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se e t nCt 0 h=a _ e ies . _ aBROE . ns e e ELE LC t s -- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1919. f aveesnensenentmemmeneneretemmenemennaespiprenememenmemsmemenenmemmenacenamensiummuseesmenmnscomennetiniteAnamennnamemen s * mnarimant _ Like, se thers, "he y k partment. Like some 0 o oo faais Mr. Proudfoot Criticizes; » has gane to his reward. not his final | reward, but a reward where we may ; Government on Many have the pleasure of seeing him at, o any time we may be driven to the Points -- Pal'ty Leaders City Hall." The Opposition Leader | & paid a sincere compliment to @ne, 'Agl'eed on Extension of ; great services the late Dominion | s ' Liberal Chieftain had rendered to | Moratorlum. s the country. "Sir Wilfrid Laurier' Wigemicirs anmues | was an outstanding figure in Cana-- | f | dian public life," he said. "An em-- f * _ Sevepral suggestions of a construct-- inent lawyer and _ statesman, his ; ive nature were made by the Opposi-- pringlipa.l t(;lbjeict in life w;s to hb;mg | » r together e two races--FErenc nd | t'fon Leader, Mr. WV m. Proudfo?t, K. ' English--and -- establish unity and : C., M.P.P., to the Government in the | make a.great nation. His example , course of the debatée on the Speech ; will have a lasting #@ffect and do" from the Throne in the Legislature l much in the future to weld together Ye.sterday. .J'\t the same _ time hei ,:gz,p,.di;gegle,?.tpog?,fiiot?;l,f't}es' which mildly criticized the Government, | Mr. Proudfoot spoke at length on more for what it had not done, and | the close of the war, the splendid | --for legislation which had not been :' Dtfl'n'tgt%]ikeg 1213' t(rfi?lnéfldi«'inblmen inhihre'*.' ¢ i -- +C . struggle, an e problems whic foreshadowed in the Speech 'fron'n ' have'to be confronted in the recon-- ' the Throne, than for acts which it ; s struction program and during the ; had committed. Mr. Proudfoot spoke ; period of repatriation. "Our men | for one hour and fifty--five minutes. / have left an imperishable name in | He was followed by the Prime Min-- | the annals of the world's history. ,' ister, who spoke for a little more | They have done more to bring Can-- / than an hour, and had the floor | ada to the forefront than any other when the debate was adjourned at 6 | force." It behooved the country to o'clock. Sir William will finish his | try and restore discharged soldiers address when the House meets on | . to civil work with as little change 'Tuesday. To--day the housing bill'l as possible. will 'be given its second reading, al-- s T en though it is unlikely it will reach | Provide Work Now. the committee stage. i flf manufacturers adopt the policy 3 is Dearer I of delaying constructive wor o School Books Dearer. | cause of high prices, many (r)rlxgn v:v)fn _ Both the Leaders spent consider-- | be kept out of work and there will able time in discussing the war, the ! be much unrest. As legislators and splendid showing made by the Cana-- ' members of the community, Mr. dian soldiers, and the problems | Proudfoot _ said. it rested _ with which have arisen now that fighting | everyone to use his best endeavors has ceased. Mr. Proudfoot suggested | to prevent anything of the kinda that it might be well to place soldiers | happening. in communities. He urged the Gov-- | "I think the men who-- made ernment to appoint a Minister of | money out of the war have a boun -- Labor to handle the numerous prob-- | den duty to carry on the work, and lems having to do with the Labor | they should not let the mere fact movement and the betterment ofg' that it is going to cost them some-- m social conditions. The Department' thing more to build to stand fn tlf- tm of Education was discussed 'by the ! way," declared Mr. Proudfoot "I(: Opposition Leader, but he said he | is for that reason that I think'jo 5 did not intend to criticize the de--| the duty of every Government in tha partment to any extent, as he was, Dominion of Canada to continue the more interested in the future pro-- ; ronstruction of public works foey gram. While the Government was | if the cost is greater." He gyoin:an taking credit to itself for . cheaper | out that it would be much &Omted school books since the Conservatives! to do that than to have a n ef}"" were in power, Mr. Proudfoot drew; wide strike occur. RHon« s to the attention of the House the : + § fact that there had been an increase | Care for Dependents. in the last year. Ir} dealing with this Referring to the fact that th criticism, Sir William subsequently, | were many soldiers who will ore in his address, said that public school veturn to Canada, the ne\)er text--books had not gone up in price, position Leader _ said hé .fp- | and that only the price of two high that their dependents elt, school books had been increased, entitled _ to _ greater." :considera-- | and then only by 10 cents each. tion than if the soldiers had retu'rx:g- I The Liberal Leader declared that eidb If we don't tg&i(e the respon. | too much time was taken up with 'ts ility we should take, in the days | classical education in the schools, [aai" o m" hy find ourselves with | and he urged the introduction of a be', Ts on our hearts; it would | faculty of commerce into the uni-- Canad rime if a.ny man returned to, f versities, He commended the Gov-- A, Ant 'through neglect H ernment for adopnting q want of assistance or ca d nting the Liberal came a hob a care he be.-- policy of giving women seats in the his days in ns po .RA gnded "up House, and urged careful considera-- In dealing wi&m:;}.muse- f tion of the request for the extension subject, he said it lsi $ "fe of the of the 'F. & N. O. to James Bay. able to place return:alzight b'.' advis-- Surprise was expressed by Mr. munities, not under ame"_ln com-- Proudfoot at the omission in the official, but perhaps Gg\rernmer}t Speech of changes in the Election Sergeants and omcerlsm er_ _ _their Act. In conclusion. he assured the were used to discipline, a g('ld'e,"s Government of the Opposition's sup-- there was much grumblin nd while port on measures which were for the it always came out well t "fas general good of the country. because of the l:)r Welil in the end | .Sir William pointed out that under emphasized the needgarilf zat;on.. ie | the present system the Labor Branch country, and he de 1O udmty t th.e | of the Government was doing all the | tude of some peoplfeorfil tthe fls | things the Opvposition Leader sug-- | restless conditions shouldab srlow." ~gRested to be done by a Minister of ed to right themselves T% y o the Crown, and he expressed oonti-l who is an alien in Canada, a ed Who dence in the future of the Province. ?eacst refused to become a B}itirs'h :1'1?)? An Important Session. ! tion, fi?"'safg' titt)llftd tfigr:t:wamnsidera- The present session, Mr. Proud-- | ;ll'.'ss of men who were spols(ea;ln%tth:; foot said, was one of considerable | ,m'(el'"fh who had been naturalized importance as a result of the war's | 'Sub-ej ey should have the rights orf termination, He made feeling re-- | ObeJ'eLdts of--Britain as long as they ference to the late Dr. Jessop, and | T%e (t)he laws. 'the late former Speaker, W. H. urged thDE)OSitmn' Leader strongly * Hoyle, and in passing observed the 7 go farthe? ththe Government should fact that Hon. I:f)r.hR.EA. Pyne had Minister of Iflanbgrppgéntt'ing 1;131eputy ---- retired as head of the Educa & i » oreshadowe: etired a cation De-- | _..in the Speech from the Throne, ang