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lines,. the Premier -- declared, had taken their profits during a time of |-- rlsing prices, and it was in the public interest that men who had so done' s should now take their whare of loss. "The farmer had dome and stlll was doing this. Why. should not @11 do their share? "I think it would bae a good thing if the influence of this Houge could boe used to undam the channels of trade," continued Hon. Mr. Drury. "'There is no unemployment in rural districts, though farmers are getting less for their products. If prices of other products were cut in half there would be no unemployment in other lines of industry either. I am convinced that if we could go ahead to--morrow and borrow twen-- tv--fAive million dollars for immediate expenditure on public works we could not wipe out unemployment." Relief Mishandled. That much of the present "relief" had been mishandled was alleged hy Hon. F. C. Biggs, who stated that some were recelving relief who had no need of help, while others actually had given up employment to secure financial assistance. In snme cases, the Minister stated, as-- alstance given had been bartered for gain. Thess remarks were taken exception to by several members, f including Colonels Price and Cooper, * | who thought they saw in them a re-- q * o Fi fAection upon the Relief Oficer of TL ESD;'\XY, FEBRUARY 8 1923 Toronto, Sergt.--Major Crighton. ----_--__________.' * ¥, "I want the Minister to withdraw o T~ that charge," declared Col. Cooper. DRURY $ "IT don't intend to withdraw it; T'd sooner substantiate it," was the warm retort of the Minister, who | denied that he had hgd in mind To-- I | ronto officials. ®"I dOn't even know 3 ALL lNT | Mr. Crighton," he declared. "'The | point I want to bring out is that the \system of handling the situation is TO TAKE LOSS 'imm'mm.rf' Earlier in the disgcus-- sion the Minister of Public Works had stated that "the sooner the | cities hand out work tickets instead snrrenenestan roprmcmnoneqennemmmc ies I'n}f' money the sooner will it cope with 0 # |\ the situation." Only Solution for Unemploy- | _Colonel W. H. Price thought the c % "blanket charge'"' by the Minister a ment is Undammlng | very serious one, and hoped it | }\\'nu}d l;e ;(nlvr\lstiz::ttod. The mem-- er for Parkdale made a strong plea Tl'ade | !nn behalf of unemployed ('x-soldFers, ho | in which he was backed up by Major | Lewis, Northeast Toronto, who de-- HOT DEBATE IN HOUSE livered his maiden address during | the afternoon's discussion. ' § f . o Policy of Immigration. BlggS Says Relief is MlS'\ Hon. Manning Doherty explained y t the Ontario Government's immigra-- hanfiled--Refuses tO \ tion policy to be one of encourage-- . | gelnt 6¢§0' Br;tish fter;}ant farmers. | nly 66 immigrants, he said, had W|thdraw Chal'ge | come to Ontario during November, hifi in uen iropcammnntiecncian % December and January--all British L f 5 and all experienced farmers. He Industrial unemployment, with its believed when spring operations corelatives of dole systems and dis-- opened the Province could absorb tress, occupied the entire attention flf;f':;z(";d: nOtf sgchl immigrants. | ras not a single une 1e of the Legisliature yesterday. Re-- man in Toronto, hegsaid, (::71]1%10;:1{3 eumption of the formal debate was been brought out by the Ontario ret aside while members of all (--;"l'i;"""}?m- i p n. Yar ergus groups addressed themselves to the for imim. o acumlgg';('gon&'e::gtd emergent question introduced by the Could noi ithe Government pmceo.{ statement of Hon. Manning Doherty W.if'h the erection ()f much--needed upon British immigration. '{;1\1",'0'la"\'\("')"'e'm'."mt"?"'-' he asked, R % A ork were given to y y Faced on all sides with requests to four or five hundred ;'0%?)'302\3;;:; "do something at once," Premier benefit. : Drury expressed his grave concern p]i'gzl) tt?;ls'sngxostion the Premier re-- | f g riat present want: n | at the state of affairs in urban met by theL!'omalt nfd?);; L'fiid I?::'l centres and invited the co--operation College. '"Moreover," he sa'{:!'\g of all groups in formulating any Unttg' ;;ulpit:xl exngndti)ture now is s) Echeme that might help to relieve the a('('(fle'L '(';r','\'t,,"i"",' ?!'{"0"'1ngs on | «ituation. enormous------'* Chippawa scheme so | '"The problem has given the Gov-- i "?'he fellows who are star\.ingfl ernment seriois concern," said the ;IS" ; t'him\: of these things," replied Premier, "and we regret exceedinglyi ':\vledd(_'{ ]uf 'thn (Qnser\-atives. . the extent of unemployment. 'There | io f,{(f"jo"(t" (ION the Opposition have are some who think the Government [ h'n':' rtopt'h'x ll'f 7"7'1_'1302.1311.)11114\'. We | has nothing to do but create work.| it," return l""'}'e',i seriously about | That is not true. The credit of On-- | -- * urned the Premier. | tario is not unlimited. Two millionsl | Dewart on His Feet. per month is being spent on the | Chippawa scheme alone--a very con-l Instantly Mr. Dewart was on his riderable expenditure--which is help-- | | feet, | ing a Jarge number of men. I am | I want to remark," he began convinced, however, that with all the | )that the economical running of this work the Government might plan it | Province is as much the concern of could not do enough to wipe out the | | this Opposition as it is of the Gov. unemployment situation. | }:"';"f"ent' I want to ask here if the Commercial St | Wovernment has rented two flats on agnation. I | Sheppard street for $10,000»" "That situation is the result of | Hor{ u,\l"f"?}'.'cf'_ that," came from | commercial stagnation. The longer Ihave.r-"tl'- }"l{",'f'i'"'_ It is not true; we we hold up the stream the more un-- Streaet." rented a foot on Sheppard e loyment and the greater depres-- hk f a c f sirgrri).") £ P , Hon. Walter Rollo's contributionf _.--~.Producers and dealers in many i