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Mm'c\\ s NtR «."% ". .v';' l imb Rights' Sal Te d Iniquit ' ' *m--momeprmmmm ~ ~(} Smpmmmmmmmmonuepmme C. W. Cox, M.P.P., Hints of Deal "as Bad as Hydro Disclosures" -- House to Hear Story An investigation of the "iniquitous"i conditicns which governed the sale of | * timber rights in Northern Ont,arioi under the Henry regime would bring disclosures "as bad as the Hydro dis-- | closures now being unravelled by Mr.| Rocbuck in the Legislature," C. W.}! Cox, MP.P. for Port Arthur | charged last night at a Ward Threo | Liberal Association rally in Foresters' Hall. | l House to Hear Story. ' Mr Cox gave definite intimation | ' that he would bring the matter to the | attention ot the House. "You will | hear from me later on this," he prom-- | ised, using the words of the Attor-- ney--General, who made a similar promise in Hydro matters. An area of timber 200 miles long and 100 miles wide had been dis-- posed of in the past fifteen years under Tory adm'nistration, Mr. Cox declared, but no benefit had resulted to the people of Ontario. On' the contrary, the contracts had never been carried out, and men had * been left idle who could have been profitably employed. i "It is significant that all these | fniquitous' transactions were carried | out just prior to elections, and you |mn use your imagination as to the | reason for them," he said. | *"That's stolen property. It must '| be taken back," a man in the audiencs cried. | "Yes. To use the words of Mr. | Roebuck, 'You will hear from me |lawr on,'" Mr. Cox promised. l Lumber Imported. | "The astounding feature of the | sales is that not one stick of this timber has been cut. It has been held by private hands," Mr. Cox said. "Thousands of men could have been employed, but instead of this the Government had imported millions of feet of lumber from the United States ; and overseas. ' "I hope for legislation to cure this," he said. . a x People who had previously invested| | Hydro Dismissals in the North country had become' / " A . s skeptical because they "did not know Questloned In House whether they were doing business n raee ubvevemregigues opericmeienns * with the Government or just a poli-- 'Three questions relating to Hydro tician," he said. es were placed on the order paper of the ' Provincial Legizsiature yesterday by the Conservative Opposition. Arthur Eillis, Ottawa, asks reasons for the dismissal of F. A. Gaby, for-- mer chief engineer, and of three mem-- bers of the Commission, the late J. R. Cooke, Right Hon. Arthur Meighen and C. A. Maguire. He asks who succceded them and whether the new appointee had "at the time of his appointment any ac-- | tual experience in the administration ! or management of any company de-- | veloping or selling electricity. | _ _Mr. Ellis also asked why P. D. Rose | was dismissed from the Ottawa Hydro-- y Imectric Power Commission.