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_ "ere ,_t_ - t ' APR". s . HAN Ti) CONFER , IOO 000 000 D bi Ri , ' e we . ONTORONTOBlll Laid to H b R . I The charge that the Hepburn "The net debt of Ontario now Government. in direct contradiction stands at about $475,700,000." he [ to its leader's pre-election promises. declared, "an increase since Oct. 31. , had pyramided Ontario's debt struc- 1934, of $117,200,000. This is an in. Di . . With C ture in the past four years to the crease of net debt for the year just 1 ispesifion Rests t .OM- point where budget surpluses were closed of $125,000 for every working mitt" on Private Legisla- Emil)? "mulling: was voiced in day." . . . . . ', e ntario gsature yesterday Reducin the debt ti ures to . hon. Not With Ministers, by L. M. Frost (Conn. Victoria) in per capitag basis for 1','ITd', ot Lampori Told I 3": 62:32:30? "an critic tor comparison. Mir. fro'stdenbigeloyegian , . il ustration w ie a n rat ---- I Basing his criticism of the 1939 used by the Premier in his 1934 , budget address on the contention ei ction cam ai n. At th . r T l M E I N S U F F I C I E N T: that it did not present a true pits ngburn hag agaid tthtaht"tliemu,'vr: -.-------, --- , lure of Ontario's financial situation, inee's net debt had increased $3.53 toispositiou of Toronto',: appliva-' Mr. Frros.t .marshalled quotations per capita per year between 1904 tmn for sItorial Ipnwlmmn rr'stotl' and statistics to illustrate the and 1934. _ , " ' . . I "alarming increase" of $100,000,000 "Let us apply the Premier's test "till tho Lcs:islrtttto, Ptivato Pyill, tilt the province's gross debt since t his " fi . " h id Committee. and not the ministry, the Hepburn administration came "3.11 IS own .inanClzigé bt e. sat . tion. Eru. Cm», Minister of Mu. into power. 'f 'ltl, PU', Ti if m 1934 nttipal Attairs, .st'irria.x told lite In an analysis of the budget 3,1835 s',. 53-h d". are Ili, 1938, member, in "pinning the sutc'/tstion speech, which .lasted more than an hm igureh a risen to t 21.75. A: that, the city hill be mums-ml ill hour the member for Victoria pre- t "gm"? e iii-Thur" G°Yemmen~ private conference before " was "méd his case with an "impartial- had een it]: o fleckthree years and T submitted next Thursday to the ity" that won from the Premier an time monf Ide, "if 'n, y?.??.'.?,',' committee. V expression of warm appreciation increaseo $5. per ea per year. The suggestion was made by and admission ot an error on his Attacks Income Boost. . Allan Lampnrt (Lin. St. Davidt. part made in the course of an Mr. Frost challenged the Prime that, Hie work of tho committee earlier exchange of words across the Ministers statement that increases would be facilitated if all the tea- floor ot the House. in provincial taxation were justi-l titres of the hill were tint reviewed fied by corresponding decreases in; in conference hy the Minister of "Bookkeeping FOOL" the municipal burden. The as-' Municipal Affairs, Hon. Gordon Mr. Frost charged that analysis sumption. of social service costs by Conant, Attornry-timioral. the To" ot the budget showed the surplus the province, along with the one- ronto member, and any nth" of $150,000 estimated hy the Prem.. mill subsidy, he said, had amounted members of the committee who ler and Provincial Treasurer was to nearly $12,000,000. Municipal wished to join the dt.scus.sion. achieved solely by a "feat of book- taxation, however. had not been re- The bill "as .witt?tluled for M?" keeping." and that a true picture lieved by a fraction of that figure, te'rria.Cs "WWI": of tho committee, would show the province faced with he said. but it was held mm- until Thur" an acknowledged deficit of 86,769.. From 1929 to 1935, he saidhor- _ 'ia.s when it net-ante apparent to ,026 for the year ending March, 1939. dinary provincial revenues derived. members there was ttol sufficient l He cited statements made by Mr. from taxation had been under fifty- time to deal will it, purtirularly tiiepburn in pre-election addresses. tive million dollars per year, but when it was intimated tltttt certain emphasizing the necessity for a re- in 1936, under. the Hephurn Gov- set-tlons. particularly 0"" with". duction of debt, and then quoted ernment, thisfigure had Jumped to .ttthortty to lemme oh,tructionq "1' figures to show that the debt had sixty-five millions. In 1937 the the vicinity of the island airport, been increased "by leaps and -.----.- ' "M . sc7,T77d.,Ti',.-r.'r. . . . I would he oppostul. .' hounds" under the Liberal adminis- i "mfg"; ",'f),'j' I.Se'gn:1"h7\i??n "3111132? it was hinted also that there, tration. an Is. . , I'. j"'\. m J . ' might be considerable committee The 1939 figure was.f?.tjtim1tty) at ohteclinn in the application for! mgr thitnanets' plum: 201113}. \alidatinlt of the anti-noise rs-lt.--', n o 1:39:01 s, . (1191182; I',', I regulation, whrrh, oudentall.v, pr0\ lhnce 'l,idT'f/'i'"1l,si/ssg1'11'gi'; mt not pass committee stage laot on t C IP. I, "we . l T. ' ' and municipalities have received as. 'rar. . i . " ' C. M. Colnuuouu, city solicitor. 303330? amounting to only $12, agreed ""h 1rd'i','i: thatnhulre The .government's "artificial sur- td he game trolls! . " . . Sign The sections of the hill. he plus. he maintained. hal been ob- . . . . 'lear in terms and had tamed by Improper application of ttaid, wprp f rc. th .aiilrii I highway revenues to meet expendi- been approved y e l . tures in other departments. , t