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'Farquhar Oliver Fears F a r m Representation Will Be Wiped Out-- Eulogies for Attorney. General T6RYEERRYMANDERS HURT RURAL RIDINGS, SAYS U.F.O. MEMBER Dr. J. L. Simpson (Liberal, Slmcoe Centre; pleaded tor adequate protection of highway travellers from the "old crock-no money" type of car owner. Ed Murphy (Conservative, Toronto-st. Pat.. riek's) claimed that "conspiraey was the only charge that could have been laid against the arrested brokers, and challenged Liberal Leader Sinclair to say he was wrong. R. A. Baxter (Lib- eral, South Oxford, stressed the need of more education in the Government's rural Hydro program. William Morrison (Conservative, East Hamilton) aeotted at the Opposition speeches as "drivel," and then advanced the argument that under the Liquor Control Act only one flat& could be seen in a downtown store window today where 5.000 were Seen under the O.T.A. D. J. Taylor (Pro- gressive, North Grey; con9anned the chain-store systhm as a detriment to the country, and scored the Govern.. ment repeatedly on various phases ot its administration. Dr. A. R. McMillen (Conservative. West Lambton) held up the doctors as targets for unscrupulous stock sales- men. "Old Crock" Protection. "Free for all" day in the legislature yesterday advanced the debate on the Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne to a. point where only At- torney-General William H. Price end his big speech of the present session now stand between the bringing down of the Monteith Budget and the House's entering into the second lap of its activities. Ten speakers-tive Conservatives and five opposition-Nurs in the ore- torical march-past yesterday. Clifford Case tConservative. North York) con- tinned the Government-member eulogy of Colonel Prince and his departmental administration. Farquhar R. Oliver, sole. U.F.O. member, from South Grey. delivered a stinging attack on the Gov- ernment's rural policy. advocating an entirely new scheme ot Hydro tor the rural municipality; stressing the need ot a Commission inquiry into the rural agricultural situation. and expressing the fear that rural representation in the House may be cxterminated it the "Tory gerrymandering" ot 1924 15min carried out. Wilfrid Heighingtoh (Conservative, Toronto-St. David's) patted the Attor- ney-General on the back with all of Mr. Case's vigor. Earl Hutchinson tLabor, Kenora) drew a. sad picture of unemployed conditions in his riding. BUDGET LIKELY ON FEB. 20 OR 25 Colonel Price will resume the de- bate on Tuesday afternoon next. and the Budget will be presented either the following Thursday or on Tuesday, Feb. 25. Ten Toiee Views. Mr. Heighington followed the line ot speechmaking laid out by Mr. Case and also voiced a. series of praises for the Government. He fired a. volley of criticism at the Opposition members and passed off a few jokes at their ex- , pense. And so his remarks were greet- it ed with much desk-thumping by his I fellow-Conservatives. Ccntinuing. he had praise for the Research Foundation and its work to aid agriculture. And then he was grati- ttcd with the Government's policy of social Legislation. and eulmrized Mr. Price's stand on the Security Frauds Prevention Act. Mr. Oliver contended that not a single) cent should be spent by the Governmentl on immigration-that "our own boys 1 and girls" could be kept on the farm if I agriculture was looked after by the Gov-l ernment as it should be. He Pyttii Premier Ferguson's "shitting" policy in) respect to rural education. and urged; the establishment of an inquiry com-5 mittee to investigate the whole problem. Aid Back Concessions. i, Mr. Oliver stressed the point that rural townships .and villages were suf- fering the loss ot population constant- ly, and if the principle ot the 1924 bill were to be carried out in the next redistribution urban Ontario would be dominating the whole of the Province. Approves Five-Year Term. Government Eulogy. "The agricultural industry," he sub-l mitted, "had got to be given representa- I tion on the basis of its importance.) The country will not stand for further! lessening ot its representation on the! floor of this House." Mr. Oliver ap-! proved ot the Government':, intention', to extend the term of the Legislature; from tour to fire years. .' He felt that the Government should quit building Provincial highways and pay more attention to the back conces- sions. And in respect to the Liquor Control Act, he contended that an in- dependent vote ot the people would de- feat the present law. The 60,000 fewer votes the Government received in 1929 than it did in 1926 indicated, he said, that it didn't have much of a mandate to continue the act. He argued in favor of lower Hydro rates for towns and villages, and de- clared that farmers should have repre- sentation on the Hydro Commission, and the representative should be "one who is not lettered by party ties." He had some special critical remarks tor Liberal Leader Sinclair. "It is be- yond my comprehension," said he, "how a man of the attainments of the Lib- eral Leader still contends that the Per- guson Government has not received the endorsatlon of the people." Crash Felt in North. Mr. Hutchinson dealt chiefly with con- ditions in his own riding of Kenora-- to the forest-tire hazard, and conse- quent loss, of last summer: to the un- employed situation in the Town ot xenon»; and to. we stock trading tttttr, . ZISL lation,' the backwash ot which, he sud, had made itself felt in the North. In his belief a good move on the llpart of the Forestry Branch would be Ho extend to timber cruisers and police- men the same authority over tourist visitors in timber as was now enjoyed by departmental rangers. I I He trusted that the new amendments. to the Security Frauds Prevention Act would have the desired effect of im- proving conditions and safeguarding the investing publie's money. Dr. McMillen also delivered a eulogy of the Government and particularly of Attorney-General. Price. His remarks were chiefly on the subject ot the; Security Frauds Prevention Act, but be- tore coming to this topic he commend- ed the Government for its recent iegis-y lative move to bonus the iron ore in- dustry. Referring to the brokerage situation, he pictured unlicensed salesmen scur- rying about in Ontario trying to make a clean-up in bonds. He declared that salesmen particularly seemed to con- centrate their efforts on doctors' offices. Dr. Simpson continued the debate after the dinner recess. Remarking on the Conservative strength in the House, he forecast that that power would soon wane and that some. day there would be a complete reversal of the situation. He had some criticism for Leopold'; Macaulay (Conservative, South York).i He stated that while Mr. Macaulay had! spoken on the subject of automobile in-l, surance, he made no constructive suse) gestions in the matter. Dr. Simpsoni declared that the Government should) be working out some program in regard; to automobile insurance. E Unfair Rural Burden. ' Continuing, he stated that there was no encouragement tor the Opposition to offer suggestions to benefit the Prov- ince. He declared that the city mem- bers know nothing about rural educa- tion. He felt that the rural taxpay- ers were shouldering an unfair burden in the costs of highway construction. He declared that the tax question was the most important one in rural con- sideration. On the subject of the Security Frauds Prevention Act. Dr. Simpson' stated that. while Government members com- mended Attorney-General Price tor "moving slowly," he felt that the At- torney-General had moved so slowly that much harm was done, that thou- sands of people suffered, and millions of dollars were lost. 7 Mr. Baxter, continuing the debate, criticized the Government severely en its Hydro policy. He argued that the farmers had to bear heavy expenditures in the Hydro situation. "And in the promises made to the electors." he stated, "Premier Ferguson was simply trying to buy the farmers back with the money they had already paid in." Mr. Baxter declared that there was a lack ot understanding of Hydro mat- ters throughout the Province, and that Hon. J. R. Cooke should do some edu- cational work. He urged the Govern- ment to make some arrangements to aid the farmer in the purchase of his materials for Hydro installation.