. have shown that. many of t au:" o 1 _ f rageg. o. posed incendiary fires Were. CH8 // ; ] agreed with Mr.' . 'natural causes. He wIk R &4 fires in stores: | j saree o o negicct «on 'the: part 0f w due to ne OE * ¢ 3 theer %wnera in keeping rubbish in the | * mm« ' cellars. This can only, be ct';l"e%:g % > n bv educational work, and the NWL, Direct Levy on Insurance Marshai nas _ stready _ done mon % i ¥E Ee al that iine. . The MAarS _ Companies Attacked by* shown that mary . fires ate due £0 | faulty electrical wiring agtx' P ring | f Mr. Wm. Proudfoot . mt . ho on moil on s ing | M + n # ' i i o n O II?ibrte}iia;r:hal'S'departn:'e':'-'lhet ';';'3 ¥ | PT 7 ucas explained that las FIRES F EWE R lN 19]7 3'11: ¥1,up( insurance _ companies had forminnly teninees mmuite been taxed one--third of one per cent. P " on their premiumg/to' meet the ex> Objection was raised by Mr. Wm. pense of the gepartment, 'The Fire Proudfoot, the Opposition Leader in Marshal was appointed in '1"1" a;",: the Legislature, yesterday to the he has heen i"&d,'_':élv{é:';";?l ngsaid' Government eollecting a direct tax ?lt'ff i -nf:euf'thg officials of the de» e Nna € e from--fire insurance companies for | partment are m,.?,m;n\;'aycgm?:fi:: the pz}}mg of the Provincial Fire s with the fire msufrthee(}overnment: i'fflfiig"}lvainfom}s'ézr;:.?sgf: r:e?t'irfigtl;: . o ooo merlfod fended | $ ® C j ~ hod D¢ % of the Attorney--General's Depart-i Collection Met 1 © ', ment, in which Hon. I. B. Lucas Replying, Hon. Mr. Crawfora ac--| was asking that $6 000 be passed to céepted the figures as to losses ;nvenl provide for salaries under the Fire' by Mr., Lucas,. He §aid that the ng}- Marshals Act.> The Minister believ-- tation for the appointment of x Fire . ed that the present method was the Marshal was started by the insur-- proper one to secure the money to ance companies and they agreed to pay the expenses of the department. pay the expenses. The n;-,lasol? they. He stated that in the last year there offered to pay was. no Gou t, be--| were 3,000 fewer fires and 34,000,-5 cause of self--interest, 'The methgdj 000 less loss from fires, as compared | of collecting the money from the, with 1916, before the Fire Marshal: companies he believed was propetr.| was appointed. | If the investigations are properly,, Mr. Proudfoot saig ghat his}lobg.e<:~§ done the l'fl;b";? will ?lttel:lately reap! tion was to the method of collecing the benefit in lower rates, th necessary money from the insur-- Mr. Proudfoot intimated that he' ance companies. hI-Ie was satisfied would Tgfl'"; m';'gga:?nf;'; a?mt&) ;11!1.:' that as long as the expenses of the work of the Apighre | department were met in that way prevention later in the session. I the public would never be satisfied Mr_ Joseph Edgar (Parry Sound) with th; invest}igafions.t The ;lepurt- 1r\tr()duc'¢;dma bxlltatxatnncorporflte the ment should be operated ----for the village of Magne * ; Eood of the general publi¢. He be-- e mm m mm mm mmmsma o | | lieved that it was a good thing to have the fires investigated and that 'much could be accomplishe@d by the department. . } --< Hon, Thomas Crawford (North.' west Toronto) didn't believe that the people were getting the.--value of the money being spent on the depart-- ment, and he didn't think the gen-- eral public was satisfied. There had * _ been no reduction in the number of fires or in fire losses in the last year. | 'Incendlar!.sm Belioved Rare. | !~-- Mr. Sam Carter (South Welling-- ton) believed that the cold weather caused people to burn more fuel than usual, with the result that more fires occurred.. He asked if the sus-- picions that a number of fires were due to incendiaries were justified. . * So far as criminal prosecutions are