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Jason" St I "Not the iiEiites of The men who ' Invested money," replied Mr. Hee. nan, "but the names of the pro- _moters. I would have gone ahead with the Lake Sulphite proposition even if I had not known the names ------------ SWEEZEY DEAL 'ot the financial backers. However I look for the agreements in the file, might not have included in recom- Frank Spence (Cons., Fort William) mendation to the Cabinet the words and Mr. Cooper brought up the 'that the company brought with lt question of Canadian companies a sufficiency of capital to fulfil who could not get adequate timber their project.' " supplies. --------- icon Answer Evasive. Mr. S.r"'nc.e "il with/FIT?" was . . l "l have never hoard such a hope- companies .m l'". I tam an . Engineering T f O II b I " 1 lessly evasive answer," said Colonel tat thr/h,':;,,"',',',','),;',),';, "IJ/IU,')',',','; Given as Reason for Drew. '.'l ant ntlttrolrur.iowasle {my I to fill their standing orders. F il f . .more time sry".1ormoxlyr. I wantl Mr. Heenan said that if this tim- St ure 0 P r O I 0 cf I to know what information you had her was sold by public tender it was ---.----. 1haahl'idg,'tintCrfg"rl'l?rQndguei1 bought by . bid way out of reach . . - - 0 e illo ator,"si H E A T E D DEBATE 'giving land grants to the Lake Sul- himhou'? of Slime"... imply to keep ""----- l "lrtf,?nren)'i','u,. shirt off " replied "You mean there is speculation?" I After a brief but bitter clash with 1 Mr. Hog-nan; "perhaps you are going a? flf,udr:l1,tie; mfsime'it 'ip'liffti, Colonel George Drew before the to get more information than you damned t'iii'setiiii'iss".C i , special committee of the Legisla- "in". " . Colonel Drew suggested that al ture investigating the timber pol- ', 'Don't ?t rot, PM?" said Col- non-political commission, patterned; icies of his department Hon Peter in-nplnDrm' and ttrvitVer my qii'iii',iii, the Hydro Commission, might. . . ' . . . tion. . solve the problem. "I don't think so," I Heenan. Minister of Lands and For- (, "The men were all Canadians," said Mr. Heenan. "The Minister is; ests, yesterdav disclosed the names i-'Rld f'lr- Heenan. and then read out answerable to the members anal of the financier: who backed R. o. tthe list ot their names. should he responsible. But if he Sweezey. Montreal promoter. in the l . Colonel 1?r."yv. "If." why the pro- sells timber to the mill operator by formation of the Lake Sulphite ,Jet't had failed. Not because ot Order-in-Council he is accused of . Company. lack of capital, ' replied Mr.. Heenan. playing politics. I know that I have They are r M. Connell. Mont- "hut because of engineertnz dittt- hesitated sometimes tor fear ot real mining man; J. W. McConnell. culties. That was the excuse .trlven the political consequences. The publisher of the Montreal Star: anyway." He th.en..stowed a picture whole matter of the sale of timber Joseph Simard of Montreal: John ofthe 00min"? buildings is a political question in the dis- Siadler. Montreal engineer; D. M. "Does it include the lodge?" asked trict, and as long as this is so it is Hogarth. Toronto: Sweezev Com- Colonel Drew. "You mean tty! very difficult for the department to pany, Montreal: Hanson Drothers Knights ot Columbus lodge," said act to the best advantage of the Ltd.. Montreal Stockbrokers: Mo Mr. Heenan. ."You know what lodge operator. I would suggest for a Min.. Leod. Young and Weir Company, I mean." replied Colonel Drew. ister a big two-t!.sted. fellow who! , Montreal and Toronto: E. E. John- Colonel Drew then asked for the Just doesn't care," said the Minis. son. Fort William. and the Bronf- [agreements that tho Government ter. . man brothers. Montreal distillers. i?,,"?, girig,e1 {EON othler Joi','rlnts, duh, Prettie. g, the Not-thin: u . ; 7 " , assing ac rown an in o oo reservers ompany in or No y""!."'."'."'". i'lgsd'r'l'm'e'1'irs hands, which was Arthur, was called to the witness Brtore disclosing the. names. Mr. 'later handed over to the Lake Sul. stand, and testified that he could Py.'nan told tho committee that he phnc Company. not get enough timber to fill the 313:: (In; "/rf,1f 'u"g't,t".,'c.tQ While officials of the Lands and immediate orders his company had, that if Colonel J',',",,",)',.',',',',',:",',') he was Forests Department went out to on hand. ; ready to name the men involved in the financing of the Lake Sulphite . Company. "I must say that at this time, when the company is in the stage. _ of reorganization. that it will do no good to publish the names of these men. It is not encouraging to them to be labelled as men who gambled and lost at a time when an effort is being made to re-establish the _ i Lake Sulphite Company," said the Minister. At the last meeting of the com- mittee Colonel Drew insisted that the names be made public, and when Mr. Heenan refused to do so Colonel Drew appealed to Chairman Paul Leduc. Minister of Mines, for a ruling. Mr. Leduc yesterday was not forced to make a ruling as Mr. Heenan disclosed the names when asked to do so. . "Colonel Drew asked for the names of the men who Mr. Sweezey told you were prepared to aid him in the financing of the Lake Sul- phite Company. Are you prepared to give the names?" Mr. Leduc - asked Mr. Keenan. "Yes," replied the Minister. "they are Canadians who assisted in a pure Canadian corporation." "Did you say pure?" said Colonel ' Drew. "They had faith in the company, and they lost," continued Mr. Hee- nan. "I can't see what good will come of publishing their names." James Cooper tLib., Sudbury) asked Mr. Heenan it he knew of any other project where the names of the backers had been made pub. lit: