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' _ J . . Fr' -. - _ wednesiaq, Plaeel, 13rd. . 1 Second readings'were then to T. 'V T-' (. ',' . . ' It 'lxennedy's bill to amend the Con- . ' , soLdated Municipal Act to the extent of granting municipalities power to . l ' license vendors of fruits and vege- APPR0 VE tables; and to acts rr.tl'st"t1t .tl1.tt, ' solemnization of marriiige: t tt' Ni- . . , nirara Parks; and Hon; 'John B. . . . Martin's bill respecting live stock _ . D. F l K MA and live stock products. The latter t','l'ih",1",',t M5. Martin explained. was _ ' to rot passe at the request of the , Dominion Government. It concern- Raney Otters Strong Protest Dolriiinlon Control. ed "stain in ." and wat he - . rem er li'erguson and Attorney- acted, s','i'2'lll'r'((., in othe: P3321131. Atrtsinst Change, Declar- 'i1g?.1eaaald1.t," replied vitgJort',lroi ti; Ontario. he said. rose ve .'. . . _ . ' ' .' q " or timsm. ft orme to repeal the 'll/lid,';'?:',','.' d the right g?" Ontario Gambler ' 'g,1',t.1anciso,unti 2at, ty'J:tibtid't?,',gtf,'i" In getting second reading to his . . , a "'. ml", 0m 9 a es m o " bill to provide aid in the eonstruc- t','fr,',eg,t, Long Meets tt,';yisP,rphi1t1ec.'s'1any)yy/tttfngolldi"Cit" tion of works in rural power dis- r _ . St .5 . "l . l l , tricts. Premier Ferguson said the a P uence on Com. 0:: 1'.'roi11ce'/,2.e'ii':,ht,i0tn, (i? 32%:- measure was merel a f - -- . " _ " y. ' . Ace s I. 1 - - the Government's br.ot,o,tl""tvi1r/ref muntty Pride . Favors tario fi,op"t'g,1.nr1fit,1et :83th ",Q.g/',W)i, vide grants to rural ext . n" . . . . _ cro over I? race- me F, w tCrt t'P, future from capital. i,,tttg"gsittn'lro2 Jtaeintr, But Against Bet- under Dominion legislation. it was ordinary revenue, as has been the ting Aspect his contention that the proposed re- ease in past years. This change, he . duction was not a reduction at Ill.-.,-- reiterated. would enable the Govern- _ _ -----.----u merely; an attempt byt m: (onérnl; ment to carry on a much lar er ro- ". . men o encourage a " O C'. gram of rural extension. g p BELANGER'S "LAMB" guest that. m the long run,_ would In committee. the House passed _"o.ro.ve. beneficial to the Province. m the following measures: To amend ESCAPES "BUTCHERS" that tt would discourage other meets the Hospitals for the Insane Act; to of a lower standard. . amend the Registry Act; to amend . --. Hon}; Mr. r'/'ontttii/titfatradt J/y)) the Land Titles Act: the Lakes and a The 19ntari ' ' . - even orsemen a m1 e I ' Rivers Improvement Act; the Fruit h'ittee It,,)',":', Legislature m. cum' were too many ',y",t,trg,,k/', and po and Vegetables Consignment Act I P 3 . ay approved of thr: many raoing days "? Dntarto. ... On (with a slight amendment) of 1927: Government's' proposal to reduce En tracks. (lazirldhe. iht,1,1aCn",tiole/r'"l. an Act for the Protection of Neglect- ill'Om $7,500 to $5 000 the e . E cre wtt"I -0 ays o racing every ed and Dependent Children; and :ax on race-tracks at "west: r diem mar. ".Ontario." he eryyhety/.c'.'i,',; an Act to Amend the Corporation .. . . .I '.C" - ame tlrrie a paradise for race-track gamblers. Tax Act. tetaining authority through Order- He referred at length to the report in-Council to increase the daily levy of Dr. Rutherford on race-track ac- :0 10,000, . ' - . tivities in the Province in 1920. it. W: circumstances warrant- had been found, he noted, that the 'raoe and passed the amendment to long race meets had a bad influence the Corporation Tax Act which em- in the community. bodied the reduction. Strictly Commercial. Hon. W. E. Haney again strongly: The race-tracks of the Province, protested the passing of the meas-' said Mr. Raney. were, with the PX- ure. demanding that the Governinenti mention of the Ontario Jockey Club at _ withdraw the offendi 'l; . ', the Woodbine, strictly ttomruerciol . l -. ng I ausc lt1 the propositions. The Woodbine. said .nterests of the people of the Prov- he, was a business with the prestige 111cc, and forcing the House to a of asocial event added. division of committee when the Gov- "That's what you think of it since em t . . ' you've acquired a share" chided Mr. . men iefused to listen to his re- Ferguson quest. The bill carried with a sub- "Who requested the reduction in Manual majority. all Conservatives taxation?" Mr. Raney asked, as he voting behind it. E. Proulx mm- continued with his argument. eral Prescott) J l Pi . ul l" _ Dr. Monteith said there had been _ ' ' .- . ma" ( aiiteral, no personal requests. and that the Ottawa East) and L. W. Oke (U.U.O.. proposal was entirely a Government Lambton East; cast their votes with matter. the Government's supporters. "So much the betty,". said Min; l . honey. "For I was afraid the Gov- l g mendment Not Pressed. m-nment had committed itself to Aurelien Belanger, Liberal member xome reduction ot the tax. Now it y . R ' can listen to an argument to look cot ussell, who on the occasion of into the whole matter." the bill's second reading gave notice The Hamilton track compyasntsd of an amendment which aimed at a, "lid he,' that it lost $33,000 last year. l sliding scale of track tax im . [ . l The original investment. on the Ham. . l . . ' post, with ilton track in 1910, said Mr. Haney. aut iority to impose it removed from .. h . . , wus $4,000. From 1910 to 1917 the l e hands of the Government, de-', ,. . tli . . _ poms on that track amounted to Lined to mess the amendment ves- - .. . .. _ '. I 3348.300. and in August. 1917, the terday after Hon. Dr. J. D. Monteith. . . - Pr . . . [ assets of the track not distributed rovincial Treasurer, had intimated: stood at $688 age t.ha.t the Government could not see _ '" V9 in it su.tmritrnt merit to justify any Omit Fall Meets. . Listings m the proposed levy system- "It Hamilton cannot carry on its seixing to the liouse that. in View autumn meet at a protlt," Mr. Raney of the Government s big working ina- declared, "let It drop it. If two or _ . i"i'pfitrd),Utttttir1.e1l lo .y/'P,?tr' lit three associations omit their autumn .t. id.lll") la CI hill send it to toe meets. so much the better for the butchers. ' . it v- Mr. Belanger cviticized the srin- communl y. . eiole t l 1 . ' '" T" ' y. The Hamilton track. said he. had 'Y J' . t e 1ey5, taxing poll ers to averaged a yearly profit of 3,000 per mo Government, stating that merely - o u " . , . _ . cent. in 19.0 its rake-oft was ofiause there had been "several in- " yi:an6'P.S of this thin in the ast the $444,M7. /i,1'iis'iida, (ir, gt c iiiplld t Between 1910 and 1917, he went "bag"? we 11ctnd, ornpe e 0 on, the Windsor Jockey Club had q .,' t. I. c . . F made more than a, million dolltrs on Provincial Treasurer Monteith PX- . .' . . . . s.... , , ' . an investment of less than thirty blamed. Pl iOl to Mr. Beinngei"s with- .... , _ " " thousand dollars. nasal of the little lamb, that the Several race-tracks in this p . Government had given serious con- . . . . rot- adoration to the Liberal member's tee: /geg,"g,'tie,iz/,",'a'S"gt' operated proposed amendment and had failed =6' men I m JP: y a es. men . . . , . ' . . . who had been tiriien from the States " find in it the merit which would h bli inion t justify its inclusion in the bill. The v,,','", 0.3" America t l new regulation. he said, would not 1t_tt_tty1i.1t.E-S1'-tt-1iSf-t-2f,t-e-r'--Prf of be applied in- any discriminative Canadian trick? li "t1iiy'1rnoer't1 Jf'min sense, and was. in his'opinion and Maddigan, ea '0 e for are that of the Cabinet. the most equi- track. who. he said, came from table solution to the race-track tax Houston, Texas. situation. "Do you know," Hon. John S. Mar- ' tin, Minister tstyurrieltye, inuuir- . ed, "that Maddigan was born in . . Norfolk County'.'!' .