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" FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 192.». l ------------. Hon. Bemah Bowman Out- i, lines Plans for Protect- :' mg Timber Resources I ------ _ , zHOGARTH s "SWAN SOM" ( l ------= ' I Characterizing the Government',, I power settlement at the head of the .m-oat Lakes as an improvident 'mo'cc, l). M. Hogarth, Conservative inicmbcr for Port. Arthur, in the j Legislature yesterday, declared that ,in its consideration of tho intricatr I question of. Nipigon power the Greg- l my Commission had beeen animated 'i-y a desire to "pull Government .political chestnuts out of the fire." Besides Mr. Hogarth, Messrs. Sandy, Lewis, Bowman and Muscat: spoke in the debate, the last-men.. tioned moving the adjournment of the debate until Tuesday next. None lot the speakers attempted anything g in the way of analysis and criticism iof the Government surplus or the _ _:nanncr of presentation of public {accounts Each rather dealt with a lie-w subjects in which he had par- _ ticular interest. r Loss on Pulp Limits. i "The Province of Ontario, through . the incompetency and lack of knowl- edge of the Government, was a loser to the extent of $6,000,000, declared 'hlr. Hogarth. commenting on the transaction which resulted in the disposal of the Long Lac and Naga- gami concessions in July, 1921. These two reserves, he said, had an farce; of 6,000 square miles. Govern- ment cruises showed that they car- ried some 10,000,000 cords ot pulp- ; wood. They had been placed on the Imarket at a time when the bottom had fallen out of the paper market. As a result, they had brought only 40 cents a cord. Today they would bring $1 a cord. In case the Gov- I)';);)',,') were inclined to doubt his istatemenr, Mr. Hogarth offered to [put the Department of Forests tn itouch with individuals who would pay the latter price without grudg- ing. l""'ar to the Death." l Turning to consider the Govern- ;ment's relation to Hydro power in general and the Nipigon develop- ment, in particular, Mr. Hogarth ad- mitted that he was not a believer . in public ownership. Notwithstand- ing his disbelief, he recognized that the Province had invested some $240,000,000 in Hydro. Proper ad- (e'ii1"n1'i't1i"t'ir;'r'i' of the trust thereby {created was of paramount impor- . l tance to the Province and yet there {was a war on, "war to the death," I between the Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Hydro Commil- sion. To say the least, it was "um. I wise on the part of the Government for sordid political reasons to at- tempt to develop a sense of insecur- ity in the minds of those responlo ible for the administration of this i great enterprise." And the Gregory [Commission submitted the speaker. was but one of the instruments l which was being used to create that Heeling of insecurity. ' His Real Grievance. Proceeding to his discussion of the agreement by which power wa- offered to the Great Lakes Paper Company at $18 per horsepower in Fort William, the member declared that this contract would net the Province a direct loss of from $250,. 000 to $750,000. Further, he char. acterized the deal as being animat- ed "by a desire to pull the political chestnuts of the Government out of the tire rather than by a desire to Figs-act the interests of the Prov- In concluding, the Port Arthur urged upoxgeagexéggt ernment the advisability of prov". ing ousting paper companies in Port William and Port Arthur with adg. .--"" quate timber reserves. He felt that there was ample room for criticism