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l "Before the Orders" was also 'productive of one or two items of [fair interest. A protest from K. K. Homuth, Labor. Sbuth Waterloo, over a reported utterance of Sam Harris in Liverpool. to the effect that nobody in Ontario was unem- ployed except those who would not work, brought on brief discussion of unemployment conditions in their relation to the Government'a immi- gration policy. Hon. G. H. Fergu- son stated that the utterance of Mr. Harris, who is Navy League Presi- udent. would be right in line with that of Hon. Walter Rollo a few days ago in the House. and, there- tore, that the Government could not consistently take him to task for it. Help Needed on Farms. G. G. Halcrow, Labor. East Ham- ilton, participated briefly, asking how the married unemployed in the cities could be expected to work on farms at $8.27 per week and board; Sam Clarke, Liberal. Northumber.. land, commented upon the advan- tages of $2 a day and board on a farm in comparison with $5 or " a day in cities',. then Hon. Manning Doherty. Minister of Agriculture. arose to state his position with re- gard to protests at any further en- couragement " immigration to On- tarin. Then, also of interest, was the announcement of Provincial Treas- urer Smith that the Budget address is to be made on Thursday. and that the Public Accounts will be available for the House on Wednea- day. Ttre" Liberal Leader com- mented upon the advisability of getting the Public Accounts down early. and Hon. Mr. Smith replied that no Province in the Dominion got its accounts down as early as did Ontario. So far as the private bills con- cerned, it was George Halcrow's busy day. Several of his measures were called in succession. measures to amend the Municipal and As- sessment Acts. and. on the last one, to amend the Assessment Act. Mr. Halcrow and the House got so tangled up in attempting to under- stand it that it was killed on the grounds ot "ambiguity." He was not so unfortunate, however. with all of them. Ir. K. Homuth's bill to empower the Athletic Commis- sion to hold investigations was. also advanced a stage. Protest Unemployment Claim. While almost devoid of interest, "Blue Monday" in the Legislature was not altogether barren of results. Several private bills suffered decapi- tation on second readintr---none of them of any considerable interest or importance-two more passed sec- ond reading; Hon. Walter Rollo'a little Health Act Amendment Rot in- to committee-and stuck there; Joseph E. Thompson made his speech on the Address. and Charles Me.. Crea, Conservative, Sudbury. was Just stating his objections to Attor- ney-General Raney's Blue Sky Law when the whistle blew 6 o'clock. UNEMPLOYED IN CITIES 0N ONTARIO FARMS, SAYS HON. M. DOHERTY Minister of Agriculture De- fends Immigration Policy of Ontario Government - ,_'- _._ "Ac uth 11011. "I: . J. Hanna. and he feared Ontario; was drifting back to the old assump- , tion that punishment. rather tiianl reclamation. was the cure-all for all' crime and error. Another sugges-i tion Mr. Thompson had was for a; centralization at some beauty spot} in Ontario of all the Province's aged and infirm. His idea was to takej them away from the crowded cities, 'wliere he believed many of them to 1 be housed, and place them in armed jbeauty spot. He thought that some i of the Government's c'Omnaitt,t.tioe ac- tivities might well have been utihzed 'in the direction of inquiry into con- lditions surrounding inmates of Pro- lvincial institutions] He regretted exceedingly that the Government had not seen fit to bring down some measure for the establishment of old age pensions. um uu'eUL advocacy of a Ministry of Public Welfare to look after the in- terests of those poor unfortunates among the citizenship consigned through poverty, ill-heahh, or other varied reasons. to public institutions. The member for Northeast Toron- to regretted that the Speech from the Throne was full of intimations concerning things material. In his opinion, public welfare work had: virtually come to a standstill since' the departure of the late Hon. "1, J. Hanna, and he feared Ontario; was drifting back to the old assun1p-; tion thut nnh€ul..»-nul a. _ ,_' -vuuvuo. Lu 1 The member for to regretted that the Throne was t'; concerning things opinion, public w Wtutyly come to Somewhat of a novelty in Legis- lature debate was the speech of Joseph E. Thompson. Conservative member for Northeast Toronto, in the Ontario Legislature yesterday. Di.stetrardinir such Ituyeh-ditrcusaa subjects as O.T.A., timber. growing Government expenditures. roads policy, and all the rest of it, the genial member beamed down upon the House in a speech of an hour's duration on the subject of public welfare. Outstanding in his remarks was his direct advocacy of a Ministry 01" Public Welfare to look after the in-i terests of those poor untortunatesl among the citizens.ht,, (numb-"J Joseph E, Thompson, M.P.P., Makes Plea for Aged and lnfirm l'fllliU WELFARE WORKS, B BECOMING EXTINGTI M55