Aragir 23.541930;- *

Reviews ' G0vernme niol Sinsif? ~ "Omission And" C0m1niissi0i1

Finances, Agriculture, Public

Works, And

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Other Depart-

ihents Ably Discussed In Bud- get Debate By Mr. W. Chester

S... McLure.

v I _ _ from Saturday's _ Guardian I ‘Biamingvtho Press.

Continued

Lastvnight, when the Minister of ' Agriculture was speaking on this subject, he criticized The Guardian’ newspaper in the severest terms. no insinuatid that they were rcspon-é sible for the loss of $15,000 or morer of collections through the campaign committee. Public opinion was di- vided with reference to this matter, he said; and ‘the whole blame was attached to The Guardian. Now. Mr. Bpeaker, let us look at the facts. When the campaign for the present Sanatorium was biing inaugurated, The Guardian newspaper published an editorial reviewing the circum- stances with the closing of the Dal- ton sanatorium and insisting that it was the duty oi the Provincial Gov- ernment, before asking the people of this Province to contribute towards a second Sanatoriumil to assure thorn that it would do its utmost to press our claims upon the Federal Government for compensation for the Dalton institution. The Govern- ment refused to give that assurance to the campaign committee. Later, in an interview that was published in The Guardian, the Premier stat- edthat when he went to Ottawa to present our claims he would present this claim in connection with the Dalton. Sanatorium. The Premier went" to Ottawa in January of this yearand filed _a bricf which con- tained no rofcrcno: t: thi: blsbr. f"! thc saute day_o|l which he filed his brief at Ottawa, n tabulated state- ment of our subsidy claims, Issued under ‘authority of the lion. W. M. Lea as "Acting _l’remier," appeared in the Patriot (Jamil), and in this statement 8100.000; cash , payment [was included for the Dalton Sanatorlum.

The ousrdufn"s-_zllit_tltoio.

when the assurance was received from Premier Saunders and publish- cd in The Oilardian oi Oct. 25th that he ~would:lnclude this claim in his presentation. The Guardion 0n Oct. zetlrcarried the following edit- orlal: "Premier Sounder; d

it for his decision to present and press the claim. of this. Povince upon the Pedeal Govcnmcnt on account of the-Dalton Sanatoium. Now that the decision

cserves cred-

strengthen his

publi en rally to c l e with the full

hands in every way. weight oi public opinion behind him, and with his arguments thor- oughly marshallcd-thcrc is no rea- son why this outstsndink 011"" should not be settled once and for all. and the Province fully indemn- ified for the loss and inconven- ience caused by the taking overvci’ the Sanstorium and the failure of the Federal Government to im- plement the terms of the contract- ual agreement with respect there- to.‘

l-lere we have evidence. lllr. Speak- BI. thit The Guardian accepted Preut Saunders’ word in this mat- ter good faith, and took the first "Dllflrtunlty of giving him credit for his deolslon. But what happened? lie failed to Implement thht assurance when D 1C0 to Ottawa, although the fact that it is a valid claim was

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was very little information available

Yeaarding that delegation that went

to Ottawa whcnthe Dalton Sariator i ium was handed back to the Provin-, cial Government. Last night, when

the Mlhistor of Agriculture was

speaking on the subject, there was

so much information available, so many letters that had been written

one way and another. that lt-wus hard to follow them or to make‘ notes on their contents. Yet it was only a few days ago that the same he'll. gentleman was complaining that very. little information or cor- respondence" had been lcft in the of-

fice when thls~ Government took charge. lf so much information can be dug up in the abort space of a icw days, probably a great deal more can be obtained.

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Just a few words about that dcle- gation that went to Ottawa. It was composed of the present Minister of Agriculture and the late Hon. Ben- jamin Gallant, representing the Gov- crnment, and two other gentlemen representing the trustees of the Dal- ton sanatoriiun. These were supple- mented at Ottawa by Senator Mac- Lean. we were told last night that there was some discussion with re- gard to compensation; and we have always believed that a settlement could have been arrived at, either at that time or immediately after. That was the time that our claim staid 21-: h: thoeeegbiy sac.- sentel BI pruslal. "Iheo they were discuu‘ the punish: of 250.000. $15,000 or 8100.000, these must have been some Idea in aomebodyfc mind that we had s. claim. J-lowever, we have always been under the impres- sion, whether rightly or wrongly; that. the question was dropped and

' no further action was taken in re- -' ciirortdotbc; inatterfrwhshrirr was

mentioned _in the-"Actinu rPremr icr's" pamphlet, published on Jan. 2i last, and put down as a. claim for $100,000 cash settlement, it must still be ir. the liflnisteru mind. Or did he merely add it as an extra yoke to that big egg of $3,500,000 that he has been cackiing about and trying to hatch? (Aovlavw- '

So far as the Dalton Sanatorium is concerned I have only this to say. It is no use arguing about the past; but hcre wc ‘are situated today with tenders being called for a. hospital costing over sl00,000. I understand the Government is going; to contrib- ute another $10,000 or 020,000; "the proper thing to do; but at the same time I believe there is a moral claim

that if a proper committee was sent from this. Province, consistln of some of the trustees oi the _Sanat- orium commission, some members of

take it up, and I think it is a real

during the regime oithc Bell Gov- ernment. '

i m. rfaaivnuu

against thc Federal Govenment and

the Government and other citizens, we could present our claim for that 1100.000. Now would bc the time to

opportunity for the hon. Minister of

Agriculture to make good on this matter that somebody fell down on

There is another subject on which

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Port of one of robin in thils|have Province. our export business to all

Eilelicpn counties will “be practically

shut out for one year.

Protection Against Theft. ._ I

There is another matter with rc-

gard tp fur farming, and ‘one that

u of vital interestjobreedcm in the

fall of the year; thatJs stealing

from the different ranches. There is

a protective organization or associa-

tion anions a certain number of fox

ranchers which employs or retains

several lawyers, also detectives from

the very best agencies procurable in

Canada. They also have blood-

hounds, with special keepers employ-

ed to look after them; and with this protection to some oi the, ranchers the liability with regard to theft is grcaly diminished. However, many of the ranches have not that protec- tion. -I might draw to the attention of this House the Jact that two years ago there was a great deal of steal- ing of foxes in certain sections of the Island, and when the Attorney General" was notified he went to work and employed a detective from this city, Mr. l-ledlcy weeks. I must say that Mr. Weeks was very suc- cessful, and the" parties "involved were brought to justice. Last year again the stealing oi foxes took place in another locality, and what was the result? The Attorney Gener- al or whoever had charge of the mat- ter sent to Montreal for a detective who knew nothing about the fox business and who, to use the words of the leader of the House, was pret- ty much of a drunkard. ‘rhls man was unable to ioliow up the clues that were given to him, so far as the theft of the foxes was concerned. and he could show no results. It would have been far better had the Government expended part of that H400 that they paid to this detecti . lntengaging some local policeman or detective, for l believe, had they done so. he wouldbavo been more sue- ceasful.

lquandering Money.

'80 far as the payment of $1400 to. this Jamous detective was con- oemed. I know that thc fox breed- ers" protective association retains tives, _ h a detective agency“ in Montreal, and we have this stair oific agreement, that they will sup- ply us with satisfactory men. 1f we have any just complaint to make against that he did not do his work properly, w; are under no obligation to pay for the detective’: services. That is of course the business-like way of doing things. But when this Government wan‘ ‘ a detective they just hired the first one that came along, apparently without any stip- ulation at all." And I think he “'11s finally arrested as a vagrant or a tramp, and placed in jail. 1 contend, Mr. Speaker, that the Government were lax in their duty. They bad no right to pay out of the funds of this Province $1100 to a man who, as they admit themselves, was a drunk- ard and was no good, and whose ev- idence and information could not be relied upon, even with regard to ll- quor prosecutions lf they had made a. proper contract they could go buck now to the detective from whom this famous sleuth was hired and tbey,would get compensation. lf they cannot do that, thcn it is just a matter of showing their own weak- ness and negligence in making tbc contract. (Applause).

Last year was perhaps one of the greatest years in the fur farming in- dustry. The fox breeders, as I have already said, appreciated the sup- mrt given to them bl’ "l! Pfflvlll" cial Government in inaullllllinc

I sued its manifesto ‘they. placed this

‘implementing this legislation. Per-

a few words to say about, and it is with reference to “Old age Pen- sions. You will .eme'mbe_r, Mr. Speak- er, that in i027, when the present Government, then in Opposition, is-

plank before the pepplc: “Appreciating tbc action of the Liberal Government at Ottawa in passing the Old Age aenslonl Act. -we anticipate establishing ‘it in this Province in u manner consist- ent with our revenue."

Now, Mr. Speaker, the Old Age Pensions Act is being put into force and effect in almost every Province in Canada; and I think, in view of this Governments promise to the el- ectors, that the Act should be look- ed into very carefully to see what the conditions actually are in this Province and the prospect, if any. of

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sonaliy, I have always considered that the Federal Government did not act quite ’fairly\wlill'i the Maritime Provinces in this" matter. I believe that the Federal Government should pay the entire cost of the pensions scheme out oi the federal treasury. At the present time we are paying our share of tbc old age pensions that are being distributed Ms the people in the Western and Central Provinces and our Provincial Gov- crnment should at least go into the matter iully and give us some infor- mation as to‘ what it would cost, so that our aged people would know whet to expect from this source. (Applause).

Our attitude in the campaign oi 1927 was just as we expressed it in our platform; and we were contin- ually twltted by the then Opposition for being unsympathetic i0 the aged poor in not pissing this Old Age Pensions Act. I do not. know how much "sympathy" my hon. friends have handed out since they came into power, but I know that; they have never even looked into the matter or given it any consideration. I suppose the ides. is to have it as a plank i: their platform next yehr, to dangle it before thc people at the next election. lf that is thc case, l do not think they ‘wiu succeed in fooling the peopleso easily. '(Ap- plousrl.

PROHLBITION

_ Every speaker has had a few words ‘tolsay on Prohibition. I kept tab for ’n.fcw clays on the speeches made during the Draft Address, and I -think that about 80 per cent of the time taken up by the speakers was devoted to the question oi Prohib- ition. There was moire talk about it than abouV-any other question be-

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power. ltuss again voted on as a illeblsclte in. 1028, and Prohibition carried. rs hibition. being the law of the land, ordains that no spirituous liquors. are id be used except for medicinal purposes. The question is: llow is that law being carried out ln this Province today?

We got u partial report oi the Li- quor Commission a few days ago that should have" been tabled in this House when the Public Accounts were tabled. The business of the vendors‘ stores is part of the busi- ness of this Province, and we should have received the report along with the other financial statements. How- ever, we did get some information- not the full report that should be Issued half yearly, but sufficient to show us that some $128,500 of liquor was sold by the Saunders Govern- ment liquor stores last year. Now Mr. Speaker, is it reasonable to sup- pose that all this liquor was consum- ed in accordance with the require- ments of the nohibltion Act? Wes it really prescribed by the doctors for the reliei.of the sick, the suffering and the distressed throughout the Province? If so, its medicinal effects must be wonderful, and it must be very essential to_the medical profes- sion. If it is not a medicine, then it must be used as a beverage. Itcomcs down practically to this, that we have very many people in the Prov- ince who are either medically sick or medically "wet," when sowmuch as $128,500 worth of liquor has to be prescribed in one year.

LIQUOR. REVENUES

I suppose I must be very careful with regard to what I say on the Prohibition question, because I hap- pened, last year, to make some state- mentlon this“ subject that raised quite a furore in the Legislature. I am pleased to note, however, that those remarks had some effect; be- cause in 1928 there was $130,000 oi liquor sold, and in the year 1929, as I already said, the amount was about $123,509; so perhaps my rc- marks mverc responsible for a curtail- ment of the Government's business in this respect by some $1,500.

We should have had this year a full report oi the Prohibition Com- mission's transactions, and I claim, Mr. Speaker, that the Government should have furnished that report themselves. They should know what the Commission is doing. Every member of this House is entitled to the information. According to the Prohibition Act, half yearly state- ments should be filed with the Pro- vincial Tressurer. Whether or not this“ regulation has been complied with we have not bcon able to ascer- tain} but from questions placed on the Order Paper we find that last year the sum oi $30,000 was spent in salaries and commissions out of liquor profits. Besides that amount, some $11,000 was paid out for W05- ccutions and other expenses; and when you add up thc yearly business, after selling $128,500 worth of rum,

fore the House, and I think with less rcsult. I was rather surprised at the attitude of ‘some members b! thc Government on this matter. Some of them seemed to be stlll- strongly in favor of Prohibition, while others seemed to have their doubts. I have never argued the question of Gov- crnment Control versus rioiiibitlon, or Prohibition versus Government Control. I have smn almost every system of control or "prohibition in diffcrcnt countries throughout the world, rind I believe that what the people of this Province should do, more than anything else, is look up- on this matter as a temperance prob- lcm, and not have a politlcll foot- ball madcpf it as has been the case for some time. it is all very‘ well to condemn one side or the other with regard to Prohibition, but I_think the first thing is to find some com- mon ground for agreement. Every one believes in temperance ind so- briety. we would all rather live in a community that is temperate. That may not mean Prohibition; it may not mean Government "Control: but it does mean scmperanct. I, for

we find that they have a loss, or ,dcficit, of almost $13,000; and that loss the Government of this Prov- ince hss to make good. I scelsomc hon, members shaking their heads. Do they mean to say that the Gov- crnrncnt is not responsible for that loss? They are not only responsible, Mr. Speaker, but they are liable un- der the _Act, because the liquor stores are run by thc Government, and the Government is directly liable for ev- cry cent of deficit incurred.

I have nothing more to soy with regard to Prohibition, except this; that it is both a comedy and a trag- edy. It is a comedy, the efforts this Government is making at enforcing the law. and it is a tragedy when you look at the result of those cf- forts. There is no doubt that while

I believe that if a proper Commis- sion was organized, outside the Gov-

the present time, a. ‘better

Prohibition is the law of the land it is the duty of the Government to see that it is enforced to thc letter.

crnment rather than inside it, as at result

could be obtained; and if it is at all

Province ‘were greatly under paid.‘ He almost wept over this in his Bud-

get speech. Yet we know that he has.

under his own hand, the right to

incregse the salaries‘ ‘or wages to

those deserving officials, if he secs fitto do so. It was repeatedly said

during the last election campaign that we had uselessofficials in this

building, who’ were drawing too much- ealary for the work they were doing.‘ The Minister oi Agriculture intro-i duced the subject last night from ai somewhat different angle when hci laid that he would not be guilty ofl discharging anybody from the of-i flees they held in this building for i political reasons; and he censured us on this side of the House, in very' strong language, for some dismissals that had been made. Now there are always two sides to these questions, and I would just like to call my hon. friend‘s attention to the fact that this Government madesome dismis- sals, whether he was responsible for them or not. I know of one man, a

faithful servant in one of the de- partments over which the Minister oi Agriculture presides, who was dis-

missed just as wini/cr was approach-

ing, This man had a wife and iam-

ily to support, and it was very dif-

ficult for him to find other employ-

ment at that time. Some very inllu-

ential Liberals even went to thc

Government and probably interview- ed the Minister of Agriculture on this ‘man's behalf. But no, nothing could be done. "Out you go; you are a rank Conservative!" That was the answer. This man was only get- ting a. salary of $100 and they placed in his position a young man at an‘ increased salary. I could mcntioui several othpr cases of a similar na- ture. So I would advise my hon. friends. when speaking on subjects of this kind, to endeavor to be con- sistent, and while living in glass, houses to refrain from peltlng rocks‘ at us. (Applause).

LABORERS‘ COMPENSATION ACT:

During the present session some legislation was to have been intro- duced with respect to Laborers‘ Compensation which would have been of material assistance to the‘ members of the Laborers’ Protective

Union and other labor organizations‘ throughout‘ the Province. I regret very much that the Premier held to

inform this House the other day. that the Government did not have' sufficient time, or the Laborers‘ Un-

ion liarl not put this Act into hisl hands in sufficient time, to give it proper consideration. It was too late, he said, to get it drafted or rcdrait- ed to come before thc Legislature at this session. Now Mr. Spcake , the Laborers’ Union have never asked for very much from this Legislature, and I sincerely hope that during the Recess the Attorney General and his Government will be able tn give this Compensation Act, or whatever it may be termed. the attention that it deserves, and in this way give some relief to our laborers tn the condi-

tions under which they have to work in this city. We know that at tho present time, ii a laborer happens to meet with an accident, he has no claim for compensation of any kind. We know, too, that the wages of la- borers at no time are very large. If they were able to work 325 days in the year they could make very good remuneration for themselves; but the trouble is that in this city laborers are only able to get about 1B0 or 200 dais‘ work in the year, and if they happen to mect with an accident at the beginning of the spring work and they arc‘ laid off ‘for two or three months, they havevno source of revenue whatever to support them throughout the winter. If we had a Laborers’ Compensation Act, they would have at least some chance of securing a weekly revenue in case of accident; and this would be a great boon to their families. I sincerely hope that the Attorney General will be able. during Recess, to give this bill proper consideration for next year. (Applause).

Dr. Grant's Expectations.

-rcfer to. however, and it is the one

larva together;

paying my way while my hon. friepd from Montague would be travelling in a d: iuxe fashion st the of me lax-payers of thafProvincfi.‘ iblllflhttl’). flow that is a wonderful

hope for him to have. It is _

derful aspiration. I can bnlybopef that he will not be unduly. chip'- pointed when the occasion comes around. For my own part, I have travelled a good deal but I have never had the opportunity of trav- elling free. I think I had, at one time, a railway pass issued by the Government. I do not know whether all members of the Legislature re- ceive passes or not, but this one was good for the lines within the Prov- ince, and I believe I used it on three different occasions when I happened to be doing some work on behalf of the Government that was in power. At the present time, whether passes are available or not, I have not got one. One hasnt been issued to me, although I am aware that some of my hcn. friends on the other side of the House have not only passes for the Province but for the whole of Canada. However. I do not object to what the member from Montague said when he expressed the hope that he would be travelling to Ot- tawa de luxe on a free ticket while I would be paying my farewwe all know, Mr. Speaker, that there are certain classes oi individuals tbplnll- ways travel free. And we know that there are certain classes, of~ireight and freight cars-known as dead- heads-that always trnvel- free. I 00h‘?- Wlnt to be in either of those classes if l can help it. (Laughter and applause).

liir. Leo's Tariff Theories.

'I'he hon member from Montague went into some questions that. were probably more of a federal nature, and at this late hour I shall-not. at- tempt to take hem up. There is one Federal matter that I would liketo

that the Minister of Agrlcuiturehad so much to say about lastnight. That is the Australian Treaty. I just want to call attention to one of-the Minister's statements. I understood him to say that the tarlffquestion was a serious onepandftliat tariff walls in any country had the. effect of producing individual wealth tothe detriment of the. State. I nave;- hcard a statement 'of that kind be- fore, and I would like to analyze it.

~ costing a great deal of money. The

onlseverallocc Walls‘ done to a certain road ofiwhicb

l "Fl M11810 make the boast-that,

for its-length. there are more taxes

pairlgon it than on, any- other road

in the Province. road to‘ make sov-

era! calls and received several pleas-

ant "smiles before II could perxugdq

him-iv ‘let busy. l must soy, how- ever, that finally- he did do a little

repair work on that road, for which.

as one member "representing the

Charlottetown and Royalty District,

I was thankful.

ROAD WORK

With regard. to gravellinl. one Will-lid 1111581110. to hear some hon. members talk. that this was an al- ' together new thing in the road mak- ing system of this Province. Yet we know, Mr. Speaker, that under the Stewart Government road gravelllug but! its birth‘ or initiation in this Province. I believe the first roads graveiled were the Malpeque Road and the St. Peters Road.

We have been told repeatriy gym, the road machines purchased by this Government are s. great asset to the Province. We all admit that these machines are capable of doing good work in widening theroads, ctc., but we must not forgot that it t;

repair bill-alone for these machines’

laet yesrwas something like $25,000. ~ WI! lhfllli certlluirbave some re- '2‘ suits from this-expenditure. -- I

and»; Ur Traffic.

Lwas" surprised the other day at r ihwllblfiti-iou- that was raised by the ' member from ltustico to l-a. " question I-had placed on the order ‘ P1081‘ with respect to the Rustlco- , ville -m-idge. n the work was acne ~ ' . in a. careful manner, I think this ‘ Horne-should know; and the -.peo- ple bave. a right to ask questions‘ ihrwah my member of this Legis- lei-“re wii-h "Bl-rd to tho cost and _ construction__of those bridges. I at first understood that the bridge was built by contract, but it turns out

If I have misquotled -the_ hon. Min. ister I hope he willrcorrect me; but I believe that was his statement. ‘Now. Mr. Speaker, I will-ask the l Minister this question: is it possible to increase the wealth ofindlvldunls without increasing the wealth of the State? non. ma. LEA: When you in- crease the wealtnof the. classes at thecxpense of the masses. ' MR. MCLURE: You are changing it now. l _ HON. MR. LEA: That lathe way

conveyed in another way.

MR. MGLIIRE: Very well; evcn if you take it that way; if wealth is created by u tariff wall, that wealth m1" events-lb be distributed throughout the country. (Applause).

Mr. LePsge and Protection.

The hon. member from Rustico (Hon. Mr. LcPage) made a strong pica on behalf of home buying, of patronising home merchants and purchasing home products. I was in. deed glad to know that he and I, being on opposite sides‘ oi the House, on one occasion at least could clasp hands and say: "Here, at any rate, is one time that our hearts and mindsmovc in the same direction." But I must say that I was surprised at such statements coming from a strong Liberal supporter; because he enunclat -‘ the very policy that the Conservatives have been trying for years to m the people to recognize. It is a great thing, Mr. Speaker to sec and hear hon. gentlemen on the other sldc, as time wears on and they come to a. sensible viewploni

it is alwsysiput. It's the same ideal weeks, instead of taking three o; ‘four months.

that only part of it was done in this l { way; and the Minister of Public A Works explained ‘the other night‘ that it was built by days‘ work, the W589! differing according to the dif- ferent clasaes of men that were em- ployed. That bridge, according in the _ answer we received, was started in April and finished on Sept. 25th.- Now that is too long to hold up traf- fic, and I think an endeavor should" have been made. to complete the bridge in at least a month or six

HON. MR. LEPAGE: It was no closed more than three weeks. _ M8,. MCLURE: They c-mmenced , building it in April, and they didn't . . complete _it until eptember. HON. MR. LEPAGE: It was closed less than three weeks. rm. mesons; But it was not , really flit for traffic the balance of i the time. That. was the trouble; it ' should have been completed in much A less time. Then there was anothen bridge in the same vicinity, known ’ asltne Mill Brook bridge. That was built ona similar system-part con- tract, part time labor, the supplies ' a being’ bought here and there, all over the country. I would like to draw’ to the attention of the Minister of Public Works that while that bridge was under construction thc traffic condition was simply terrible. Peo- ple had to go down across a brook, where daily a dozen of oars would " get stalled and had to be hauled out. I mention this because the some‘ condition may apply to other bridges under construction, and it could ees- - ily be overcome with the expenditure

so. . 4- I‘; '4.-

aaihitoii by his colleague. the Minis- ter of Agriculture, in the brief pub- llshed inan- his authority on the

possible to get results, why not have a proper Commmission to investigate conditions and draft what would be

one, being associated with several

their first exhibition. However. the industries where we employ a con-

all-important part of the industry is of a. few dollars. I remember going

one day in that direction myself,

on life, advocating the adoption of a policy that is absolutely in. the

I always like, to say a few words,

and that is on Fur Farming. If the I must um liment the hon. mem-

"rv HIM h! on which u" Pflmi" breeding of Holstein cattle is a pet ofcourse the hides or pelts. us sidsrabie number of men, would cer- filod his claim. ' " hobby 0f the with“! 0f M11001“?!- Vllhifil‘ "l! f"! "ill-m"! h“ m‘? ‘"3’ thinly "will 0h “Win! m?" Wh° "9 a suitable Temperance Act. in the ber of the Government from ltloii- best interests 0f the community. and g dogm- hpppgngfl t9 bg m“. d0 Ml Mil Whiih" true interests of temperance in this tague (lion. Dr. Grant) on the very (Alllvllwscl. m; in g c", who“ h. ‘o; m n“,

temperate. We

aasronsrsihnv imoucirr . . - norm

the breeding of silver fours m" be termed a.pet hobby of my own. I

est offerings in their history. some | 15,000 skins w

ere offered, and so per

they are tee-wtoliers; we" do not

Province?

plausible speech he delivered yester-

I have still a good many noteson my desk, but I shall endeavor to go

brook his car stalled. and finally he a ' had to leave it and get someoneelse ,

regret very much that so little space cent. of these were practically I010 consider, it our business to hi: such day. He is a plausible gentleman 0n

‘ was given to fixrfarmine inthe Al- and went into trade disbursements. a question: but W! l" hi"?! 0n _ Government Officials. every occasion; and he seems now thflwsh them briefly. to drive him on hi; w“, bgggugg ho ..

0d 61...... than. docs the chars! 0! “cultural Report this. year. instead 111s prices were somewhat 10W" the look-out for men of temperance p, b, mo" suuve and prgugtbre "m, HON. MR. GRANT: Take them to was in a hurry. Five dollars in la-" ever. He started in with the leader 0""?! Willi you. ' but md “,0 don“, worm o; p _ . g

I have not yet dealt with the de- partment of the Minister of Public Works. My remarks have takenup a longer time. than I anticipated, and I‘shall have to pass over this

and sobriety; men who will do their work‘ properly. Governmentl try to make men temperate under Prohib- ition or some system oi Govemment Control,‘ and it is a difficult ma

than that of previous years. d“! i0 the collapse of the stock market which affected so many comrnvdliifl- However, furs did not suffer any more than they did in the stock col-

ing would have made the passable for any machines, would have been a great conv - to the public. ' '-

llcr If the Minister of had sufficient faith in auto include it in MI

of devoting a pogo or so we should have had at least "a dosed can! denaturing thll~ glut iudusiri- It M! the report. and

of theOpposition. He hcspcd all kinda of eulogy upon him, and threw boquets in such quantities that it was almost embarrassing. And I

non. mt. LEA: Don't tnflto beat the record of thc senior member for Charlottetown. ' ‘ - non. ma. STEWART: ‘Fills night

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that u seoucail-

"‘. ‘time a~ fewflmattcra in con- laple of 1m and mi. ‘lhey would ‘one prom Mention II than i» department, leaving it to the speak- must say that he also handed out

neetioirwith fur-farbiingthat I wish have reached I much 10W" 1W9 thrpcople so that the! Wm l" l" m who will follow me to deal with. some ,“ments to myself, for i5 n0 longer than laetniglit‘; and" my hon. friend had it all "to himself.

which I certainly thank him, because I think it is the first occasion that he ever proffered one to rne. He also

There is one little item; however, that I cannot omit. A few years ago,

themselves that emporauol ll the

boot thing for an individual or for HON. MR. ‘LEA; It‘ seems longer. "

HON’. hm. swbvnlirlt would-

been for proper manila-

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tbi "i-fouse. .1 incu- 1nf0oouruttee the

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(llatuseinl fur market!!! loll! ll t! N" "i! u community. when my hon. friends were in Op- tbc cilakbrcadlna Qlampllty iwcnabapo and ooadi- " position, we were favored with a told some very good stories. lie al- to you! h“ jg‘); Imp, m with reference to use the; it _ awact the attention lnlorcllsg tho IAW- great deal of weeping and wailing ways tells us good stories, and he MR. MOLURE; Well, m, My,“ uni coming into flrblgQl from all over the t , - about the returned soldiers. we do tells‘ them in a very nice way. On I am going to stop when 1 am ‘ready. w. was will" be to tbs us i. tan oeoleetlenitlslsepollhlt so m- t. the legislation that we not helr anything on that. subject this occasion he told us thathe was (Applause). r otioed throughounla m’ ‘ » ti" ram llward nun ‘hrs will II- bm on the mono boon is con- nmitfseeau t0 have been forgot- leaving; I don't know whether he debate that the Departmental rub- nlqusrbneothvrmut W! ninjas Nblitiltliiw corned. l have only this to m. Pro- habit-lam is asnew source oi. meant that he was actually leaving lio Works received a hind criticism; EHWIIIIOIIIQQI

m saw‘- chill!!! Hillel lb Fill“ ammo u moi-w M the llmi- It lalnentdtion. thermom- referred the Liberal party. oi- just leaving the and it received agreatdeulofpralso.‘

chalet our auction can thmah- lm been twice voted-on within l to itflths other aunt and also in bte Government for the time being. At rho Minister of pubiicworksfiirhia

cittho vino. . period of two and one-half goon. 1h soosoovchth pron Address. when any rate. he w» leaving, and he ex- speech the other nuhv." gsvfla de-

' . .- , f - 1m irwu tau insinuate: the Pro- om-tm pressed a wish on his behalf-and a tailed report of all the commits

closes. Plltllmll . hibittun name the in» llhtiflflln not that servants in tau left-handed one on my behalf-that his department. He told in about use

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