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i * s x k At. | in:IoIz:ier. Henry. criticized the Act--| Sip Adam Beck, Mr. Lethbridge | eral Leader, F. Wellington keda how --many members kneW Hay, for his apparent willingness to ¢ ho [ d ' co o' t ith the D : h just how many t ucks that involved, i oo--operate : W e Drury Govern~ or what the expense was. When the | ment. He conceived it to be the * 4 i | Minister of Public Highways pur-- f duty and the responsibility of the h ased b i --irucks ab i Leader of the Opposition to criticize Réheith th a o wsg 801 eshion e ; where criticism was necessary. And [ e a s n stolme %ues ons 4e | ' 'Mr. Henry ventured the opinion that pmatter Wasn \ Ahov aie fac erred to the | E 'there would be much to criticize be-- |P"b"° Accounts _ Committee ---- 4 j 'fore the gession had concluded. He tforum to which Hydro expenditures | j deseribed Mr. Hay's pregent attitude | lought_ to be amenwble in care of | as an apparent willingness to sell out 'Questxon. \ to the present Government. ! ('"They tell us," he went on, '"that | ' Proceeding to the discussion of the \ we should keep Hydro out of poli-- x | Government's good roads program, ,gice. Did you ever hear of such an Hon. Mr. Henry declared that the | linsult to this House. such an insult principile of capitalizing a portion of | \to this Province? Why not keep the income from _ motor vehicles | | public 'works out of politics? Why | & taxation was '"'as old as the hills." | Inot*keep the Department of Educa-- ~ He did not think Hon. F. C. Biggs,| |tion out of politics? Why not keep | 2 Minister of Public Highways, 0f the | lour Provincial Highways Depart-- | 1 § 7 Cabinet members had foreseen what | ment out of politics? If you wantx % their policy was leading them to. to run the Province by commmissions, | P | "There will be demands for main--| what,are we here for ?" | tenance," he declared, "of which you| en have not at the present any idea." --| *%, * % The ex--Minister of Agriculture | as found that proposed expenditures | T this year would bring the total of | , good roads costs up to date to $50,--| T 000,000, and then only 1 per cent. i $ of the roads of Ontario would have | y 3 permanent surfacing. The Govern--| ment's good roads policy _fore--| y shadowed, he declared, "expenditure & along lavish lines such as waEs made -- by the original directors of the -- Grsx;d Trunk 1Railway." ympmnerrammesemmnemmines q - course, he said, the munici--| f ' palities would ask for good roads Dr. GOdfFey SUggEStS Callmg while the Government was prepared Ed' 3 to assums the greater portion of the| "° |t0|' BefOI'e Bar L cost. They were forced to make wl their requests, he said, in the very ; Of HOUSB 3 . spirit 10!1c?mpet1itlon with -- other Ainpelie pedur en ie % municipalities which had secured +$ PR grants. PR \ 34 Ontario. he pointed out, with little . EM'ER DRURY OBJECTS ) 3 averDone-third lofdthe population of i manessammiaamiaiames 4 s ie Dominion, had expended 60 per Hon. W. n e 14 i ; 3 cent. of all the money spent 1on tature P e Rane:,r told the Legis-- $ highways in the whole Dominion. yvesterday, in answer to a % "We are going," he said, "at too. questlion by R. R. Hall, Parry & fast a pace, and if the Minister does Bound, that, after inveesti e s 'i not call & hait he will lead Government 1 igation, the 3 the Province into a serious con--| th s riad found the report &# dition, and his successor will have| , rat the Shevlin--Clarke Lumber 4 * to clean up and bring us back to| Company intended to sto ; '3 a little bl't' of sanity in road de--|} tions at Fort Fr n hal wep * | 3 velopment. | founded ances was not well it Mr. Lethbridge opened his ad--| "The .Bar ;" dress with comments upon agricul-- place t of the House is not the g > tural conditions, and took issue with : said Pr(; t;y Yellow Journalism," / 9 the former speaker upon the point fneswe mier Drury yesterday, in t % _of the comparative prosperity of the $ Godxfrr to a question by Dr. Forbes $ agricultural industry. He quoted FSdit ey, West York, asking if the atatistics to show that, out of 385 or of a Toronto evening pa a farms in 1919, in one of the very *ould be summoned to the Barpeg best years, the gross receipts of the Legislature because of hi Fep \o these farms averaged in that year * vriticism of the Premi A . uk o $2,257, out of which the total la bor Aitorney--General for ]er % fhe A income for the farmer and his fam-- tiege in court proceeé)i d es Tha? o ily was only $760. In the very best being taken against Uh';gsathat are i year, he calculated, the farmers of | ;fl';dfifly moved the a,djoufnr!x)u?;;t D;.:" Ontario had not realized 5 per| ""\'ellin?t?nto fif'?"'sg"e matter, and ' 'lcent. on their investment. | -- * + cting Liberal E. & * A 1+ | Leader, sai i s The present good roads system." | o woeuld bg s'i'lth:(;g;ht the Speak-- he declared, in response to Hon. | up on the Fules #o :fised.to tighten | Mr. Menry's criticisms, "is one of | . House would not b 1e time of the o | the best things for the farmers of ters which did e wasted on mat-- & 5:his .Pz;io'vlnce that have ever come In reply to j""°:];°':fe?n it. $ \ torward." 3 0 uestion = * Taking up the Opposition charge ?x?}rl t?;d: Na.nm:a' Riverda,le,tr &f','mgf,f_ a > ::m.e?i&awtgance, Mr. Lethbridge the Norctzgndl'fféon ?\t; l in Tndrané } 1: "Members across this floor are Stated that the Grovem s Donerty ¥ | giving out 'half--truths in trying to an onicial 'ht ie _ Government had +# make the people believe this Gov-- of special there to report all cases of |ernment is an extravagant Govern-- no rerpo'.{sneed. So far, he had made t ment.'"' He proceeded to show that, s&id the G.oveff)on. Beniah Bowman U | while the toxlalnexpenditure for all had sent six ca:rirc;:,gt the day before -- * ¢ 0 * a € 'gvixigols';eiso% 960 and : 1981. was sSeLlliers who ware s'? of hay to help 4 2,141,000. Out of that total the Major . Alex. Lenlg. Rortheag." es : zor:lzr?gxexfi éxadv 1;-ot.ed such large ronto, introdu.ced';_i;,fi%!;heas.t 'To-- the totax; oty ;fi t t:t, thgy _exceeded wipe out tax exem.pt,'o at aims to * A other .Government churches, buryi fons enjoyed by # expenditures. schoolg P9% ying grounds, private He believed with Sir James Whit-- A. T. Walker, S ney, h:vdeclared. "that the time has duced a bill co;xflx?;tih. Oxford, intro-- come when the Hydro Commission by--laws of the cj ug several local « should Ab'e placed under a Minister organizing an a,d.w%;}'m?f Brantford, t 2105':':51, & hCabine-t Minister re-- giving the city pov::;i'- tboard' and 4 'g?m H e to this HMouse,. and through the Brantford--Oakland o take over |th ouse responsi{hble to the peo-- M. M. MacBride 'Bn tollroad. > f ple, a Mirister who shall sit side by auced bllle to perma _ my.4""D C :iod:n cv;lvli't'h our Cabinet Ministers in mc;t'hers of .t.enamgetl;n:;(;te ::wes ioz- é, | * pal electio 'fe at munici« l He read from The Globe a report assessed 0: '4::&? 4o io smong ; |of the purchase by the Hydro Com-- with $200 for ea,cls up _ to $2,000, mission of "a fleet of motor trucks." --------il_l.u_d_ /¥ 'After noting that the purchase had %" t . 'pe ~ made in' London, the home of| . ®