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LICENSING SUGGESTED IN BUILDING INDUSTRY BY LABOR COMMITTEE Report Also Recommends G eneral Contractor Must Produce Names of Subcontractors at Time of Tendering STUDY OF MINIMUM FOR MEN IN ZONES Official findings rising from the investigation into -- subcontracting initiated by Russell Nesbitt (Con-- servative, Bracondale) were incor-- porated in a report tabled in the On-- tario Legisiature yosterday by the Labor Committee. Highlights of the report née?mmended: . That the Government devise a censing system applicable to the' building industry throughout Ontario. That a general contractor must: produce at the time of tendering the names of subcontractors whose figures have been used in making up his tender, and at the time of awarding the tender, the subcontractors' prices, and on these figures the subcontracts | shall be let. That Ontario comditions should be studied with a view to the possible passage of a minimum wage law for men based on a zoning system. Basis of Equality. _ That the prevailing rate of union tractors on the same basis of equality. That a committse of tlie House should be appointed to study and in-- vestigate into all conditions pertain-- ing to the building trade and con-- struction industry, including unem-- ployment, working during the recess, and reporting to the next session. A report of proceedings mentioned that representatives from contractors, subcontractors, and every branch of the trades organizations had pre-- sented their views during the hear-- The indictment of conditions was reaffirmed in a clause stating: "The committee regrets to say that the facts produced before the committee go to show tat there is an increasing number of contractors wiw operate only in the capacity of brokers and perform no work and derive their profits before even any cof the ma-- terial is on the jcb." wages shall be set forth at the time of submitting tenders for all public ings. All were agreed, the report stated, that the building trade was in a very chactic state and that some compulsory legislation should be de-- vised and passed, licensing every one engaged in the lndust.r{. FPair wages, hours of labcr, inclusion of wage schedules in large contracts, and duplicate contracts were also dis-- cussed, according to the report. Mochanics' lions were also a subjeci of discussicn, the report saying that 90 per cent. of those who appeared before the committee were opposed to tite Ontario mechanics' lien law, and recommended that th> law should apply to labor on'ly. The opinion of the witnesses had held, according to the repcort, that supply houses were taking advantage of the law to extend credit to unreliable and irresponsible contractors to the general detriment. T'ho witnesses' reason for the ex-- clusion of all save the working man Lien Law Is Opposed. was "that the supply house might have a prior lien without the knowl-- edge of the working man who, in turn. by making use of th> material in the building really created the only t'al}:g on which a lien could be regis-- ered." The NRA cod>, the licensing systoam in California, and the South Africa code were recommended for study 2s an aid in devising the licensing sys-- Porsonnel of the committese which will function during the recess was also announced in t:e report. This body will be composed of William Mor-- rison (Conservative, Hamilton East) and Chairman of the standing com-- mittee on labor; T. A. Murphy (Con-- servative, Toronto Beaches); Earl Hutchinson (Labor, Kenora); C. A. Robertson. the Liberal Whip, and Mr. Nesbitt. N\NC)!\ L.