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Turning to various azpec.s of the Budget, Mr. Oliver commended the Covernment on its financial policy and voiced approval of the Provin-- clal income tax and the strength-- ening of the succession duty tax Both taxes were sound and equil-- able, he claimed. The handing back of tax reductions to the public could not be commended too highly, for it showed that the Government was seized with the principle that any surplus rightly belonged to the tax-- peyers who made it possible. Mr. Oliver agreed that the amuse-- ments tax on lower--priced tickets wa . a nuisance tax ana was rightly abolished, but he expressed the opinion that people who could af-- ford to pay $2 for admission to a wrestling bout or a theatre could well afford to contribute something to the Provinciat Treasury. Immediate objection to the critic-- ism of the succession duties policy was taken by Premier Hepburn, The Government's rural Hydro policy came in for praise, Mr. Olive! pointing out that 1.500 miles of rural line would be constructed this year, as against 800 miles last year. The reduction in the servics charge and the twenty--year con-- tract were of great benefit to the rural communities, he emphasized The Hepburn Government's . mothods of collecting succession | duties was described as "reaction--. ary gouging," by Wilfrid Heighing--| ton, in the Legislature yes!erday., Delivering an address on the Budget, the Toronto Conservatlve, labelled the Budget as "superfically | br!lliant" and an "election budget." The UF.O. member praised the Minimum Wage for men. He sard farmers, generally speaking, look with suspicion on a minimum wage and trade unjlons, and one could hardly blame them. But the mini-- mum wage for men would increase purchasing power and this increased power wonld mean increased mar-- kets for products of the farm. "If employers (were all Good Samaritans we would not need a minimum -- wage act, workmen's compensation, and all the other social legislation now on the sta-- tutes," he said. "But there is the employer who grinds the fares of{ the workers and it is to protect men from this type that we must have legislation of this kind. I hope the day is not far distant when farmers will have a set price for their products. That would be ali the minimum wage the farmers would want." Government Commended. Asks Legislators To Forget Party In House Division A plea that the Opposition forget party lines and vote with the Gov-- ernment on the Budget was made in the Legislature last night by Far-- quhar Oliver (ULF.O., South Grey»). No real criticism * the Budget had been offered by the Opposition, he clatmed, and it would be a fine act if they made approval unanimous. "Party lines are not drawn so tightly as they once were," said M Oliver. '"This is a good Budget--» sound, business--like statement o| our financial affairs." Lavuds Minimum Wage. ACRES ON A TT A C K South Grey Representative Says No Real Criticism Yet Offered --Heighing-- ton "Hopes" Figures Are True The Conservative addressed a ro-- mark to the Premier, who reminded Mr. Acres he had been in the House all afternoon. "I've been sitting in back bench." said Mr. Hepburn. "I wouldn't miss this treat for any-- thing." Sees No Ontario Vote. "There are such things as con-- doning a felony," retorted the mem-- ber for St. David. "The Government had better be careful. Culprits should be taken to court, not dealt with in this manner. 'The Govern-- ment has gone to great lengths to collect this revenue." I. J Glass (Lib., St. Andrew) took it on himself to prognosticate that thoere would be no Provincial elec-- tion this year, and that another session would be held and another Budget brought down before that election occurred. As far as the Budget surplus was concerned. Mr. Heighington said he hoped the very rosy figures were true. He hoped they were more re-- liable than the facts and figures on which the Attorney--General per-- suaded the House to repudiate the Hydro contracts. Hurls Many Charges. The House rocked with laughter on n score of occasions as members tried to interrupt the Conservative in his lengthy blast ot charges. He would permait no interference. '"What's your policy?" J. J. Glass Lib., St. Andrew's), asked once. "If 1 had the final say in this Province, not one man would be unemployed by the first of May," retorted Mr. Acres. "What work wouid you give _ "How close are you to the Govern-- ment?" asked Opposition Leader Henry. "I'm sufficiently close, like every other Liberal member, to know what's going on," replied Mr. Glass. "There are no closed doors." "How many caucuses have you held this year?" asked Mr. Henry. "It doesn't matter whether wo've had two or twenty caucuses," snap-- "Which is true Christian ethics," retorted the Prime Minister. A. H. C'Holly") Acres (Conz., Carleton) -- crowded a haif--dozen major charges into forty minutes of debate. HMe attacked the Govern-- ment on its Budget presentation, its highway, Jquor Board, Miik Board administrat on, its agricultural poi-- icy, its administration of unempi'oy- ment relief{, and wound up his ad-- dress by charging the Governmeont had no specific policy on anything. "If they were all like you it wouldn't be hard to keep them zo-- ing," he replied. them?" Mr. Glass pressed. "In other words, if you come for-- ward and admil your sins, all will be fqrgi_vep." said Mr. Heighington. Mr. Heighington quoted an ex-- cerpt from the Premicetr's Budget speech in which he said that if people came forward voluntarily and gave information to the treas-- ury officials concerning monies due from their estates, they would be given a complete discharge and no penalties other than interest, would be inflicted. has been shown." "Not one case has been given where fraud has been shown," de-- clared Mr. Heighington. "If there is fraud, there is a criminal code to which these people should be sub-- jected. I insist that the Govern-- ment's policy is open to the sug-- gestion of retroactive gouging." Hopes Figures Correct. *"The Government doesn't gouge," declared the Prime Minister. "We collect from estates where fraud has been shown" who said he resented the words, "reactionary gouging." Maxrch The back--concession farmer would be handed back only one dollar of the seven--million--dollar surplus re« ported in the Budget, J. A. Craig (Cons., Lanark) charged in his analysis of the Government's finan-- clal position. _ "IL think some slick, smooth American has come over here and | told the Prime Minister that unless he sold new timber it would go to | vot," Mr. Craig continued, switch ing his argument to an attack on | the Government's timber policy. He | questioned the wisdom of selling ! ripe timber for pulp purposes. On-- | tario would profit only $10 a cord from the pulpwood, but the Ameri-- can interests _ would ultimatel; profit $50 per cord, he said. | _ Dealing specifically with the Bug-- \«ot, Mr. Craig declared the Prime | Minister was "apparently trying to im every municipality in the Province" by dictating the manner in which the one--mill subsidy was to be spent. ped Mr. Glass. "The fact remains the Government takes us into its confidence, and we aren't a lot of rubber stamps like the Conserva-- tives were when their Government was in power." Charges Dictation Attempt. This interesting chapter in Sir William's history was revealed by Dr. Tanner when he took the Con-- servative Opposition to task for having tried to make political capi-- tal in the recent East Hastings by-- election out of the case of a young-- ster who was tied to a tree in sum-- mer and to a chair in winter because mental hospitals were so crowded 29 attention there was available to im. Sir William Osler, one of the world's greatest physicians and sur-- geons, was chained to a tree when |\he was a child because his mother '\was too poor to have some one 'look after her offspring, Dr. G. E. Tanner (Liberal, Simcoe East) in-- formed the Legislature last night. to trees or tied to them to keep them out of mischief. Why, even Sir William Osler--and I'm familiar with his history--was tied to a tree when he was a child because his mother was too poor to have some one look after her children. Surely Sir William was not mentally de-- ficient. "That was foolish," chided Dr. Tanner. "Lots of kids are chained Dr. Tanner Refers to Physi-- cian's Life While Chid-- ing Conservatives Osler Once Tied to Tree