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t o w _ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, N. Hastings Member, in & s s j "Deadly, Vicious System. Vtgorous Speech, Con" 'The figures that the Minister has > submitted show that the Govern-- tends HOI'!- R. H. Grant 8 ment paid to the separate schoois F. Sh : $114,077 on salaries, or an increase Ouwn 1g ur es ow in the whole separate school system & # ... & # » as a unit on salaries of over 6 per Actual Discrimination in went. more than they have paid upon salaries in the public schools. 1 do Favor of Separate, not see how the minds of men can i [ conceive a more deadly, viciously SC'!OO'S n M a kl n 8' unfair system than this Government Grants \| has used in dealing with the public } achool system of this Province." , Mr. Cooke, who was given an exceptionally attentive hear-- ing, held forth at great * length upon the '"wanton extravagance'"' of the Drury Govern-- Characterizing the statement _ of ?"tem- which li"reh atcto]:ueed _')g gettingf_ 6x % into power vit e assistance 0o f"t? H. R. Grar;,tl.i Mlnlst.'er ff Ed': the voting strength of enraged anti-- cation, -- on -- public and -- separate prohibitionists. Not even the farm-- school grants as unfair and mis-- ers of Ontario, he said, were satis-- lsading, J. R. Cooke, Conservative | fied W'ltlkéhg i;:erg;rman;g hot ftthe member for North Hastings, in the present ministration, which, after s perusual of the Federal election re-- Legislature yesterday, contended that| turng, he judged had lost the con-- the figures given disclosed consider--| fidence of the people. «ble discrepancies in favor of the The member for North Hastings scparate schools. _ rciterated his desire for a widening Concluding an extended analysis| _ of the_unit of taxation in connec-- of the statistics presented by the ' tion with Proxgncial education, pro-l C C «4 3| posing to ispense with loca Minister, he declared: The total boards a * noqi; nd administer the whole amount of salaries paid in separate system Provincially. His estimate schools is $278,950, or 4.9 per cent.} was that a Provincial tax of five of the total salaries paid in both, mills would cover administration systems, and if the Government were| cogtrfx. v';;(tf: oz';r':': r?rrxlsd }:Ierbt?;'ixel # the dealing fairly with the public BChOOlf needs of the rural schools of the svstem, then the separate schools as | Province, -- declaring that, while a unit would be entitled to only 4.9| h:ghe(;' tedgcagonefir?ilght be con-- o \| strue o be beneficial to the per cent. of the tota;oli?;lati\e B'I'&nt'% primary education was the 'f,ft':i upon salaries, or $70,272. | necessity of \ the many. Efficient 'primary edu'ca.tional facilities, he said, was one of the greatest as-- | &4z--= Province or & nation could | j + f k "