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Major Tolmie, Windsor, the only Liberal speaker of the day, declared that, despite all protestations, the Government was still a c-ng Gov- ernment. It could he nothing else, Hes appealed for greater frr'odnm in 'educatlonal matters and a loosen- i ing of the J10ntrol from the centre. ganada's relationship to the United tates. JLs regretted that the Con.. servative Leader should make such "marks: It was "almost It political crime." he said, that any man should endeavor to stir up international ani- mosity for political purposes. He touched on the eight-hour (lay and said the Government did not propose to be stampeded into any action rn this great question. The l'rexnim' dwelt for some time on the history of the Farmers' movement, denying that it had sprung from dissatisfac- tion over the conscription issue. He also-spoke of the roads policy and defended the separating of the Mines Department from Lands and For- The Premier touched on many other matters and criticized Hon. G. Howard Ferguson's remarks about poyvers that do not belong to -a.Hiirt" I co believe if the temperance peo. ple of this Province will come to- gether and will agree to ask for tsomething-and if they will consider carefully the measures that have been put forward to bring about proper enforcemont---and decide on a pro- Item. that this Government can do something. and that the people of this Province may well be appealed to to pronounce onw more on inter- Provincial trade. I believe the prin- ciple of referendum-ot submitting the issue to the people-is Very well established." i "Frankly I am not satisfied with lconditions as they exist at the pres- "ent time," said the Premier. "I be- lieve that the Ontario Temperance Act cannot be enforced in any satis- factory manner as long as InterPro.. vinclal trade exists. How to meet these conditions is another matter. I do not believe that we can meet them by stepping over the bounds of tho law and taking to ourselves Downy-g that (In on" v-B, : If Ontario is to be made com- pletely "dry" it must be by a lreferendum on the importation [of liquor, was the effect of Pre- Inier Drury's announcement in the Legislature yesterday, when he spoke in the debate on l the reply to the Speech froml the Throne. I Enforcing the Act. i" DRURY GIVES Says Temperance Act Can- not be Properly Enforced W h i I e Interprovincial Trade Exists as at Pre.. sent 'ells Legislature History of Agrarian Movement - Does Not Propose to be "Stampeded " -- Major Tolmie Urges Improved" Educational Policy ', PREMIER PLANS VOTE BY ONTARIO PEOPLE ON LIQUOR IMPORTS F ARMER AIMS WEDNESDAY, stittit nrt",", "1920. People Wa nt While it was quite true that in tho (elections of 1911 ho and Mr. rrovvitrt Wars on the same platform. Premier Drury declnrmi: "My frwntl WAS on the platform because tho party had taken up tho cause. I was on the platform because I had bot-n in the cause before any party took it up. "I want at this Huge lo tic-{mid thin movement and this organization which has sprung up from it against. the insinuation that the l'nitml Farmers of Ontario sprang from th" anti-conscription field. That la not true. The organization was flourish- Ing, Was built on solid foundations, long before the conscription issue came into view. My own .uttitudt' on conscription is w-ry wvll known. In 1917, when I found myself untur- tunately a canditiuto by what was really a peoplw's convention and in a position from which I could not with honor rotiro, my own attitude Wat that Canada was at that time committed to conscription and the thing had to he carried through." He read a manifesto which ho had issued to the press at that timv. in Which he declared that to his uttot" astonishment ho had boon informmi that Sir Wilfrid Lani-tor had cn- domd his candidature. "This was done," he wrote, "without my knowledge or consnnt, and indoor] in direct opposition to my wishes. I cannot follow Sir Wilfrid Luurior if he proposes to repeal the Military Service Act or abandon our military forces at tho front." Not a Class Movement. He chtiracterizod as "ungvound- ed" the chargo that tho LIEU. was a. 01:83 movement. "When you tind thin Government proposvs any class ltgiyution,". he doolm'ml, "it will he time enough to ttrake that churgo. The Premier proceeded to twit Hon; Messrs. Dewart and Ferguson with their apparent anxiety to in- troduce monkey wrenches and claw hammers into legislative machinery at the very outset ot the session. He confessed his regret that he had not seen in either address from the other side of the House any promise of co-operation with the Govern- ment. "Of course." he commented. "I did not greatly wonder at it." Mr. Dewavt he um-nsod of introduc- ing a lot of extraneous matter for no other purpme than "to Stir up feeling, embarrass progress, and to draw a red herring across the trail." Premier Drury said he did not think that the eight-hour Jay prin- ciple could be introduced as a Pro- vincial enactment. In his opinion it would have to be Dominion, inter.. provincial, even international, be- cause it was conceivable to him that capital would leave a nation With eight-hour day legislation for a neighboring nation in which the re- gulation was not on the Statute books. In considering the question with which he wa.s"in hearty gym: pathy, the Government would move with all cure and precaution. He Ants not going to be ytampeded on "'We have mndu an houcst at- tempt to get rid of patrouugv," he went on. "Wo arc going to make " further attempt. Ive. holiovo Wu can. You cannot get rid of the evils of patronage while you luxw tho recommendation in tho hands of the member for the appointres' con- stituency. If the Angel Gabriel rep- resented the purest constituency in Ontario he could not recommend in a manner disinterested " man for public appointment. (Applause from both sides of the House.) "We invite the co-oprration of the gentlemen on the other side of tho House." Hon. Mr. Drury continued. '.'We invite you to come to us with your suggestions. "H: invite full and free. discussion in the House of these suggestions, and I think among us we can loosen up a whole lot of those unreasonable Parliamentary rules that have grown up more in the last forty years than ever before when the House has resolved itself intgtwo cast-iron sections." ry outset ot the session. Ire his regrrt that hr, had not either agdrgss from the urpme than "to stir up uurmss progress, and to herring across the trail." Drury said he did not the eight-hour day prim be introduced as a Pro- :tment. I'm his opinion it I on La h-_-g,, Action. with the Govern- rse." he commented. any wonder at it." accused of introduc. :traneous matter for IIIUII me re- the statute he Question, hearty sym_ mion, inter- tional, be- to him that natlor} with