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HINTS ONTARIO - | # sumemmemeremmgines Plan Liberal Caucus Kent Liberal Believes Early Next Week Pl'OViflc;.' Sufplus |s 1& Liberal members will be calied % into caucus early next week to dig-- Earmarled fOl' Gafls | euss what Premier Hepburn terms wnmemmmmmememmmnmenmemmmanmmmen, I "general business." Last week the ! Premier denied emphatically that CAUSES S U R P R l S E the calling of--a caucus was related cnonmmmmoe mm mm in any way to election plans. \_-- Cabinet Minister y$ C It is believed almost (c:'tam.that | prise glanc'es ' :"lb';:(h:::ii?a:::e the bill to give women sitting rights yesterday when D. M. Campbell, on juries will be tossed into the Liberal member for Kent East, in-- | caucus arena for a general discus» formed the House in his budget [sion before it is permilted to zo speech that he understood the Gov-- f:'i:mn before the House. I"}:'ed bl.l.l 'crnment was ronsidcring .spend'mg has not yet received second rea 1n§. part, or all, of its surplus to buy + agricultural products in the Prov-- | ince and present them as a free gift to the people of Britain. _ When the session adjourned. Min-- ister of Agriculture P. M. Dewan * told the press that he knew of no such movement as mentioned by M,rlzhg"\':pb:"l'io' th s Agrees With Stewart. | portion Ogrg'h' 5'12.('3.'0(;'0 Z':'?':l::";el [ ,"\g.roem;n}:.. with Mr. S!c\s-.aljt in used in this manner came from W !.\("\O'IBI 0 f |>~ suggestions }xas €x> J. Stewart; Conservative member' pressed by Mr. Campbell, who said I tar Ftay A i that the Government had not done for Parkdale, who said the outright | p y |:ih of agricultural products from whal many Govclnment§ would | Ontario would be partial recogniti 'ha\'c done, spend the entire reve-- gnition . | Tt s 'A of what the people of Great Britain tnua. While taxation is heavy .the lha\'e been doing in the~hatlle for fpeoplc have been rendered services [liberty and civilization. in return, he contended, and cited o | * Cc f the cheese and hog bonuses. In con-- \ _ Mr. Campbell said that he agreed | 4 a 5 ai A s nection with the cheese bonus, he 'wuh the suggestion of the Oppo-- | e sition member, and then startied ldoubled that 2 cents a pound would Government s(lpportcrs by stating be a large enough bonus to produce & "I understand a movement likc this: the amount of cheese nceded b_y s o a 3 itain. inti d that it is now being considered." Great Britain !{e.mt:mate k * may be necessary later on to in-- Lauds Government Action. crease the cheese bonus. _ _Mr. Stewart said that the action Mr. Campbell dealt at some length * of the Government in taking up the on the hog situation. The main ob-- major share of the cost of reliet in Ject behind the bonus is to increase the Province was appreciated by all {'the quality of the Ontario product the municipalities. But, he contend--« |so that in postwar years it will be ed, owing to the large influx of un-- able to stand up against the compe-- 'employed to the larger centres, it {rition of the countries that have . should not be unemployment rélief : been shut off from the British mar-- but State relief with the entire cost _' ket by the war, he stated. borne by the Dominion. He also | He added that agriculture is in thought that considerable credit |anything but a healthy condition, should go to the elected and Ap=« _' and that the farmer's overhead and pointed boards of the different _' uncontrollable expenditures were municipalities in their efforts to re-- not in line with his revenue. duce taxation and debts. _ "While our overhead and expenses He suggested three main meéans ) have gone up," he said, "the prices of spending this year's surplus. He _ | of farm products on the whole are said that some of it should be spent _( no better than they were years ago. in improving the health and hos« (1; js true that a few commodities pitalization services, some in assist» are higher, but this is more than ing struggling municipalities iMt _ paranced by others that are ridicu-- meeting their relief charges and in _ jously low--wheat is far below the f encouraging agriculture by buyin®g _ cost of production. The people of the farmers' products and givin® _ our country engaged in other occu-- them to Britain as a present fr0M _ pajons and professions are so or-- Ontario. He also said that part Of _ panizeq that the returns for their the surplus could be utilized in €§* _ japors are based on the cost--plus tablishing a sinking fund for the _ pasis If this Government doesn't Provincial highway system, for th®e _ go ;; he Federal Government will s establishment of a safety @4uC@* _ pa puyinge Canadian agricultural ; tion campaign among school children products and giving, not selling, and by the establishment of schol-- them to Britain." arships in memory of the late Sir nmmcemnie Frederick Banting. t