The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

MARC," cr ' ( Wi h L f I Faced if ack o Quorum, Clerk0 Divisi Bell l" , er ses msron e , . P P ' l To Recall Wandering M. . . s l Major Alex Lewis looked around opened and tho ahsenteo legislators 'tho Itzislaturo. Chamber yesterday poured into the Chamber, most of, a . . ' them convinced that the Govern-l afternoon and what he saw didnt ment was about to he defeated on ploaw him. Th0 "pr seats oul- a snap vote. Somewhat sheopishly; numbered tho occupied ones by a they took their places and gave" wide margin. The Clerk of the attentive ear to what Mr. Glass House \mlehod a few more mein- was saying. hers st"01l out, and then he acted. "I am glad to see my words are From the press gallery the major drawing in the members," remarked was soon to leave his chair attd Mr. Glass, when the truants came confer with a House official. He marching in. then returned to his plat-o at the Twenty members form a quorum. head of the long table and gave What had made Major Lewis decide all his attention to the speech he- on action was tho fact that the al- ing made by John J. Glass tLih.,'tondance had dwindled to 22 with St. Andrewl. 'every indication that it might sink Mr. Glass' eloquence was suddon- below the required figure. ly iuterruptorl 'oy the shrill sound Well, it was a spring day with of the division hell. Its insistent a warm sun shining front a blue ring eould he hoaid a'oove the voiee sky, and most of the M.P.P.'s didn't of the Toronto member. and the feel like listenin: to speeches. And handful of members in the House it was also a Friday, usually an off.. . wore startled looks as they listened day. It took Major Lewis and the to the clamor of the hell-hut. not division hell to remind them that, Major Lewis. spring or no spring. the business Then the main and side domsof the House titust. go on. L b I 1// P T B Chi f v' a e S . . . . le . 'N E m f F m ' o.l ne yo ar ers Donald Gordon, chairman of the and choice steers at $11.30 a cwt. at Wartime Prices and Trade Board, Winnipeg and $15.30 at Chicago. He N1nri labelled "the No. 1 enemv of blamed controls. . _ '__', . ' t Is it any wonder we say this tho farmers of Onlario m the man Gordon is tho No. l enemy of It,pislaturtt .r1sttwtlny by Col. T. L. the farmers of Ontario?" he asked. Kennedy 1Prog. Con, Pool) in a He hoped for tho sako of future Throne Speech address which he security of the boys overseas and devoted mainly to the problems and those at home that the errors that injustices faced by the farmers of followed the last war would not be the Province. repeated after this and urged a Col. Kennedy complained against _plan of "county units" to get closer control making,' prices high for to the farms and farm problems. . what the farmers have to buy and Ho declared that "the farmers of low for what they have to sell. this Province think less of politics Why couldn't farmers here got as today than ever before: they think good prices for their produce as of future security." He warned the farmers of the l'nited States? that if the present Government he demanded. He cited ,\o. 1 hard didn't give them what they thought wheat as quoted at TC, cents a hush- they should have. some other form cl at Winnipv,u and Sl.47 at Chicago, 10f government, would.