| 9 * GOVERNMENT WILL : pa" DON Q. . AN { The Maily British Whig Cody, Gertrude Olmstead in "MONTE CARLO" individ iui, YEAR 93; No. 98. KINGSTON, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 283, 1926. _-- MAIL . "Great Deputation Protests to Cabinet Against Lower Auto Tarif ABIDE BY PARLIAMENT MAKES 7; Thighs What 'Preer King 1 King Told the Great Au- tomobile Delegation Which Invaded Ottawa to Protest Against the Reduction in the Motor Ottawa, April 28.--"So for as the Government is concerned, we intend to abide by the de- cision of Parliament on this question.' This, in brief was the reply of Premier King to the great automobile delegation which in- vaded Ottawa to-day. Premier King's statement was made in the railway committee room of the House of Commons following a preliminary meeting @¢t which Hon. J. A. Robb; Min- ister of Finance, declared that 80 far as he was concerned, "'we intend to stand by our guns." In the railway committee foom, Premier King touched on Mr. Robb's phrase, It was term, Premier King said, used by men who would not be mov. ed by demonstrations. But it did not mean that the Govern- ment would not be prepared to give' earnest consideration to representations made, Ottawa, April 23.-Noon saw the Parliament buildings nvaded by and filled all the Space in the cor- ridors and lobbies where they were not held in check by ropes, and overflowed the lawns. Mayor Bal- harrie of Ottawa, who introduced the tors to the cabinet in the railway mmittee room, sald it was the Irgest delegation that . had ever come to Ottawa, Premier King and all the cabinet ministers were pres ent. The memorial from the Ontario communities, protesting against the tariff reduction at once, was read hy AW. O. Smith of Oshawa. Mayor J of Windsor then spoke. He said that the tariff changes of this kind were bound to injure the Border Cities. Speaking for the largest manufacturers of trucks in Cahada, he sald the factory would most certainly close down and go to Detroit if the reduction was allowed to stand. 3 1, -------- Not Backing Manufacturers. . J. A. Woodward, representing Mayor Horsefall of Leaside, said i reduction would not only throw men out of employment, who were formerly In motor factories, but fii would throw those employed in ac- cessories plants on the street. The merchant finally the farmer would be { ly affected. "1 want it thoroughly understood that were this an appeal for motor , manufacturers, I would not be here," Mr. Woodward sald. "Mayor Preston of Oshawa sald the of the delegation should in- te to the Government the tre- dous importance ites, > manufacturers In Oshawé were He thought they rs sincere rans statement that the «would close Ninety Cambridge and Oxford Medical Students to Visit Kingston in August SS DECISION Arrangements have been complet- ed for the visit of ninety medical students from Cambridge and Ox- ford Universities to the hospitals of the city and the Queen's Medical School In August of this year. Mr. J. D. Simpfpn of Trinity College, Cambridge, arrived in Kingston yes- erday and at a meeting of repre- sentatives of the hospitals and Uni- versity, held at the home of Mr. Fraser Armstrong, the superintend- ent of the General Hospital, he out- lined the details of the visit. . Briefly this group of medical stu- - 1 Car Tanff. ras Oshawa, there is claimed to be over 700 from Toronto, and it was stated that some 45 other municipalities were represented. The first search of the visitors was for breakfast, and the hotels and restaurants were soon thronged with a considerable addition to their regular patronages. + At 10.30, the visitors assembled in a local theatre wherp arrangements Were made to wait 'upon the Gov- | 'ernment. Queen's Benefactor i Deputation No Bluff, "I wish to impress upon the pub- | lic that this deputation is no bluff," | #aid Mayor" Preston of Oshawa, on oiis arival this morning. "We ask that the tariff changes be left out | of the budget and decided on by the | jiew tariff board. We think we are entitled to that." He pointed out that lhe, deputation from his city was en- irely a civic one. | In the delegation are 100 women { knd they met Miss Agnes MacPhail, M.P., in Room 6056 of the main buil- } ding at one o'clock. ALEXANDER LONGWELL Chairman ot the General Campalgn Sammiites 8 of wiiy Endon Branch of veen's nivers ndowment Cam- paign. It ds p ad to i $400,000 The Memorial. J The memorial presented by the deputation to Premier King and the Cabinet, in opposition to the propos- phd tant Writ reductions, if vould have a disastrous effect on vatious communities. It was pointed 'out that 35 per cent duty on motor ears was imposed nearly' 25 years ago by the Government of Sir Wil- ifrid Laurier, and up to the présent tad been disturbed by no succeed- ing Government. Under this protec- tion, millions of dollars had been in- Vested in the motor car industry in \Ontario. It was held that before such drastic action, as the budget proposed, should become law, a tho rough investigation into the condi- tions surrounding the industry should be made. The memorial con- tinued: v "After most mature considera- fon, it is the settled conviction of Jur redpective communities entirely independent of party affiliations, "sat" should such a drastics reduc- tion become effective in the man- ner at present proposed, a stagger- ing blow will be dealt our commun- ities, a grievous wrong inflicted up- on thousands of working men and a great injustice done to millions of Invested capital throughout the do- minion. We therefore humbly pray that before the blow falls your Gov- ernment will réfer this entire matter to the tariff board." Reference was made in the me- morfal to. the Prime Minister's speech delivered in Oshawa before the last election, in which the state- ment was made that if the Liberal Government were returned to power no act of theirs would injure any in- dustry in Oshawa, and to the subse- quent speech of the Premier when he declared that the only way to deal with the tariff was through a tarit{ advisory board. The deputa- tion submitted that if that was the only way to handle thé question before the last election, it was the only way to handle it now. RIDEAU OVERFLO OVERTEONS, DAMAGE AT OTTAWA Great Areas Under Water-- Cellars Flooded and Houses Marooned. Ottawa, April 23.--The flood sit- uation alohg the Rideau river where it swings around the south of ' the city and then cuts north to fall in- to. the Ottawa river, is unchanged this foremoon and great areas are under water. Many cellars are flooded and a number of houses are more or less marooned. The great- est damage is in Ottawa South, Bill- ings Bridge and in Eastview because these are the most thickly settled. It was thought that by removing the stop logs at Rideau Falls, where the river takes a jump into the Ot- tawa, the situation would be re- lieved, and late last night the city engineering department dynamited these logs away. Fer a time it look- od as if this would prove successful, and the river dropped two inches. However, it stopped after that and this morning 1s within a few Inches of the highest point it reached. The great rapidity with which the level of the river rose gave rise to a rumor at first that the dam on the river near Perth had gone out, but this rumor proved later to be unfounded, and although enquiries were in- stituted at 'different points along the river, and at the locks, it was ascertained that nothing untoward had occurred to account for the flood. | S---------------- Forest Fires Burn Homes. New York, April 23. --Thirty homes and several barns in six Sufs folk county villages have been leveh led to the ground by forest fires in the Long Island pine belt which raged all huey night and were still over an area of m more tha 00 saver mie 2 MAY GET DRUNK AT HOME. Sm -- Man Entitled to Lie on Own Door step, Rules Judge. London, April 23.--'"The Eng- lishman's home js not the impreg- nable castle it used to be. The leg- islature has made several in the walls, but there still to a man the inalienable right of being as drunk as he. ois tn. in his PEPE PL PEPE P Obed rexpressed by a prominent lawyer, dents are desirous of getting first- hand information as' tp hospital and medical school conditions on this continent, and for this purpose they will visit institutions of this nature in Montreal, Kingston, Toronto, Niagara Falls, 'Washington, Balti- more and New York. The students are to arrive in this city on August 24th and the details of their entertainment are in the hands of Dr. L. J. Austin. Arrange- ments have been completed with Queen's University to allow the visitors the use of Ban Righ Hall during their brief stay here. SEP S 4232000000090 : THE QUANTITY DOES : NOT MATTER AT ALL. ¢ Toronto, April 23--The re- ported assertion of Magistrate Hopewell of Ottawa that the O. T.A. did not apply to carrying of one bottle of liquor, drew from Attorney-General Nickle this morning the following comment: "The motive of the clause is to 'prevent the illegal transportation of liquor. 'The quantity so transported does not matter at all." +» * + + * * > + * * * * hg LJ LAA REA REE EE EXE | | Passing of a Chicken Which Ran Backwards A Barred Rock chicken of rather unusual talents passed to its rest on Thursday night. This Barred Rock was only hatched out this spring, but early In life it gave evidence of possessing that quality which is usually only Siitibutad to politicians, el 'Bwart McFarlane of Nelson root Bathe out but this particular chicken, by a curious freak of nature had a peculiar sys- tem of locomotion. Instead of walk- ing forward, it would place its head between its legs and run backward at a great speed than the other chickens could propel themselves forward. As is sometimes the case, when one possesses strange talents this bird was shunned by his companions and it is thought that a broken heart was the real cause of\his demise; TO STOP DEPUTATION? May Ask for Injunction Against City's Grant. Toronto, April 23---Application was made yesterday, for an injunc- tion to prevent the expenditure of $3,000 fo pay the expenses of send- ing a deputation of 200 men to Ot- tawa to protest against the tariff changes, That the motion to authorize the grant was illegal, was the opinion who sald that if the money was spent the aldermen who voted for it might be held personally liable. M.P. Suspended For Misconduct Fredericton, N.B N.B., April 23. --R. B. Hanson, K.C., M.P. for for ing on charges of his morn § profes- sional misconduct preferred! by Dr Cariston Allen, K.C., Tok Berrien Atasetins cei, Jidge Monet of Montreal. protests against the of the law in Sentencing & Wan ta. thres pears for robbing the mail. DEBATE UPON | THE BUDGET GOING AHEAD The Conservatives Maintain Fire te Trl Clg WAR TAX COLLECTIONS More Than Required to Meet In- terest on Due to War, Gen. Clark Claims. Ottawa, April 23.--The budget de- 4 bate is now well tinder way. The three parties are alternating with their speakers. The official opposi- tion is pounding away on the vital necessity for a protective tariff, and a policy which will leave industry undisturbed. The Government and Progressive forces, on the other hand, are preaching varying degrees of lower tariff and free trade. In the Commons yesterday Gen- eral J. C. Clark, of Burrard, and Hon. Edmund Bristol, of Toronto, emphasized the Conservative - posi- tion, and maintained that a con- sistent and adequate tariff was the only policy under which Canada could prosper. General Clark, ir lining the positior the automo- bile industry, as a iit of the most recent tariff cuts, threw new light upon the effect of the reductions in the income tax. He dealt with the income tax from the viewpoint of industry and investors and that the change while reducing the tax on the smaller incomes would tend to discourage investment in Canadian enterprises. The new tax, he decided, would dftion to out- porations and upon. with the result that & further further hesi- tancy would be displayed in providing money for necessary de- velopments. '- The" change in the method. of taxation, would, he be- lieved, prove a bad thing for the country as a whole. He emphasized that the Government was collecting in war taxes far more money than was required to meet the interest on that part of the national debt direct- ly due to the war. Says Excess Ultra Vires. The excess was, he sald, ultra vires of the power of the Government to collect, and he wondered why in- terested parties had not challenged the right of the Government to en- force the collection. General Clark further criticized the Government on the ground that wasteful expenditure had prevented a reasonable reduction in taxation some years ago. He flatly charged the Government with failing to re- duce expenditures and estimated that with old age pensions, rural credits, and loans to settlers provided for the excess in expenditure this year over last would be in excess of $25, 000,000. He predicted that the common people would be forced to pay more in direct taxation in order to make up for the Government's extra- vagance, . With respect to the Liberal.Pro- gressive slash on the tariff Gen- eral Clark pointed out in the first instance that It came after the prime minister had created the im- pression that the tariff would not be touched until the advisory board had been given an opportunity to In- vestigate. General Clark was es- pecially effective when he referred to ministerial explanations ridiculous. ---------- Bristol's Prediction. Hon. Edmund Bristol predicted that a first result of the cut in the automobile duties would be the 'de- Leaps Into Breach PREMIER BALDWIN 'Who leaps into breach in British coal eadlock, THE ADVISORY BOARD ON THE TARIFF MEETS Formally Gonstituted and Is Ready to Serve Without Prejudice. Ottawa, April 23.--Meeting yester- day afternoon, the advisory board of tariff and. taxation formally consti- tuted itself and announced its readi- ness to place its services at the dis- posal of the country. There were present the Shalrmaly Rt. Hon. George P. Graham, and*both commis- sioners, Messrs. Alfred Lambert, of Montreal, and Donald G. McKenzie, of Winnipeg, as well as Hon. James A, Robb, Minister of Finance, and the deputy 'ministers, or their repre- sentatives, of the departments . of finance, trade and commerce, agricul ture, ustoms and excise, immigra- tion and colonization, labor, railways and canals, and the oom tax and commend it to all classes and all parts of the country. Rt. Hon. Mr. Graham, as chair- man of the board, stated that he was entering upon his duties with the hope that he could "pass up any pre- conceived idea as to tariffs and arrive at decisions only after a full, impartial and thorough investigation of the facts." Like himself his fel- low commissioners were trying to forget that they had held any particu- lar fiscal views, "It we are to be of any real as- sistance, ours is to be a very seri- ous task," said Mr. Graham. "We must attempt to help to ascertain the proper fiscal policy for Canada; we must so work as to make Canada such a place thst people will want to come here." The work of the board would be one of growth, based upon its own efficiency and the re- gard in which it came to be held by the public; and its duties were to advise in respect of the making of new laws rather than in the enforce- ment of existing statutes, SENATOR BUREAU CAN GIVE THE INFORMATION Why Police Withdrawn Over Smuggling of Silks Into Canada From Parls. Ottawa, April 23. -- Senator Jacques Bureau, former Minister of Customs, is the man who can tell the 5 committee why seizure of Parisian silk gowns worth $6,- 791, smuggled into Quphge in the itself | PREMIER HAS STEPPED INTO. Invites New Conference When Hope of Peace Seemed Dead. WILL KEEP CONTROL Mr. Baldwin Has Chosea t Psychological Moment for De- termined Government Action. London, April 23--Prime Minister Baldwin leaped into : the breach last night at a mo- ment when the deadlock be- tween the coal mine owners and the miners seemed com- plete and all hope of a peace ful solution of their differences seemed dead and gone. With only eight days Intervent: before the coal subsidy terminate and with the embittered rivals the coal war apparently further t ever from an agreement, Mr. win decided that the time had co for firm Government action. 2 daunted by the fact that the mine owners and miners had failed utters ly yesterday morning to smooth o the points in dispute between the Premier last night invited sentatives of both sides to meet this morning at eléven o'cloci and resume the negotiations in rupted yesterday. There is reason to suppose that efther will disregard the invitation. Mr. Baldwin acted upon & sug tion made by a deputation from the general council of the Congress, who called | " hf] : panied by Sir Arthur Steel-M: Minister of Labor, and Lane-Fox, Secretary of the Mines partment, with whom he com last night. Hopes Raised. It is believed that Mr, Bal Y having once taken the reins in coal crisis, will keep them in hands until a definite decision taken. There is considerable critic ism because he has not acted But he believed that the Govern should not intervene until It be proved that the mine owners 8 miners 'were unable to arrive at agreement unaided. This perfectly clear yesterday negotiations between them down. So a few hours later Prime Minister took a hand. This action on his part has to raise the hopes of those bel the coal crisis will be solved » fully and the country will not he plung into / terrible ind a chaos But the ominous fact that with fateful May 1st only af days distant the gulf between owners and. miners seems as | bridgeable as when they first their bitter battle. WIFE IS SHOT DEAD a? smuggling operations in the port and - district of Quebec. This much the committees estab. SHEE HTH i