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TD mR i ldet . f Friday. Feb. 26 th ' # \ \ 'Revlse Niagara Treaty. Questioned on Hydro. | Dealing with the subject of water-- 3 Mr. Cooke questioned Mr. Kemp power, Ml'.l Keefer declared eth';c:f; as to whether or not the Drury Gov.-- ' Old Ontario power resources ernment had paid anything for Hy-- almost at an end. He thought that dro. Canada would be well advised to seek rgI understood," replied Mr. Kemp, | } s ;lrevislon of the t};eatih:'isf':g;'x "that under its legislation we receiv--| agara _ power. Y ed our bonuses for two or three| 20,000 cublc feet per second to be y ++ | taken on the American side of the }e%f: Cooke--There never was a ' Falls and 36,000 cubic feet a second dollar paid to bonus the rural dis. ' on the Canadian side. < The greater tricts until this Government canIe flow was on the Canadlanls;lde.1 Pr;sl; into power ( dent Roosevelt had declared tha a _ M is | only 20,000 c.f.s. should be develop-- No};'ItO}:L"I"én::v;rortB}figfiec](::;%gTissxe' ed on the American side, or the the legigiation of as o ® of the Drury Govern-- Falls there would have gone dry. ment that brought about the b But, he continued, 10,000 cubic feet & 0 e bonus-- + s ing and if the Hydro Commission of the Canadian water went over to 1 1 A did bring up their bills it wasn't the the United States industries in the fault of the G shape of power. ( MrOC6o?(e (;";etgrx]'trzsm.that if the * Commend Work of Mr. McCrea. (Government had been as zealous in That the Government could bank ontinuing the work as in passing. upon the support of the Progressive hbe legislation it would have ap-- party in projects pertaining to the proached the Commission in the' development of water--power from natter. the St. Lawrence was the assurance M. M. MacBride (Conservative,' given by R. H. Kemp (Lincolin), Brant South) followed the member who continued the debate. Mr. from Lincoln in the debate, and' |Kemp then proceeded to depreciate turned at once to Hydro matters. He}| 'to some extent the illusion he had spoke at length of the life and work| created by attacking the Government of Sir Adam Beck, paying > high| g policy from various angles. Refer-- tribute to his enterprise and accom-- I | ring to the development in the North plishments. He reviewed the life of ( iCountry. Mr. Kemp suggested that . Abraham Lincoln, stressing in detail t was due more to Providence than . his decisions and declarations, and to the Conservative Government. It picturing him as the great emanci-- ¢ was only natural, and its success ' pator. "I submit," he continue'd' could be no more attributed to the ; "th " C A € | at Sir Adam Beck was also a | efforts of the Ferguson Government great emancipator.'" He -- thought! than to any other Government or y P 4 & that the Drury Government had not party of the past. Mr. Kemp drop--| A 444. +s dealt fairly with Hydro. It had, said ped his jabbing attitude long beainey i enough, however, to commend the he, instituted the Gregory Commis-- individual work of Hon. Charles Mo-- | sion, which he termed '"iniquitous, Crea, Minister of Mines, whom he and which, he said, "spent lavishly 7 thought well qualified to handle any of the Province's money, not to help situation arising under his depart-- }Slll' Ada}x;rl\ Beck, but to hinder and mental observation.. arass him." | , j One of the many important bills| Deplores Lack of Fruit Gurden.s.. given first reading was that intro-- i Fur{rer It{o the questilor} oflagé'm\}:l- : duced by Karl Komuth (Ind. Labor, ure, Mr. kemp complained of the h Wate _ This hbill would f lack of grading of fruits, particu-- tSn?il;\tg utillilttie:xu:)ot)the Prfivince under {%?;e P'fgghe;or;"fi'{?gngfécf?clgdhit;- \the Federal Industrial Disputes Act ere *E f | j en ue ihe Peorines " Wl oo se es en dnepics: part of the Province. While ad-- | j | ) * mitume that S Erading came under iraipriihe ts Rreiprac on o. tth;rlili;;(\(}l:ork;mx; ;aw e;'g";_:aa';g; borne Railway:; to incorpcrate the| why the Ontario Government should| C_it,v of Ford City; to incorporate the; not have some say in the matter wiliage of HMosseau. and to amend| is y 4 < [ the Vital Statistics Act. There also| especially when, at the preser s id bef he H 1s! 1 |time. it was introducing legislaton weere c]tziin(gl;' t;ae ?Il'.gw nto;.? Ea::vsl?e\\ 'ltch; y oranmecsesarrammunne© o cmmcakdt -- i respe e ] )' % I to compel grading of cream. If * ; Town of Arnprior, the City of Fort, ggrilcultli(rlisg axig to siet a squari (\\'illiam. the amalgamation of To--] eal, sa r. hRemp, improvemen ronto Western Hospital with Grace in _this line must be sought. Hospital, the City of Toronto (two Kemp sitmasca the need of x Pro:. }'""S)' 39 York,and the 2L C., the . County of York, and the T. T. C., the vincial rate for the construction of ' John Currie estate, and the Town of same. Even then, he declared, I LaSalle. farmers in the outlying districts o omm r mm mm amas on cmmn n e would be getting the worst of the f deal, Declaring that the farming » districts bore 41% per cent. of roads f taxation, in addition to paying their share of gas tax, he expressed the belief that profits received were not proportionate in any sense of the' word. Several sharp thrusts were| a + u;ken at the Advisory Board of En--| Clty of Toronto Bill gineers and the alleged "take--it--or-- | | f f M leave--it" tactics he had heard this | $ is Given First Reqdlng ' board employed in travelling up and | The general bill of the City of down the Province. | Toronto which Russell Nesbitt, Con-- servative member for Northwest ;'o- ronto, introduced for first reading lin the Legislature, yesterday, will validate the grant to the Banting fund; the grant of $500,000 to thg k Exhibition building fund; tax sales; and will provide legal authority for the North Toronto sewage system. A s . bill to authorize the city to operate a ferry service to the Island was in-- * troduced by Alex, Lewis. ; f £ + + e qo c c h dn tyz