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. -. t P". - ,, F .. . _C, iAiiiiiiiii rr _ - bills. _"" . _,' Tai iahirs- -"'e, - ._- .5 -- we. - 5.000; 1085 on t'eaaury _ .. i , . "mode; iir6iciinit Bend tn3ritm,Prr, ??ii)ii,)'lin'il' tietmp19y.gttrtrt W"? _ -> | ', t Kiev." when. he declared that Y,'iltt: I"3.3.000: Provincial P/if,elrvit, 'dit '5 l ed Imup government was im- 'count 8102.000: Provineltrl reDe- . ' e 1ut,t!tiiiF, and that can" con. 1'ii'.i"iG'dGu(tii,, 3112.000: j,",,'.'""')', , :i'li1'li1P,tys, as applied to legislative; lpartment. $36,000', Hydro.31 Gil I I t ".193 is bound to be a failure. [ 8230 000; Hydro, 1922, $3 ' "(i l ' , I That was the sentence of,death . education. 3305.000; hospiteals find l . _ lpronouneed by the Prime Minister' charm", $118,000, and 1677375 tt 4 ( . ., on the Government. which he ttup- Forest Department, 34205.) ck. to the . . l . I Pened to head." i carrying trie argumtehnt Dal-my Ad- ' ' . ' fl I' ' . T iPOSluon of Promier, i i,',,rivlt.itdi,'ty"Mort, Nickie claimed - B, ' Mt It a. _ m n 8 ra ' . it fot'l ..- , " TI J.- 5 - , Nothing today is of more momen- ' t t the aggregate defic -. . t 'ttl . , lions interest to the Province of 5152 four years had been-766.1723," Hon. Manning Doherty Tells '3» I 'loner-io than what position the 000. According to the, Pty! 1019' . . ( lliiri4lllllilli l :Premier is going to take. Was the ', own figures the di1tilt 0785 and' House Situation , Regard- tiEiti, "if? i _l"rcmier sincere at Grand Bend? and 1920 were .t.1, I '19.,1 tho: . 'il.,'! 'll5 ( ' Does he stand today where he stood $802,000, r,,ee,""ier,e2,'i, a'nsh'p"ll,s ltd mg Bankrupt Concern 431.4 1 5311911?" That was a question which T,'Jit%'ij5 tetd (Exhagmelgdt accounts _.'""'-.---.---.--.- . an" (it: ', I e Province wanted answered. 8 $600,00 ' u . H which , a ',i)').,"iiiji,ltlii : no?" to which we Province was t,?j,'idr'iiLtt,atgon,,"i;1'o4"tlie ordinary S0B-0010ilTTEE Is NAMED: e ;""'f's§'§.-.l ' c'n it ed to an unswcr. $9 ou ' n der cap-l ' ----.-------- I I (iii),:',),:?,".':"),!, f l Proceeding after the dinner haur. .column had t/,tigd't111 32m," had 5 5; ' 'i'fL'n Jiai..vr. Nickle hold up what he deemed 'ital. That 2fit'l 000 That, with; Whereas the Drury Government. _ 2.5. Ii/il I, the inconsistencies in premier 1really ttn,,' 0.f ii Gina for 1922: had every intention of taking steps. 93529 . 175; " Drury's public statements concerning I the de C ' o her two l ' l ,. ' 1 . , of the t t , 035-" ", in the wisdom of carrying on a close land the deticits tr rand total of . co have retained in Ontario for the; it"; 5473' ' Corporation U.F.O. Government. and ociyt'i/gylfi" up te g i benefit of Ontario shareholders surf "gig _ Iall SEES; F 'lrt'llt1aelseeah,,eer1, 21:71:33,533} 'fiiiiirer, Mr. Nickle 1il,1i1ti)ti,d/t,enti, plus assets of the defunct L. R'. l' (liiii?i,'s,_i,i,i,,,lllv, ' Treasurlgr 'sUhTetita( the Prime succession fpgt'/itu,,1if"fi1/d Eaton! Steel Company concern, announce-5 IRA' stint ' C . atel . I P C Bllllhi? (il,ilt . Minister has respected that price- ith1V;el)ftoir2,?eli' before the end ot; ment was madet on; thewgti):rl; ($03}: Bl't',r,)ijit , ' less jewel of their confidence." l '/iiit'oiiiii,' 1922. some months bctorel gegrilsmtguxgaizs Shatay course imur. Mi v'!tlt,'.'/.i' 7'7 I' ECalls on Premier to Explain. 'the amourg' Tt,sid)lfa, between his: visible. In discussion of Steel "H15; in. I "I say," ho declared, "that .the 2ge, mimics: statements Mia: Company affairs. Hon. Manning 'ltltF.', "', l dime has come when the Prime Iti'iti'e dealt in turn with the rela- Doherty stated that the assets ot kr, yrs, f' 5 [ [Minister ought to rise. in his plate in {50% of the Government to the Hy- the company, in proportion to the iti w-r' t NS l Ithis House and make clear 2 the dro-electric Commission. (that 'tif. , [30sz 1tdr weft? mulchézzgjigm the f" , _ Province where he stands to ay as bl system of gran s 0 ', n te Ita can an n . Tii,,,', t5.» I I . for a teta e . . l in , r 'Sim ".' 5 loader of the occu ational group-- . . ecessity fot further trl, ». iri?/"" ",7 3 whether he is 'seegting wider al'l 3737;113:3- treZegrch. and the minor-5 Sub-committee Investigates. i it t d it l L's-.7 liogiance or whether it is his inten- tnnlties for carrying on more err; The discussion was precp a. e $75,_j'..' . I ', ition to cross the floor of the House thusyatstic" and more intensive 2500181" by an inquiry from K. K. Homuth. F 5'77": . 5' I Wind undertake tho leadership of the welfare work. He advised the Gm". Labor member for South Waterloo, , 9'33} at? J Liberal party." ernment to preface any extension "ff who asked if there was any. further T, "7143;. "7'53 Taking up the redistribution issue,! activities along social lines I?" the 5 information that could be glitch out . "I: '__'; _ ' hat re resenta-' ointment of a large co_mryittee.t?i, to the public In regard to the in- .. . Mr. Nickle declared t p l app _ ' , . 1 I t e 'b':',; i" V tron in Parliament was not a toy, make a survey of the whohc yiOCiU , tentions of the 121ci'i'li"r'i'l,t, "13w; 'tuf '.'ii . .. . . ' ' ' . 5 . fi ld. possibilities of sa eguar " - , i,i'l':,)rir,l:.(tt to be played with as a child plays welfare ie 3 7 5 1 . , announced ara'. ', .5 " non of ar- . ' , tAr . tors. Premier Drury 'ip/ri' 's cv"I'r,', 'l '/dt,,1,1enttog.'; i,dtRttii",y,,",t.e','t'e; onpthc Criticizes ("mm"mnb'p, . tag that a. sub-committee of the Cab- - tii/rt, "r' Sign: nthat' 1 units of representation V The! tyeyber J/g,, 11),,'i1//i"'t"c/"e1 Jli",.'1 inet, comprised ot Provincial secre- F'frrr , should be fair and equitable between t caustic l 1ii,.f?,1,tlct,'.,t 1/,'/d/i,e,.'sl',r'i," tary Nixon, Hon. Manning poherty jlte;/ ' ' . ernment S' re'A'a11ce, on q t d P ovincial Treasurer Smith, had e , thr. various classes. "ticularly the Gregory LOINTAIAS- an r i i into the ' 1177' 'si 5' . He Placed before the House the .ll'y, 'leiis J/mn/iss/ion' business," been appointed uh nqu re Hon Mr Tlit, . ' information that' in the Province 'ii'f,"lad "win be overdonry. A com- Ef/teg,' "2913333? ed. upon . . 4... 5 w '.'" i '1,1 r'.-.., er 0 . . ':"r', i there were 28 seats with populat on , . , 5 leaut ml cushion tot a 0 Y "7 _ less than 16 OOO: 27 seats with be- ylitt,if.P, in: J, put between itself The Minister of Agriculture said -, _ _',, . ' ' 0.000: so seats Governm 5. , ld .7 brief for that the Attorney-Generai'a Depart- 't:.i, _ T ,5," tll een 15,000 3313002 GG .30 ooo: Ti and a shock. Hallmark}. lity at ment has been considering all pos- 1,a'Bp,. '&,V,,' ' , ' , .. 5 r " 'E Jed ' i Ir), _ C li' t, t1tht"i,Tveeege'2ti,'dbte 30.000 and 40,- 3?:ch 11:13; thy; an; cveriitstingu'y Mble action: keeping "in "'"'d1t,td',', , this . ' 000; two seats with between 40,000 snapping," but felt that he could Government's instrutc TLJ" even iF! I-rr,. ( and 60 ooo: six seats with between devise an investigation of Hydro af.. any possible legal 8 ep, 7:7" '7 50 000 GG '76,000; six seats with be.. fairs which would secure the requir- stretch a point it necessary, in its C fit t, GGG 75,000 and 100,000, and three ed information "without jeopardizing effort to protect Ontario 1ryp"htey , 1l,7r.':i,( iw b (seats with over 100.000 population, a scheme in which we hm; millions He expllaiincd that there 31:77:12,223: 52;" . - . . . ' must e a suc- l n com an eB--- 5 'tr' l '33::t007 which was Bouthwest To ice,.',,'.!,,"".,?),:',""'),',.:",),',',',,,, financial Pl'oh'- Lgtl'g'llggy gin Jd' United States. a»: y "'.' t l, Hir view of the disparity," he said, perity is to be assured.", . . holding company, and the "Mk. l s' '. '5 ' "how can any man with a sense of "It this great enterprise IS 390W?" selling organization, incurporated in, a f,, '., ', political honesty and fair play sit dized. then, I say, It Goverrrtnrmt Ontario, with unlimited capital and . 52.5 I o l silent and say that thebglme has (not will be held to blame. , no par value to "187): smell}! that L.",-!'-." , come for this whole BU ect 0 re 18- ' .rmncnl. It was not true, e " ' , "rj." tribution to be honestly and fear- Magnum Praises Gove ' M ' 5 there were considerable cash meta l, g,'. " lessly dealt with? I cannot see how For the most part.1 Z. - 15t'tel distributed among the banks. the , a a ". any man who is honest between him: (Liberal. Sturgeon Falls) approx ed , money having largely been absorbed ' .5; . ' self and the electorate can 'sn 1,rilfi'.1.'t of the policies of the U.F.O. Govern-) in the parent company. It would be Jrrr"ir: ' l [and allow such disparities l', c); Itdli merit. He devoted a large propor-f very doubtful. he said. if any action aj, . 0 In reply to a dime; quest tonrdfl?sry' I tion of his two hours to tiniberl to keep Ontario assets for Ontario .7 , _ '. Z. MNrtty (Liberal. thuiT.if,'trlvLtycsn)//, problems, commending the Govern-l investors would be advisable, in . t t . Mr. Nickle 'g'dp",'.tiue,',t'iottl,v,i, bd He l ment for putting through the Backus! view of the situation of larger assets '9 V l on proportional repr ,' . deal. and complimenting the Depart-,' in roportion to liabilities in the f ' . h v to be shown he said, p "i,' : wouldh a 2w system held out oer-l ment of Forosts on improvements; United States than in Canada. The 3" _ '. that: f,u',fi,T, tangible improvement that had been made in the at.imi.n-i shareholders here might far better . Jig"; .' tain 'Uh',',",,' that'had served iliei istration of Ontagiio's timber lands. be permitted to participate in the _..""', L on aleywell in times gone by befcrei lll- also mmgrutuluted the Govern-; distribution of assets on the other T: 't ggosvould approve a change. i ment on its aversion to "patronage," side. ' '7 i, declaring that there had been at f T . l Four Points of Criticism. l great improvement in the manneri Permission From Old Government. ( . , '. . , y set out to deal with of spending Government money in', H. H. Dewart. IRO- (Southwest To- Mr Nickle _ ' four points in relation to the finan- Northern Ontario since the advent'; 'onto), inquired ait to the date ot ' . ial position of the Province-the of the Drury regime. l .he permission to the Ontario com- A" i l vgurplus which he said wafha fiction: Before proceeding with his speech; pygmy to Sfell 8338:; gggesrvtiggn "Je, 5 ' x enditures; e alarm- roner the " h _ t t ere wa a . H $271335; 'ti non-earning assets galls explzinérdkElseittftgtleSttlorgzggI Government which he'd granted _ I appearing in the balance sheets. and the St Lawrence deep waterways'; such license to so apparently un- " h singfrur-tund scheme, which, he development He was not 0 as"; stable a concern.. Provincial Sec- ' t e . t financially sound. . ., pp f , retary Xi'an gave the date as Oc- ' d was no to the development bu fe ' t. said,: tter upon what date the I ' t lt that it tober 28, 1919. which was a date .' , ,,,,t'e, 'lt the Province were directed $2,223! 'it,eht1"t/,e/inga1c",a,g gel before the Drury Government came ' '. l ' _- - . ' _ '5 a n vue.", into office. ' 2at'g 1t',t'l btUv'1fitigftyceioygi b {.61 and it? watet pcf"'°"s.mad° avail- J. W. Curry, K.C., observed that ' a e to Novthern Ontario. Ili f at k . V , on the date set by statute, and Mr Ma . . I there had been no so us o oe ' in that respect he declared that the with I AV, 1l'ftu, wound "D his 'Speech, 'where "Blue Sky" laws were in oper- ( first item to come off the Treasurer's tl it}? ca. and a prophecy. 'ceaytsl atlon. and Sam Clarke (Liberal. 5 t surplus was $792,000 received by the. '.ef', 1 eral Party alone," he said.' Northumberland) declared that the ' Province after the close of the fiscal 1i'i2'gt',e,t' "to rumors of U.F.O.-Liberail, sooner Ontario got its "Blue Sky' 5 year, 'l, '.Pf/1 leave it alone; it is going] law in operation the better. "The _ T '; . summing up at the close ot his (English clean sweep at the next Province," Mr. Clarke said. "is full I 1 speech, Mr. Nickle declared that the e ec ton. l of takers going out robbing the poo- ' . Provincial Treasurer during the year m. pie. 1 hope there is not a man but C, .1922 had placed expenditures totul- ' will support the 'Blue Sky' law." /r 1ingt'2,9li7,000 in capital account Hon. G. Howard Ferguson "lad i), when those expenditures should Provincial Secretary Nixon to pro-; .1331 l have been charged to ordinary 510-, lent to the House at an early date a , count. Deducting _tho ",.tictitioros'i' full statement of explanation as to _ 55:. , . tsurplus of $1,06t5,000 from this} the status of these diner-ant inter- v'..' b' i . amount, he charged that the ae-i kicking companies. so that the pub- 57' ' counts in reality showed a deficit'; lie and public men might be in a 75.: of $1,892,000. , position to thoroughly understand t _'",.' V Details "Wrong" Entries. 5 the situation. Hon. Mr. Nixon Add ..3 . The "wrong" entries he detailed f . that the statement would be pro- 7 * as follows'. Special warrants, $281,- ' pared. 'ia' 1 l . 000; statutory, 8536.000; loss oni . . 'cl t -s1l)21 loam» "46,000; loss on 1922; , 5 V . _'. .. , n} F., i - _ e ' _ . 7 5. .- «.7 s L "' _