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But, said he, the conference had too much suggestion and not enough law. He declared that there was no law on the listing of securities, no law on trad-- | ing practices, no law on clearing--house | practices, no sw on records to be }:opt by brokers. Mr. Sinclair, continuing with his address, declared that it would be bet-- ter for the Attorney--General to for-- get politics and get in line with the other Provinces. He expressed the opinion that "the Government is not so much anxious for the welfare of the people as to bolster up its own position and pull a few stones out of the wall of the Ottawa Government." Mr. Sinclair went on to say, that, ac-- || WE' as the Attorney--UGeneral, MT. Din-- cording to statements made some| Cl&ir stated. o 0t} ; months ago, the Attorney--General said | Attorney--General Price immediately he had not received a comnlaint Irom'j st,ated_ that Mr. Sinclair could declar> any citizen. | lfils v1ewsbin+'thc Buggce;t]del'ljaée. "I P |: have no objection," sai olonel Price. No Answer, Is Claim. !\ __Mr. Sinclair, in reply, declared that Mr. Sinclair stated that a John R.; "the Attorney--General has fallen down Byce of Forest Falls had written him,| on his job." The Liberal Leador declared the Liberal Leader, on Feb. 26. And| that he could get a radio or rent a hall Mr. Byce, he continued, had said that| And tell the people his views. "And I'm he had written the Attorney--General| NOt scared to say anything on a pub-- about being "gypped" in a stock deal, li¢ Platform that I would not say here and another person had written the, this afternoon." he added. ' Attorney--General, and also a lawyer , !" conclusion, Mr. Sinclair said that had made a complaint. But no answer| het fi?l"':d ghfit %findi"e] Cfd ttl;uee _?_ia"v- was received, said Mr. Byce. | but that he might have to ica - "If," the Liberal Leader continucd, '"he was here he would know they were dead." "Any one who wrote my department got an answer quickly," Colonel Pricec retorted. Mr. Sinclair "went after" the Prime Minister for his "stock" argument that the Liberal Leader never contributed "a single constructive suggestion." |_ "But," said Mr. Sinclair, "the Gov-- | ernment has been forced to adopt my ésuggestlons. The Attorney--General has been forced to change the law. and their bill today is an admission by the Government that they have failed." "He said," Mr. Sinclair stated, " 'Arc they all dead up there in Toronto?'" '"Why," the Liberal Leader continued, "should we leave it to the Attorney-- General to pass resolutions? On the Government side there are some emi-- nent lawyers who could assist him." "I say," Mr. Sinclair stated, "that the suggestions and regulations should go further, and be incorporated in the bill. The Liberal Leador stated that it had beep said that an invitation Inil been extended to the various Provinces to join in a conference. But, said he, ac-- cording to press reports, Colonsl Pric> had told the Provinces, "We will handle the brokerage situation in our own way." Forced Into Conference, He Says. Later, he declared, Ontario had bee forced into the conference. Continuing, Mr. Sinclair declared that Colonel Price had not solved the prob-- lem that he, the Attorney--Geneial, said had threatened the people for twenty-- five years He suggested that, even though Government members said that Colonel Price had dealt with the boot-- leggers under the O.T.A., the Attorney-- General couldn't stop the bootleggers under the Security Frauds Prevention Act. Practically every new proposal in the act, said Mr. Sinclair, had been sug-- gested by him--not only in his specch of the 1929 session, but more recently, in the Liberal election handbook. and in his recent radio address at Water-- loo. ways; that through them the Govern-- ment was merely making gestures and not honestly seeking to correct evils. "Knowing conditions to exist," he said, "they failed to curb them. They deliberately refused to act. Now they are compellied by public opinin to legislate against that which they knew to exist." en i '"Yes, I have," Mr. Ferguson replied. Mr. Sinclair arvain began an argu-- , ment. Again the Premier started an in-- | terjection. Mr. Sinclair continued: < *"*Well, the Speaker has a note from the , Clerk, which is too common in this House. I leave it to the Speaker." To Discuss Principle of Bill. In conclusion, Mr. Sinclair said that he approved the principle of the bill, but that he might have to lead the way for the Attorney--General. Mr. Sinclair retorted that it was up to the, Attorney--General, not the Pre-- mier, to take exception. Premier Ferguson broke into these remarks with the statement that the principle of the bill was to be discussed rather than the interjection of per-- sonalities. "I've been in this House quite a while, and I'll try to keep within the rules as well as the Attorney--General," Mr. Sin-- clair stated. Then Mr. Sinclair referred to the suggestion that the Attorney--Gencral had relatives in the brokerage business. and to the press replies when that sug-- gestion was made in the House some weeks ago. Immediately A. Coulter McLean (Con-- servative, Toronto--Eglinton) arose, Said he: "I went security for one broker. He was a close friend of mine. I believe that, according to British jurisprudence, he is innocent until he is proved guilty. Though I am a member of this House. it is my privilege to act as I did. And I resent those remarks of the honorable member." Then General Donald M. Hogarth (Conservative, Port Arthur) rose and declared: "I am also in that category. But if I want a lesson in ethics or honor I won't look to the Leader of the Op-- position to give it to me." He stated emphatically that he had given bond for a "friend," and, he con-- tinued, "I believe him innocent." The Speaker stated that he "appeal ed" to Mr. Sinclair to discuss the prin ciple of the bill. '"'Well," said Mr. Sinclair, "the hon-- orable members confirm what I said. I take nothing back." Referring to the brokerage situation, Mr. Sinclair made' reference to the fact that two members of the House had been bondsmen when arrests were made. Conservative members applauded Confitrms His Remarks, He Sayvs. "As a member of this House I have the right to take exception when I see that the procedure is not observed," Mr. Ferguson retorted. "I rise to a point of order." "My honorable friend has not follow ed the argument," Mr. Sinclair return Mi':v'!w!ixon then agajourned the debate. d C AGRIGULTURAL BODY AGCUSED OF APATRY ; ATTENDANCE 1$ $L, From Mr. Pearsall the committese had the warning that something had to be done by the farmers immediately, if a serious situation now threatening the country in the hog--raising industry was to be averted. Carload after carload of United States pork was being ship-- ped into the Province and sold here, ne stated, and Ontario producers were not producing enough pork to meet the Province's own domestic requirements. Last year, he stated, production of hogs was down 150,000 on the previous year. "Our farmers," he said, "have got to get down to business, not only in the hog line, but in other lines as well, and show that they can compete with other countries of the world in the pro-- duction of agricultural commodities." Too Many Professional Men on Committee, Declares Lambton Member Hog--grading was the qusstion dis-- cussed by the committee yesterday, with R. W. Wade, head of the Live Stock Branch of the Agriculture Department, and Mr. Pearsall, who is in charge of hog--grading for th> Dominion authori-- ties in Toronto, leading the discussion. Serious Sitvation. R. A. Baxter (Liboral, South Oxford) regretted that he had be>en unable to attend the meeting, dus to the fact that a meeting of the Municipal Com-- mittee, of which he was also a member, had conflicted. Dr. H. J. Davis, Elgin East, said that, while the Municipal Committee had to meet, and laws had to be framed, committee meetings should not conflict, and that more at-- tention should be paid by the members to the Agriculture Committee and its work. '"Looking around this room right now," he said, "I can see more doctors than farmers. That state of affairs should not exist, particularly when the Department of Agriculture and the in-- dustry it is fostering is more important than all the other devartments of the Government put together." Offers Alibi. '"'We get too much law here," observed H. A. Acres, Conservative, Carleton, "and too little business." "This committee, in my opinion,." said Mr. Fraleigh, "is suffering from sleeping sickness. I would recommend that we let it die for thissyear, and start afresh next session." Too Many Doctors. The East Lambton member stated that he had come down to the Legis-- lature in the hope that he might be able to do something "agriculturally" for his constituency, and he had found that the Agriculture Committee had more doctor and lawyer members on it than "tillers of the soil." Forceful condemnation of the com-- position of the Agriculture Committee of the Legislature, and the alleged gen-- eral apathy of that body toward its duties, was voiced yesterday by Howard Fraleigh, Conservative member for East Lambton. At the conclusion of the committee's | regular meeting--a meeting in which at l no time were there more than 12 of the 63 appointed committeemen present-- Mr. Fraleigh bluntly extended his sym-- pathy to Hon. Jolhn S. Martin, Minister | of Agriculture, and his staff, for the ; way in which they were trying "to get} along" without the apparent support of the committee members. HOG SITUATION SERiIOUS