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\considered~ -- "rather _ far--fetched"; 'also he charged misinformation in 'connection with the statement that ~ out of ©49,875 miles of road in Bouthern Ontario, 27,117 had been surfaced and paved. There were : other statements with which he, found fault, but these were the s main ones. j The Premier said that everyone in the Province must know that "sur-- faced and paved" included gravel-- ling, but the Conservative Leader '_ promptly took him up on that state-- ment, seizing upon it as a measure o of proof that the advertisement was intended for Ontario political con-- sumption rather than as a means of _ building up Provincial credit out-- side the Province. True, salid Mr. Ferguson, the Farmers of Ontario would know that gravelling was in--| cluded, but he had assumed from speeches of his honorable friends, opposite that the Farmers were up | against it, and had no money to invest in Provincial securities. Patronage Inferred. The Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Doherty, defended the statements as relating to his department as ac-- curate, but the Conservative Leader pointed out that one of the state-- ments, relating to the possgibility of * discharging gtl an'y time of agrtcul- "*"*""!'rG Y c ¢e T J -- tural loan obligations assumed, was PUESDAY * FEBRU AR Y ()9 1923. based on the expectation of the m 1 1 f l l O e ks passage of a bill which the Minister was to bring down this session. Premier Drury reminded Mr. Fer-- guson of a former moving picture political venture on his part when a| -- _ASiminatar_af_the._nalid Government, and the Provincial Treasurer, taking | l, E AI IENT[ON a hand in the scrap, said that this I Government had no newspaper pa-- | tronage list, as had the old Conser-- : vative Government. Mr. Ferguson shouted across, "Oh, no," and Hon. Mr. Raney fAung back, "Oh, yes," to ' on zisnn mew which Mr. Ferguson responded, "The P o c Globe always 'got our advertise-- * ments." l reg"er Aodmes,to De'ense Of F. Wellington Hay, liberal Leadelr, _ then took a hand, stating that, while | age R vert|sement Of he knew this Government would nlo(;. | be guilty of patronage, and wou t esources not lend financial aid in the way of Mn advertising to a newspaper just be-- ACCUSED OF PROPAGAND cause it was a Government support. # ' A er, still he noticed the frequency of Nki ieeticenerinearinif it esn Government financial advertising in > $ The Farmers' Sun. But Mr. Hay, About half of yesterday's three-- without smiling, said he was sure| hour session of the Legislature wasl that the proximity of a general elec--, devoted to discussions concerning o islign.sand thehol(();se association (I);. ty [ | The Sun with the Government, would Wha:t had appeared recently in the | have nothing to do with the appear--| newspapers. The House did other | |ance of financial advertising in The]| things--such as receiving half a}. |Farmers' Sun. | "'\;'1"" answers to inquiries of the ! | In All But One Paper. | TR nlst'r_s: ancussine fo'r af' hour At-- ; | The Premier closed the discussion | torney--General Raney's "Blue Sky'" \ by stating that the advertisement| Bill, killing one and giving secondl held up by Hon. Mr. Ferguson had! reading to another of the bills of Dr. | ;'pgea"'d &"'t i]': TH" tt?loPre' '":d | had > run rough a e Toronto g;::'g;o,?e'fgpi'::fi?g;g';' ;gg pae(x]': | papers with one exception. He saidl vertisements was the big feature of he assumed that the country would the day not expect the Government to penal-- ' ize newspaper supporters by with-- Papers in Limelight. holding from them Government ad-- Three distinct newspaper features vertising. and at the same time dis-- were brought to the attentith of the tribute it among newspaper oppo-- House before the orders were called: nents. a $500 page Government advertise-- With that item of discussion out{ ment in a weekly paper, warm in its of the way, J, W. Curry, K.C., Lib-- affections for the present Adminis-- eral member for Southwest Toronto, tration, which Hon. G. H. Ferguson arose to ask A. C. Lewis, Conserva-- characterized as misleading politica) tive, Northeast Toronto, as to the | propaganda; The Globe's report of a truth of The Globe's report of his ; speech b.y A. C,. Lewis, M.P.P., be-- ® speech before a Conservative meeto! fore a Conservative meeting, upon ing last week, at which he was re-- | :;:'ec(;'g;p'r"'%'}\fgul;ewlls{véas In(tlerro- ported to have promised, amor':)g/,c' | Globe's news iterx;xy' of "}'2:ter'£%.]§ S:p:;tx(;:'i%s}msi.x x:);igl ;I:)(;ril'zr-{ morning reporting that consideration ;nti v',' vote flné Ir)nore importan{ in | :Val:lb:lns g:ven by the Government t'he 'Attorné.\u(}éneral's view, thati e?fo.-f_ 0°0!}'{oga.t§§x; O%Gizggor:velfir"e Conservative members had vo}ed' brought up the last--mentioned ar?g fl'g'ainst their con}xcta'ong.n Ol:' {};: received corroboration from the e Mss io ue ie wiia dhhe teanre | Premier. | they did not want to give the Gov-- "It is most apparent that it is' _ ernment certain political advantaze.' purely propaganda issued from the | Difference of Opinion. standpoint of the Government," de-- | . ' clared Hon. Mr. Ferguson, after Hon. (G. H. Ferguson, stating that holding the page advertisement up' he had no objection to Mr. Lewis' yto the view of the House. "It is answering the question, asked for | prepared with that object in view ' the Speaker's ruling upon the rights and evidently published for no other of a private member to interrogate | purpose--and subscribed here to the another on the floor. Mr. Speaker advertisement, of course, are the looked it up in the book, and found | names of the gentlemen who preside that it could be done in connection , over the dlffere{i.t departments . of with a bill, motion, or other public | the Government. matter relating to the business of $ -- {Mlaleadlng, He Says. the House in which dtheH mem!L){er -- | at th * might be concerned. Hon. . Mr. | wa? )::otncerrexedconas&!;z?i';,ee sia;:ladfir | Ferguson claimed the moral victory ! aid not care so much about the pa:' as his, and the Prime Minister anid * ronage aspect--was what he termed | * Attorney--General--who had by this -- the misleading statements contain-- time got into discussions--as tgxelrs. ed therein. He disputed the accur.' or, rather, perhaps, Mr. Curry's. 4 acy of the announcement that the At any rate, Mr. Lewis arose to completion of Ontario's good roads answer. His reply to that Globe news | program by the end of 1923 would 'story, he protrested, had already ap--| . 'find this Province with a system . peared in the Press What he had ranking with the great majority of f said was to the effect that Govern-- a 'urban centres, which Mr. Ferguson facs® P * & .--