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~~ PROGRESSIVES ASK POINTED QUESTIONS Query Government Following Passing of Homuth Resolu- tion of Friday ‘ | Aw further protests, se the Legislature's action ling the Dominion Government to reduce the revenue jt collects on malt and spirituous liquors, Progressive mem- bers of the House are. asking the Ministry for reasons for lis support of the Homuth resolution that em-| Dodied the appeal to Ottawa “Was the influenced in its support. of the resolution,” asks W. G. Medd (Huron South) Yby the consideration that this (Ontari« Government itself desires und ex- pects to collect a lasge revenue from. the same source?” Hon, W. E. Raney, group leader asks: “On what occasion or occasions Prior to the adoption of the resolu- tion of Friday, the eleventh inst., ex- pressing the views of this Legislatu On the subject of the Dominion ex- cise malt and spirituous Nquors, hax this House offered the Dominion Government its adv mubjects within Jurisdiction of the Parli Canada? Has the Parti: Canada ever offered advi Legislature? If #0, whe! what matter or matters R. H. Kemp (Lincoln) wants to know What amount.of revenue was received from the tax on native wine under the luxury tax for the yea 1925 and 1926. He also arks how many gallons of such wine were purchased during these years for Government disponsaric 1 whom purchased, and how much tax ita Wed need ay, Feb. 16Th Levy on Professional Sport Will Aid Amateur Athletes By means of a bill which Hon, Dr, Forbes Godfrey, introduced for first reading in the Legislature yes- terday, the Government seeks to obtain’ from professional sport in Ontario sufficient revenue with which to develop promising athletes of amateur standing. ‘The proposition of the Govern- ment ix to tax professional baseball, football, lacrosse and hockey, to- gether with boxing and wrestling, in order to provide a fund which shail past, has taxed boxing to the extent of 5 per cent. of receipts, and the fund created has been used with much success among the young ath- letex of the Province, The Government now Intends extend this work through the Ath- letic Commission. With this Jn view the levy is heing made a gen- eral 2 per cent, on all professional ports, The Athietic Commission of On- tario is one of the wrgerizations tha? to be used for the advancement of | gave iid to Georges Young in aifter: amateur sport, ‘The impost is to he jent stages of hie career, paying his er of the proceeds of the |expenees to the championshin meet professional meets jy Montreal, and again to fiterna- The meni, for come time | tipnal contests in New York. Appalling Raids on Larder Made » by Ontario’s Visitors amell Nesbict, Conservative mem-| 683 gallons of milk, 126.491 bags of vei for Tornto-Bracondule, furnish-|Dotatoes, and In the way of mea ed the Ontario Legislature yesterday {35% ca1ves, 3.661 cattle. 13,072 sheep, tah y }1 lambs and 2,450 ‘hogs, On with tho interesting information that | {he estimate of one-quarter er a Ioet the total food consumption by visitors| per day, the same tourist trade con- 0 the Province in 1926 equalled the |stmed 3,047,366 loaves of bread, not amount consumed by the entire|to speak of fowls, vegetables, grain Province in seven and one-half meals, |for cereals, and domestic fruits. All Basing his information on figures |figures ‘were based, Mr. Nesbitt sald, supplied by custome. and immigra-|on the lowest possible individual con- iis at Ottawa and on. estt- [sumption {ma from the Ontario Tourist As-| ccording to Mr. Nesbitt. 5,583,- Depart-|226 people visited Ontario by auto- ment of the Ontario Mr.|mobile and 1,850,090 by train and Nesbitt showed that t trade |steamship. The vaiue of thelr visits last year had consumed 284 tons of to the Province he placed a butter, 56,871 gross of eggs, 1 Voos.si6