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P Hon. R. H. Grant said thatdin 0:3! . . . l . past'year the Province ha pa l l, 3149.700 to enable the pupils to geti iOUT AT FRONT DOOR I l cheap text-books. and if this' bill; AND m l came into force the Province s on _ expect to be relieved of these sub- BACK ONE l- ventions to publishers and the . H C """--------- ( schorl boards should maintain to w . . . full cost of the books. . . finelman Criticizes i, Mon. Mr. Ferguson in Sympathy. Appointment of Hon. i Hon. G. Howard Ferguson took l. B. Lucas . strong exception to this. He saw ll' _ . reason why the Province shottlt TrrrTr-.. ,t _ withdraw its assistance. He had. In answer to a question on the ', sympathy. said Mr. 2irfi,e,"i,",,'1s' if"? order paper, Hon. Dougau Car- l .the irinciple of free tcxt-ioo s, ttl I michael told the . I the Jd not think the hill should cx-i 'da that Hon I likilslature yester- l tend its scope to secondary schools. y . . . . '. Jugs was tem- 1 i Karl Homuth. South Waterloo, re- l, poranly m the Fervtce of the Hydro- ' lferred to the example} of Tester} electric Commission of Ontario as ( . - . the in JI N, am ' . . . , (s1,'a"i'iint'rhfixtp-)tf1'j/r,oa')2fr' 'in1 bulk a. " solicitor, to assxst. 1n legal and semi- l leaving of $500 had been made in legal matters, at a salary of $600 a one year. . l l i month. i, ' q ' -' . 'sal me " . ' waih"it,lgA'g'"iiv'2r11,1ian/rees' 't'exytr. m he; 1vo,.1."'Ti,t. that the Govern.. l [ books. He thought there should he doeonr agiltolok 'l,'icd"/i11tthtt,,tah:i front ' machinery for enforcing the pro- at a. higher salary?" bfi/rt ydoor t ivisions of the bill if it became law. Casselman Dundas' 'MII W. H. .Major A. w. Gray, Leeds, and J. "And th'erll iii Walter Furry. Southeast Toronto. t l , C ',',3C.c, osed the door trl.. spoke in favor or the hill. 2t',,t.',lfe on n13 honorable friend," The Premier said that undouht- o 'r/rl I")? G. H.owarti Ferguson. edly much of the logic in favor of the f' a St 0 Dremlums paid to m- l bill was good, hut the matter had :uranoe agents outside of Toronto ' . another side to it. From the fiRurosr of 1.921, by the Hydro-electric Com.. ' given to the House hy the Minister 'llll'.11/l.n' The largest amount, $204,- of Education he said he had worked iri assent to Mortimer & Bam- t it out roughly that text-books cost ' l tie d, Niagara li ails, according to the 5. the children of the Province 41! return that was tabled. cents each pupil per year. Tyt/ might save that 41 cents to each f pupil by this hill. hut. on the other F 'hand. they would force on mnnici-. 'j palities and some hoards that did not . I .4, want it the burden of supplying QUALIFIED STUDENTS i books. and they would also rob tho . . , . lparents of the possibility of co- q loperating with their children in edu- ME hu, ADMITTED -cating them. . IPrcmior "'axcs Sentimental. I _.._.m --_--r--, ' Finally. the Premier said that! HON. It. H. GRANT QITSTIOVED there was great pleasure in looking,' C"' ' .. . 'over in mature age the text-books; ON ADMISSIO?' TO c. OF T. used when children, and he did not FACT LTY. ' know why they should rob the. . ------------- i parents and the children of that Answering a question by J. C. innocent pastime. Itamsde I .. . p, , C Hon. Walter Rollo said that they n H 'i') Stou'thwest Toronto, ",0" . 'ought to make it as easy as possible . . dTXvn ' Mirrister of Education, '7 for children to get an education. A told the Legislature yesterday that l, good many municipalities had no students from Ontario holding tho .3 already adopted the plan of supply- \ proper entr n _ liti ,- . ' P ing text-books for the children. The _ a ce qua cations were J time had come to make the rest of, refuse-d entrance to the Medical f them do it. Faculty. University of Toront ut . I Dr. Forbes Godfrey, 1Vest York! academic year ha, ref l t'hds supported the bill. Replying to the; . _ T . use a - ' T Premier's argument. he said there) nrittance were applicants from out- ' inns no sentiment in text-hooks. He" side On1ario, except one returned . ,always was glad to get rid of them. i soldier and two stu dents who w . , r.trs' ..-,1 ,. 'oh"cm.alrt) . . ere (,tc'ree.riyg,jnsrt'.:in'eiiti,1j,/ ",C'/,Y" "In": admitted in 1920 and who failed to i ichiefly ones of sentiment. and he 21'P, eie,eni,nifasyh1gi1 applicangs ), ;had no objection to the hill going to: y ' g 1.10 Man - 'committee without the House en- . ing in advance of pass matriculation, . l, 1dorsinr: the principle. _. He said he" There. were 64 of these. These are I' k . . . . q . ' ' promised precedence 'next year if ' new of parents that spent " dollari I, h , . on exercise books for every ten cents! Entity get ' onor matricullation stand- ' . spent for text-books. "If we are Ro- . _ , ing to go into it, let's go the whole) l Hon. G. How"! Ferguson asked . way. "rext-hooks are not tho ex- "f there was a, movement on foot to i pensive end of the children's cost." f remit" hhest't,it/itt""it, at le Uni.. J . _ , vers y 0 tone. as ere not ' . Soho Distribution Problem. ' some such condition in the Rocke- '. The Minister of Education, also teller gift? he asked. speaking for a second time, said he "I have heard nothing whatever I, had no objection to the hill going of any such movement," said Mr. " to committee. "One of our greatest Grant. He said he had seen the . difficultios in getting supplies of text- conditions ot the Rockefeller gift, t . books to the pupils is, the mode of and there was no such condition as . t distribution through the local mer- 'tsuggested. I ( chant. If the books were supplied l t by the boards. this difficulty would be relieved to a very large extent." . . ,' Thomas Marshall, Lincoln. argued, ." this bill would create legislation; k that was more compulsory than any) "'7 gther school legislation. School; b T oards were compelled now to builrli . t /ip2,ot1,-o11',eit",' and buy equipment. Will Take No Action , l e committee, he thought. might , . . . iamend tho bill so that it would apply On Mayor 3 Affidavit i, first to urban schools. The bill was n. Nelson Parliament, Speaker t) in Rood one, he thought Ho . 'h _ . I Hon. F. C. Riggs said. that if the 'of the Ontario Legislature, says e. , . (House adopted the principle of the will take no action whatever upon bill then something should be done the affidavit of Mayor Holden of Col- l . . hy the department to handle the lingwood respecting w. T. Allan. ' distribution of text-books in town- Conservative member for West Sim- tthips. coe, who is alleged to have accepted 'el i Wilson Crockett, South Went- a fee of $100 for preliminary ser- .- worth. and Charles Swayze, Niagara . 'vices in drafting a private bill for C,, t liiiifrsiiiiiioirt% the hill. the 1918 Legislature, _ E l Joseph McNamara. Riverdale. and A ' :Hon. Harry Mills spoke. briefly in o V favor of the bill, Andrew Hicks, [South Huron, was against the meas- , ' zure. and H. K. Denyes, East East. . . . . Ilef. thought it should not he made . "ampulsory upon the municipalities. . t i . . . ' . ', _ l .