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is ~p6) 6 c f cures Adjournment of Com-- | ' f pensation Act Debate SUBM" IED YET : --AMENDMENTS EXPCAINE T. House: Awaits a Move to Minister of Labor Says They Investigate the License Will Cause No Board HardShlp Therg is no resolution before the TWe came on rines amormnrinss Legislature yet to form a commit-- On the plea that he had not,had tee to investigate and report on the the necessary time for consideration workarot. the sOntario Llcsnse ('(:m- of the bill, Hon. CGeo. 8. Henry ask-- n}is.s.ion ?hiCh flon C MixON: J M l ed that the debate on the second V.m(ld]becretar},has promised.'(?m;' reading of the Act to Amend the :mlie agova (,on;m:ttee} was' p:(O.mlS:(f Workmen's Compensation Act be ad-- o investigate fully the working aa, s fourned, Hast night, just after 11 the Ontario Temperance Act. It is _ C cnferpe.. y T t 1€ probable that the committee to be e Minister of Labor had explained and j > §, im * ' lef appointed will cover both matters, defended the _ amendments. No as they are. closely related Clianges were'suggested by the lat-- The committee was to have in-- ter. cluded members from all the parties Hon. Mr. Rollo sought to show or groups. Groups have not yet that th 3 ; named their members for this com-- a e proposed increases would mittee, and will not do so until the work no hardship on the employers, ,egislature brings in a resolution In the first year of the operation of fietting forth its exact powers and f the act the cost for compensation Epu}r{x;(;lses'.\" Nixon was inclined to had been $1.64 (estimate) for every | agree with the criticism of H. H. a $100 of the pay roll. The next year Dewart during the discussion on the . * it went down to $1.27, and continued | ite}n h; thetestflr{l}?;e?)f,i,)';x$4\'2'r00{)):\21.' to go down. until, in 1917, it was 98' art Aeciared that. the board Wwas cents per $100 on the payroll. In the most expensive extravaganza in 1918 there was a slight increase, and , the history of the Province. "If we in 1919 it had reached $1.22, and | are to have clean government and f vet that was below the cost to the | clean administration,"' said the Lib-- ® manufacturer the first year. | eral Leader, '"'one thing the Govern-- The Minister of Labor could not| ment. has--to do is to clean out this agree with the argument advanced | License Board." l\Ir Dewart --an-- by manufacturers that the higher | nounced. that he would move that rate would encourage malingering by | the whole business of the License workmen. Workmen, he contended, | RBoard 'be takehn: over by the officer would rather work for full pay than | Un;lc-r either the Provincial Secre-- receive a portion in compensation. | tarvr or the Attdrney-(':oneral. He _ contended that malingering Hon. Mr. Nixon admitted -- that which did exist was not among the present system was not wholly skilled mechanics. It was the for- satisfactory, and that the Govern-- eign laborer who was the maling-- ment "had> found> "unpleasant _ cir-- erer. cumstanced" waiting when it assum-- Pleads Cost of Living. ed office.. However, he said, it had y s been ~deemed -- advisable not to He argued tha.t: {wcause of the in-- "swap-- horses in mid stream." On creased cost of living, the compen-- Mr. Nixon's assurance of a commit-- sation should be higher. He quoted tee to investigate, the jtem carried. the figures from the report of the irnentinytentontatenmucconccrememmnptetanriene Workmen's Compensation -- Board esn s that in 1913 the average wage of [ 26 those paid compensation had been TO $13,27, and in 1919 $24.80. This in-- / ( crease, he contended, was not in %, proportion to the increased cost of : lving. Therefore, he argued that 56 . per cent, compensation was not suf-- | | ficient. | rencecmmsine in inss f | The increases would not hurt the I i | C manufacturer, the mimers or the :Government WI" NOt Make builders. Mr. Rollo got into a little | ifi i I trouble with the Opposition when | Addltlonal |ncrease Imn | he made a gencral statement that | i [ some manufacturers would~> rather Hospltal Grants | ' pay the compensation rate than in-- | en nemnonm on en enin i mamcomy stall safety appliances. \ | --Hon. H. C. ) Nixon, Provincis | 1 Mr. Dewart said that this state-- [retary, told a de f .o'inual SOC-: E ments was unfair, and asked for | 0 jas eputation from the i specific cases. Hon. Mr. Rollo then | "t'"."' Hospitals Association -- re-- ' explained :i}wat this}had been told | questing that the Government grant him, and admitted that most manu-- i\ to hospitals 1 s e F <n' l facturers did do their best. However, | to 75 ci'nt'b' d)'e j mC.!'eased ho Ju 0-0 | he did not place any more credence +0 +* cents a _ day and that the muni-- in that statement that he did in the | cipalities contribute $1.75 a day, in-- statement of manufacturers that | stead of $1.50, that theAGovernmem' malingering would be increased by | could_go no further this year. Hon. | a2 higher rate. He thought that On-- | Mr. Nixon's bill,, provided for < 50 | * tario should have the best com-- 'cents and $1.5.0 fronm the Govern-4 nensation law because it was the ment and municipaglitties," reSpective_; greoatest -- manufacturing . Province, '1)'. oo 'There was no intention to make any-- | 5-9Xt year more generous assist-- | thing retroactive, but he did desire | | ince m'{g)ht be given, said Hon. Mr. to make the widows' allowances | | Nixon. "I ersonally, I am not in favor equal. | , ] of spoon--feeding institutions to the | Hon. Geo. 8. Henry asked permis-- | |extent of eliminating private initiat--.| sion to adjourn the debate. He de-- | 'lVO, he said. "The Forwa@rd Move-- sired opportunity to acquaint him-- | ment of the Churches wss respon-l 1 seif with details. | |sible for raising eight millions,. I 1 Hon. Walter Rollo: "I think there | | feel certain that an appeal un behaif | ; has been sufficient lobbying inside | of the hospitals would bring even and outside the House to acquaint alp | > | mOI'f- *' l ' members with the details."' | | _ W. R. Rundle, Toronto, said the Premfiler Drury promised full and | |average daily cost of running hos-- | free Atscussion in committee, and. | pitals in the Province was $2.60 a | Mr. Dewart agreeing in postpone-- | day per patient. J. A. Pinard (East ment, the debate was adjourned. | IeOttawda)d igquggt ithe bill could be ' amende is session. 7 ¢ Superintendent Grant of the Ham-- * ilton City Hospitals said that they § -- were having great difficulty in get-- s | ting outside municipalities to bear | their share, | C se tee> '