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March 4 Cmpiyn m t e xm "He even entered into a conspiracy with my old friend, E. W. Backus, to close up a pulp mill at Fort Prances a Tew days before he arrived there, so he could promise the people that, if they 1' 934 0NTAR|0 --__ woted right, he would be able to have their mill reopened." J ): He concluded with the explanation *_ that Mr. Cox had been speaking for 'Thunder Bay District alone in his SAYS "EENANI speech, and hé added that, in return | | for the work they did, Northern mem-- Ned en ifi t t bers should, in his opinion, receive * t '. double indemnity. Liberal Win Averted "We Northern members represent # vast territories, which we tour by aero-- -- Secession of N orth, Says | plane, cance and dog--team, while the &.. % } southern members sit around hotel Forests Minister | _ Tobbies and hatch mischief," concluded Hemmumegemmmmemmeneqmemmgy I Mr. Heenan. N the Sergueon--Henry regime h'di m::kh:.r:: n';: d'l';xnu ndo" were as P $ e = not ended when it did, Northern On-. railled by Wilfrid Heighington when | tario would have seceded from the rest the young Conservative member open-- of the Province, the Legislature was ed fire on the C W. Cox arson sug-- told yesterday by Hon. Peter Heenan, gestions shortly after the opening of Minister of Lands and Forests yepterday's Logisiafure. ' The big Conservative fire--fighting The veteran member from Kenora | expenditures were the follow--up to the bitterly assailed the Conservative Ad-- bad fire year of 1929, Mr. ;-!e'!ghh;g- ministration, particularly in reference ton said. Today they stood for the fire protection expected by the timber-- | to Northern affairs, and declared that countzry towns and -- for permanent] the present solid Liberal representation eqauipment which was ready to pro-- from New Ontario was evidence that vide that protection. | the people shared his views. 'The Toronto member said an arson Nees Revenge in Charges. charge was hard to lprove. but safer to make in the Legislature. onut;lense;::c?l rforg?n"t?\e i'rli'ht;:nedeslalfi "In defense of the good name of frid Heighington, Toronto, ido! of the the people of that area," he said, "the Young Conservatives, who scored C. House should go on record to the ef-- W. TCox, the Port Arthur member, for fecet that the making of such a _violent his hints of forest arson, which elec-- charge lsbla breach of the privileges There of Assembly." :'r:!:edr;'h:ngou; l:h'f E':,fi ::::&u. Mr. The protest against the arson hints Heighington claimed. was part of a lengthier attack on the The Toronio Tory's hottest fire Cox charges of timber waste and c,'."}; was directed against what he termed ruption, which was S"m":";;ed '!',":n "the Liberal Party's vaccuuming of the °°"""'r"'h"fflg" a t't'w hed ehelghts «_ all Conservative closets'" at this stage Arithur member "had reac ce of tmne proceedings. of misrepresentation and concealment 'In the name of good government." of fact." he fhared, "why don't they accept our ; The Toronto member started to tear challenge of last year? If you've got | into the Port Arthur member per-- anything, make your charges and | sonally, but stopped short with the bring the men before the Bar of the suggesiion that this attack was check-- House. We're not here to defend | _ ed because Mr. Cox was not in the rapscallions. House. "If you haven't got anything -- Party Happy. get on with your government." | Port Arthur member, he said, Then Hon. Mr. Heenan rose to the hg?':ought the Conservative nomina-- Caicose of the Administration. 'The tion at the last election and voted Opposition, he noted, had asked what Conservative ("The Conservative the Governntent had achieved. Party is glad to part company with We have turned the Department him") from 1919 to 1929. He had not of Lands anq Forests from a deficit | always been successful in the timber . to a surplus." he said. "We have field, Mr. Heighing:on ventured--"and decreased the costs of administration perhaps with the iron in his soul, had by $400,000, and increased the reven-- used the Legislature to libel the people ue by over $800,000. All this despite of the North country and to allow the > the Bennett policies down in Ottawa | impression to go abroad that 'concu: that have been strangling trade, | tions exist as he has portrayved them. 'Anrd whatever we have done or | Mr. Heighington went over the tim-- may ao," continued Mr. Heenan, "1' ber ieases which were analyzed last have the consolation of knowing that | week by Mr. Cox. Timber had not we couldn't do a worse or more rot-- | been cut, he admitted, but the de-- 12M j7b than was done under the for-- l cline in markets had beeon a m-'xt.:-flrial met Government." | factor in that failure. And the com-- ; Land | paries, said Mr. Heighington, ha.di As Another Land. A : built mills according to the require-l Thecalling fls oun cainpaien in merts of their timber concessions-- Temics,. ML. HMeenan sald! "L didn' "All these mills are still there." he know at the time that the Govern-- ; said. Some are still working. Others ment had sent out a paid spy, in the | |are ready for future deve'lonment. form of a reporter, in Conservative \ _"'NMot a penny was paid to the hire, to jot down all the rotten things. | Treasury.'" Mr_ Heighing:on quot.ed I remember that I said at that time, from the Liberal member's summaries in telling the clectors to vote as they of various contracts. Mr. Heighington liked: 'But if you vote Conservative. said that $1,366.000 had been paid wou'll be voting for the biggest gang in Crown dues and ground rent. of political thugs in the history of the " 'Not a stick had been cut,'" the Province.' Toronto member quoted. He found "Not one Conservative member was that 481,000 cords. or about 2.646,000 returned from the North. The people | trees, had been felled in the debated of Northern Ontario regard those of area since 1926. O!d Ontario as foreigners And if "I say the statemont is 2.,646,000 the Tory Administration had remain-- + gmes unreliable." i ed much longer, there wouldn't have Mr. Heighington said the charges been any such thing as Northern On-- were a poor picture of the North for tario. It would have seceded. possible United States and British in-- "The pulp and timber areas of the vestors. s h North were not disposed of or dis-- "The whole picture in the Nort tributed in a sound or economic way. country is not going to be hel?ed b.s_' If ever there was a gentleman who smudging it. It has to be fostered, manoeuvred Northern Ontario for he said. _ political gain it was George Homrd' Ferguson. If ever & Premier misrep-- | resented the affairs of the Province | y to the people it was that man, who t travelled around in Government aero-- , planes at the people's expense.