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agreement , a

, Der Value Of Grant“

, ForlTlw Tourist Ass ’n'

Dpposition Critics Of Unemployment

Evcpertditure Accounting System,

Are Confronted With Precedent Set Under Their Own Party Gov-

ernment ,In 1930

Legislative Chamber, April s;

The House in Committee on Bup- nlv. Mr. Hunter in the chair.

Iggisliitlvl grantl. ($08,100.) ‘

mums-r sssm

Mr. H. H. Cox took strong encep- tion to the grant o! 03.000 icr ‘Ilour- kt Association. "who, bgngggy h, asked, "are we really getting out o1 that? We lieu} a lot o! talk about getting the hem, mt do you think we are getting very much money out oi them? Do we "It very much bene- llt out o! them? Than is 98,000. What are you 80in! to get back out o! that H.000? 7w milht I03 |. little gas tax. ‘may come to Char- lottetown but how much money do

o! Pensions to be paid) $110,000, Mr. LePe-ze said he had always been in Iavour or old age pensions. In ml tba Liberals passed an act, assuming that when the llbtimates

would fulfil his " tract" and pay lcopercentannlyioporcentwss paid. and the money was not lranind at Ottawa. bei'ore- June. "The election wee held acme time indulylowuoasasesthstthe Bovernment o! that time did every- thing possible to put. old age pen- sions into eitect." ~Hon. Mr. llactenaie: "What did $3M it in your 1W! platform Ir. bee: "It was in the Liberal plltlofln. he my hon. iriend says, but ‘h accordance with the ilnan-

ihoy INN?” . oes o! tin Province)" Premier 2 "A lot." Hon. lmaiidackensie: “Was it not Mr. 0oz" "Not much." possible to nagotisia sa agreamsn nemler : use. with the s

tray do." under the lpte llllselrslule ling al- Mr. 0oz: "I'M! live oi! their

y nothing tor that. tnnkinl about this mun-st Association. They‘ are.do- In: mom talk-and I can't soc where they are making more money out o! it." .

Premier Mscldillan: “My hon. mend is plming himself in the position c1 being diflarent in nearly everyone in Canada at file present time. The Dominion Government isseNMgupa , ‘department to so utter the American tourist busineb." ‘

Mr. our: “Just a ildi" Premier Macmillan: "80 you say." Mr._Ooxl "'80. I- don't say; I Pwmier l ‘when was buoueht into Osa- sda lest year by tau-lets."

Mr. 0cm. “1 can't say that I agree with you."

Premier Maewllesl: ‘Thou cc noorda: atatbtics. M one‘ time this business was worm $00,000.01». l'sn’t it worth going mart Nova aaatia

snorting

for advertising." Premier Macmilan: "men I I

sge eséig 5

§$ i!

o,9~_ he

=4 >

éiigtsiés g 5-’ c? i’ 1 § r ‘i’

Purchasing Agent (".0")

Mr. 00x asked l! the Purchasing

gent obtained the various prim

mm dificrent quarters.

Premier MaoMillan: "Yes."

‘ Mir. J. A. MacDonald: "He oer-

inly doe; follow up every person d he gets the cheapest Ride be

~ get. I will defy any member of

= opposition to say that one

hing was p that was above

- nmper -" ‘M1200!!! “X am not saying there z I was y "

our so: TIIIIIONI Old age pensions rmu salmon

. "I101. ll WU

G00- Nlhadoill

Hon. w. Mackenzie: “But be- fore llfl. Bennett cease in?"

finances oi the Province." M!‘ : "And you

y

policy of the Macken- Goves-araeni." (Applause)

m. MacKonaia said altogether satisfied with pensions scheme. The people themselves should be prepar- to contribute a small amount. there was no political in-

Mr. UPI“: "We passed the prin- and in 1981

two years sitorwe got it. No government could atrord

_ to pay iiity per cent. and no gov-

ernment promised to pa/y fifty per oen ." -

Hon. Mir. MsnKenuie: "What per- eenlagedlrlyouespoettopaywhsn you put that plank in your plat-

“ torn!"

Mr. when: “We put no per- oeniaeaatall." .

you enact io w?"

Mr. IAPIIBZ "Provided that the revenue ct the Province was sufll- cient; and the revenue o! the Pro- know. was not sum- oient. It is not sumcisnt today W paywpercentYouhadtobe orced by the Opposition to put it into effect, oryou wouldn't have out 10 in efleot 10%" ’

mm. m. usoiransie: "snared-l- lng Ilse action o! the Liberal Gov- ernment at Ottawa’ (laughter) ‘In passing the Old Age mnslons Act, WI; ANITCIPATB ESTABLISHING l1‘ in this Province in a mnnol‘ confident with our revenue.’ ‘that was rabbis.” _ sledge to the FWD 0 -

Ml‘. IAPBBO: "Will, that la cor- n“)!

revenue ins than the kncwlelfl atthfllill!"

czlcluslzmrrrl-e»

‘ Q-as es your house

Iustuyourbcuseholduaynesdlollnlehaalngao u

Ioursido slyoar ‘that: .

‘we.

“thug...

aluminium. Wiabsaltshsscoll

u ill weak-

normal 324"“ "" s: and illness

ring tonic. ouasysmn

came down at Ottaxws Mr. Bennett ,

.. after the amount is paid

u" books

Hon. w. ‘Msoltenaie: "Was In

l"! P?“ I m‘- LBPIIo: "The revenue was not then suillclent, but we migh NW0 Rot 8300.000 1mm Ottawa a: put it in st that time." NI. J. A. MacDonald-

Mr. us: "Consistent with our Jovenue." Mr. MacDonald: “And you Gilli’.- lll! lllyihlnsl” (Applause) Hon. Mr. MaoKnnaie: “We psons- iaed it and we plid it.” (Applaun) The item carried.

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Maintenance oi’ Bridsee ($80,000.) 5 Mr. McIntyre said the grant was | $5.000 more than last year. Does it , include concrete bridges? | Hon. Mr. Sharp: "It dose not take into account tbs capital u. penditure on bridges." . ‘ Mr. McIntyre: “It is $0.000 highs: than lest year."

Hon. w. sharp: "Yea, m 1t is nearly 01,500 less than we eupeod- ed last year." . Mr. Lea: Fwhylm the amounts that are spent out o! the plbvln.

g oial tmasury charged over {or thi:

work?" KW- Mr- 511N111 "The reason was ' that the iederai grant that; w; n. ceived on unemployment reiiei was granted sometime in August, n was made retroactive until about the In of Msv. so that we were able to make expenditures throughout the year. The iederal year did not end until March ll. We could not put those items in the 1938 menu-n; because their year was not oom- pleipd till March 1934."

Mr. us. thought the auditor's n- port should show everythilil Paid out o! the treasury that year. Vic- Wm B11480. he slid. cost $1500 and a small amount was shown in the Public Accounts last your.

Hon. Mr. sharp: "How else are Wu seine to do it." Mr us: "I am asking you." I

Ron. w. wcPhee: “l think the loader oi the opposition will agree that the practice he reiers to start- od with llflmvlovment expenditure in 1N0."

1dr. ma: "Oi-l no."

3B‘. Allen: “The practice is wrong anyway."

Hon. ‘Mr. Sharp: Wrharc up two lens-rate accounts lsept. We iuue a cheque for the total amount, and we let the amount 1mm Ottawa

and a. PW voucher sent in."

. Lea: "rhesums were paid‘ out o! the provincial treasury. The were balanced at Dec. s1. ‘ There must have been a. number or thousands o! dollars carried over and this money would have increas- ed your llsblli is; last year."

Hon. m. Sharp; “And reduced them this year."

Mr. Lea: "What about next year i! you are following tho same prac- tioe’! It will increase the liabilities icr next year. That I don't think is s proper practice, I don't‘ can when lt was started." Again refer- ringto Victoria Bridamha ‘ ‘ in- ad that “not one Liberal" had been employed in that project.

I-Icm. Mr. Sharp: "It must have. been a local condition. because there were he orders issued mm this omen."

Hon. m. MacKenzle: "I do not know oi one Liberal that applied that ever was turned down." He cited the case oi’ Anderson’; Bridge. Hon. m‘. Sharp: "It might be pos- sible in some sections oi the mun- try that the man in charge gave the preference to Conservatives, but so m- as instructions trom this omee are concerned. every deserving man was given an appointment. nllrd- lese o! his politics."

Mr. McIntyre: “Was that the policy oi the Prince county 0on- servstive Association?"

CITE! LIBERAL YRHIDENI.‘

Hon. Mr. MaQhee quoted mm the Public Accounts, 1081. The first expenditure in regard to the unem- ployment grant was made in 1080. There ls no reference to it in the Public Accounts oi that year but

w. mJ-‘vvhst was that tor!"

paid the men lilo and the men aompllaned to the speaker that no ccntrwtor

was keepiss something ialhis pocket. But even than. that inure! fi "fi

lalsiiiliornareillnllsfl vhun he

price Mr LePsse thought there should be B. 89901110 wam set. The mason the farmer was not pa?‘ couldnot aflonltopayamana decent wage.

Hon. Mr. Sharp said the Govern- ment has taken the matter into consideration tor some time. 1t has been decided that in any iuture coaémot a minimum wage would be I! .

w. Wlsnsorah Question

w. Wigmore: "I would like to ak the leader oi the Opposition what sort o: the electors that M ie able to de- tine what the politics were oi every man who worked on the Victoria e.’

Mr. Lea: “Just the same as my

bind if you are willing to go-bsck to cutting kindling, lugging coal and dirty ashes, questions asked. This free trial‘ ofleris based on the tact that already there Holman-Alsace Burner in this city alone, and thousands ahead o! coal as the-motor car ls ahead o! the horse, yet, BE CHEAPER, THAN COAL! We challenge you to try

NiJKlNDLlNG 5N1.) COAL-NO A

Ten Days Fre'e 'Tria1e ~

then we will take it out, and no _ ' are over 150 satisfied users o! the in nearly every other city on the continent, Oll is as far * -» - for ordinary cooking purposes, OIL HAS PROVEN T0 - ~ " it oucel Get our list o! satisfied users. '

. 00 YOU WA-NT? e --Instant, Steady, Controlled Heat

a —-0Ull ALASCO B U R N E a QUICKLY HEATS AN ABUNDANCE OF PIPING HOT WATER.

Q ---Fast Cooking on Top of the Range

. --Even Oven Heat for Delicious Baking

. No more soot o_r dirty dust;

. No more carrying of Coal or Ashes;

. No more Kmdlmg to cut

. N0 Fires to build.

And Only $1.00 ween);

CASH PRICE“-

mo INTEREST

\

with 2 galfglass bottle with 5 gal. metal tank

Installed ma: and Fullyiiuaranteeil Se:

country. Ha did not think. when the government [ct a mod prim should try to hold him to a certain

tor labour.

Mr. wigm r "will he not agree L“: fl$7l_,€.,16§°p°n t?“ 1' ‘n m“ that there i2: large n c o! ‘ the electors pol tics it would

Mlaulrlremrhe levanuawasnot chm," ‘m. m, “d. w

.. . - pat Ocnservatieeor nlberal “$1.” . Mammals: may m‘ ‘"- "“"‘°“ ‘Wu w» totem armour‘ m ra- .ah.‘.pu‘,"ounvnuin¢hlclldhlowsb‘eht:uibani oswwmwmw,mm_ sullloianiiepsrmlioartslinsal-"Mwfl “ma” ‘g V" 'l“"m'um° "°" m“, mgoldAgulendcnemmflfflfluordwzrfl,uumhlfl‘thoz whiohwuuooenut ‘uh-nub, “minimum” m . ylvmthomumue.

Prince said - that

peoplebadeometo sndhehadbgansble

unity b ti“! can't help m" (Laughter) conservative 0n and no Liberal."

Ml‘. McIntyre: "The President oi’ a

Makes Baking a Pleasure w

Just turn on the oil and light u... burner, It’s ' 1,; ii i. control the water 2:011‘: ttgpfeiultbuclylvocaftllleeflinsgeg and lNSd’li‘ANTlI;Y" your oven is either piping hot. IOW 0!‘ miwt\:m"','t'h always an even heat-theta W!!!’ Y0" bake er w‘ a HOLMAN-ALASCO oil-burner- Stove oll is not explosive BI"! of Fire Underwriters. - .

is approved by board

ASK, FQR Qua ‘LIST 0F SATISFIED UsERS

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but in return

a thNG-lilllfl project on the other side o! the Hlllsboro River. Nobody who asked tor work on that om- jecl; was asked what his polities were. ‘They were emlllilyed- C"! M‘ count oi the needy 00114111"! WY were in at that time. "I defy all? person," he addod. “f0 61W m"

s. relhble men. that the)’

did not agree. He

$18,090.

it was because he W‘ i“

1... expected his vote. there was my politics in i!" W“ Mr. J. s. MacDonald referred to dmw on

ISIIJI! I WIABVI! Mr. uPaae said he noted the es- timate for the 8.5. Hillsborc was

Hon. Ml‘. sham:

These Gonierenoes Are Really Serious at Times ‘

answer to that is that that boat is not at all economical in maul-BB- ment. They are bllfllml I- 1°$ °t coal. We h0pe that the new boat. when built, with crude oil will“. will make a bllilvlnsq 50 f" l5 the new boat is concerned. the plans have only been prepared- There ls no contract let yet. and we hardly expect that the new

the BOIXthPOYt Mid." wrvicem"

ma up now for the Mr. Mcmtylei

are owned

oial Government? Hos there

any taken over

Before the new boiler was mmme

it was only about $10,000-

"I believe the '

examination he gives

baa: “You lust put every

within the party." llld he had

to assist m lly that under no obligation to

Apparently the ailuaflm h Irl- I euaasfllrlohnflmcaandlms- III! mum voa run-sis scene-pus

ma teanhaaleliiveiermina- “mum "fi-Thsfiffl'""l“'l"°"sssssmmller.nsrnsnehusel- sad um ommssurmouu-upa» aromas-nonsense- anus lorfllheplloiewhlalnla.

. . boat will be available until 1m m the isli. ‘The old host is helm: flo-

"How many‘; by the Provin-_

by the Fledoral 00w» last. few years, We. gettinfl the Govefll‘.

to (la-nan; Pilots. lir Jana li- chancellor! at herlln. This was“ ‘he ehlerenae that resulted trout" German's aaomoement to rc-arnw scrap the Versailles;

aus-ieaalsreaea WW3‘ momflrliielloleiaueeoreiamvm Gerlnloreigumlnisier

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