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fixtrdvdgqfl“ And Mismanagement Y ' Under 172a Lea Government Are Fllflhlff Aflalyled .In . Masterly Speech By Dr. McMillan In The Budget Debafi __

Pmhhclay islature. April 30.

spew}; on th budget by Dr. W. y’ p, Maclvflllan, (Jharlottetovm, wntlnuod from Thursday's Guard-i

“Ia-he lvlinistr of Public Works‘ mmht give s me explanation about mother department under his’ gontfni. I refer b0 Ri-COIIWOOG‘ hospital. In 1e24, the first full m, of the Stewart Government

regime, the expenditure at Falcon- » wood was classes. In iszs it was m, “Q1441; ‘m I q those three years we expended on pslconwood $315.90".

i926, $105,579. For

an average yearly ggpqhdlifill of 0105.309. New take the three corresponding

years of this Government's regime.

m 192a they expended $105,926; in i029. $111,740; in i980, $138,278. Or, m their three years Falconwocd Hggpltd] cost this .-. .ince e384.-

‘ m, an average yearly expenditure

9i $116,318.

1n other words, In their three "an they spent $11,000 a year more u] Fnlconwood than we did.

110M. MR. MCfNfiYRE: We had

A t. put in a. new plant. bore a new

yell and makerepairs to the build- lng that you didn't do. That all cost money; and the patients com- plained that they were hungry dur- mg your time.

1m, MCMILLAN: What about me number of patients?

(HON. MR. MCINTYHE did not replvl- j

ma. MlOMELhAN: That does not- mount for it. That is the ordinary wear and tear of the institution, year after Y9K" 30W many "9115 41d W5 bore? How much apparatus did we put in? The worst feature of it is that ln,i92i we had an average. @1312 patients, in 1920, 318 and in. ms and average of did; or, for our three full years. an sveraae of 315'

1-2 patients per vm- YW WWW

naturally expect that with thil large increase in expenditure of

v £1,000 a year under the present .

aovernment, the number 0! Pli- ients must have increased. But that

l is not so. In i828 there was an AV-

griige of 305 phbldflbd, in 1°29, 2w. and in 1930, ass; or for their three corresponding years an amass of us i-s patients where we had In aver-ego oi 315 l-il patients l-WT

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_______.i__ claim for damages arising troll WW» Jill'- 85 “my l! this G°V""' ‘he uwoprhum hf m, pg“; men needs it. ‘It why was it loft

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. NEGLIGENT IN DUTY

That is where the matter stands. m‘, m "m". "on". w, h“ so far as our claims are concerned; mnmnlne ma" Numb p" y"; and I say that the opportune time

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Banltoflfl- $100,000 Ill hi’ HUI!- talnlng all improving public buildings another $100,000. Thu we had two totally different claims. one publlllild in the Liberal Ifl- the other filed at Ottawa. both purporting tc be prepared under the authority of tho Pmvlhclal Government.

OUT OF LINE WITH OTPAWA

>Thatisthewayour claims a- ‘gainat the Dominion. have. been “pi-eased" by the Government that ‘is now in power. I have been taken rtc task on many occasions because El said to the Premier at a public meeting in the campaign in the ‘second District or Prince; "no you think that you are going to set a aettlement from the Dominion Jovemment? I can tell you that you won_'t. because you have lost your chance. Your own Government was in power ior four years and if

wssgctngtogetitaahsruof the 040.009. The answer in 192s was no. notthflyearfllhonnowerinim was: "No, not this year." The answer in 1930 was "No, not this year.” Now. I believe, we are going to get it; I hope so, anyway, becaule we need the money in Charlotte-

Ivl‘ until aloof-km year, why was it not paid In llll. That is the quea- tten which the people are asking.

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_I am ‘sorry that the Premier is not in his seat. because I have to speak o: a matter in which this Government should be vitally in- terested. I refer to the problem of delinquent children. You know whet a problem it has become. one of the results of the carving out of this wonderful hohibition Act has been to increase the numbe of de- linqucnt children. You will find in the expenses‘ of the Prohibition Commission this item: "Paid to or- phone and dependents, $434.00. One thing that I always objected to about the enforcement of the Prohibition Act was this, that I do not consider the actions of the pro- hibition prosecutore to be at all‘

you couldn't get a settlement from them, what hope have you in get- ting a settlement from the present Government." The Premier then tried to say that I was insinuating or stating that Mr. Burnett would not make a settlement with a Provincial Liberal Government. But I stand bvthc statement I made. and it ia true today as it iwas then. If thly could not let a settlement with their own govern- ment at Ottawa, what hope have they or getting a settlement with a Government in which they are out of line. and about which they can- not say too much by way of mu- clam? They fail to understand the handwriting on the wally they cannot interpret it properly. ‘they say the Stewart Governmmt legis- lated with its ear to the ground. but they have legislated with their noses in the sir. ‘Ihcy haven't got down to the ground at all. that would be too much to expect of those hon. gentlemen who were so specially ordained by Providence that they were allowed to enter iife in their stocking feet. We would not expecf them to legislate with their arstothegroundbutwltat we would expect is that they would legislate in the interests of the people of this Province, and that is what they have not.‘ been doing, otherwise we might today be enjoy- ing our full subsidy from Ottawa.

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deavor to belittle the success which the Stewart Government achieved in securing 040,000 a year in lieu of railway taxation. They say that all

u ha“ h“ ‘M i, m“ you for the settlement of those claims t,“ stwm" mvmmm‘ d“ w“ ln'y0u i

“L000 mo" ‘ n" m “m.” ‘h, was when the claims of the West- mmu"on_ Th“ h" m. ueoonom," cm Province were being dealt with. ' Why should a Government remain

Moreover’ who. 0| commomm; in power with the Duncan Report h" hem hwgg undo]- thll GOV- lying before them iOl‘ “monk An ‘Mm, "my," huh; years. and not attempt to deal with w" “mama w u" “My, hm; you it? Why were the representatives of hm bum“ mo" M“ h“ y," this Province lo negligent of the than ever before. What. Is the rea- duty lying right before them, when u,“ thy! d, they were not able to get this mat- oatrava- ter settled in conjunction with the m‘ Thkmnhm h" ‘o; "m, gm claims of he Western Provinces? hm o, “m” m humped; or You would naturally think that the easiest course would be to settle ‘M, h, "h, m"; n. om always them all at the one time. On January 21. h,‘ h “mm” N hhh, n means Saunders presented at Ottawa a mun," w u" “fly-nu o; this memorial of our subsidy claims for munch huwgygf, They will have land settlement, which he summed u foot the om, and it u celtlns "n as follow“

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M r elm-v»- MM "u" £65.‘; .li2§$..’°§"‘.ti.il‘, ‘.5321... oi ltculd be showing a reduction in-

ci the present Government.

ma? The reason -la pertinent has been more

thousands and half lflilllillllv Ind

barrow more. A few thousand dol-

lsmr and larger, even In this M"

litad oi an increase. . - hi» ' w.

lands oi 01.50 per capita on In assumed population in excess of this basis. at $1.50 per ire/Pits- ‘ Prince Edward Isllfld have received annually, since she entered Confederation a total of $9,460,189. We have already seen that the Province actually received 8513-34713 i!“ Table 1), leaving a. balance in our favour of "297533535- "Deducting rrcm this amount

the sum from Canada. we find a. 5119"" of $5,175,938.88 due 115 10f’ a1‘- rears of subsidy in "9" °Y mzdfd‘ This sum capitalised would Y9

Prince coward Island an Iddlt-

icnal subsidy of . ,hh.,m_ This, together with ti: proper subsidy Payable i" m?"

lands namely 163.611 totals I .- ‘1394, whom l5 the amount 0i ' land subsidy to which Prince Ed; P ward island is entitled in full!"-

Thh, m, the claim mes with Government of Prince Eduard 1|‘

land on Tuesday, Jan. n. 193° “Y Ilia-Premier Saunders. It is till‘!!!

by About O. Saunders. Prim"? Waller st. Lee. Minister of Asti- culture. Counsel. At the "my

- while the header was away. W!

' Acting mister, the ma. Waiter r .M. bee. new the‘ leader of m! Government. made In l!" 1W‘ pared a claim for increased subsidy to the amount "of 3.818.106"- whlch was published In the Libel-ll press under his own Illnlillre ll Acting Premier of the Province- rogether with that he pet ill I

1930,

should 168.017.

o; ganglion, borrowed

$405,796.94 per

Campbell. alme time.

and J. O. C.

four long

Premier

The present leader oi the Opposi- tion was up against the same pro- position that my hon. friends claim they are up against now. There were ‘ Liberal Premiers in ‘New Brunswick and Nova Beetle, but that did not prevent him from go- ing ahead and getting their co- operation and finally getting a conference called at which the railway taxation matter was settled. Ho did that by L ,‘ __ persistently at it. The only regrettable feature was that it could have been settled years before, at any time during the period In which the Bell Gov- ernment was in poweY. it was quite possible to have secured a settle- ment at that time because other provinces received settlement be- fore the Maritime Provinces. And when the settlement did some It was a good thing that there had been changes of government in Nova dcotia and New Brunswick, otherwise we would probably bo get ting the exact amount that we were entitled to, which would be about $37,000 g year instead of $40,000. However, the $40,030 came, and we aot We Wm‘ payment in one, be- fore the Stewart Government went out of office.

RELATED ACTION

humane, because if g man is fined they are quite ready to take that man and put him in jail, regardless of whether or not he has a family dependent upon him. They have gone further than that on many oc- casions in this city; they have tak- en the mother out of that same house and placed her in Jail along with her husband, and they have left helpless and dependent child- ; ren, sometimes under the age of nine or ten years, to look aitsr themselves in the home. What do you think of that aa a. humane ad- ministration of the law? This mat- ter has been drawn to the attention of the Government on many occas- ions, and if they are ac eolioltloua about the welfare of those who commit, infractions of the Prohibi- tiou Act that they are preparing now to adopt a ‘ticket of Leave Aet in order to let some offender-a. out of custody. then I think they should pay a little attention to the-other end of the adnsialsiraion as well, and aee t‘, it that this inhumane action on the part of the prohibi- tion officials will cease, and that innocent, helpless, dependent shud- ren will not be left unattended and alone, very often without food or nourishment, without fire or any- thing else in ‘the house, while their fathers and mothers are sent to Jail as eiflendera under the Prohibi- tion Act. , There is a society in this city with twenty-one years of service to its mdit. known as the Child- ren's Aid Society, and we find

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Hundreds of Important Values in all Kinds of Dresses’ I 5

10 Only Raincoats Dollar Day $1.00

Silk- Hosiery, Silk Underwear and Pyjamas at

Prices

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the Criminal Occle of Ganad; will not permit it. they have to be sent

JOHNSONKS“

A CASE IN POINT A report of his remarks on this ‘subject appeared previously in the

THURSDA Y, FRIDA Y and SA TURDA Y

satisfactory basis. - 1 ~ = w HON. MR. WRIGHT; So far Bi

TM" h" been a Wei-Went w‘ within tho laat three oi- roul- years

that our work has been Increased many time: owing to the adminis- tration of the Prohibition Act un- der this Government. On many 06- caslcns we have had to step in and

mothers had both been taken to jail. Do you think that is a credit- able thing to be laid at the door of any Government? That 1s a charge that can be laid at the door of this Government, that they have left innocent, neglected children to be objects of charity. And remember, it is not the function of the Child- ren's Aid Society to act as a clear- ing house for children whose Dar- ents are both living. They do not come under our supervision, pm- perly sqeaking; but asan act of char ity and humanity we have always tried to perform more than our duty in this regard, even if the of- ficials who are carrying out this Prohibition Act do not show any humanity. ..

netmqvancv INCREASING

Coupled with the administration of the R-ohibition Act in the last three or four years, we find that delinquency is increasing in this city, in Summe side, and all over the Province. As o result. more children are taken before the juve- nile couris. They come back again. two three or four times. The cf- ficials of the Children's Aid Soc- iety in both Charlottetown and Summerside have dons their utmost

In the election platform of this Government the promise was made that they would my rnorticn of the railway grant to Oharlotietown and the incorporated towns. Year

after year, for the last four years. refonnetory. They cannot be con-

to save those children. but there g1- weys comes a time, and it comes loo often. I am sorry to say, when those children fall into this class which is known as incorrigible, and they have to be committed to some

I have placed a question on the

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children and give them a fair, square chance, because they are nearly as ation from this Government. bad off—-in many cases they are If you want anything from the “ma b me common l.“ New“ worse off-than the children who Government for good ' are crippled physically. These child Falccnwood Farm, or for l-iolestein cattle, or for any material purposehtheir losses if their cattle had to be it is all right. but if you want some slaughieied. They went at it man‘ dairy butter. thing for the people, for the chlld- fashion and the campaign was put Day afior day you will find cases ren, for education or anything of under our Government and carried that kind. the Government hasn't through successfully.

wrong. It ~is almost impossible to got the money. In other words, the human Mlhg u tho mt thing to he tended in this House that our Min- Governruent; lster oi Agriculture was not re- and I submit. Mr. apeahmr. that 3|. nsible for this scheme, that it report? their policy la entirely wrong and was the hon. gentleman who is at that they had better just turn it present Premier of the Province. ed. and for end and begin at the WP and who was not ihrn in the

I'm are in danger of being crippled morally, and if they can be saved it is surely a proper thing to do.

of young children who have gone

believe that a child of five or six years would be brought into the considered by this Police Qourt on a. charge of steel- liig, but such cases have happened llain and again; What would you thirik of a youngster of sever or eight yeorapqthe leader cite gang 0f of the scale.

somewhere, and as a consequence they are sentenced to a term in one in the public press an article about of the mformatories on the main- the wonderful work that the Prov- iand. lncial Police had done in regard to Now, while the magistrate of the a case of dependent children, found juvenile court has the power to in o, certain part of Kings County,

_ sentence these incorrigible children and it is true that they did good"

to a. reformatory, they cannot be work in that instance. They were sent there unless the Government the means oi taking those children of the day will pay their expenses. before the proper authority and ‘rtvo years ago, and even last year. having them attended to and they the Saunders Government refused received much credit for the effici- to pay for the upkeep 0f those ent manner in which they discharg-

ln Nova Bcotia or New Brunswick. have no objection to that. but I How is that for a creditable record‘! may 53y that two years prevlqug, A Government that can expend the Chlldrerfs Aid Society of this half a million dollars in the Public city took those very same children Works Department refuses to ex- in charge, through our agent, and pend $300 or M00 for the care of a took them before the very same delinquent child. How is it that this Judge, in Souris who finally ad- Government notified the authorit- Judicated on the case; and we were ies of charlottetovm and Summer- told that the Children's Aid sosiety side that they would not under- of Charlottetown had no Juris- take to pay for any delinquent diction in the matter, and so the children sentenced by the magil- case was thrown out, so far as we trates of either place? We had t0 were concerned. Ther: was, how- send representatives to the Govern- ever, another officer who had juris- ment. men prominent in the life of diction: that was the superinten- thls city and in the Liberal party dent of neglected and dependent had t0 go there and hold the big childish. and the case was reported

stick over them threaten them that by our agent. both to that officer

such actions of inhumanity would and to the Attorney General of the not be tolerated, before they would Province. And for two years that consent to reconsider the matter. case was allowed to drag; an ur- In the meantime, those dellquent gent case. a case that was repre- children were allowed to roam the rented to us by clerymen and other!

streets, a menace to other children In that party of the Province as re- and to themselves, because the Gov- qulrlng immediate relief. We could ernment 0f the day had ahirked its do nothing in the matter, because duty and roangisibility.

That 1a the Judge decided it was outside of

their record so far as dellquent our Jurisdiction, and we could not

children are concerned, and it is move the Attorney General to do not a very creditable one.

anything, until recently, the Pm- vinclal Police took hold and had

WORK WORTH WHILE the matter attended to. That is an

thlgvgit. That has happened .all0l and it shows a pretty state of the financial situation

Dr. MacMillan then dealt

Not very long ago there appealed Guardian. He then continued:

children sentenced to reformatories ed their duty on that Q¢¢a5l@n_ 1‘

this Government can make _it.

AGRICULTURE ANOMALOUS SITUATION ' It has been said about the Pte- DR. MCMHLAMWe beiievp that mler that no man has done so the potato business is a great, in- much for agriculture in this Pro- dustry. Suppose I asked this ques- vince. Now 1 want to give him full tion: Has the potato industry been credit for everything he has done. a hindrance to this Province‘) you I believe he works conscientiously would say "No." Probably not,‘ but and hard in the interests of agri- isn't it s. very strange cvndition 0i’ culture. I differ with him, however. affairs, that whenever there_is a in his line of procedure. I think he bad year for potatoes the farmers magnifies time importance of his|are almost ruined? One bad year department to the detriment of in potatoes rctacts on every one. In other things which arc of far more other words. the potato business is importance. I object also to the the criterion of success, so far as statements that have been made farming is concerned in this Prov- with respect to our record in the ince. What about the other indus- Agrlcultural depot-talent when we tries. What about mixed farming? were in polvcr. The charge has been What about the cheese factories? hurled against our Government HON. MR. WRIGHT: There has that at one time our Minister 01 never been gs much profit in those Agriculture was the Premier. If other industries. you will go over the records of that DR. MCMILLAN: Consequently time you will find that the very the potato industry has devleoped samc activities were carried on and and general mixed farming has dc- aome of thfm to a glrstcl- extent ciincd. I am not. making a criticism, then is being carried on at the pre- but I believe a mistake has been sent time. You will find that. dur- made, that you have gone too far lng the time the leader of the Qll- with potato growing in this Ill-ov- position was acting Xvi-ulster oi incc and ii you had maintained Agriculture. he (lid valuable ser- mixed farming, if the dalrying vice, and you will find also that and cheese industry and other hc was paid no salary for it, which agricultural industries had hcvil. is something that perhaps my hon. kept up to the mark, it would be friends on the other side will find a better thing for the Province. it difficult to understand. HON. MR. WRIGHT: To manu- Certaln progressive steps were facture butter at 20 cents 9, pound‘? taken in the Agricultural depart- DR. MONJLLLAN: What is the merit under our Government, For reason? Probably my hon. ffifllii instance we feel very proud that from the Fourth District will i611 Prince Edward Island is a disease me how much New Zealand butter free area so far as cattle are con- l5 now in Prince Edawrd Island.