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BIG DEBT SIGN OF tilBlTltli, SAYS HENRY Defends $600,000,000 Pub. lic Debt as Stabiliz- ing Influence ( "My mend tPremier Hepburn). ishould forget the sine of the debb-- GG it down. it he ean--ttut not he 'always talking about, it. Toke the 'other side of the picture: the wealth 'in the North and the wealth in the .South. In a normal your Ontario u- ;riculture. husbandry and the making [and finishing of its products amounts ho about '500.000.000-tt greater amount than produced in the beat year in the three Prairie Provinces by the wheat. crop." Ontario's $600,000,000 public debt' should not be regarded as disastrous. hut a a Sign ot its people's ambitions. former Premier George B. Henry urged in the Legislature yesterday as he wound up the Budget debate for the Opposition. All of the "meat" of the address we.» devoted to a deienae ot the debt ircurred by Ontario in the thirty years of ©onservauve rule. Mr. Henry cited Hydro. the public works and the public reds, or assets behind mgr baht. and and it was not proper to look on the obligations as a perpetual burden. "The debt, is only the indication ot the ambitions of the people to go toward and excel. and an adeatt" use ot our Province. which stands out as one of the fairest in the The Conservative Leader went fur- ther. and argued that the public debt was a stabilizing influence. He quoted another mettttter--"it a man Un't in debt, he doean't make money." The burden of the Napoleonic war debts had staggered England. but had brought her a stabilizing force. he world." PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AWAIT REPORTS said. Fist intimation of the date of re- lease of the Ontario Public Accounts for 1935-36 was in Premier Hepburn's speech of yer.erday when he promised the Legislature members that they were going to receive the accounts "iry a fair report which will he the mart understandable. readable Public Ac- counts ever put out by the Govern- ment of Ontario." A Querlod later the Premier would not say when the accounts will be published. but stated they would come after all reports were in. Be- fore adjournment the Legislature. which had Just passed the Budget. motion. met In Committee of Supply and passed the one formal vote cus- tomarily passed Just after the motion is carried. The Public Accounts Committee in which the Oppoeldon is prebintt the accounts of tdrmer years met Thurs- day and yesterday and meets again today in 1 Saturduy session. The mm amendment. was a part of We Miniutt'r's legislation program which was brought down yesterday. and which extend, 1mm under the Go-operative Marketing Act; brings TATTOO marks on chickens to unto force the Dominion Dairy Indus- help the. authorities tind chlck- try Aot, and t.xtenfs the Dog Tax and Sheep Protection Act. en thieves are provided for In on l Under the last amendment the in- amendment to Ontarto'g Banding ldemnitles which sheep owners received ot Llve tttoch Art, whteh wt" mm" for ravages by dogs are extended to dtteed in the "WWW resterda, !all live stock and poultry. There had by Hon. Duncan MartthtMh . ilbeen complaints that turkeys and even "The objec: of this bill," the Atrf!-itoumr calves were being attacked by culture Minister told the House, "Bldogs. the Minister explained. The to grt after the chicken thieves. Thetbill also provides that. the Minister chickens." he said. "could be identi-)shall appoint a valuer if the mu- fied if offered for sale by a 'ttt"dafitti'a'ld'/ fails to do so, and that " mark on one wing. And if he thtptia?rrtt shall lie from a munteipe the wing off. he should be held toryt.1u.er. to a valuer appointed by the Inquiry an to just how he had CMinister. chick-3n with only or." wlmp, '0 sell." I The Oo-cperative Loan amendrncn Hens Will Be Tattooed If Amendment Passes Marek a.9 l The Clo-operative Loan amendment will extend the repayment of the floans to twenty years, with certain Irestrietions. It, lodges in the Trees- 'ury the powers formerly held by the Agricultural Development Board. Under the last amendment the in- demnities which sheep owners received for ravages by dogs are extended to all live stock and poultry. There had been complaints that turkeys and even young calves were being attacked by dogs, the Minister explained. The bill also provides that. the Minister (shall appoint a valuer if the mu- lnicipality fails to do so, and that an iappeal shall lie from a municipal ivaluer to a valuer appointed by the i Minister.