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Fria ay,. March s th 10 HAMPER ON1 ARIO INDUSTRY *"'The very success of publi 7 he 8 ic own-- & Government Has Taken ershiv. ho continued, "is creating ; A&Htation Unfonunded, problems every day. Light and.'-- Referring to the agitation of the f Neceuary Steps to Care {)l?wef have been supplied so cheaply| P2St Against the Chippawa, the * & s at it is creating a demand impos--| N'Pi&gOon, and even the Central de-- h | f -- E for Expanswn, and Wl" sifhle t.nl supply unless new sources \'rilopmems, Mr. Cooke showed to e of supply are discovered The an.| What extent the agitation had been *A j t > : > i Place Record Of Negotl- nual average increase in the sale of UDfounded. The Chippawa develop-- + © power is over 75,000 horsepower a ment, he went on to say, had been ations BefOre Leglsla. year. If the increased demand is ADPle in 1924, with the operation of T maintained for the next two and a UX units, to provide sufficient rev-- ture, DeClares Hon. J. R. half years the last unit of power °DU® for the carrying charges upon C k available on the present system the total cost of the whole develop ooke would be exhausted in 1928 unless | MCDLt. In the case of the Nipigon, 'other sources of power are in op-- .--'If'(m qh.(;}'sew()wor had been plan-- c | eration." ned. mtiff opposition was encoun-- LAUNCHES ATTACK [ He went .n to say that a supply |[°Ped4 af first, due to the fact that [ of power was assured Central On-- --",PUVAtG development plant was sup-- | ON LIBERAL LEADER tario for the next five years. "But P'Y!NS All consumers--with the excep. after that time," he continued, '"no \";] & |-'\W'. ""A that locality.. But Sir (helmrerrerriperarensooncorieatvong assurance of extensive supply could . ;;, '"I" 7"'<'t1}n he declared, had made be given to industries." ho thne poast three years ago that with-- S'cce's Of Public Owner_ HMe spoke of the plans for the St. "', }"ar: time 'Th" consumers sup-- :" hib H C Lawrence development approved by ROU!NE the I'T--""'""}' concern would ntarin s kn es come to the Hyaro begging for more| SA as reat Ontario and sent to Ottawa, and the | o Tok ging iOr i s P D ed Grow. prospects of interprovincial develop-- "'.")"1(',' ]'\"'3 ""'", according to Mr. > The $ awrence so § ooke, has been the case. . In nin: in * ment,.' The St, Lawrence scheme, he | <CUC'NSV',, ' & emand and Sltu. said, was the most attractive from "Nllll hl !ii?w r}](.-'(""li,wul P uent fron } i » 4 the commercial point of view nada builit up its development from ation Becomes SCT!OUS-----_' In connection with these Hydro '_n'unn h";'sf'm'."]'"r tl" 50,000 hr"":"' # ] matters he paid high iribute to gir |PPWCS ANG, incidentally, was building Future in Eastern On.' Adam Beck, speaking of (rf greut | UP MMimense revenues for the peopic | # in + uhk i * O 1 1e rovince, t public ownership enterprises as a TActawr s j { tario to OverShadow Suc"' memorial to his life and works. He h']l'ld?'h(r}nk')n::'r]f}' S.tm]"" Mr. Cooke, & agreed with M. M. MacBride (Con-- *48 * "_\f .O til.(' industriat future cess in Wes' *«~ 4 servative, South Brant) in his sug-- 'f the Province, in so far ag devel-- gestion that a story of the life and l,f""m"m 21' power along the Oita wa t works of Sir Adam be placed in the | ',""'1 the St. '--"'""""'""'--' was concerned Hon, J. R. Cooke, Hydro Commis-- school books of the Province. | Toronto, he pointed out, now pays f +) m , F > | siorer, speaki ; in C Ign nds s $eie per horsepower As far cast ner, speaking in the Provincial Turns Guns on Sinclair. as Kingston the charge is $30 Legislature last night, announced im . "What." ho s8%9, ":s the value to that, degpite the serious ocutlook fop}, 1NEN "o furned his gons on the | y' 'Bravines af the 20 PA Ee : £9 » & s outlook O 1 Liberals, particularly on Liberal .u m\mcf' of th(: St. -l,:i'.\r('nwu a supply of power for theProvince,| Leader W. E. N. Sinclair, He re-- | WhiCh can develop 1,000,000 horse-- "the Government and the Commis.| ferred to a letter on Hydro affairs :'y',)-".("' ','-; o par froin #1 to 15 less sicn had taken the necessary steps ;e""] by Mhr.'Sine}air in 1"1'-' 011"7'"11111 in CASLNE TALCS: ays of the® sesgion The Liberal . Com t O.T.A to IhSu o t 1 C &, > 1. Comments on O.T.A. N iLe that a power supply will be? Leader, he said, had declared the us : y : furnished for the legitimate expan--| correspondence was addressed to the . CoOmmenting on the ©.T.A.. . Mr. sicn of industry, an®@ that no power| Ferguson Government, whereas it 'to""'{' said 4 the '""1 was on ine y se m rurs ©Mih ts 5 statutes, and, inasmuchn as no men-- shortage will be allowed to develop was addx:es.aed to Ottawa. This," | on of a chanee in it had been in. in this Province." he gaid, "was the most brazen @!< | Lluaed in the 8 h from, . 11 > tempt to deceive this Legislature I lr"'""' l "(; $PCCCi _ ATOM _ UHIC Ano 'a n & reason )1 Will Present Report. have ever known.'" § 1xtrr.f,';...,' I.DU d see TOI reas )4.'.0: Hefertine t on wg immediately Mr. Raney obhjecten. || Ni k * e t ie oRty sninton ring to power projects and to pointing out that Mr. Sinclair was | OUtside it to inflame public epinio: Interprovincial and international de-- ngt present at the session, and urged | °N the auestion. che speaker.. . Af: velopment, he declared that the Gov. that Mr. Cooke withdraw his words,. | ,, '\y(;(;f)'m:\'fh'llr:' 5t 1:\\::\.'15\*'1' $ ' the . The M aker r t h q | naganey, V Nil not deceiving Lh ernment and the Commission hadim.{ll.}ll\.: 1;g)e\:.}i\."};(h.l,l':'l.fid tpllt".;fl'i,ll\,('..i public, had the faculty of phrasing j ray e o l g * * f SAs* (! his I: ¢ 3 ¢ > accurate in-- been makm.g every effort to look |eontinued Mr. Cooke, "that, instead| ,",",]."",1.;'?;1;?&0'ti.i.fl.;:-}o];;],,.(:('(,l,'",l nub-- after Ontario's needs, and that be-- ; of expressing his regret at inadver--| :i'_r"l'(fi:"),;ll',;'_j_"'('.," 'aill 'Bis Anti--wel fore the session was closed a record | t';""-" fdeceiving I}h'ishllllouse. the dbis'l atguntent, Mr. Raney, to please tht , f . c whic e gave on be.||'** e P e n o ies n s f (lf ne Ot' % > p a'\ o teXflDCl wh . 1' ; « ; magats C 90 & 1991 gotiations in the matter would | ing corrected was evidence of being | 440' A\xixe?y'oa:sb in m_. n'm' 1921, be placed before the House. | caught in the act.'" had decreased the bisinces astest-- Dealing with Hydro maiters as he: .. Me referred to the investigation of | n;:;.,,ré"t',,'?uod1.51';'1]1]@;'10.:;]],,1, '];;1u1(3:xl:t: en y s ATHLE ronti io | percentage. zh this sympa-- continued the debate Mr. Cooke g;exfleéu;% lcth'il;';;"'\f}?gnut'}?:"m?l%i:gi thetic m?couragmnem. Mr. _ Cooke clar at ev 7 : f * . dn $ 2a y traced the growth of power devel-- was complete the Opposition mem--| i anuractargd mfm"w'v lione on. opment in the Province and review-- bers had kept alive an agitation,| ',).f',.l","j'{','r?(',l'.dm't'};';\"'1,:.,". ",;.]:3";(,:..'1 & k rin pege t £ avtin < s . i€ < x is t= ed present operations. East of To., "though there wasn't a particle Of/ /) %,° {onolnc during Mr. Raney's s ' » v + a s 4 I y ® © © 2 R & s c a & ronto, he said, public ownership ap-- evidence to support it regime as Attorney--General to 6,.-- plied only to $0,000 horsepower, as Bays No Patronage. t,'{m.-.)(v(l gallons, l:nln'l! had-- hboasted R | that it soon wou ecome the big-- compared to 800,000 horsepower| Me went on to say that statements ...N,t :}f;:;)"i;'xll'\" ']u"»" only i'n the F,'xf- west of Toronto. "But," he said, "the hatd hf'l('" innllii\d(; § ;fihz:ltlt'gx"slgxrl(lp'{ll'x?t pire. but in the world. ; *OI e "UrC °S T i 68 al} higs "Mepin opportunities for cheap power and I"naq been said that he had carried ere ind c rrentime in thig neneaton, devel 'eg a; jad nceln _ sa o o bnn uns vrianw'ca CGieneral's attention to this repeated-- opment are greater in Easteen on his work of administration in a & iq. h e 2l MA e s4 s Ontario than they ev have b c onz ' Iy,"" said Mr. Cooke, but he did v er_haye De€N partisan manner. He challenged the thins " er_will be in Western Ontario"' _ _ members to find a Hydro employee nu;hm_.'" ine iwe deuvats. I. . He spoke of the Gregory Commis= wno woulid support these charges , ,, [R, CORUNHU® ive hn . Baxt sion, describing the competent men and declared that if such support 1 ""8bOtn. Progressive Whip, | East who had conducted the investigation,. nouid be found that he "would" re.| Mliddlssex. confined his remarks en. . #« +¥ ¢ £6vure § And the resu'l}', he said, "WAas & ) sign now and forever from Hydro tirely to agricuiture. It was no won-- complete vindication of the prin= | development. : o s uy ') der, he stated, that the best young ciples of public ownership in the de--| . "May I ask the member," @ueried men of the farms were leaving for velopment and d',?t"bm"'" of power! Mr, Raney, "did he make a partisan the city. There was too much talk, in this Province. speech in this House last year, and is; ns contended. that any one could On Solid Foundation. he making a partisan speech to--| make a success of farming, and that us onl night? }thn industry -- required no brains. ; Two hundred and fifty millions of Mr. Cooke retorted that Mr. Raney dollars were invested in the power was putting a question in a very utilities, he said, and every dollar shifty manner. Sir Adam Beck, said was completely protected. Total re-- he, had emphatically challenged par--; serves of $40,000,000 had been built : tisanship. .' up for protection.