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| e ' | | f , , Mar 23 f . 6 ; | Mr. Nixon reiterated his suggestion |member of the Black Committee that three--man Commissions should claimed that easily 75 per cent. of | be reduced to one. "I don't see why the hunters in Ontario were behind one man of a Commission should re-- the dogs, and suggested that, instead | ceive more than the Prime Minister." of the dog ban, the Government | '"That is the one thing I agree with| |should adopt a buck law and prevent you on," commented George Shields |the taking of deer in water. | | (Conservative, Woodbine). Mr. McCrea, in his remarks, point-- | j '"Who was performing the duties of ed out that last year dogs had been || the Chairman of the Liquor Control| |banned north and west of the French | Board when he was in the Pyrences| |And Mattawa Rivers, and the result | fls Mountains for sixty days?" J. A.| |has been beneficial. In Canada dogs | | m «caas Sangster (Liberal, Glengarry) asked. g;g m'gm &kaxtchohveig?ns o.:lb?urtea.-. |Should Have Obtained Peo-- | Mine tar mt utteraly 816 Go tm | | Eutish Colmble. Nfove (Szote and %i le's Mand t | servants, and thg:t thz.t period was |-- o Y oBorusenswickm. nThere "anarem mlsldeeand"i ' P an a e BEfOf'e | little more than the usual vacation %rher; are b%.nnned, &Efil most of the | | Acting | period. , States of the American Union. | | It was felt by William Newman Deer had been depleted in recent ' mmmiminmenmess | _ (Liberal, Victoria North) that such| | years and the Government believed RULED OUT | _ corporations as milling concerns would! | inat one of the greatest contributing | OF ORDER| find the burden very heavy. | | factors was the use of dogs. As far o memnmmmnammememerndony back as 1892 the question t'hwd been | | ussed and an i tigating com-- | .'I'he attempt of Hon. Harry C.| | (:?;ee had reportr:ies :f,:insi dogs \| | Nixon, Progressive Leader, to move an | ND \ !said the Minister. Wolves might be" }amendment to the resolution on the | } ; | to blame in the winter for a la.rge' écorporatxon tax declaring that the | | loss of deer, but not in the summgr \Government had no mandate to in-- -- | when they could escape into the | crease taxation in view of its plat-- | water. HMHe promised the bill would form promises of reductions pwas FROM OWN BENCHES |pay handsome dividends in con-- |q\;'a.sheid in the Legislature yesterday | | servation. | when it was ruled by T. A. Murphy, > 7 ooo | Chairman of the Committes of Supply, | that the amendment was out of order, | since it had the effect of negativing | | the original resolution. s | _ Mr. Nixon's amendment read: "That | the following words be added to ne | ! OTONtO Member--Sportsman resolution: 'This Government has no | | i | mandate, in view of the platform Deplores Introduction 2z promises of tax reductions on which | git was elected to office, to impase! | Of Measure | | such new and increased taxation, in; | m ie FIRF INSURANCE BlLL, some instances as high as 309 por| | | cent., without first submitting its: |SECOND READING GIVEN M 1. : new policy to the electors in a gon-- | | us e nrerertccmerene | eral election.'" Later, across the| | | floor of the House, Mr. Nixon changzed| | At 12.30 this (Wednesday) morning | the "300 per _ cent. increase" to "400 | |the Ontarip Legislature gave second | | | per cent. increase. | |reading to Hon. Charles McCrea's | momenoreminceimescrecdiiectaicad | s 7 | | Game and Fisheries Act amendments, 1 w x s [ PaRE He "'as Mandate. .__| | providing, among other things, for a 'Smger's Measure Not Ac--| | _ The view of the Progressive Leadot | | Province--wide ban on the use of dogs | that the Government had not a man-- | |in the hunting of deer. Debate on . | ceptable in Its Exist-- ggrt)%s efgo%ly t;\:e m};eopl}g was s'}clron;,'ly ithe dog issus, for nfi) oteléer :-1mer12c-l | s p 'mier Henry, who de-- ments were even considered--occupi | l clare:ih: "Vge ihave a 1Inanddabc to carry ia good two and a halif hours of the | mg orm | on e business of administration. | House's attention. | es ' Our first responsibility is to present | _ While making it clear that he had | a balanced Budget." ' no intention of "boltin%" fIrom ktilf [ BACK TO C 0 M M ' T T E E' The imposition of the corporation |p:u't.v on the question--'"for I'm wi e nniermaiavemnaminemedcnnthe } tax, W. E. N. Sinclair, the Liberal |my party, be it right or wrong," he Leader, averred, showed how hard }said----Thomas H. Bell, Conservative Although the House felt that some} put to it the Government was to gos | member for Toronto Bellwoods, and action should be taken to prevent dis-- | money. | well--known sportsmian, gave tttlse ' crimination such as 'glhat of which E.} «+ » f i1911 | Legislature a few electric moments, F. Singer, K.C., the Conservative| Miii Ron i fyerlook an epportunity | when from the Government he plead-- member for St. Andrew's, complained, | of getting a dollar for Old Man On-- ' C iGareininn |_|ed "sporting treatment of a sporting : |the decision was reached in the On--| tario," Hon. E. A. Dunlop, the Pro. |\broposition," urged that no action| |tario Legislature at 1.25 o'clock this| | vincial Treasurer, countered. | with regard to the proposed all--Pro-- (Wednesday) morning that his insur--| | _ Mr. Sinclair considered that the |ViDn%@! ban on dogs in Ceer--hunting| | ance bill, destined to put an end to| Government was open to the most |P¢ taken until the Black Inquiry Com-- the alleged practice of fire insurance| | severe criticism. "It seems to me," he | Mittce had reported, and strongly con-- companies in refusing risks on racial| | said, "that it is time for financiers ;io | dCmned, the last--hour intrdouction of grounds, could not be adopted in its get together and decide at what rate !Efic éeg:slat.lon that would wipe out existing form. The bill aftfer giemtg' issues can be sold to. the l8, : ie uogs. given second reading was referr | stop expcrimenting with thgeggbl;cfl'pd Made Up Mind Year ago. the Legal Bills Committec. "I am afraid the taxpayers will not | Mr. Bell delibsrately charged that Premier Henry said he could not be-- t'hn,l'k these are emergency taxes at the Government made up its mind a lieve that Mr. Singer V;)?SS fg}ly Ju.lsiti- all," he went on. "They will think ear ago to do away with the dogs, fied in thinking that his own policy t,hey are very serious taxes. It is most Y mmmmmn menrmemortmonerememeemmcomememome mm en rommemmenmmmemenm n ~ had been cancelled thI'OUgh racial .OI' unfortunate that the Treasurer, in a | but in spite of that many spertsmen, | religious grounds; he had, he said, year like this, must increase taxaition 1» at a cost of hundreds of dollars, had made inquiries, and found that, simul-- Mr. Sinclair thought that a tax of been permitted to attend the recent tansously with the cancelling of Mr. $200 would be severe on small branct meetings of the Fish and Game Com-- Singer's insurance, some sixty other banks in rural districts, where me)i mittee of the House, there to renew policies had been cancelled by the were established for the benefit of a their stand for the use of the hounds. | same firm. The Premier read out the small community, and he foresaw the "They were called by the commit-- _ | names of many of these former policy-- closing of many such branches. % tec," explained Mr. Bell, by way of| |hclders, indicating that, as he said, | Mr. Nixon reminded the Govern-- reply to Hon. Charles Motren, Minis-- | . [ a Shird 65 Hasit niuco * 04 uene of JR ment benches that no attention hac ter of Game and FPisheries. | |sent the appearance of being of been paid until the end of the last "Not to my knowledge," said Mr.| | Hebrew or other discriminated race, MR session to a resolution, early introduc--| | McCréa. | _ It was a strange situation, t'f"utgh,t B c by, the Opposition, urging the neea| | _ Couiter McLean (Conservative, To--| |W. F. N. Sinclain for this counut, M of rigid economy. | ] ronto--Eglinton) and a member of the| | He hoped that the ccmmi ts rArics | '"'The Government," he th Black Committee of investigation,| |be able to produce legislation, a hope| TR rather belated i ngine Porin nes \ warmly s rted the attitude of Mr.: | which was shared by E. J. Murphy| | ated in bringing forth sug-- B w ~ :\ _| (Conservative, St. Patrick's), who [R sguestions of economy, which burst Boll, and told the House that it was esd that the matter come be-- forth in the most picayu i ) wolves, not dogs, that were account-- suggeste at_ the ittee. 'Thal the right word?--way."" He statei| _ ADIG for the greatest loss in the deer. . | fore the Legsl Bills Commilice., Thal ( * state the Governmen ou & that $1,500,000 had been thrown out| Termed "Brave Man." i ,200, matter was also the view of F. W. mi rich money--lenders in connection | William Newman (Liberal, North | Wilson (Conservative, Windsor East), with the loan, '"and yet they reduce Victoria) expressed the view that Mr. _ | w. W. Staples (Conservative, Vic-- 'tile}e tobacco allowance of the poor McCrea was "a brave man" in bring-- | toria South), and C. A. Robertson vl}is in the reformatories from one ing down such legislation. His con-- | g(Libera,I. North Huron). ::::l i package for four da;:s to one stituents, he said, were all for the The House adjourned at 1.30 a.m. seR of inss mg toporstions Jos Spjective -- which Sb Moties %olilng t? pass on the tax to the uaxl': mhtogjyecbav:ninz t'l:ze dogs' could be i : ellow," he continued. "The Gov-- more readily achieved by extending ernment should agree not to pro-- the anti--wolf policy and adopting claim these taxes till after a general other conservation measures com-- & election. I would ppromise that, if _ mon to some of the States of the they were returned, and if I were in | Union. the House, I would raise no objection| | _ D. J. Taylor (Progressive, North then to the taxes. | _ | Grey), who, like Mr. Newman, is a & s