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"W I ioesd ay, March IST- N D . w lit Two Figures Favored.- ' ' . . I ' .r. Mr. Homuth thought that $15 was . q the right. figure. and Mr. Ferguson intimated' that that was what he MAY SEE APPEARANCE was inelined to favor. Mr. Pearson , suggested- $12.50, contending that the average wage in tho small town was from $15 to $18. and that if gar- nishee proceedings were taken .. against an $18 wage-earner, a $15 exemption would not allow much for -------- those involved in the '/Tg/,'tt . At the request of l r. Haney the Bill to Exempt Wage Of $25 billrwals left over for revision. . ' we re new b 11s were given first or Less From Garnishee reading by the House. Of this num- . her. t me were Government meas- _ to Be Revised "res. namely: acts to revise and con- solidate the Mining Law of Ontario; to amend the Board of Education 26 MEASURES ARE PASSED Act: and respecting the Tilnjska- mini; & Northern Ontario Railway. """"-'"""""""-"t" All. three were in the nature oficon- The Ontario Legislature woplicul fox so'.idations, less than two hours yesterday after To ANN" Inr'orpot"atiott. noon. but' it worked at top-speed and , iglnefb'llln interest 1lf.o"'i, 11118 pri- ,_. ' . . . . . " : l s were: .w. can er's brought 2li P""""")"'. to the fitatt measure to unnul the incorpor'ftion where Royal assent is only needed ol the, Village of Bayfield in order now to make them effective, "hat it may take advantage of rural . It also gave various readings to a 1i1g;i,.se. Jra?/"rtae.I'2s, (1)111 is in- score of other bills, and incidentally m." ("Kama 'i1h1'A1ll1"lf)hi" oft-:11]: cleared the way appreciably fol--the Metngami Railway; and IV. A. introduction of the Government Con- Baird 's measure to provide for grants trol Bill which should be down by by the City of Toronto to certain the middle of next week, it not by hospitals, and for local improve- the end of this one. merits. Attorney-General Price's bill to No less than twenty-six bills were amend the Wages Assessment Art given third reading. Ten others pass- was given considerable publicity lll od the House in t'omntittec. Included the House. and after strenuous 0p- in these ten measures was the position from Liberal and Progres- amendment to the Athletic Commits- sive members. was lit-id over for re- "ion Act, which was passed to con- vision. Under the present act, wages form with the provision that the of workingmen are exempt from Commissioners be not salaried. garnishec up to 70 prl' will. of the Two Government hills-to amend total. The amendment proposed to the Ontario Hydro Act, and to amend exempt all wage payments of $30 OI' the. Powrr Commission Act. a ratifi- less. cation of agreements-got second . Protection Taken Anny. reading. P. IV. Pearson (Liberal. North York). expressed the belief that in the small industrial towns, where, he said. only a small percentage of wage-earners received more than $25 per week. the proposed amendment would relieve merchants of the pro- _tection in the matter of debts that LEAST LAST YEAR . the present law gives them. Premier Ferguson said that the amendment aimed at protecting the -------.-- wife and family of the unsklilled day P . . . - V laborer. Little difficulty. to con- . . tended. had been experienced with remle/' GthES Figurtis Re. V erm nent em do 'ment. . 'l: 2','s't' "3:1:l "a T l : garding Liquor Dlspen- ugges s T s o . . . Karl Homutlt. Independent Laborl sarles Since 1919 member for South Waterloo, thought " """'"'"------ that the single man was not entitled , . , _ . 7 to the same protection as the married l 'e That tne net Drums of the Ontario man. As the provision in the bill ap- E Govevntnent's, 1iquo1a, dispensarles plied to all men, single and married, _ since 1919 have ranged from 14.N?, he suggested that some revision PPI" cent. to 25.57 per c'ent., and that should be made. last year proved the least protitable M. E. Scott (Liberal, Oxford was made known in the Legislature South). spoke trom 25 years' exper- yesterday afternoon, when Premier ience as a merchant. and upheld the Perelman replied to a question by! argument of his Liberal colleague, T. K. Slat-i; (r'vot'os-t-sivo, Irufferint Mr. Pearson. He said that quite a in 1919 the disprrnsuvitss, in "Tm" percentage of workingmen "got all liittl.iit:§ of operation ic, lieu. 31 had out of the storekeeper they could." a are» profii ot' 35.47 PM mm' " with no intention of ever paying. The . not profit of 20.20 pm rent. in ir./i proposed amendment would. he. the gross Innntits were 41.06 my tent argued. relieve the merchant of even not "t'olits. 25.57 per cent: in ii/ii.' what check he had on the "well- moms 36.56 per cent., net 21.98 petl . meaning. honest workingmen." cent. T Honorable w. E. Raney. Progres- in 1922. in ten months to not 31 give Leader, took up cudgels for the When there was a. change in' . the Opposition. stressing that the Gov- Ilscat year, the gross proiits were ernment might well consider the ob- 33-81 per cent,, the net 22 'r';. In Tections ot men closely it touch with 1923. twelve months. the grossprot'. the Situation. He favored a set ex- its dropped to 30.61 per cent and the emption. but thought that $25 was net to 20.43 per'cent. In 1924 the '00 sweeping. St,"',;"",? profits again tell, this time to 27.05 per cent., and the net to 17.45 . pel' cent. In 1925 the gross profits amounted to 25.93 per cent.. and net to 16.71 AI". in 1936 the Percentage of gross my" was 24.27, and the net 11.92 he: cent. t