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3 2 Y &\UYQ\'B\.', Q/\ofl\\fi\f\ 4 NATIONAL PROBLEM 2 _ . o Wommeemmmemmempnictmmmmemens «/ & * Premier -- Affirms Stand PREMIER PIC I "RES A g ainst Subsidizing ® + Shipments-- Progressive AVENUE EXTENSION Leader Asks for Infor-- _ mation ; F | introduces Five Biils and , im i -- ho im & NOT DISCUSSED Attorney--General Two wWITH E. W. BEATTY ~Olk's i | owe o o | The Alberta coal question came AMENDMENT To GAS ACT up in the Ontario Legislature yes-- 'terday afternoon, with John G. Pre®Mmier Ferguson started the 'Lethbrldgc of West Middlesex, new Wheels of the Legislative mill turn-- ['rogressi"fi Leader' asking the GO\-. hlg yest('l"duy, and ifl'Ll'O\]UCe(' five «ernment for information as to any bills to the House. Then Attorney-- recent move in the matter, and Pre. General Price produced more grist mier Ferguson affirming his stand "',Ifr'\" i'ormrl igfi'q'"fi" Oti"';';tb"','s' fol w s talut # e emier's ze were the fol-- against subsidizing coal from the jowing: to establish a research foun-- West and declaring his belie? that dation in Ontario; respecting the the wholo thing should be consider-- 'tl'ainil'ns of ar)m'en'ilcé'si to pro:';'.!e « s or the extension o niversity Ave-- ed as a national problem. ye; an amendment to the Mining f Conference With Beatty? ct of 1927, and an amsndment to Mr. Lethbridge broached the sub-- the Natural Gas Conservation Act of jJect just before the orders of the 1921, day were called. Incidentally, it was Proposed Changes,. 2 his first move in the House as Pro-- y k gressive Leader. He read from a _ _Mr. Ferguson spoke particularly recent despatch from Ottawa re-- of the bill regarding the. University porting a $7 freight rate, stating Avenue extengion. He pxctur.erl the that Alberta coal was "the basis of Proposed changes around Umversxtvy negotiations between the Depart-- Avenue and College Street the ex-- ment of the Interior and the rail. tension of the General Hospital, the ways"; that the negotiations were taking--over of university . prop-- "coming to a head," and that the erty by the Government in exchange presence of E. w Beatty, C.P.R. for financial aid in the university's President, in Toronto had to do PUUGing program, the suggested f with the situation. He wanted to e:ts.bllis({mmfnt Off tl;iotani'cnl' 9:',;:18"&; know if Mr. Ferguson had conferred tQ:eevr:v'g 'i?a?fi pi a19. . APpFDRC ith Mr. Beatt the bject. # 8 "I h;d no tgll(cmwith sxlrjcc};eatty A sweeping approach to the Par-- on coal or transportatlon." .snid the liament Builg]ings was desirable, and Premier, pointing out tl{at he ana| Y~*"® something worthy of Govefn- Mr. Beatty had simply met as guests ment.intei;_'eist. Th't' g"t] wasdtotw?(au.lte at tho C.N.E. banquet. '"'The Min-- :he en tU\viayn en obu\?enetfeadg"l'r{ ister of the Interior," Mr. Ferguson tg (I)"';::t us%reent 'kf)l;svi):ui':lct or going continued, "communicated with the ynger the railway tracks f Government here, saying that Sir mp, proposed amendment to the | Henry Thornton had been approAch-- @Gas Act, the Premier explained, that | ?go;fg?x:%m%--;mtuhgh::?cl; s:i?im:'r"'"@ where artificial gas was mixed with | Sir Henr;r had 0amld t;lqt hna mu';; esaucer sha soi}d, if mlgh;';it me! C ® ality have a $9 rate, notwithstanding the ).)rggg:(;:erbe a{,'fou,;me um?;','"t'gé' gas fact that the Railway Board found raferee, $7,.22 out--of--pocket cost." o Eerox in Figur Avoiding New Election. A It might !lr)'; c:;ted Mr. Ferguson on 19 The. "Prug werg .' an:]end- i. ArtLk+* ment to the Trustce ect, and an 33?52'3?3";"?33,1t?fienéfliisaorvffii %me"?me"' s tt*:e Munibcipal hzac;t. his letter, sa e, was broug n Railway Board, and that the correct to straighten out some difficulties in figure was $6.75. y 30 municipalities resulting from a a It was suggested," he went on, difference in election dates. It pro-- that if the Dominion gave one do!-- vided that the taking 0% the oath of lar of the excess, would Alberta and office at the first meeting of Council Oélitatflg Shtal;% tthe gitFe!"MgO":"? I] would suffice in cases whe:'g ther}t'z pointed ou at, while erta COoal had been a failure to take the oat grclwed it';tatlsracgoxt'y ldn ;his Pr(t)\'{)!;lcti within the time reqxixilred by "1")' t1_92'1 niess was intende 0o estabils! act., It was to avo new elections ; continued coal traffilc we didn't neet and heavy expense. ' + further trial shipments." Seen as National Problem. He had also pointed out, he em-- phasized, that the Ontario Govern-- ment had spent many thousands of dollars before the Railway Board in an effort to establish rates. '"This Government," he added, "didn't feel that it should be called on to subsi-- dize coal from Ailberta or anywhere else." It regarded the whole ques-- tion as a great national problem, and felt that the aid should come from » the«Federal coffers.