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l 'tret: Reports Assets. ' . l Not "Misappropriation." assets, said the Premier, were M . l 'll,U"?gA't, st,ll,i,mi','a, 'fhe $275,000 Loan. utTaiti,tttte,11,it elh,PrttPiiitl o of proposed '2it,'ltru'gft'itti,f,tt,,i TI gathorittlyefrgr Jung] be legislative aggmiged. we: proiperly charged to Government willie (that 311: Elvdtgel , ccoun . an not to current 'electric Act constit ted - laccoum. Th - . u a new fund ': lars odd listeod 1li",,,"it,,idltt,", of ft for Hydro-electric purposes, and that _ sce aneous, e the Government in div ti ;said. was the amount that had been millions to highways, "is 3&3; rehearsal: ill: the. di _ tn/l','",',),' meant for Hydro power under n e or - t e, statute? Th lat"! expenditures, the Premier said that the money @3236}; 5:21:33 It, ey amounted to $28,679,68T.trg. terval for other purposes. He claim- ' nterest on debt totalled $6,088,261.- ed to do that was not ille al Th :01. So long as they were putting had received legal advif l hey l anoney into tmg/it-ttiii"' and other' effect. e o t at eve opmen en erpr es they must It thev , ler interest. These payments did trio Durgogegrrgrei'd wneTe"nvo1roit,1,ti, (ppt represent an increase of debt. immediately to turn all Jd oun i .After deducting these interest NU. over for Hydro pur oses Th mob"? 'I,'Qi,tgg,e"i, fthe fth',111ttllh :xpendi- a right to use it to? other rig-$09; a lurewaseta ' . .7. In itw F' 1920 the controllable expenditure, amide"? (Ro/Cir/Pei',,":',', tfslarlf' 't,',t.gt.ta,1g2,tr off the amount for In- lions, a million a week, they would "3 ' was $21,266,800. In other not store up that 15 millions for that ,words. the net increase of expendi- time, but when money was needed Il/it for 1923- data "a'g',ts'fsh, with it would be available. The Govern- ' amoun e o ' . . ment would always be ready for the " Really a Saving. Hydro whenh Hydro called. Hydro i The Premier compared expendi? always got t e money when it want-! tures with other years. In 1919 the; ed it. i They should not have two) controllable expenditure. that is. ex- 2tirogv,ienfote,"t'e1,tsa"rTtsdor Hydroi penditure from which the payment , . g of interest due had been deducted. F. ll emngton Hay, L-ea'der of the i amounted to $18 079 278 14 The Liberal party, opened his address .on i controllable expenditure for 1921. as . l 1.t Budget_ by repudiating an m: I compared with 1919 was higher by ference which, he said. was some ' , . . , times thrown out, that the extended "fi/iii)?,?.. r.ee,t,uiyi,rgu'ef,f1rant,:'itt,:v', idebates and the amount of time e uca on, compar ng W l 5 taken in legislative discussions were i 1919, totalled $2,216,000; tor public primarily the result of Iettwht,t.i,r1rl lintetitutions, $1,069,000; for charities efforts on the part of some Oppo-l land hospitals grants. $93,000. On sition members. The House mustl I those three items alone, against any rememter. he said, that, whetherl lot which had been directed no wisely or not, there were now four} criticism, the increases had been EI'OIUPS 1n the Legislature, each Oil $8.779,000. Aside from those three i'tvyc,1,1ier,1vast.urap,r, rti1,is'ii,'",'j,'d1i,'/ji,?,ii,'t') the Government had economized ' . , . . 7 ' . ou ' over the administration of the form- intereasirur,evldencetr of independence or Government by more than among private members had some; '200 000 bearing on the matter. , . He commented. in passing, upon Stand Firm for O.T.A. the degree of accuracy with which . the Conservative Leader, Hon. G. H. I At the beginning of his Bpeech Mr. Ferguson, was kept posted upon l Drury declared emphatically that his matters relating to Provincial Government stood to enforce the On- affairs, and he declared in tario Temperance Act, as it came that connection that it was time it from the people, and to give it rea- ' was known "whether the civil ser- 'sonable and effective administration. . vants are still of the opinion that He referred to the charge made they are working for party poli- against the Government, that it owed ticians, or for the Province as a its position to the support of liquor whole." Their best efforts, he said, interests, and that it had done cer- should not. be given to the party tain things in return for that sup- which appointed them, .but rather to I port. the people of the Province. "1 wish now, once and for all," to Stand Firm tor Radittlg. give a denial to that statement," he . . . said. The Government, he declared, l, The.leibtra,rs, he said. in connec- did not owe anything to the support I tion with Hydro-radians. stood firm- of the liquor interests. "Members ly as a party upon their resolution sitting behind me were elected by passed in 1919.. and reaffirmed in ' _ he , 1921. "We stand for Hydro-radials," people in favor of that act, and t 3 he said "and I may say that thel are in favor of it today." . T, l .. _ _ .: time will come, I hope in my day,[ ' kle me" went into a long reyu'eW when we will have in this Province} , of the efforts of the Minister of Agri- all the suburban lines. all the locall culture on the matter of removing lines of railway. electrified, rather lthe cattle embargo, and maintained than run as steam roads. I 'that Mr. Doherty deserved credit for do not know whether we should tp?', Itr,1iryr about the problem in a way so far as to say these lines should) l that brought results. He believed be owned and operated by the Prov- I that the embargo would be removed,, ', ince, but they will be owned and ,saying that it was being left to a, goperated as national railways, so far lvote of the British House of Com- fas thenpeople of Canada are con-, V mons. cernea. , l, After stating the belief ot the: 'Aocounts Carried Over. ILiberal party that the present Gov-, . He admitted that accounts had lgnénent Tti'gtt'ii,'.it,,1,r, accountaible for l y ro expen l ures smce com mg n- 1 33:? c3113 b00391; $11131 'ee,, 050:2: .to office, and should have submitted on october'31 the Government would detailed information to the House, in 'have found bills receivable amount- .accordance with the continued ing to $3,258,000. At the same time, ( 1pt,e.i1 "g, 13- yi, Deva?" the then ' there had been carried over into the era ea er, s so. . I other Ifiscal ye'lar payments that pro- Did Not Need Commission. l per y e onge to act year amount- . " F ing to $889,000. While some accounts to 22adlutltoo'e,"r"uu'lgyetlet _ tre, 3322.1 "f,',1/t'ehi3/tt, "diam." out gimm" fgtitii'"e.1"t, Were i ' . ' feasi e or not cos c. We elieve tul"',,',':',.'"',:),?,,',"."""?,'))," 2ue in publia We... we "in it . s ro er to ac u re certan uti tie , Paid. including capital, belonging to I 'tU8e'v1sU/,'at5t1hrl'tfi to assume fuli ;the previous f1trca1 year wt" '1»009". responsibility for the operation of ooo, of which about $889,000 was tor; these utilities." :cun'ant expenditures. i Whether the Government claimed . 5 035831 D313 ftt,ihtf,'i""if, the? ','2,g/ to have saved the Province $100,- Iinnthe "DOT,',',",,),',',', unds?tl?e ta"9?.'"i'.'; 000'000 or $200,000,000 by the M- Act, it was given only one poeket---the gtivities of the Radial Commission, he l Consolidated' Revenue Fund The . said, was immaterial, been" the; B. N. A. Act provided that: and so "mm W" the ooveratrnant had not!, vi i l L {saved the Province one cent by such , did the Pro nca cans Act, said .the Premier. There was no other method. What it had done wtrerl, place to put the money. to spend well on over half a million l . - of the people s money for a report on . _ the feasibility of the lines. The _ people now had time to reflect upon '. the Hydro-radial issue and consider the changed conditions. 7 q _