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'-~=r- dal education, arid- as a _ _ _ _

t`Ihls' Province will receive P°""°5 me lmgcly paid by the Feder those night schools and of experienc- in 192,' between ma Federal Depmtv

W _eater pro`pcrtiSn ot the Fed- al Goverllinanfl- ing their value. I so not know what t 1 L bo d h 1 . _ geigtant for this pupose." Hun. Mr. Stewart: Even so; where has been done by me present Gov- ,lxlatge ;ov;r::ne;°m°r;':l;' 61:;

would cur fishermen get the lnstruc- ,_ in this c°m,emm~,_ 11 the‘ _ _ erhmth 4 Ivlnce was to have those additional mm “um easuy' at mme °' in Hal' assistance to those night S°1‘°°‘5 is ' inspectors Put blick' and that provis liax? _ ~ h ld lllre ' ' Hon. Mr. Mclntyro: I may tell my mu being. continued) we 5 cu mn was included' in °“° °f fm PUB' lion friend that there were two went to gl!-lg: there were courses in motor, imphsimtewmch I referred muy " °"°" this year' mechanics and other allied technical? ew m nu, dag; The anmgement_ lien l\'r Stewart' what proportion subjects which we carried ch with thel :ms conmes W "ew H1959 lhSD€U'

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is that to the whole of our nshermen? “sistame of the technical grant. Itl "2 :EJ im! zuzgpomrx mid'

Hon. Mr. Mcinty-re: That is the would be gratifying to know whetheri mlm” Wu ta nn on M nt 513'* °f lf" ‘ these courses are being ¢°“m‘“ed'”'“dl wud! They muh Hiro: °::t; ._

Hon. Mr. Stewart: It is a very poor whether this grant is being utilizecll um, A/as an Wo °""" tart. 1 l 1 t h - i h t - ` ' formationmill-r;;rym§'alSi1on gijrletrldat biz- at 'the present time and 0 W 3 ex There is another mam! of ne” cause that shows just how little hens- ten I V importance lt me present mm in flt it is under the present system Our EDUCATION connection with education' It u " s stem was to have a certain number matmr' however' which I do not pm- ,” Fore to discuss. as it is one of public

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_:_ . _ _ ,' ~C°”W\“°d_ ‘Wm P539 5'* ment would be made in that year un- Government of this Province early in the matter. I do know this. that never

V' .th _regard to my hon. friend'| fl _ to Denmark. I am surane had an

:_-nent opportunity of atudyingjg..

_ tural conditions there: but I do V :fo any despite results te this

‘» ‘ nee. There hava"¥é°en -some

, h settlers brought gut; but all ~ -1 I 'think the burden is on my

*_-'fiend of explaining just what he .one to justify that visit to Eur-

' .ut the expense of this Province.

._\ncflt._ has accrues, _I do not ‘; the ordinary citizen is aware

. in - f __

_ I No Policy Indicated ii .

-.9-1~_at.have we this year in the ni.

ch from the Throne with respect “ze important department of Ag-

urc? We have no promise of

‘,\‘~. 5:-il_\g: -We simply have a. disser- g 1 on the :agricultural conditions

_ ' is province. I do not know whe-

' ‘ly lion. friend the Minister has

ullicy for the coming year; whe-

` ‘ae intends to rest on his Laurels '.!:et`h`ir he is too modcgtvtp have - policy placed in the Speech, or ` his 'explanation ls: but we have absolute silence with regard to

V .tcllvitles ol' the Department of

._ ufture. In the circumstances. Speaker. there is nothing more

're sell. lt is not of much use to _rhpt to talk over nothing. I sup-

; _ . the _only thing to do is io pass

'lo tho- next item. . lrfnot going to make any obser- :uswith regard to the fox indus- _ because it his already beerlviealt E1, and I am not an expert. We all ' tile' _great value of that indus- I shall leave it to be dealt with lately by my hon. colleague from

less the Act was further extended.

amount not token up by every Prov- ince should be carried on over or at

least 25 per cent of.it. This Province never took its full amount, conse-

With regard to Flsheriesfthis is a

grammo which I have just referred

course of instruction in the new

the spring of 1927; a. horticultural ex-

Thera was further provision that the pert had been employed and had

done a great deal of valuable work in connection with fruit growing in this Province. This method of instruction, I understand. has been done away

quently when the ten-ycar period of with, and I do not know whether it Isl to school; and I do not think that

considerable amount available of the culture to continue it later or to leavc ' unused portion of that grant for this it in abeyance. as has been done l single yew' BS this year, and I hav Province. The Act itself .was not re- since ho came into power. I shall 3 not as many children going to school pelllédi _the Act is still law, and it _not deal with the matter any further now ue I had in years 80118 by- provides that the balance which we at this sta.ge,Icould spendagreat deal 5 kh0W. ill 0112 ihStR_I1C9. T-hlt 1 hlld t0 have not used is available for us un- of time in pointing out the import- i pllrthi-ie 8fG¢0n2BtIy “Xt 50°! T0! 0118 til exhausted. provided this is taken ance or this to the House. but until or my ¢hi1d'¢h atthe beginning ofthe out within the next five years. There we have a definite statement from term, and two or three months after- was no need of any negotiations to the Minister I do not think it would , wards I had to buy B“°"h°1'. DGCHUSG. secure this settlement. Every prov- be desirable to do so. ` they said, they had got through with inc, of Canada that has not taken Another matter which it was the in- the first. There has been a l'l'0it ‘itll up the grant in full is in the same tention of the late Government to of bunslinl; in connection with the position. And yet my hon. friends carry out with the assistance of the l school books for the year. _I do H0 place in the mouth of His Honor the technical grant was winter courses in know who is to blame; perhaps the Lieutenant Governor the remarkable agriculture for young men intending leader of the Government will tell us statement that this extension has to remain on the farm. Thai is an- that when he speaks in this debate. been aeeurea for this Province as a ether- course wbleb this Government That is the only thins I have °°t1°°d result of “negotiations carried on by seems to have made no effort forthat is new in connection with the my Government with the Dominion carry out. I am going to anticipate educational system: and it is certaihr Government." what my hon. f'riend's answer will be ly not a credit to anybody.

-ho will refer to the Technical School

think the 'public are fully aware of all the facts. I might say that the

on would have been of great advant-

`in my experience. has such expense been placed on the parents of the children in'thls Provlnce_as during the present year. and not forany good purpose, that I can see. I am a parent myself, having children going

the grant expired there was still a the intention of the Minister of Agri- in the last fifteen years have I had

had to pay as much money fn one

Fisheries again. I shall not discuss that, for I INSPECTORS .

_ Another sentence in the paragraph

matter that was included in our pro- courses which we purposed to carry I dealing with education is worth riot-

licilig. “My Government has in-

to, in the agreement entered into by age to the farming communities increased the number of School Inspec- the late Conservative Government of this Province. and would have been, this Province with the Federal `D€- comparatively inexpensive. |0th0l` hblf truth that d5W1'V°S the W' artment ei Labor, which specifically ual epithet applied to a half tn1th~A=

P refers to “expenditure in connection other Conservative Measures iW0 KNOW. the b€St that Clin U6 B‘B1d

‘ v al

with the training and salaries of it- ` i “Mui that is that it W” 5' re V

tors in the Province to nine."-an-

of something that had been in ex-

lnerant instructors for the improve- I h lead rem ed to the ex_ _ ment of the fishing industry." What pendhalzi agree; upmirm connemon' istance for years in this Province. It

-was not new The whole story with

has been said with regard to the with the training ap: gstlxar-ries ofAlll‘;-1_egm_d to mése School inspectors is freezing process is perfectly true, and g;;:_méo:j;r;;§,rswa_S tixeeriflzusioni I tmtt Wh” ffhet Ffdetlxlt Sgrmiitural I think the Dominion Government lgmn W” "5 "5 “° W”

- _ d th te hi l t. of ummer

/ltt_ci.own, who 'can speak on it did a splendid thing, when they es- Zgufsls fir fhsfralgltl? or tesachersl one of the things that was arranged

for by the Mathieson Government in

perhaps greater authority than tablished that plant and school in The terms of the grant in fact we,.e_thiS Pm V _e that th umbe of

’ ’ l vulc . e ri r

ilerfn this Province. Halifax. But how many of our or- very wide; they gave this Province*

l school inspectors should 'be increased

' ill b b fltcd b ~ ‘ ,~ _ ;il;r;arg,;)lfl;i;e'rm\eVr;“:vm itechgnerequke; practically unlimited scope with re land them salaries paid in part out of

gard. not only to technical but to ag- the ram As B matter of met ‘ pm_

T bl lEd ti lG t _

cc nm “ca mm nm the training that gan be given in ricultural instruction. That was the g ’

‘Negotiations have been car- ‘i mjigby my Government with : Dominion Government. to .hue the grant for Technic- rldilcation, including and em-

` ating therein certain branches ..;.agrlcultural activities, and I to inform' you that the

l. lice continued for a.

as paw. " *I Q _Tperiod of at least five

course? My hon. friend from Sum-

been added to the terms, while many

portion of the salaries of all the in-

schools of this kind? Isn't it the t mm, d by the me com _ “5h°’“‘°“? HW' °““ °‘" °’°"””y :eg;ve:ti1:e1G;ver11ement with the Feel- l specmrs was pam °“° °t the °m°"l'

[tural grant; and that proportion, if

fishermen, with their limited means, _ go ever to Halifax and take that "al D'f°°“m°"t ‘“ AWN' 1927’ andhgathered in. would pay all the salar-

as I said before, notlilng further has aries or the addmoml number _ap_

pointed. When the agricultural grant

merslde made the adml”‘°n`_m in' of the courses of instruction have ac- was discontinued it Wu necessary voluntary one. perhaps, but after all many been dropped by this Govem_ to dis ense for th um b in ith it tells the. tale-that nobody knows ment since it came into powen P 4~_ B B G B. W

‘_ M.. .. nnythlng about th t course in this _ nd those addm°m1 inspecmrs' If my ,rg _ __ _ } Indeed. I have been informed a hon mmds Wm look back to the fi.,-'fl'-1 »j,;__~_s_..‘..f.¢; Province. Whose uty, may I ask, is u I am wrong the Minister of Ag,-|_ years 1915 and 1916 they Wm ,md V ._ W: iggnake any observations on it to let the people know about that culture Wm put me right’ um; dmrng that there were ten inspectors at that

‘gi biéiit let me refer to a similar school, if not the Government of this th! | |,| M

,.._...' past season _the ony ac v es _

V which appeared ln the Province? The Federal Government was some few courses in Domestic ;;Bvu!;et:utfd;1wnu,;° egg:

ra-_‘Zigi-rom the Throne at the upon- has eszabllshefl it. and this Govern- sclenm In om, w_,,,,,_ We am ,Mk went "ers as gi; ° IP°°_B _ :the last session. The para- ment has done nothing: yet theyhave to where we were many ye,"-5 33,, so | as I said Slheflntg; ag3:;°t;'n:°ém;i _ _:bodes follows: the hardlhood to attempt to take hr .S techmcgl iustmcuan LS um. was discontmued the money M my

'°' -with a. reeling of satis-

some credit for it in the Speech from

_`,§,?,’."L;mt I am abil, to gn. _ °"'“°‘|' _ these additional inspectors 'was lost

E that. the Dominion Gov- the Thmn-e' They havftnot 6:6? she 'DWG 01' three Years 55° we wele as' to the Province, and the number was

ha-5 *‘B""""-1 ii’ include mmmve to advertise and e he Slstihg night Schools; a very if1`1_lJ"ft' accordingly reduced to the original

v c‘“I_. _anches of agricultural people know that it is in existence. ant mmm I had me opportunity of numb r ‘_ 0

..m“_ under me head of ML L_ R. Mlm: I mink the “_ ‘ t I t “ch with ero sa. ne of the efforts that

Z€tth1B ih Pie W C °5e ° was made ln making the arrangement

.,,.. ,., r _ 'M-_"'$jt.most unfortunate thing, Mr. _"ff tlult both of those para- ;`~f'”‘ rflolild have been phrased in

;'.‘.is. They were intended, ap- _'y, to deceive the public; bc- .hcy are not correct. They are .` ll to indicate that this Gov- lrt is responsible for all those secured under thc technical uhen, as a mailer of fact, this '-'nent had nothing whatever ~.~.lih them. I am not going to -r again the history of the tech-

l»nl._ because I think it is well by this time. It was dealt " ite Duncan Commission be-

brlught it to their attention brief. and argument, and fur- .:<~=sure was brought by means _mrence which I personally at- .-: Ottawa later on. together if-I'f,~l‘s. l-l. H. Shaw and J. W.

-eQ!5!"f'i".` "We pressed that matter on

_icvernmerit until we got their il. so that in April, l927.arcpre-

' r .ve ofthe department having to

. 'ih technical grant camo down . .l- had n. conference here, as a ' Vi. of which we settled all those - -f. referred to in tho paragraph I

from the Bpcwhbf list-

~ ;rr°'Ii1old in my hands the rec-

naile at the time, dated April ".21, a copy of the actual agree- .cgned at that time. and which ms all thou tfiinls as wcll I-8

- . other things that this Govem-

. has _plnce done away with. Bo : llcrefore, as concerns an! mu* 1 taking advantage of this grant

;'rizi'p0l8l Of llfléllllrlltll 0‘\l¢l“0I|

" Govénmont ll not aitltlilil tl

'iolrltllll

drill :MJ ' '-1`. '~'3~.J-_ _ :sam-.

r-._ ..

. ilsileoolar simmeuo

fair. we are informed. "new-

bsen on by my

¢"?‘._‘ "7"

Wlw

“loco

of our fishennen sent over there and trained so that they could come book and give the instruction directly io our fishermen in this Province; and I leave it'fo the common sense of the people to say which is the more use- ful method.

Poosibilities in Fisheries

The fishing industry has almtdy

been discussed in a very intelligent arid interesting manner by both the mover and seeonder of the resolution. There is no doubt that we have great potential wealth in the waters sur- rounding our Province, if our fisher- men could be trained and induced to go into this industry and bring to bear upon it the same amount of care and attention as our farmers and others do, and receive the some as- sistance as other bunches of indus- try are receiving.

Continuing the debate on March.

21st. Mr. Stewart said:

tion in the fisheries industry, al I have said. was included in the agree- ment arranged between tho late Gon- servatlvs administration and tile' hd-

cral Department of technical grant. I

QD _different

‘UM upon tbl

Ctlllillhl in this conlleoilolt.

WON

Horticultural

Provision for training and instruc-i

I come now to the matter ol Education. "The standard of educa-l tion efficiency." we are assured in the Speech from the Throne, “has not berln. lessened. during. thc IHS* year." wonder just what that means. would be glad if, during this debate, we received some lmformatlon on this point from the hon. gentleman who framed this statement. We may as- mma, suppose, that somebody in the Government or in the employ of the Government, was the author and it would be interesting to have an ex- planation from the author himself, if he is in the House. I have a fair knowledge of English, but find it dif- ficult to interpret this sentence. Does it mean. that. this. Government has kept its unholy hands off Education, and left it alone? It wan very wine if it did. Or does it mean that the standard of. teaching. has. noiubcen lowered? I suppose it simply inallil thot Education has been allowed to take _can of itself. and thlt lt il going along in the lame groove. '

scuooi, nooks _

Some years ago we were carrying

on negotiation! with the other Mori- timo Provinces with I. view to get- ting better and ohooper acl-lool books. We have not heard any thing about thot; Iloe nothing about it ur-tho spam mm, ass we

have been wie no:&Lgicbmi¢ itby either _ot the gon '_ eo 'rho have

dllrlhl tho/ dchltc. vu _ugw rrorreu

D01iCll-it is ia matter entirely between -"-e Government and the teachers. ‘lere is nothing about it eoritaihes ia J Speech from the Throne; but it . a question so serious that I do not' Lllnk anyone should meddle with it ntil at least the Government has

l declared im policy. For that reason, I l shall pass it over without comment. I until we learn more from the Gov.

ernment in regard to the m;t,¢¢|-_

PUBLIC HEALTH

l. ' The nm paragraph ia me speech from the Throne deals with Public

l Health. I am going to dugg" um subiect at any great length. beeauu 1

but I shall avail myself of that op- portunity at some later date during the session. I think perhapg 1 pm better follow thcoourso I have been following from the beginning, gnu compare last years statement aa con. tained in the Speech from me Throne. with that of this year, The

ness they ghould have at least divided it with the Red Cross Society. My hon. friend smiles! He need not smile; he will find that what I havesaid is perfectly correct. I presume the an- nual report of the omcial apP°1hW\i under this arrangement will he tabled in writing, giving his activities during the year. It is the practice for all public officials to do ao. and this be- ing a branch of the govemment ser- vice involving the expenditure of gov- ernment money__I have no doubt that wa ihall see a printed report ~of the activities of that branch of the Public service before this House rises.

We have a somewhat different story this year in regard to public health. Last .year “it was to be regretted” that so little was being done. Now we are “making progress.” I wonder why_ that statement was inserted in those general terms?

I know one ,thing that was done:

there were o. great many statements of sympathy given outi a great many suggested promises that could be very conveniently withdrawn if necessary; promises that could be construed both wayagnegatively or positively as the circumstances might warrant. Some of our public men made a great deal of progress in tint' regard; I noticed that one of them even made a statement. in the Province of New Brunswick, of a generous offer on the part of one of our social organiza- tions of a liberal contribution towards the~ building of a Sanatorlum. Last year, even in the Budget, we had cer- tain statemenifs; but this ;ear I sec nothing except a. regret that we have no money. My hon. friends have tak- en a. year to find that out, apparent- lyl They will find out many other things as they go along in their at- tempt at govemment. Possibly the Premier will be able to enlighten us on that point, and in the meantime I shall pass on briefly to other mat- ters. _ ‘

ROAD WORK

Another subject of great impor

tance is dealt with in clause 13, which is considerably longer than the pre- oeedlng clause. Thirteen is rather an unlucky number,-a point to which I might direct the attention of my hon. friend the Minister of Public Works.

The result of the policy pursu-

ed by my Government last year in regard to road construction .and road maintenance were most gratifying. The power road ma- chines clearly demonstrated their worth. An extensive programme of road construction was made possible at a___mlnlmum cost. by the very efficient work of these machines, and thereby about 1200 miles of clay highways were mat- erially improved. Thlrty miles of roads in the wet and low-lying sections were gravelled. All these roads were thus made even sup- erior to the improved highways of former years, at a much lower cost per mile. My Government intends to increase these activities .in rosdoonstruction. as greatly as the revenue from related

sources will permit.' There is o good deal of boasting in

that clause. Perhaps we might ex- pect it. I recall that my hon. colleague from Georgetown, who was rather fulsome in his praise of what had been done in regard to the public highways, said that "fair-minded el- ectors will admit that the road system has given great .satisfaction during the year." I was wondering, when he made that statement, what he meant by fair-minded electors. I thought it was another definition for a Liberal; but he made the explanation in his next statement, and it fully expresses his idea, I suppose. of fair minded criticism. He said that commercial travellers who dropped in to see him from time to time, told him that the roads were splendid. Now! have every respect for commercial travellers. They are pleasant fellows fo maet. and all that. But wo know that they are out tosoll goods. They are very shrewd and' they go very far, sometimes. to, get on order. I have known them evcn to break the Prohibition lawl (I.ou|hter.) They are doubtless well acquainted with Mr. Scully, and with

party, and that to get on the good

away with a bang up order because they touched Mr. Scully on the right spot. 'Phat is how he lot his informa- tion with regard to the roads, and we all 800 D01 iillt how much that in- foflhltion is worth. <Applaus».) _

DIITIUCTIVE MACHINE! Thorn amor was B you in my re- collection when nature did no mach

paragraph in the im Bpoocb reads' \° ll0~¢l¢_ nah aa last ner. If the as foliowsz- Noll. had rooolvad wma. treatment

fn be being

wttboiafanhianeaeplitlegangu noon al the host was out of the ground, wo woaldhave

muohbottorroslilttb

opml/onwffh ,tiisttho pow

useful for

cuionallyour

constructed

` Q

Egggs ‘ §E:§ ,§5E§. rises

UPN!

lllfflol

hardeneded. There is a certain fibre in

the roads that forms with usage, that That is the .wry er me public

is destroyed by the tearing up by c power machine. As I said, the weather was ideal _for good roads last year and they would have been in excel- lent condition had they been dragged at the proper time. But unfortunately the power machines attacked them. I remarked last year that these mach- 1h¢S._Wh0D they were arrayed in front of my residence on the College square, presented a very warlike ap- pearance; and they certainly did ter- rible destcuctlon on the roads when they were turned loose in the month of May la-St. 'I‘he evidence of that is in the Patriot newspaper. If there is a. Liberal newspaper in Canada it certainly is the Patriot. I might al- most say it is servile in its adherence to party. Nobody ever heard of the Patriot attacking the Government. In season and out of season it is always ready to leap into the breach and to support the party ln any policy it has adopted. And what did the 'Patriot say with re- gard to the roads last summer? On the 30th., of May they .published an editorial. from which I have just tak- en one or two extracts:

“The humpbacks raised on

some of tthe roads must be lev- elled off the whole roads system

must be smoothed, otherwise -it will be impossible to have decent

roads.” This is a. quotation originally from

the Guardian, which they quote in black type with approval. The editorial proceeds in the same vein, and con- cludes:

“What ls the trouble that the

public cannot be listened to in this regard? Columns have been written and unstinted advice given, not only in the Guardian, but also in the Patriot-as s mat- ter of fact repeatedly. Although the Batriot office is besieged at times with complaints the hump- backing of the roads is persisted in. We write strongly about this matter because the public are in- sisting upon the trouble being

remedied." And, of course, those people who

“besieged” the Patriot office were not Conservatives! if they were they would notgo there. That, Mr. Speak- er, is the true situation; that is the record of the condition of the public roads after their invasion by those terrific machines; and I do not know that they have ever improved' very much since. _ _

Mit. Mewrvnn coltrtmcran

I do know this, that the conditions

of the roads were just what I told the hon. the Minister of Public Works they would be. They were rough be- cause heavy power machines of that kind will not finish and surface pro- perly. My hon. irlcnd told this House that he would not use the drags any more; but his own_ people drovg him to it before the season was over. Strong-headed and determined though he is, he had to give lu. be- cause hls own-people, who knew more about it than he did, used the drags in spite of him. (Applause)

HON. MR. McINTYRE: I never

told ‘my hon. friend that I wouldn’t use the drags. I qualified it. I made the statement that if I used the drags it would be behind the power machines. ~

Hcn. Mr. Stewart: I must cor-

rect my hon. friend. I :sired him if it was his policy to use the drags. I-le said no, but if they found it- ab- solutely nccessary they might drag them behind the power machines. A most silly suggestlonl It was not their policy to use drags; if it was, why did they not take care of them. Only a few weeks ago, they were calling for tenders for new drags. So they are go- ing back to our policy after all, as they will have to do in many other

.tblnn (Ap'pla`|ue.l

I l

roads. They now say: “My Government intends to increase these activities in road construction as greatly as th° revenue from related sources will l>¢\" mit." Why don‘t they say "the same sources-borrowed money? That l'1 what they did last year. Are they l°' ing to do more borrowing this W" to gravel the roads? That, I siiPP°5°' is the i‘related sources." 1

unavslsmo or nosns

With regard to graveling, we havc

nothing to say except that that has been our policy from the beginning- But we did not begin it on borrowed money. I do not believe that their method of gravelling is satlsfactorl' in many cases, because the road is not properly prepared before the BWV” 15 laid down. I saw many instances my' self in which the gravel was Simply dumped down. 'without pr€V1°US Pfe- paration of the road bed.

I must congratulate my hall. ffiehd from Morell, because I saw more ifl'8VEl in the second District of KinBS thllh I did throughout the rest Of the Province. I think the road on which I saw the greatest quantity was that very fine highway extend- ing from' Mount Stewart to Savage Harbor. If all the roads had been as carefully built up as that. there would be some truth in"v7hat my h°h- friend! are saying about the excellent con- dition of the roads. I travelled over is good part of Prince County last year but I did not see as much gravel altogether as I saw on the road I have mentioned. 0! course. it has to bear heavy traffic (Laughter) My hon. friend travels over it pretty often. going back and forth from his home-

PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT

The next paragraph is one that I

am very sorry to see Placed in the moutho! the' representative of the Crown: “I sm happy to say that the Prohibition Act is now being vigorous- ly enforced." I am not going to say that they are not making an attempt to en- forcethe Act. I do not want to be un- fair; but I do say that they are not making any progress. The pre-election promise was not only that they would enforce the Act. but that they would give it successful enforcement. In other words, that they would do away with the traffic in intoxicating _liquor in this Province. No one can say that this promise has bam implt- mented; yet my hon. friend the lead- er of the Government has had the hardihold to tell some people out- side this Province that they have practically done that. Does my hon. friend know that when he was away on that trip, inetnlotlng tho ladies at Ottawa, the jail in his own County was crowded with Prohibition uuenc- ers? There were twenty-one offenders

in__the .Prince .County .jail .at the time,--and that after eighteen months of this "successful enforcement!"

THE RESULTS

Successful enforcement of a law of

that kind moans enforcement that will give results. We have heard the argument used: “Of course we are enforcing the law; look at the num-

ber of prosecutions, look at the num- ber of prisoners in the Jails." Is that the way you measure the successful enforcement of a criminal Law. lf that is so, we have retrograded tre- mendously fn this Province with re- gard to crime in the last fifty years. because if you take the record in our Courts fifty years ago you will find that weeks were taken up with the

trial of criminal offences, tlmf.

' ' ‘ t ` _ ,_~- ._ ‘

o»&§'

on tho ` docket- ‘ Whit .

you mm today? In my own County Kings you scarcely Ivor hear of

serious crminal trial. According tg the argument I have 'quot9¢l. th! condi- tion must 'hnve been boi-ter if-ft! yltia ago because more P°°Dla were botlll arrested and tried for criminal of- fences. We know that is not rilhti we know that conditions are imD¢'°W3\l‘,.. and that the Judges are conzratnlltins grand juries on the de0l’BB!6 1!! 0141110 as evidenced ill' tht 1n°f°”°d numb” of prosecutions. ' The argument of my hon. friends might have served very well for I !6W months. .But these ¢¢l1tl°N°U WU* going to .shew .tint .the -li-reams of liquor in this Province could bc dried up before the time 0! U10 71055010- so that the people would know IWW to vote. ls there any less liquor today than there was two years ago? I dolly that to be the case. and I think l wa prove it. We lei' 110 NW" 'Nm '-551' Prohibition Commlsslolr llllt W0 ll-IV! a statement in the Bulletin, publish- ed, I understand, under tho auspices of the Temperance Alliance; I-lil thc Temperance Alliance assured the poo- pln that the Alilancoand the Prohibi- tion .Cornmissian are co-opclltlng with the Government; so that we can assume that any statements mule in the "Bulletin" is that' uariax 1928 there was over 830.000 worth of liquor sold by the vendor! in this Province. Does that show that wo are having very much shrinkage in the quantity or volume. Tnie, it was more before; but 5130.000 of liilllot fl a, large quantity for a province of ll.- ooo people. lt means. btjhbluale prices. one-half a bottle 'for every man, woman and child in the Pto- vince. .

A QUESTION F0!! HON. DI. MacNElLL

Is it necessary that this quantity of

liquor should be used for medical pur- poses? My hon. friend from lum- merside will probably be able toon- swer that question. He will be able to tell us whether it is necesary for their health that every man, woman and child should drink mu I bott1e=»_`o1 liquor annually. I-ie is an authortQ.y. that subleet. <Laughter_> .~l':» That lr the situation afterpighu

monthsof the two ycara thlt_'_'¢_I` hon, gentlemen took unto to give us perfect enforccmvllfi prohibition law. (Applaluo.) *_ 1 do hut,lmaw-that-these-`li'°'<

much more that I need say with gard to that subject. My contentio that the liquor is just oseasymg. in the past. I am not going tn ask bor.. neue the rremin- lb more ' _ statement with regard or ta. / . cause the probabilities are that., h living in a heaven of his own. I* - , not know anything about lt; r Q total abstainer; but I like -- kph mme of the hon. gentlemen on till

l other side oi the House-some of the

hon. members of the Govcrlmtont, I! they find it any harder to get liquor than they ala two year. me (uae applause.) _

MA_GISTRA’l`E'S APPOINTMENT;

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|through the Province;aud nobody

konws whether or not he hal tho powers that were intended to D0 . given him and which ho hal oililll under the Act. I think there is iii the

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