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7 7 CS * s mm a -";..'-'5' can i. j l n mm they, ugm -:fnned and trained.. ( ' MII I IANC w-»%fimm ~~ Ontario woul« * °° 1 ; '5§¥'N Tyi 8t make Hsto"!th_erahareofth ; L Y L NHULLIVIN) ~--_-- immigrants who would come to Can-- § +!PNTHAMIUVIY /; ---- es ie n 0C . & FORmm "Make HastecSlowly." C 4 o _ & a ; . Opposition < Leader; _ MUr. 3 f Li >Y S C p,"g,l}gfgat,pgm not think it wise to * build colonization -- roads too _ far is M <tarl se P ahead of settlemen(';. becau?e' if t:'he f . * w ® s were unused seconcd--grow 7 6# wmlam P"OUdfOOt Ap .?l{:gger,wou}d soond cov(;[ri them m}?l | y of -- road--making _ wou -- . peals for Retrenchment in ractically have to be done over ' i aguin; He paid tribute to the men Expenditure Fom New Ontario who have joined the colors and made special ref-- is erence to those in tl{e }'oresitlll'y Corll'pis*. | EFVUEL * { 1 the Te thought the half million dol-- UtVtLOPMENT DUTLINtD l:{gs \K'hi(fil the Government still has:| lhhto 15 unfige uns i aerre ce aeciiicrtine on hand from the last five millionl t > | settlement of Returned -- Soldiers gg}g"; '1[135_" %Pgiiti?: fll:gu:fl)rlt'fi 'i'}fi;' . __-- _ and Increasing Agricultural _ Yeal'i- tThtir? was n}:)tta goc{d tti)me to & go into e marke and orrow C.._---- Productivity Described. money. If the money were raised seb ces ts uie airiinintnincomere in small amounts as it was neceded rvar "Dacis. it might be more satisfactory. | \\ hen' tlle .ue:'slature voled [n rep.ly to a questioll ])y :\'Il'.' f another $5,000,.000 for the develop-- Provdfoot at this point, Mr. Fergu--| o e on en n' en rthans . us $y im ""én'ii')?}?f""l'fg';'él'l{?;'ins";'f'&' &n : § ¢ j r fteking j 6 IPE! * * Intaric yesterday, the Minister of the n:oney would be raised as requir-- h "mands, Forests and Mines, Hon,. G. ed. The Opposition also discussed C Howard Ferguson, gave an account the _question of land settlement of of the work that has been done with i bO]'l(']l'xcerS;liscussion was continued py ___ the last $5,000,000, which was voted | \[r. Allan Studholme of East Ham-- $ some time ago. HMo saitd the laryer | ilton, who urg;:d adelqltlxate provision . portion of the fund had been spent o t o e c oc h. sarslis w37 a s Mr."Sam Carter (South Welling-- on road construction, tlhe work Ge-- ton) stated that large profits hfd ',:f c;i.rli'ied";)fil.tundeltht 'es "ha';g't' of been made by the big nickel com-- ;ielit' . 'l;l' Su sonr, $3e64'u€fg nl?f?g; panies in the north and urged that| ; [ hoX n 464. oC higher taxation should be imposed. jeen expended on the constructicn Mr. -- G. OC:) Huraman'"" (West j gt 2,852 miles of road. . Nineteen Ottawa) introduced a bill in the 3 ;l':g",lb":d ;:liéves °£ }hfifefmg}:"ays Legislature affecting the -- sale of' R & "faf en ho "t°'f ';1 ]% orebt. an'd meat and civing any municipality| P rg\e' l;;eacendabe da'(i tecfe'n ': olne.'(i the power to carry out a proper in-- § #Ssfavelled and Made NO MIFEL--Ai0 95 spection of all meat sold even if not t righways. During the past se en! killed in the public abattoir i vears a largenumber of settlers had * $ _ _ gone into New Ontario, and tho'{el Would Amend Assessment Act. 8 :"hee":ii:tcx"?ét about 10,000 settlers m' Several bills were introduced by f 8 | the Opposition Leader. The prin-- 4 Roads to Precedeo Settlement. j ciple of one of Mr. Proudf?t's bills &e 7. r 7 to amend the Assessment Act is to . % ;aiIdt g'u*t? igellgog;%l:,o?gs alzl;g;lcde g% srant to farmers', Aaughters of g settlers, said the Minister. fWenty-- ons yeule. of age t};cp samte Since the Government adopnted rights as farmets n francl is PC ce _ _ the policy of constructing roads for ter of the municipa. M unicius n ol § the settlers for the purpose of oper-- amendment to the Municipal Ac _ _ ing up the best agricultural dis-- desires the same change. _ _ tricts settlement had been much An act to amend the Assessment E: more rapid. The net population at Act provides that a w idow's income, #. the present time was less than two whether »e:u'x'led or inherited. also in-- . vears ago, but more than it was five come from 111\'es'gm911ts of men andg vears ago. Had it not been for the women past earning age, be a.nowed' %\ heavy drain on the district for mon the same exemption from income to go to the war there would have tax as is now granted on the earn-- 4 been a substantial increase in the ced income of the head of a house-- *;: population. | |holl\czl. A i Municiod 1 ® R An act to amend the Municipa § rroduction in New Ontario. | | Act provides that a married woman's €: Mr. Werguson said that in 1912 | i'housekeeping' allowance should be _ _ the field crops of New Ontario were considered her personal earned in-- _ valued at $6,000,000, and in 1916 at 'come. for the purposes of the fran-- ; $8.171583,000; in 1912 live stock in Now |chise, as it is contended she is wox:th _ _ Ontario was valued at one and a hai' | at least $400 a year in her capacity | } millions., and In 1916 at two and a | as housekeeper. | half millions of dollars, Part of the | «omm mm mm ammmme mm mm mm t ¢ five millions previously voted had * g: been spent in the establishment of & demonstration farms, the amourt devoted to this purpose bsing j $45,000. ~ ® k To encourage the settlers to pss-- | * duce the proper kind of seed and to , assist them in getting seed grain, t etc., the sum 'of $123,000 had been s spent since 1915, and already $50,-- j 000 of the amount thus loaned +o _ -- the settlers had 'been vald back,. Th« * sum of $397,000 had been loaned to _ _ the settlers under the Settlers' Loan '5' Act, and 79 per cent. of the interest ' _ _ due had been paid back the first _ -- year, while 72 per cent. of the prin-- _ cipal had also been repaid the first _ _ year. The average loan to the sat-- % tlers was $310. | %51 \ settiement at Kapuskasing. | y l > 'The Minister spoke of the work of | fus: settling returned _ soldiers _ on the t land near Kapuskasing. He said g,» they had erected 31 buildings, and _ they now had in the réturned sol-- es diers' colony 20 married families and %0 returned single men taking in-- _ struction in farming. They had es-- 2s 'ablished a co--operative store, and _ _ . there was a good school and teacher | _ with 30 children; they had built k n special railway siding for the sol-- _ wiers and had brought in a herd of _ dairy cattle and hearvy teams and __ _ special machinery. . In addition t01 [ | the soldle_{'s already settled. the de-- _ partment had applications from 700 | _ _ or $00 more returned men who wish-- «25-- lo settle in New Ontario. These|