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Mr. Taylor's references to Hydro follow, in part: "When I state that it was, in my opinion, an improvident deal on the part of Hydro in the purchasing of the Foshay interests, let me draw to the attention of the Minister some of the sssoats of the Foshay that were considered by Hydro as assets at the time of purchasing, but which im-- mediately after the system became the pssession of the Hydro they proceed-- ed to scrap. For instance, there was a valuation placed on the power de-- velopment plant at the Sauble Falls and the transmission line from this plant to the Town of Wiarton, also the transmission system within that municipality. Hydro scrapped the en-- tire outfit ind linked up this portion of the system with Eugenia." _ conceive of how conditions on the farm or in industrial centres can be improved by reduction of wages of the working classes of this country." He stated that such classes were those which snent their money to the bensfit of the farmer. Foshay Deal Criticized. VE MVERe n NOR T Aoore m itaes Declaring he was not endeavoring to show that these various systems were unnsecessarily -- scrapped, Mr. Taylor contended that they must have been recognized by Hydro as of no value previous to Hydro's deal with the Foshay, and he felt that, this being the case and Fcshay being in the hands of the receivers, the Hydro was lvl;-ndé"(;f the recoivers, the Hydro was in a position to drive a bargain with Foshay that would be more in accord-- ance with the assets it was receiving. "Maple Hill of No Value." Mr. Taylor also referred to the Maple Hill plant as "of no value what-- ever to the Hydro interests, as it had no Gistribution system, supplied no municipality, but _ simply produced power for a little chopping mill." He proposed to ask that the -- correct figures on the deals before the Hydro estimates come down, be given to Owen Sound, Meaford, Chesley, Tara, or any municipality which might be interested. s Mr. Taylor drew the attention of the Hydro Chairman to one assertion he made in a letter to The Globs, of a recent date, in which letter he en-- deavored to correct some statements that were made by a citizen of North Bay, a Mr. Dezell, who hnad a few days previously forwarded to The Globe a long letter outlining what he believed to be the attitude of the farmers toward Hydro. I venture to say that less than 50 per cent. of the farm users of this class utilizing power today are not aware that this $2.50 a month,. which is the fulfilling of a pre--election promise of the present Government, does not actually cover the cost of that partic-- ular class of power to the user." Hipel Questions Relief Plans. "The Chairman, in his reply to Mr. Dezell's letter, stated the class in which the greater number of farm users of Hydro preferred being classed was 2B or Class 3, which is classed as light farm service, with a maximum charge per month of $2.50," he con-- tinued. "Now the bare statement, al-- though possibly correct on the face of it, is more or less misleading because "Neither the Speech from the | Throne nor the reply to the Speech, | nor the Prime Minister's addresses', contained one inkling as to what | this Government intends to do rc--| garding unemployment aftor April | 30," asserted Mr. Hipel. "There is no use in saying that gocod times are . just around the corner. That is not the case--conditions are worse than & year ago, and we might as well face the facts now as later.'" Mr. Hipel cited a city in his own riding, "whichi has a population of less than 15,000 people. In this city there are OVeT. 300 families who haven't had one cent of cash coming into their homes for a month or more, and probably will not have for months to come," he declared, adding that, figuring five people to a family, there would b¢ 1,500 people in that city who have not one cent of income in cash. He suggested that the Department of Highways undertake as a relief meas-- ure this coming fall the construction of footpaths alongside the Provincial highways in certain sections which are closely populated. Mr. Hipel also urged that the Government should | consult the Federal authorities to find out what part they will take and how 'much they will contribute; then it should call a conference of represen-- tatives of all municipalities to discuss of what works could be undertaken dur-- ing the commg fall and winter, hav-- ing in mind works of a permanent nature. Loan an "Outstanding Blunder." Declaring that Mr. Elliott was modest over the $25,000,000 loan, Mr. Hipel said: "I would go one step further and say that it will be written in history as one of the outstanding blunders of the Henry Government, and can be classed as a Government glorification loan--a loan which simply handed a present, to the ex-- tent of over $1,000,000, chiefly to the l@argest money lenders and at the ex-- pense of the taxpayers of the Prov-- ince." Rural Depopulation Cited. "Is it any wonder there is unem-- ployment?" asked Mr. Mackay, "The administration of the basic industry is almost wholly centralized in Quscon's Park, that confidence is shaken to such an exteni that census returns from Ottawa show a decrease of 6,1748 occupied farms, cr 3.2 per cont., in Ontario in the last ton years when times were at their best, and the number of vazsant farms in the Deominion, 32,767." He deslared weed inspection, so far as eradication of woeds is concerned, was a decided failure under the present act. Suc-- coss in weed cradication was wholly due to the farmer himself and mostly by cultivation. Inspectors took the mzthod of lsast resistance--the high-- ways--for "they know the wage re-- ccived for weed cutting is much mors than the farmer 'who is always em-- ployed' can make on the faym. He knows, too, that the Governmeont pays 40 per cent. of this money and will not receive the same censure from the ratepayers." Mar. i6