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& s * e -- 3 A & A l"¢' y ; ' * 4 flors a y . p .-- * -- hok *.. ¢ "Who 't'o'ld'yofi 77 -- s Quotln' from 1621m it "that someone was &o b:a;alat;k:gi: .;}Iarfln o rnountey 4Q" a,g'riculturali *3 E getting deposits?" A.--The Gen-- vevenue amounted to 441-- millions; ereg Manager. fdsusebefl.nszs millions; Saskatchewan, | f .--Anyone else ? 253 millions. Ontario had 2,838,000 | - could. A.--No one else,. _ head of cattle; Quebec, 1,781,000 | Q.--If there was no apparent' head; Saskatchewan, 1,535,000; Al-- ; change in bank deposits a berta, 1,520,000. Ontario had 1,-- | P . why--should « A anyone be paid? Was there any 134,000 swine and Quebec 797,000. reason? A.--The General Manager Ontario had 15,203,000 poultry; Que-- . : f § 5> thought then it was sufficient reason. :'8'13'0%(')'82'3)00 and Saskatchewan 9,-- |. Commi ©01,000. ntario produced _ more | Q.--:Vs;:nxst aQ:tth:ur(\;:n"mth'ion. !Zzn 181:115 tI&e d'?.dlry ipl'oducts of Can-- : | commissions on deposits?ng K'iai{ y h MaTHD: had been done on several oc casions ¢ Co--operative Conditions. : Q;,----What sort of people did you _ _ Mr. Martin reviewed at some 29 {)fiy. A.--A travelling representa-- ue'ngth the history of the formation :f------an outside member of our of the United Farmers of Ontario staQ :----W'ho $18€" . 'A. _8 & :lk.r:d téhe United gfirrfiem'hCo-opera- * * ----Severa ot ive Company. e tenth anni is & additional interest over 3 per ceng;. sary of the former institutionn 'lrf;d theQr;;;'lxho got it? A.--The firm passed recently, he said, but' with-- § ' T aken etsc; (h vut any celebration of any kind. He § ardson, who w%sca%e of F. H. Rich-- ve'n.led that Progressive candidate C elved certain cog"gzgiotgshfa:e é'g- :-rllddolritties]had not been reduced at t'%i':xlng City of Toronto deposltsr, I\Irt 1i-§m a?\'oiffi?fiiogb&?{; crigigni;igurfg orpagigir e se d hof dudeione ' G Apen ana abovs'b i% _ Mr. Martin, after discussing the ' . Yes. eboard? A.---- ;,_o-oper;;.txve Company, and reading irs o [gures from its various annual o Witness 'co_uld not give the com-- ttatements, said that its paid--up ; * mittee any information as to Mr capital of $875,0 * Mason's --overdrafts with the bank,; y i echase on 1ocbes OV Tanih, having no knowledge, he said of" M.;nted.. because of losses, by a total Mr. Mason's personal dealings. ' He (-"i 1265.000; of a . $25 share was did not remember Hon. Peter Smith \\.'orth now about seven dollars. There ever having a bank account with the mwile noft A doubl in the world. but Home Bank. h*{at politi¢al action had had a -- When the committee was persuing 'fzmt.ddca' to do with the ~result, the_ memo pad upon which Mr. 18 EM0: ;'"'s'mx't.h's n;mme a.ppea.redbon numer-- amall Bodies Lose Money. ous occasions, presumably as hav-- Losser organizations 6 ' 8 xag a,Mppom'tmems with Mr. Mason, | throughout thged Pr';vl(;\rlsc I;';Suelloes(i ' ' ;n!;.riescgfreilrbrb(')rl:'gth}:'sO:atmltgaetmégg; mogey.dhfi (slaid. and added that W. * jam: U. Goo ad succeeded in losing for gli:ht.vt.he h;nox:&l'a of April. at awbout | his farmer friends in Brant County ' ime Mr. Mason left the bank. I * the sum of $30,000. He referred, Harris Brings Books. also to losses that had occurred in| 6 Chief Accountant Dou'glas was an asspcmtion of farmers in Elgin, called to eswear to a statistical sub-- ho C544 ; | mission to the effect that the Prov-- All these things, he proceeded,| ince had lost $87,429 on other bond had a detrimental effect upon what transactions with George R. Har-- he believed to be the salvation of thel 4 ris's companies, and then Mr. Har-- tarmers---tha"t_was: thg co--operative' f ris appeared with piles of books and Movement _ Bl".t peia i+ orgamza-{ documents of the Browning, Har tion,"' he said, "the farmers must % is. H a » * keep away from _ politics, because| ris Hamilton firms with which he that will be di 7 | was successively identified. The com-- . -f;.;.lt s ]deb 'sa?ftr;)}l,s ang, the et-: s mittee will have Auditor Clarkson | iatharaanne aae t | go through them and appear at the( Ontario Honey in Demand. | ;next meeting, on Friday morning. & Mr. Martin referred to the Honey| |_ The statement tabled by Mr. | Producers' Association, which, he, Roug.las covered a period from believed, was operating along x'ight! * * ' ; ugust, 1921, to Sept. 10, 1923, lines. Ontario produced about ten| + 4 on a million and a half of in-- million pounds of honey a year, and| scribed stock transactions, and the Manager of the association had| $564,000 of Canadian bond transac-- been sent to Europe and came back| f tions, and the tabulation set out with a sheaf of orders, and believed | @ . '(_vha,t the Province had bought all the that he had obtained enough to} | way from 3 to 17.83 points higher take care of the Ontario surplus. | ;t'h-am actual Toronto market price, > The whole marketing of produce * the average being 8 points higher of the farm today depended upon| h * lt;ha,n the market. quality products, \Mr. Martin assert-- o w _ _ _ _2 mmemmmenee | ed, and maintained that education| , was an important factor. He show-- ed that school fairs, a few years ago! C E numbering 25, now numbered 504. , Referring to the building of costly 3 technical schools in urban centres,| | Mr. Martin said that, while he did'l * not oppose them, nevertheless if the} f 9 city boy and girl obtained these ad--| n vantages, then the boy and the girl| * « j ; on the farm was entitled to educa--' ¢ | tional facilities that suited their * | needs. It was for that reason that _ (ellruiiemenrnrnriersiniemerrcrec ty he and Dr. Merchant were going to m aA : Denmark to investigate educational Mlldly 'nforms Agrlculturists matters there. Grading Problems. 4 U-cF- 0. Nea"y Wl'ecked New Zealand was a strong com-- f «@ i petitor of Ontario now in cheese, o--operative Company said Mr. Martin, but Ontario had t F furnished New Zealand with the 'NTEHEST|~ men who had put the industry on G STAT'ST|CS the map in that country. He em-- o SHWWHNWNNEAOBgormmmmcnciune phasized certain grading problems, > + f and said the farmers had a general ; l Hon. John S. Martin, Minister of suspicion that the material is sold 3 Agriculture, told the Legislature yes-- for No. 1 and the shipper received l:rday, during Committee of Supply, metN(t)fiel fpaxl"ir;ee,rbut did not pass i+ > * + * on to * doatal'iln his term of office he would f He believed it was safe to say tha: f he could to help the co--| half the cows in the Province of On-- operative movement. He favored tario were not paying their way. He organization by the farmers, but . _ urged that education shlould tlt:' declared they must keep politi brought to the young people on th« O p politics out | farm, so that they would learn no -- ' of such organizations. | to be satisfied with having stock o & Value of Development. | e ARY k:gd. ' ut gtio dh%;'et:l?(ogb?gf o Ts # ' y | cows they are gla 4 Agricuitural development in Can-- | Mr. Martin will proceed today, i s ada totalled $6,031,000,000, Mr. | is likely, with further explanation ? . Martin said. in Ontario the de-- | concerning his department. ; ; : | _ velopment totalled $1,887,000,000. In | es . a in m ' . Quebec it was $1,288,000,000; in | ; : . Saskatchewan $1,513,000,000 and in | .Prince Rdward Island, $75,000,000. || 8 : w an .l & s