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'"'The election of Oct. 30 has demon-- strated again the fact that the ma-- jority of the people of Ontario are in favor of standing behind this Govern-- _-- Great as are the natural resources of the Province, said Mr. Staples, he was glad to know that the Government recognized the men, women and chil-- dren as the greatest assets of all. After paying tribute to educationists who were moulding the plastic mind of youth, he declared that the Govern-- ment of the Province recognized that its biggest'job was in making men. To this end it had placed on the statute books some of the finest social legisla-- tion to be found in any country. He mentioned the Children's Protective Act designed to remove boys and girls from harmful environment and give them a fairer chance in life; juvenile courts; and the Bowmanville School. The Magistrates' Extended Jurisdic-- tion Act; Domestic Relations Courts: probation for adults as well as juven-- iles, and the work of the Board of Parole were also mentioned by the speaker in his reference to the social legislation of the Government. Liquor Plan Support. In opering, both speakers took occa-- sion to congratulate the new Speaker on his appointment to his high and honorable office and Premier Ferguson on the renewed expression of confidence the Government had received in the election. Greatest Assets. thunderous desk--thumping from the Conservative benches. Unqualified admiration of nearly every phase of the administration of the Government was expressed by two Conservative members of the Legisla-- ture yesterday in moving and seconding the Address in reply to the Spzsech from the Throne. GOVERNMENT PRAISED ON RECORD AND PLANS AT OPENING OF HOUSE Conservatice Decks Bang. GOVERNMENT PRAISED ed in Aoplause as Staples QN RECORD AND PLANS HEALTH ACTIVITIES NOTED, EULOGIZED The speakers wore W. W. Staples, South Victoria, who moved the Address, and A. W. Smith, South Essex, who seconded it. Both members covered a wide range of Government activities, and their eulogies of the Administra-- tion were greeted with prolonged and onservative Desks Bang-- ed in Applause as Staples and Smith Move and Second Address in Reply --Social Legislation Is Stressed 71th. \ ment in its working out of the problein relating to this great question," he said, referring to the Liquor Control Act. He was glad that the Government's object was to teach by moral suasion the use 'and misuse of alcohol,. When the peo-- ple had been taught that, the liquor | question would be settled for all time. |\ _ He gave credit to the Prime Minister |for bringing the Ontario Research iFsundatlon into being. Its purpose in | dissovering ways and means of pre-- | venting waste in indusiry was ex-- | panded upon by the speaker. He sug-- \gosted also that the Public Welfare ;Commisslon would investigate hospital | costs, which, for the middle--salaried iclass, many people felt, were too high. |\Shows Hydro Advance. ! --In the past year, he explained, more than 200 cases of infantile paralysis ghad been treated with serum obtained |from the department, and at least 95 | per cent. of the cases had fully recover-- ed. Betwsen 890 and 900 citizens of | Ontario wers receiving free supplies of | insulin svery month. "This department ldi.stri'.)utes more than a dozon of such iscrums. and I fsel that it is a work | which cannot be mentioned in anything | but the highest terms of praise. By ;means of dental services to persons in | outlying districts, by public healt'i edu-- | cation distributed throughout the Prov-- 'ince, by safesuarding the health of | workers, this department is bringing ro-- 1jisof to thousands of our fellow--citizens, {and particularly to those who. by roa-- sn cof their cireumstianc>s, would in dther countries of ths world noat be able to enjoy the benefits of medical sciencs," ho declared. | -- Commendation for the Governmeni's 'road policy was also expressed by Mr. | Stapies. He quoted figures to show the |advance of Hydro service under the ipresent Government, and, referring to | th2 St. Lawrence development, express-- 'ed his pleasure at seeing Ontario, Que-- beec and the Dominion Governments iworklng harmoniously to solve this | problem to the best interests of all con-- | cerned. | The highlight in the address of Mr. 'Emith came in the form of a eulcgy ;of ths Department of Public Health, 'unaer Hon. Dr. Forbes Godfre®%, which }was greeted by prolonged and succeos-- | sive waves of applause. | '"This department," declared Mr. |Emith, "is recognized as one of the most ' outstanding and progressive health de-- partments anywhere in the world. One |of its great services has been to carry \to the remotest parts of our Province 'health 'instruction by means of the cf-- forts of public health nurses." Relie{ to Thousands. High praise for ths Government's financial record was expres®=d by M:s. Smith. Ho recallosd that whan the Gov-- ernment took offi~>> it inherited a deficit of $15,000,000. Yot last year the Gov-- ertnment had been able to show a sur-- plus of $2,000,.000. The Government's fixed policy of debt retirement was also commended by the snpeaker. The result of its financial managsment had been the establishment of the credit of the Province in the front rank. At the conclusion of Mr. Smith's ad-- dress, W. E. N. Sinclair, Leader of the Opposition, moved the adjournment of the debats until Tuesday. (Continusd From Page 13.)