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P N FHURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1923. . P"-'""'""""""'"'""'"""""" " of the Commission." Details of salary payments in the l rural schools of the Province given i by Hon. n. H. Grant, Minister of I Education, indicated a ssiirniticar/t . expansion of facilities for Primarv ' education during the past five years". f . In 1918 total salaries paid to rural; . public school teachers was $3,190.: I New Bill Would En ONE. 351; in 1922. $6,159,135. '-. i "m---.-.----.- . ll . G. I . Fe . . .:1 Pa C . l County Ilaluatitms Every thatmt1thHouge hir"arei'el')c)o,evr/iti, per ompany Will Be NBW' Five Years out discussion a rytommriniitt2n' do, the Agricultural Committee to tht' Customer for Hydro i ------------ effect that loans advanced "111:5 . . ', 'the rural credit schemes might Ll.; Mpigon SCheme l HYDRO PUBLICITY COST ! enlarged from 45 per cent. of 9...}.-. --------- --------. ' crty values to 65 per cent. On thr i, AGREEMENT DRAWN UP Despite objections from were attest": elitists? [harem-*3; --------- ous quarters, Hon. G. S. ":1er mittee, withdrew the mrui/r//"oi" at; . yesterday afternoon in the Legsa- ceptance, thereby leaving the .'.v' On the grounds that companies ture succeeded in securing second a open for future discussioh, TI ") already established deserve consid- . ' . d t en- l ; oration, and that new customers are reading for a, bill designe o t ' . able a county to equalize the ratios l neleded for tho. hydro-electric de- l, l between actual property values and MINISTER OF MINES ve o " p. OntaIi-TOCIE at Lanietron' lalls, the; assessment values, as between the l. overnmen is considering various municipalities contributing} granting to the Fort William Paper t th o t lev -. Company, Limited. huge timber p e C un y y. I limits in the Gull Lake area. west of Would Amend Act. t t (' ': Lake Nlpigon. without calling forl The Bill seeks an amendmen 13' '2 il H. tenders. The limits are te',",',?," 'the Assessment Act which won , l, mately 3.500 square miles in extent. make it: obligatory for all counties l l The agreement is already pre'pared,£ to appoint valuators to estimate i .____-__.A. l and only awaits signatures. , property values once in tive years. i, . . , In retutrn for the. grants, the corln- i If assessments were Young 'fl, bf 1oyr Mills Warmly Defends HIS; Wally con racts to emp oy at cast ,"' _ In one municipality an ' g In, . . ' . i. 000 men for a minimum of' ten: another. these omcia1B would be; g Administration Against f months-in the year at its plant in; authorized to make adjustment toi i c . . . . Fort William; to use not less than lensure that each municipality should :' pitioism ', 7,500 horsepower per year developed contribute to the county coffers on, i -----r---------- l by the Ontario Hydro Commission) the same basis. f at Cameron Falls. and to pay tsuchl In introducing his measure, Mr. gRESEARCH WORK PLANNED bonuses and dues as shall from Henry (Conservative. East York), l _ , h h i _'"'-.'.---.---.--..-.. i time to time be fixed by the Govern- declared that assessments t roug .:i 7 ' merit. The company agrees to double , out the Province today were "ridicu-P I Defending himself and i:,:, do. l the capacity of the pulp mills. lously low." This meant that the (r1'it'_,nent from the charcn of "pm. i, which at present produce 100 tons aggregate assessment of all Ontar o . , ' .-. i r.' .. of ground wood pulp per day. The municipalities was very low as com- ilntr done more to Bcarc capita', aw" r, addition is to be complete. and the pared to the aggregate assessment (from the Ontario mining Midi-WWII". full amount of Hydro power in use of other Provinces and States. As (than any other mfNenre. Hon. Harry not later than December 31, 1925- I tdrd'hltat,ht,d?iovitintfmTuiso'tohf2tt" Mills, \Minister of Mines. in the! 5820M Gummy ls Applying.d I ing money in the open market. Legislature yestemay denied the at"- g ut, while t e agreement is rawn 1 . 7 i curacy of the statements and cm vi . a . - _ Ad ustmcnts Needed. up with the Fort William Com ,' ll H '.. - P ri . / clusions expressed by Hon. G. How..,! pany, and apparently has every pros- I .. on. . C; yix?n., ro1 ncia I I ' Tr t'sre, , , . I Dec: of being signed very shortly, lbecretary. was inclined to the View; ard Ferguson, Conservative, I-"'dd'*iv! little has been heard of a similar .that_the bill was too drastic, but he, in Northern Ontario twhzzcal. application presented over a year iadmitted that something should be. ispeeches respecting, particuiarrv the! ago by the Thunder Bay Paper fume to Idjust. asstssmentey. For; iconfiscatlon of the Tovk-llug'now" Company of Port Arthur. This instance, he Said. one municipality; mining property. i Company is now a customer of In York county was assessmg its; Although the Conservative Lied"? Hydro, and at present has no limits. property at 68 per cent. of its value.i denied in the Legislature last twp.- _ It is asking for limits in the region another at 20 per cent. and a third the entire accuracy of a} n'ii'i)s,,','ii'/C- east of Lake Nipigon. which does rat 23 per cent, All three were Pay" report ot his speech, Hon. SlrL'KlziIs: not conflict with the application of ling the same countyrate. Obvious-z said that even Mr. Fergzr-on'N the Fort William Company. It agrees l _ Is.', 'the. ratepayers In the first mu-; amended statement "as mt 9mm". 1 to build a large addition to its 'tlr2ieN,tsir were paying more countyi correct. The 'iii/'ie,'.'v"i"iiC." 11,'iri,'/., plant, use 7,000 horsepower pur- _ Tiuht? 1tl'oe,,rf11r'i2t,ou. i denied that he had said that never: chased from the Cameron Jal.ls . . ..r.1ao r erguson doubt- before had a mining property mm: Development, and have its mills in ed the Prisdorp of the bill, but (.ii'l'iG's'la't'Cil for non- 'ftV.'3lr'r,? or" operation six months before the date ' thought It worth discussing in com-; l taxes H u had denied1 "',/,:1., 'l s,,,', d mentioned in the Fort \Villiam Com- inittee. Hon. Thomas Crawford.; operating (mine had been i'llz'ffisz'u'irli t"/d'r,/f,ri'i'7/,'"i?nt; 1///."1 cfl?se'aan,',t J::'.:3:.t?.t:3 'debaiutnedthttid'totyerar' ('p"r'lTi'o'if'l'l'y.' ' _ C . Pi ' ' i , q ' - . , . _ . tp1,1'inifiil,io5o'/im1ii"idriei, the (1:55: Sign was tnt/rely uncalled for. Division': Same List in 1919- is prepared to sign a similar con- ot opinion throughout the House; Mr. Mills went on to sun" new 21f tract. . generally ignored Party lines, some' 1919 the Minin Assess _ h: t new» ot the rural members o . F - g a "m 9" " 'l . pposmg the requested b r Mr yergi'swn s lbw. Members Approve. bill and others supporting it, for the! partment to lay Lirdri mi. q "(a IL, , _ . . . _ . san' ' ' _ . .4 " t ": ' 'l." ' Apparently .the granting of all [r/Jedi',',')'),"',", given by the sponsor.! later the very list of tardy tuxwy», these applications would meet with . t . . , I wont through without; era that had subsequently been prw ' the 1rypre.vttl.o.f the representatives a ormal vote. ' seated to the present M /nistvr. pref ot the district. Zothuv Museum Two Bills Killed. I sumably, he said, Mr. Ferguson 7.1m , i"aet'a,'ar21 i'f,tut'?goh,iit,.yat'iuirt,eaeig..r This was the only legislative busi-i Belt was about to take th, nt'limi' in: ii ' ed tl , -t: 't f ' . ness of any importance of the after- compel tax payments that Mr. Mi'ils p a317. IC imporante 0 securing 'noon session. J. had subsequently taken and whim w Freebor U an adequate supply of iorest wealth _'1.' 0 East Middl l. n ( . caused Bro much excitement ir, .h, _ for existing companies in tho North. 3 ",.,' ., . etsex) secured thel T . t V 1 ' I endorsation of the House on second North country. E tYJr"tt,titt"Areiui),Lto'e"'Aritehu)is1q'i, reading of a bill, to allow the sell- Although Mr. Fergus»: ind ""15 was very much in favor of granting lng ot hydrogen peroxide in stores that to collect $8 taxes thr, ("mm' , the limits provided the Government other than drug stores. W. A. mom had imposed liti"ewtio:: "m": looked after the interests of all Crockett (Labor, South Wentworth) ipensatlon and other oxpensm or 5.3.. thre m d iiii" d introduced a bill which sought to 000 on the Tech-Hughes mm. elm. e comps. ea an not eal on make "elect n . 66 Mini l di , -i.,._ heap: a "parochial basis." " oars rather than rate- Bier of Iriys lSpul.EI. H. . The immediate effects of granting Sflfggls b :liigible for election to accuracy (:4 the {"33ng ii .'ri.'i,' T... l the two applications would be an ad.. ' to 10 a": s, 1yst was outvoted 31 l more, he said. the S'x,,ori.rt,'-',r'j'r'rr v, C"'. ; ditional minimum revenue for the . o minor amendments t I" found that thc 'reck-iIr:u'v., l,.": the Municipal A t , o iin dan - t' b i wu- i... l. -' Niplgon Power System of $262,000 P. Hill (Con C", sponsored by H. (ii 1 ' gel .0. " e'ng New» F, _",',' ', per Year, General Hogarth esti- ' tawa) n t 1eryiatlve), West Ot- e d a spools; l a.binet n1su6?'r'.l 'd, ' l ,' mated. . D . 1e aSlmllar fate. celled the corrturcator.v (mil-mm One unusual clause is found in the Douuf'lug the "question hour" Hon. Council, and saved the mini; l,, thc, Port William agreement. The com- (/uoe1jliral,lfeimgcihtge, answered the 'll',"",',':',; who had failed lo 1"" up: pany contracts to manufacture a li' W. McLeognan fl.ilers,e,trtr: by ainvpaymentst _ . l p l quality ot paper equivalent to that . , . eral, Mormont) arren Stringer. U.fi10. ""'m" r, now used in the publication of Egghligeth? radial Propaganda expen. Jfor 1Lrl4lmand, who resumel :hej: school books and to supply this '(iutrin "/ the Hydro' Commission !Budget debate last night, in :' my; Paper in trumeient quantities when.. "., g m recent Punicipat elec- lb"?! speech trtrrtetr"tit,utvyted w. F.c, ever called upon to do so by the fd,',',"",, Total tErlenditure, he said. 'Nickle, ICC., upon tho "WWW "Writ"; Minister ot Education. The price is had b23311: 35.11.38. of which $8,188 lOf his effort before the Houst Tues-i to be agreed upon. ijiii'stlt'Jli'n,lt. 1 ngd 3.3.600.was still lazy -ttJtrht, but said that in P,r,y,i,',li/t'll, -'------------..-- been ",- ti: expenditure had " ere was very little behind in. Cm ' , _ au orized by the Chairman [cleans he uttered. He accused the, member for Kingston with never; {missing an opportunity of putting; Ihimself on the back. . i' it-----,-,--.,-.-, __