ALLEN NOW PLAYING! REX BEACH'S "THE NORTH- WIND'S MALICE" dhe Daily British Whig == ALL EN NOW PLAYING REX BEACH'S "THE NORTH- YEAR 88; No. 112. KINGSTON, ONTARIO. SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1921. . LAST EDITION INTHE NIAGARA DISTRICT The Hydro Electric Comtistone. Ability to Reduce Rates At This Time is Considered Remarkable---The Cuts Are Reported To Be Substantial. Toronto, May 14.--Despite the dif- ficulties of the past year, the Hydro- tlectric power commission of Ontario j able to authorize power price cuts t fifty-six out of 143 hydro munici- ities in the Niagara district, Noti- cation of permission to reduce the Tates to consumers are being sent out now by the commission. Price reduc- tions are to be made in three cities, twenty-one towns and thirty-two vil- lages, and there will be very slight in- creases in one city and two towns: Toronto prices remain unchanged. The ability of the great publicly- owned power project to cut prices at this stage seems remarkable. Operat- PAA I ee STRAIGHT PLAN 70 WRECK INDUSTRIES OF BRITAIN Premier Sure That Industrial Strife Has Revolutionary Backing. ------ 4 London, May 14.--Premier Lloyd MUST NOT CROSS a U.S. Aviators Warned by Canadian | Air Board. New York, May '14.--The Manu- facturers' Aircraft Association has received word that the Canadian Alr Board had issued to all aviators op- erating alreraft in the United States a warning that they cannot fly into the Dominion without specific per- mission from the board. The asso- ciation announced that there were 1,000 commercial airplanes in the United States, a third of which were operated near the Canadian border. The board's action was taken un- der the terms of the Ipternational Air Convention which provides that the signatory powers maintain juris- diction over civilian aviation by li- censing pilots and certifying to the airworthiness of flying craft. There is no such federal agency in the Unit- ed Stated. ing costs were actually higher last year than the year previous and there were numerous obstacles in the way to cheap distribution which had to be contended with, including periods of power shortage, 3 Although, pending the despatch ot officlal notification to the municipa- litles affected, the Hydro commis" sion would not make public the re- ductions authorized in the various municipalities, it is understood that in' most instances the cut is a sub- stantial one, The last power cut was put into effect about a year ago, and since 1912 there have been announced at ist. lic RETIRES FROM POLITICS W. McLean - Will British Government, London, May 14.--Col. C. W. Me- Lean, M.P., for Trigg, Lincolnshire, {and parliamentary secretary to the under secretary for the "colonies, Col. C, Leave gO in least one cut in prices each year. A A AA any IMPORTS INTO RUSSIA DURING APRIL LARGE Col, Amery, will retire at the next general election. He is a son, of Gen, H. H. McLean, M.P., St. John, N.B., and served with distinction during the war in the Royal Horse Artillery. pr Lifting of Blockade Has Given British Bankers Government's Anti-Dump- gulation of trade diminish the resources of the state." WANT TRADE T0 BE FREE crs Objet to the ing Bill. London, May 14.--A manifesto signed by a score of leading bankers, was published here yesterday protest- ing against any legislative or admin- rative measures tending to check the free exchange of goods with for- elgn eountries and declaring the po- y of trying to 'exclude foreign com- modities to be a mistaken one. "We cannot limit imports without limiting our export trade, and strik- ing a grave blow at world-wide com- merce on which this kingdom prin- cipally depends," the manifesto says. Expressing the opinion that all vernment controls, licenses and tariffs can onl; retard improvement continental exchanges and prevent the natural recovery of trade, the manifesto concludes: "We desire to enter a respectful otest against every restrictive re- which tends to The signers inglude Lord Avebury, Impetus to Foreign Trade. Riga, May 14.--Although the vol- ume of trade did not reach the large proportions predicted from Moscow for the first month of open naviga- CONTRADICTORY STORES OLY BANDITS partner in Courts & Co.; Lord Chal- mers," former joint secretary of the treasury; Frederick C. Goodenough, chairman of Barglay's Bank, Limit- ed; Sir Everard"A. Hambro, a direc- tor of the Bank of England; Lord ---------- Per Capita Expenditure Militia, Navy and Air Force Only $1.89. Ottawa, May 14.--Naval and mili- tary expenditures of the government were defended in the house of com- mons when Hon. Hugh Guthrie, the minister of militia, participated in. the budget debate. Mr. Guthrie, who represented Canada at the financial confernce of the League of . Na- tions at Brussels last summer, quoi- ed statistics to show that Canada's expenditures on naval and military defence were lower than any coun- try in the world. In fact, ip Mr. Guthrie's view, they were so low as to make other countries look rather ridiculous, On a basis of popula- tion estimated at 8,000,000 people, the per capita expenaiture for de- fence, including that ror militia, na- vy and air Torce, was only $1.89. The percentage of annual revenue to be devoted to defence purposes this year was 3.5 per cent, The first contribution to tHe ce- bate on Thursday was a speech by F. L. Davis (Neepawa), who occu- pies a seat in the cross-peaches. Mr. Davis suggested an amendment to the income tax act which would pro- vide for a surtax on the profits of corporations who failed to pay their income tax within three months, for -- -- PUT A STRINGENT CURB ro meres w= CITY SOLICITOR DISGUSTED de OVER THE CLAY CHARGES And Declares He Will Have Nothing More To Do With Home For Aged Enquiry---Inmates Have No Com- plaints to Make. "I am not coming back here again to hear this kind of stuff," said J. L. Whiting, city solicitor, following the adjourned hearing held on Friday afternoon into charges Albert Clay had to make against Superintendent Baldwin and the management of the Home for the Aged, Mr. Clay is a former cook at this instftution and made certain charges about ilitreat- ment of the inmates and about mis- management at the home. Friday's session was held at the Home for the Aged. "And I lo not think that you would be expected to come back again," said Mayor Nickle, who pre- sided at the meéting. Mr. Clay said he had been asked by two or three of the inmates to make the complaints and he believ- ed the inmates were afraid to tell what they knew about the conditions at the home, 5 "And I have been asked by hun- dreds of citizens not to have any- thing to do with these .harges," said Mayor Nickle, Mayor Nickle intimat®a that he thought "his would be the end of the matter but if there were any further complaints they would be dealt with said Mr. Clay, whereupon Mrs. Sharp said: "I never told you I had instrue- tions not to take her meals up tc her" Mr. Clay then called another in- mate, 'Tilly Meclntyre. The latter also said that she had taken meals upstairs to Mrs. Harris, when she could not come down. She had often taken' bread and milk up to her . room. Mrs. Harris never had to go without her meals. . "Did you ever tell me that Mrs. Harris had to go without her meals?" asked Mr. Clay, : "No, I never told you that." "Did you ever see Mrs. Harris abused?" "No, I never saw her abused." Helen Washburn, aged 22, also an x inmate, said she had taken meals up- stairs for Mrs Harris. "Did Mr. Baldwin ever caution you about telling tales out of the home?" "Not that I know about." Witness sald she had never known Mrs. Harris to be 'abused, and she had never known her to stay in her room for two days without food. al Was Running the Place. George in replying to questions dur- Hotrum Says McFadden Fired |Inchcape, senior partner in Mackin- ing debate in the House of Commons Yesterday on the industrial situation, tion from the Baltic ports, the im- | ports of foreign goods Into soviet Russia through Esthonian and Let- Fatal S8hot--Latter Denies "This. non, . Mackenzie - & Co.; Hon. Frederick Hugh Jackson, direc- tor of the Right the Bagk of England; Sir UPON OUR IMMIGRATION Canada'ls To Admit Only Ex- quietly by the board of management, It will be recalled that at the first hearing into charges made by Tom Franks, another inmate, wat questioned by Mr. Clay, regarding an inmate named Thomas Rush. The perienced Unmarried Farm Workers. sald there was no doubt that revolu-- tionaty movements were involved, {Vian ports in the month of April is Mr. Clay, several inmates of the latter had asked witness to get him home were called and net one had Robert Kindersley, director of the but to what extent they were subsi- dized by foreign money he could not say. The government was watching the | situation closely, added the premier, and he had faith in the good sense of the British people. Lieut -Col. Henry Page Croft, Na- ' tional party ' member for Bourne- mouth, had previously declared the industrial situation was due to Bol- sheviki plang to wreck British indus- tries. He asserted that certain of the British Labor leaders were avow- ed revolutionaries. . PREMIER MASSEY AT OTTAWA New Zeslat Prime Minister on His Ottawa, May 14--Hon. W. F. Mas- sey, Prime Minister of New Zealand, who is on his way to attend the Im- perial conference in London, arrived in Ottawa yesterday The Premier is accompanied by Mrs. Massey, Miss Massey and his two secretaries. Hon. "Mr. Massey and the members of his "party were the guests of their excel- lencies the Governor-General and the Duchess of Devonshire, and inh the afternoon attended the sitting of par- 'llament as the guests of the speakcr of the House of Commons. Bull Trout Worth Catching. Simcoe, May 14.--BE. Holliday caught a brook trout twenty-one and a quarter inches long, thirteen and.a halffinches girth, with a tail srread of "five inches and weighing five pounds Jess two ounces. The pre- vious record in this locality, made __ by the late James Allgeo, thirty-two | Years ago, was four pounds six ounces, length ctehigén inches. ° t---- - 'The Female's Favorite Poison More Deadly Than the Male's , x S-- London, May 14.--Tobacco is the least harmful of the "four social poi- sons," tea, coffee, tobacco and alco- hol, according to Sir James Cantlie, the eminent surgeon, speaking here recently. "Smoke the same amount of to- bacco every day," said Sir James, "and the heart will become accus- tomed to a certain amount. If one smokes less one day than another he feels the effect as much as if he had: 'smoked miore." > He sald three days' abstinence from smoking would entirely free the system ot Micotine. Sir James ~ condemned thf cigarette, w Tokio, May, 1{.--Revelations of the work carried on by the Omotokyo "Cult, which began when the police ided the headquarters of the or- rzation at Atabe; near here, con- ue to astound the people of the pire. Newspapers accuse leaders the cult of aspiring to set up 'an Omotokyo dynasty, to which all Jap- 'would flock with the hope of iL taining world domination. ~ In the temple of the organization , &t Atabe were found erypts in which 'were placed the bodies of those who 8 were committed against by members of the cult, who bow: estimated to have approximated 35, 000 tons, the largest amount of goods to enter Russia in any month isince the blockade was lifted. This Toronto, May 14--Réy Muotrum, on trial before an assize jury and Justice Kelly on the charge of murdering Leonard Cecil Sabine, flatly denied the shooting as his work on the wit- ness stand yesterday. Just as-empha- tic was William McFadden, placed on stand to give rebuttal evidence for the crown. y "It is between you two. You are the only men in the wide, wide world who know the man who shot Sabine," said Mr. Murphy in putting a 'straight question to McFadden. 'Yes there was no one else on the street," admitted McFadden. "Then when Roy Hotrum says that you fired the shot he is sending you to the gallows?" asked Mr. Murphy. "He is, if he says that I did it," re: plied the witness. "I sald, 'For God's sake what did you want to do that for?' He said 'I had to punch him to get away,"" McFadden declared, telling of the flight from the store after the druggist had collapsed be- hind the counter. The two 'principles in the killing of Sabine told flatly contradictory stories. ch WwW estimate is based upon official fig- ures of trade transit through the Let- vian ports for the first twenty days of April, together with an estimate from: the number of loaded freight cars travelling from Reval into Rus- sia during the entire month. An of- ficlally informed Esthonia" source estimates that to. date 400,000,000 gold rubles from Russia have been sent abroad from Reval, upon which the Esthonian government has taken a transit tax of 3,000,000° rubles. From all sources available here it is indicated that soviet trade is spring. Ing into considerable activity. Mos- cow reports the va or pas for- eign ships at Novo Rossisk, three of these vessels being British, most of them laden with agricultural imple- ments. So far virtually all this trade has been for cash, the gold reserve being utilized, as no. exports have been officially listed by Letvia or Esthonia to-date, although some flax and other materials are awaiting at ac to Bank Ottawa of England; Walter Leaf, airman of the London County estminster and Parr's Bank, and Reginald McKenna, director of" the London City and Midland Bank, and former Chancellor of the Exchequer. The manifesto is most aimed at the present government's trade policy exemplified by two resolutions passed in the House of Commons, although mentioned in the manifesto, and also the resolutions are not public expenditure, which the manifesto says 'threatens to cripple the country's resources and impair its credit abroad." Out of Town Ottawa, May A¥--Laborers are cepting 30 cents per hour to go 30¢. work outside the city, Thisds the wage which ds offered by the On- tario Labor Bureau in Ottawa, and the Superintendent, C, 8. Ford, says he has placed a number of men. There is a good demand for labor at shipment. v ee GEN, MORRISON INSPECTS Cadets of Royal Military College As Artillery Battery. In ideal weather, the cadets of the Royal Military College were inspect- ed as a battery of artillery by Major- Find Man's Body Near the Causeway The body of a man was discov ered floating in the water at the La- Salle causeway at 9 am. Saturday the reduced price, and Mr. Ford ex- pects to be able to place many more. Civic laborers are being paid 58 cents an hour. The building laborers have been receiving 60 cepts per hour, and went on strike because the comtrac- tors offered only 50 ceits per hour. On some jobs in Ottawa as low as 40 to 45 cents has been paid labor- Fa i Schemed to Overthrow Present Japanese Government; Crimes Against Women by a soldier from the R.C.A. He tele- phoned "to the police station and Constable Mullinger was assigned to } the case. The body was taken from the water and removed to 8. SN\Cor- bett's undertaking rooms to. await the orders of the coroner, Dr. Mun- dell. It is that of a man about thirty years old. of fair complexion, and light moustache. He was dressed in a dark brown overcoat and trousers with a cap to match pulled down over his eds, suggesting that he may have fallen from a vessel early in the spring or was possibly lost while on the ice ak it was breaking up. The police do not know of any man reported missing. Later: The body is thought to be that of W: J. Bradford, formerly a farmer of north Frontenac, but who some time ago came to Kingston and resided .at the corner of Earl and Wellington streets and dealt in farm produce on commission. Ths opinion is expressed that Bradford was In the ear of the late Bdward McGarvey, Pittsburg township, when it ran into the harbor at the foot of Princess street and Mr. McGarvey was drowned. M. J. Dolan and W. G. Whitty knew of Bradford and from entries in a memo book found the miners' leaders and mine owners [on the body they think the body is representatives together again for a |his. conference early next week. : - RUSHING IN CANADIA: General Sir E. W. B. Morrison, K.C. | M.G,, C.B,, DS.O., .on Barriefield |common. on Saturday morning. A large and representative number of citizens were present. Through the courtesy of the officer commanding the R.C.H.A., guns and horses of that unit, were-used by the cadets, and the Horse Artillery brass band played during the march past. The inspection and march past was followed . by upwards of an hour of tactical work, after which General Morrison rode with Major-General Sir A..C. Macdonell, K.C.B., CMG, D.8S.0., (the commandant) and the staff, to Fort Henry. Riding demon- strations' were held at 11.50 o'clock at the riding establishment field. An exhibition of physical training will be given by the 4th class at, 2.30 o'clock. In an address to the cadets General Morrison voiced inthe most compli- mentary manner his entire satisfac- tion'of the work he had seen. He complimented Col. Beeman, profes- sor of artillery, Capt. Fimney, his as- sistant, and all who had contributed to this exhibition of efficiency in artil- lery. at co! Premier Lloyd George will bring th i ~ WHEAT : lath 'n : Duluth, May 14.--Shipmegts : Canadian wheat are being hed: into the United States thfough Du- |p ith and Ranier free of duty by ship- pers, who anticipate tae signing of the Emergency Tariff measure by | President Harding, according to the local customs office, y Approximately 816,000 bushels of Canadian craln have been shipped inta the United States through this! district the. past month. nar shipments vary from 500,000 to 3. | 000,000 bushels a season. Since Sept. 1st, 1920, when this season opened, 10,863,922 bushels have been ship- ped in. ---------------------- : Predictions that the Sinn Fei would win nearly half fifty-two seats in northern Irish parliament ; dered on fanaticism in their zeal. Cartloads of seditious literature has been seized, including a famous vol-| ume bearing the title of "Fire." This volume is interpreted as embodying projects for a social unheaval of a "dreadful nature," and incompatible with the present government of Ja- pan. s : It is said that the followers of Omotokyo numbered 300,000. When the police seized the collection of pebbles rep ting the divinity of the organization, a band of the faith- ful clinched their fists in fury, de- claring the act of the officers to be sacrilegious. Leaders made addresses IrTglrg forebearance and long suffer- | made to representatives of the Paris ing in the presence of the desecra-|Journmal, by Barry Egan, acting lord tion of their diety by the "heathen." ! mayor of Cork. am number of years. Farmers against the low prices for their pro- ducts, and this Is expected to have a ers. Batter Lowest for Years. Brantford, May 14.--Butter took big slump this week. * Two weeks ago grocers paid 58 cents a pound wholesale. Today, they are paying 80 cents, with the retail price set 35 cents a pound, the lowest for a "Over-production given as the reason for the drop, are loudly protesting unteracting effect, LUMBER. FRON CANADA Delay Is Caused by Lack of Funds, States Hon. P. J. Paradis| Quebec, May 14.--Hon. Philippe J. Paradis, member of the Quebec Leg- islative Council, and prominent local business man, stated on his return from a three months trip to Europe at Germany can and must pay France, othérwise the latter country would bridges and 1 areas have been ed, he states, and a sum of thirty billions of franss had been expended for this work. 'There was no bagkrupt. = Railways, in the devastated go money, however, to .. '| waters with fish fry, 50,000 London, May 14.--Not within the past twenty-five years has there been enforced such stringent restriction of emigration from the United King- dom to Canada as is now being car- ried out by the Canadian immigra- tion 'officials here, Instructions have been issued this week to immigra- tion agents throughout Great Brit- ain that applications from artizans and workmen desiring to go to Can- ada must be definitely rejected, that those from inexperienced men wish- ing to go on the land, and those from experienced married agricultur- al laborers, must be postponed until spring of 1922, and that the only class whose entry will be considered will be experienced unmarried farm workers desiring to go to Ontario, Manitoba or (in a limited number of cases) Quebec, British Columbia wishes fic\immigrants of any kind. The effect of this rigfd enforce- ment of departmental policy will be perceptible in June, for which month the steamship companies have ac- cepted no third-class bookings to Canada, though this mont'. had seen a large exodus, and it had been ex- pected that immigration from Brit- ain to Canada would reach recofd figures this year. In view of the Dominions' policy, as indicated, it is extremely doubt ful how Hon. Mr, Meighen will at the June conference view the proposal on' its agenda for joint British and Dominions loans to assist immigra- tion 'other than that of ex-service men. Canada has so far consistently refused to pay new citizens to come to her, Other Dominions have not been so uncompromising in the past. New Zealand, however, which a few months ago announced that it would assist in the payment of prospective settlers' passages, so a- to meet the competition of the shorter voyage to Canada, has now withdrawn its of- fer and is permitting no immizratior of any sort. 3 GUERILLA WARFARE. / Throws a Virginia Coal District Into a Panic. Williamson, West Virginia, May 14 --Guerilla warfare, with all odds apparently favoring the force oppos- ing the state, was being waged yes- terday in the mountains of thestrike- torn Mingo county coal field. Be- ginning soon. after dawn at the little mining town of Merrimae, four miles up the Tug river from this city, a fusijgde of shots was poured from the mountain side successively into Merrimae, Rawl, Sprigg and Mate- wan, W. Va., and 'McCarr, Kentucky. All available state police and de- puty sheriffs. centred in Williamson were rushed to the scene by train and automobile. z Harry C. Staton, a state prohibi- tion officer and merchant at Sprigg was killed by a bullet from the moun-' tains. ox His Courage Rewarded. . Belleville, Ont, May 14.---George Belcher, who has charge of the pub- lic parks, has received from the Royal Humane Society, a certificate of honor for his courage in rescuing Ethel D. Jackson 4rom drowning when in August last she fell into the Bay of Quinte, whilst playing about Victoria park. Sin, Noses - Trout Fry for Huntingdon. Belleville, May '14~--~H 'K. Den- yes, M.P.P,, stated yesterday that he had been notified that in' conformity c local with the plan of restocking salmon Huntingdon, : bi trout were being placed 'n"streams any complaint to make against Mr. Baldwin or the treatment received, but on the other hand stated that they were well tréated ~nd had no complaints to make. None of the in- mates called at Friday's session had a complaint to make. . Terms Charges a Farce, Ex-Mayot J. M. Hughes was among those present at Friday's hearing, and when called on by Mayor Nickle, 'characterized the charges made as a "fgrce," adding that it was a shame that men and women on the board of management should be called upon to waste their time in _aring "such Stuf," as he termed ft. Mr. Hughes told of the many visits he had made to the institution during his terms as Mayor, and he declared that he did not think there was an institu- ticn in Canada of this kind, where the inmates received better treat- ment, and he paid a warm tribute to the work Mr. and Mrs. Beldwin are carrying on at- this home, Mayor Nickle presided at the meet- ing, and the other me.aber. of the board of management present were Mrs. Jordan, Mrs Strange, and Ald. Daniel Couper, |G. M. Macdonnell, K.C., appeared on behalf of Mr. Clay, and J. L. Whit- ing, K.C,; for the city. Also present at the hearing were Ex-Mayor J. M_ Hughes, Ex-Mayor R. F, Elliott, Miss Machar, Mrs. H. C. Nickle, Dr. W. W. Sands, city clerk, and A. H, Muir, city auditor. The Inquiry Resumed. When the inquiry resumed, Mr. Macdonnell requested that Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin be asked to retire from* the room, but Mayor Nickle protested against any such action. "You might just as well ask the committee to retire," sald the mayor, Mr. Clay called Mrs. Annie Sharp and undertook to question her. She said she had been in the home and helped to clean off the tables and wash dishes. She also looked after one of the other inmates, Mrs. Har- ris. "How long was Mrs, Harris left upstairs without a meal?" asked Mr, Clay. - . "Not one day," was the reply. "When she did not come down for her meals, I took them up to her." "You want to speak the truth," some milk from 'outside the home, and he did so, .Rush, he said was very independent when he had money of his own, and paid for any extras he wanted. Witness had asked Mr. Clay for milk for Rush, and Clay had given it to rim. Clay had also given him egg noggs for Rush. On one occasion witness told Clay he should not fo this without first asking Mr, Baldwin, whereupon Clay said, "I am running this place When witness made this last re- mark, Mr. Clay sail he had no fur ther questions to ask of the witness, "There is no use wasting time,' re marked Mr. Clay. 'It does not look like it," put ir Mr. Whiting, j 'Mrs. Cummings was questioned by Mr, Clay regarding some grticles al legcl to be missing from the home. Asked if Mr. Baldwin had made any threats as to what he uld do if there were any more complaints of this nature, witness said she could not remember what Mr. Baldwin had said. Mrs. Asselstine lived .at the home, but she could not recall any threats made by Mr Baldwin oar complaints of articles.smissing. Witness declared that both Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin were very kind to her. Mr. Couper said that a daughter of Mrs. Cummings had spoken to him dbout a ~eport that her mother had missed articles, The daughter said her mother thought that she had missed some things, when they were breaking up house, but that this was Just an idea she had, as she had just mislaid the articles, - The daughter had investigated, and found tha. ner mother did not have anything stolen out of the institution. minis. Called a Minister. x Mr. Macdonnell called Rev. Barry Plerce, a retired minister, and ques- tioned him about visits he had made to the'liome. He had visited one In- mate, Mrs, Squires, at the General Hospital, and later on he had called at the home to gee her, but Mr. Baldwin told him that he thought it would be better if he did not see her as it might make trouble for the institution, Mayor Nickle wanted to know ucder which charge all this matter came under, "Are we not dealing with the man- (Continued on Page 7) "Ottawa, May 14.--The prime min- ister was greeted with a solo of ap- plause when be rose to speak on the budget yesterday afternoon. Consid- erigg the difficulties attendant upon the budget, Mr. Meighen said, it was a matter of congratulation that it had been so favorably received gon- erally. "In all the time I have been in the house," he said, "I have never seen 4 budget mee?! with such gen- eral approval outside the house nor anyone in the house challenged what it expounds. : "The best feature of it," added Mr. Meighen, "is that our revenue has been sufficient' to take care not only of our ordinary expenditure, but as well of the capi- tal and ordinary war outlays, and to leave a balance of about 12 millions. Compared with other coun- tries it is the best statement of a of them." The prime minister then proceed- ed to discuss the amendment of Mr. Ming. "What," 2s asked, vila, Premier Says Best Feature of the Budget + Is That It Will Yield 12 Millions Surplus there, that you do not find in it? Where is their promised tariff plate form? 1s this what they and the agrarians are going to the country on? Why is not the platform of the convention of 1919 not present- ed? Has it gone to the scrap heap?" 2 Turning to the Agrarian party, Mr. Meighen asked why their platform had not been moved? , Have they abandoned it? If not, why not ast the judgment of this house om ft. The premier went on to say that both wings of the opposition had searched all the *'garbage barrels of politics" for amendments to supply. but without presenting .their plat- forms. The westers farmers he hal met last fall wanted free trade, and they were astonished that not one of thelr representatives had ever had the courage to move their policy. What is the explanation, practical politics. They have made themselves