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Befsst bye-election and the Ilve- ful market was found in Ontario for cutlve appointment; and that wis to llslnnd potatoes, and it certainly Ollel‘ my reBfeld to the junior nlem- would have been much greater had her of the Georgetown District lnlthe Government taken an active in- not capturing that coveted positich ltrrest in the matter. You will recall. with the Government. I am sure he Mr. Sprilkel‘. lhflt lilheh l-he 8118888- would have brought to the position‘ lion was made of exhibiting our po- a good practical knowledge of affairs. tatces at the Winter Fair, the Gov-

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When the

oh» = w 2°32?" tlons will: res t‘ " andlon that -- ' to refer to a r lsfsgl the leader of ~ m’ b n sentative delegal I 7 of Trade and i: L? ' out the Proviri- _ ursed noon two ,_ n " of haviag a colou __ m gration deparlmelt, “m”, credit of the Goe _ mt have so far entir-ly i ‘_ m guest, because sons

as we developed that marhat the un-' fairness of the-whole situation was impressed upon us. last year, in_sel- ling our furs in Central Europe at the distributing point, what did we meet? We were confronted with com- petition from the American produc- 'I'he only reasonable way of fighting tarli! restrictions, Mr. Speak- er, ls to place our own f-arlfl wall brick for brick against that of our neighbors. and if we had done this it would have added a great deal to the producflveuess and the prodt of our own commodity.

ducts, the Dominion of Canada and Prince Edward Island farmers 'in_ particular cannot expect larger and more progreulve malts and yet col- tlnue the ,' ‘ federal mm rol- iey and the Saunders uvv t at- titude. It _ls impossible to ride two horses going in op lie diractlofll- and it la equally roflllilo lo have the ruuesl agricultural prosperity when the Federal tarifl and the Pm- vinclal taxes are diametrically op- posed to the welfare of our agricul- turists. (Applause). ‘ t". 1 n. with them in the marketing of °°"""“""“ “mil "l" Fwml °°"°""““‘ their products. We should also en- mm“: m cowpeak courage them by every method poe- steps m” local Gwmm‘ slble in the reduction of taxation. “m6 t° “kw” "mm When the Stewart Government was vantages to praspctjvg ,," in power they implemented a pro-ell and I ‘flu repuwm" ecuon promise they had made. and the credit of the Giv ... .l reduced the taxes on the farmers “n” “no” m!‘ rwml“ A by about twenty per cent. Besides w!" r o’ V": mm" t° this they took from the statute books H';,:M' m; gala": I $22212 ‘l? p?“ Z2l.‘."§"°?."“i.;°;‘2 to“ e ‘We i" um every speech that has been made on $1180‘; 3pc, and u is chum’ the floor of this House. I shall deal ° ° m a1 G°‘°m“°““'°

some way of handing them vzlth that matter a little later on. amvn new and M mum

to settle down. _ Old Age Pension

,Cilwzarluogttetown Member Scores Government For lncompetency

Mr. W. C.S.1lfcLi1re in BrilliantFo rm in the Budget Debate

i Reviews Broken Promises of the Saunders Government JVith Respect to Tax Reduction, PTOhibiIiOTIIEIIfOYCGf ment, Education, Old Age Pen sions, and Other Matters l of Public Interest.

. lfilr farming, as I said. adds much to the wealth of this Province. Last year, in direct taxes on foxes, there was added to the revenue of the Pro- vince some fifty or sixty thousand dollars,-7that is, if the taxes were “ ‘ and we were assured today on the floor of the House that they were. Consequently I am safe in mono; that statement that the Province derived seoooo or ssoooo from the fox industry through direct taxation. and possibly an equal amount from income on foxes, mak- ing a total of at least $100,000. My claim ls that the Government oi’ this Province, which gets $100,000 from this source alone, should st least spend some part of that money in as- sisting the further development of both from the debate on the the industry and in ,rodnolng a iln- this House and from the er product for the markets of the from the Throne: but ltwst world. We find local bu erg compet- omission from the platform ing with one another ight in the Liberal party in i027. ltn" home market. Besides this we have prominent plank in tint the distributing centres of Montreal l refer to the mailer of u and London. Between the local buy- Age Pensions. Last year. w ers and the distributing centres dur- subject was mentioned lng the fur season a steady stream the floor of the House. no . of cash is returning to the pockets tlon was forthcoming from ti: of the fur fanners, and l ernment with regard to it would like to urge on this Gov- took it for‘ granted. liir, .~. eminent that they consider placing that ‘hey had hilt hlld llllltlt a department in their agricultural 1° the mg-llel- A Yrtlr has offices to further develop the fur ln- hilWeW-il‘. ehd We fllld lllelr dun-y in 1h], Preyjmm lion pledge still in the um: ' No rnformatlon ls available. nouncement has been mrdejs House by the leader of the menf, and it l; still just s

'\ congratulations around to those who have deserved them since we last met here, I do not wish to be remiss in my duty and I shall also offer some congratulatory remarks. At the first session of the 41st Parliament I thought I had covered the situa- tion pretty well by congratulating the incoming Government, also, the different members who occupied po- sitions of honor and fame; and per- chance I covered the most of these appointments, because they rll seem- ed to enjoy the positions they occu- pied and the compliments extendei to them. However, since our last session, there have been some who have won fame and glory in the lu- termlssion. There has been a bye- election, for example, in‘ that old, his- toric diatrlct of Befast. It was rather a peculiar election. I undersflod that at most of the meetings the local Government celebretles were there in profusion. I attended one of those meetings and I thought the situation, being a triangular affair, was well sized up by a speaker who said it was a. three-cornered fight between the "drys," the “wets” and

' ‘rho following speech was dellver- from liioritague saw no to refer to ed by Mr. W. Chester S. Riel-ville. m yspeech of a year ago and to cri- junior Greases-votive member fortticize it in a humorous vein, I was Charlottetown, during the debate on Isurely in order in making a few re- the Budget in the Provincial Legis- {marks by way cf reply. If the hon. lature. Mr. McLure began his ad-ggenlleman wants to go back further dress on Wednesday evening, April ,tha:1 one year, I might, also refer to 10th. jmy reminiscences, because I have Mr. Speaker: I did not intend tofknown him for n. good many years, speak in this debate. but when thcland I could tell some very interest- hon. member from Montague (Hon. Jng stories about him. However, that Dr. Grant) threw the gauntlet intoyvas not my intention. the arena, going bask some twelve’ I am following this afternoon the months to refer to a speech l had hon. member from Rustico (Hon. Mr. nlade at that flme in this House, it vLCPllgfl), and it is rather an unfor- is perhaps only fitting that I should ltunate position to be in, because he reply. I might say that the hon. has been termed the Sherrldan of member oi’ the Covcrlmlcnt Iromiihis. House. (Laughter), I; was this Montague is quite astory teller. He hon. gentleman who commended the can‘ tell stories cf many kinds, endlleadcr of the House for his speech he has one especially, which he re- 70f over an hour in nrhlch "he never ferred to in his address, of an inci- gcferred to a single note." I for one dent that occurred about a year age. iwculcl say that any man who can It was rather interesting at the time, [make a political speech of an hour, and for you: information and the ior two hours, or six hours, without lnfonnation of (he House I think I inferring to notes is a man who hes might repeat it since my hon. friend R. fairly good grasp of public ques. has elaborated so much upon it. tloils. Unfortunately for the most of I might say that it was a calf story. us in this Chamber, we are not 1n There is no more suitable mcrnbe ;th’at happy position of being able to

Fur Farming

There i; another item with refer- ence to farming on which I should like to say a few words, and it is a branch that deserves more‘ than a passing glance. In fact it deserves more than it is getting today; it deserves more than the longing eyes of the lax collector. That is the fur farm- ing business of this Province. In fur farming we have the greatest pos- slmuues of any one Indus‘ , of ss- ding to the success of mixed farming in this Province, and if lt had not been for fur farming during the past year, our agricultural conditions

Another matter to which! . refer might be said t: be an ..

MR. W’. CHESTER S. MCLURE '

But that, of course, matters not. ItIm-nmcnt lauglltccl at the idea “is evident that other thingg were _1 through its mouth-piece, the Liberal more important than knowledge or! press, and said it would be like car- abllity. {ll-"mg coals m Newcastle t“ ship 9°‘ would not even be as good as they We on this side of the house re-‘iatccs into the Ontallo market for M; ‘Baal I understand’ ‘mm the Bret that the hon. Nlinister of Agri- vszlle, as one farmer in this Province gtailsucs ma, are available, that-the culture has been laid aside through ; would produce more potatoes the" revenue to this Province in 102a for severe illness. We are glad to learn ! could be sold in that Province. But foxes and m“ amounted to 50m? um. he is now improving. and Weglef- "5 see “he” “"15 the m1" l° thing like four and three dunno: hobo he will-well be eble i" We his film“ ‘m’ stalled “mime e mark" million dollars. "rnn l; an iudrlstrv place in his ofilce, u will be a good i ill-ere. A are“ mew Cm Wefeshlll" in which our Government should

Immigration Department Needed

In dealing with agriculture there

cfthis House to associate with a calf [speak v/ithout. notes. Consequently, the "tongs"! (Lsushier) lvhelhel‘ thing if he could take his placehicd to Ontlflo. Mid l hm lhhmea now ‘take part by encouraging L5_ another mane, that m,“ ma]; tlen promise that ms nolboe story than the gentleman who just ;Mr. Speaker, with your permission 1 this was applicable to the three great on me floor o; (m5 140,159 andilllill. one buyer. who had a grosp of 1n some mutt-er the "smaller very cmsely and that is immigration fled w‘ I think‘ Mn 5mm leld that Story- (Lilllzhter. The story. ,‘sha1l have to refer to some notes ee- political parties that were reprcsent- assist the 47,955,“. gdmjnistyatlonfifllibin stores, imported from this taxman,’ to add “m. branch I wish to can ta me- anemic“ of we should hue a “we m,

as he told it, was at the expense of ‘crnionally in making a few observe. a certain newspaper, and I thorough- tticns on the Budget. c = ‘

ilfinliftiioftiie ilznttsillciliri; T“ King.‘ “"7"” this: It scams that one of the farm- Not having had an opportunity of ers in the district which my hon. speaking on the Draft Address, my friend has the honor now of reprc- Ifirst thought is to join in thankful- renting had a very fine calf which ,l‘.C3S and gratitude .\;th other hon. he was preparing for the Exhibition, lmcnlbers to Divine Providence the; and somehow or o.hcr this calf be- lour gracious Majesty, King George, came sick. I do not believe he toldiis how rapidly convalcscmg, "Mgy us whether or not there was a nurse he live long to reign over us," is a or a physician in attendance so I will sentiment that we did not expect not say that there was; but accord- |to put into “@1115 at, the begmm-ng ing to some versions of the story my tut his severe illness, Dunn; the up hon. friend saw the patient," cnd it 11955 of m5 Majesty a great deal o! finally sickened and died. love and esieem was shown by all

Hon. Dr. Grant: I clidnt say that. m5 gubjgcts, which can not but benb ‘ Mr. McLure: At any rate, irdied. ‘m, the 3mm, Empire as "I shows to and I understand there was a sort ‘the ‘vm-ld the solidity or that are“ of post mortem examination held to icgd Anghrsaxon institution. Com find out the cause of death of this sutuuonal Mcnnchm valuable calf. And it was found that I might also mention, Mr. speaker, It died from eating a newspaper. that since we last met in this Cham- . Hon. Dr. Grant: The Guardian. be, Mme has m ‘ ’ Mr. McLure: nut there was a little q, number o, meteydézrégiyagltnflfi: Ieqnel to that which my hon. friend

ed, I am not prepared to substanti- ate.

However. there were three parties in that contest, as we all know. The first was the Prohibition party, with its standard-bearer Mr. W. E. Bent- ley. K. 0., ,a man who by his ability to organize a. campaign in the year i927 as the right bower of the Lib- oral party, brought that party to victory and to the place its member: occupy today. However, in 1928. for reasons well known to us, these two parties, the Liberal party and the Prohibition party, were not united. Something had happened in the meantime, and the Llberul party turned and bit the hand that fed them in 1927. (Applause).

but we cannot hope for that during Province 162 cars loads. the present session.

to their mixed farming. I feel sure that if the Govemmeny, will take the matter in hand it will be of great benefit to many of the farther-s. l-hTOlIShout this Province. We have heleeillll free from alkali and which Droduccs the very finest furs. All we heed}? Sdlfne dellelflmellllq encour- age many of the smaller farmers to produce a steady commodity for the market. Besides this, the general farmer who is producing beef can find a market for his cheap fed beef --what we call grass finished meat, at the fox ranch. Last year there was imported into this Province something like $600,000 worth of beef from other Provinces. The formers here who are not raising foxes can produce meat and can find a mark. et tothat extent right, at home,

l might mention also. in connec- tion with fur farming, that fur bear- ing animals and the equivalent of fur bearing animal; have played a wonderful part in the life of the p39.

on this important subject. i the Rules and Orders oi this lature we submihod a. questiu ing the leader of the Gov what. information he had l0 with reference to Old Age '- We also asked to lmvc rabid communications between the '» authorities and ihn Govern the subject. The only rrllb’ ccived was: "This enqulf! answered by making one ply, namely, that with our revenue the Government l! w- prosent to establish Old Age v in the Province." This was s ~ the leader of the House. Nowll nection with a matter oi thll v do not think that such an ~ acceptable in face of the i that have been made. 11111 plank in their platform lllll great deal of influence il i last election campalsll- ll"! “l public platforms throufhellll‘ vlllee the Conservative numb!

this House the fact that a few months ago a strong delegation of farmers and business men through- out the Province waited on the Gov- crnment with a resolution urging the establishment of a Provincial De- partment of Immigration and Col- onization. I have before me that re- solution, which was passed unani- mously at a farmers’ convention dur- ing Farmers‘ Week, 1928 and was en- dorsed by every Board of ‘Iradairl, the l-rovlrlce. In this resolution u: is pointed out that we have no records and no bureau cf information for the benefit of settlers who come here. These business men, and_ farmers urged upcn the Government the need of having s. department to deal with these matters. True. the Department of Agriculture has interested itself in some cases that have ~been brought directly to its notice. but we have no record of the immigrants who have arrived here, no means of knowing how many of them have

Opportunities Mbsed

i ' . ‘ The Pnm c" spew‘ Our Government should alvaysv

While the leader of the Govcrn-ltake advantage of advcrtislngtllc‘ ment was speaking on the Budgcr he j Province and thus procuring a mar- i seemed to have a strong desire toWzct, and the admission on the part‘ raise a camouflage about the finan-Eol‘ the ‘Government Organ tbst__tlle_ Ciel condition of the Province, anujPrcmier had allowed himself to be much time was devoted especially lo fbluffcd out of doing so on this oc- ihe agricultural situation. Prisslblyimsleh is Ceilhlhli’ e Dltiflllle me- this was clue to the absence of the ‘For instance, the year before, when Minister cf Agriculture, I; is lmfgs- they were thinking of putting on an sible for me to follow the Premicrln exhibit of potatoes in Ontario, me all the details of his remarks on thh Premier of this Province was odds- subject, so I shall content myself ed, I understand by the Wdeffll with a few observations on some of Minister 0! Asriculture, that we had mo ‘statements he made. better not make an exhibit of po- I was sorry to hear the leader of til-bell l5 the Pfevlhee Ol New this House make an attack in his Brunswick was going to put on a il- budgct speech on the press of ch15 milm exhibit. He suggested that-Ive Province; and he did it with consid- 51101116 exhibit Oysters ill-Bleed; end erable venom and spleen. The hon, this Government ghve way to that gentleman is not or" present in his request. The opportunity of shovnns seat, and perhaps I had hotter leave our products in Toronto at the Win- my remarks on fins subject “my; he ter Fair l5 somcthindxthut we should

Too Much Manna!

The next party represented was the Conservative party, with their standard bearer Mr. George Mac- Lean, who would have made s. wor-

_°1' lhls Lesislature. have been tak n my "Plesentnlve 1°’ m" blew?" ,. . 1 i; k q l, f pic of Canada,‘ If will ta d with I th n,“ taunted as being heard”! * llid not tell, The way l heard it We! ‘away. I would like to echo the so: district of Belfast. But the hidden makes, a: i aprzcagatfl’ tzecglmeatl ‘Q3193; 121:; 1:2: TAD: Zreitt: 2:: early history of oufodlountryrei: ctcllle lilo’: have mildew 'I?he £053, o; gard to the aged poor in ill . , l - '7 I ‘ I - l that after an analysis of the 510m- vtiments so finely expressed by hon. mltnna, ' ' ' '7 elllehded. ‘ his Kifgfon? Ln‘ ' u_ y s market m. mmmes is y”, Wm,“ onizaticn and civilization, you will Trade and the farmers assembled at "M" “flu” "c h“ M‘

Ooh and the cud of that calf, it was ‘ found that it died of a new disease

called llypocritlcus, caused by the

‘eating oi’ an issue of The Guardian

which contained the speech of my

hon. friend on Prohibition.

(Loud laughter and applause).

to take this matter up will“ oral Government.

defeat for the time being,

The third party, with their repre- sentative Mr. Callum Bruce, was the winner; and I want to congratulate him, as he has been congratulated in this House, because he is a young man of promise, and of a race and name for which I have the greatest admiration. But, Mr. Speaker, I am afraid I cannot say the same about his political faith.

In o- ection with this bye-elec- tion there was another post of honor that was made available: that was a seat among the mighty minds of the credibly informed that there was much sec-sawing iand pulling and manipulating before that coveted po-

members of the House to the mem- Ory of the Hon. John Agnew, the Hon. Alexander Bannerman War- burton, the Hon. John H, Bell 3nd the Hon. Lauchlin L1e¢mna1d_

Ml’. Aznew was in his time the honored Speaker of this House; a ma" W110- BS lt has been said, lived a worthy life, who took a great in- lerest in the affairs of his church, in the business interests of hi, Pro- vince and in the political questions 1°! the day; and he leaves n place m“ Wm Ieqlllre a real man to nu.

In the passing of the Hon. Judge Warburton this Province has 10;; one 0i’ its greatest public men. His pub- lic record is one that any man would

have bccn hat the Go ernmcnt done something to assist or farmers in advertising thck produ ts.

find that the fur industry is closely connected with the social and even the religious life of our people. When you read that history you will read also of the foundation of the fur trade, because Canada was the first to encourage this great industry which is grown to be the sixth‘ great- est in the whole world.