“III-PIPE » Western S U, and . PR1 i L'beLeader __..______._._._..._._ i. L: Zjfiilfiéfi Foxmcn Attntion ii ‘ a ‘In BUNGDO srnvm rox (Ocnsiuiedfrunllsoel) witbstcndingthctisegescfPsrlic-(Ivllltwiilhmdlfsilrstlfighs . l _ _ menttotskesdvantegeoftheper- tiodlttbeoflleecllflTllflA- . n h” ' " Ab!‘ - xnmorzmgctlopemng at: ps-rlia- ‘Illitwlslé Iox s ANIMAL mono. _- In" Ills- .... Qlfldb dggfl - Imlnqpflflg .. l...» interest m mucus '3 Accusing the Prime Minister of he had made. “He not onigastatsc Wednesday. ' nary d...“ F m” ;g;;_"_""",,,,, “gm? ‘""“",_ ,1 announcing policies without du- his own policy but he undertook w ni- School u open u. any m; l ousslngwithhiscoilcsgues or with teilwhatwastiiepolicyoftheliib- Bseedarwishinrhjm-nvwuo“ _ his supporters ‘IIIOIII french Olive Oil. g o‘ nylor Dnli 00., i-lt-tf. -HOIDBDMEAT or boneless beef, beef trlPfl. beef hearts. bee! liver, sold rlglis at Bruce's. Ls-silli-i-fl-li. -B.ED SPRINGS and mattresses, some exceptional values at Bruce's. I»! N-l-fl-ll. der" to announce in adv would be ‘ ‘ ‘ the s -DISSTON cross-out and cir- cuiar saws, sold right at Bruce's. _ L-SQiI-i-fl-li. -'i‘liE VILLAGE 080m will meet Wednesday evening, January. ,the twenty-third in Holmans broad- pasting rooms at nine o'clock. L-sdll-l-la-il hsdnccpportunl '00 mtnt." Mr. King went on. -l‘UB-S BOUGHT-We are con- tinuing to buy daily. We have one order for twenty fine quality third to pale silver. Office of B. Graham Rogers, Summersids 8448-14-11! 411N614) BREEDING RATION IOR FOXES for the mating season and SUNGID Gestation 8t Whelp- jng Ration for vlxens following mating are available at your near- est dealer. Il-Mlfi-l-hfi-ts-tf. —A SPECIAL TRAIN leaves Borden at 5.30 today, picking up passengers at all stops en route, for the first game of the Island Inter- mediate League at Sumiriersidc. Burden Nationals vs. Sumnicmde lCrysteis. Return fare. fl) cents. L-8728 ied by the ‘Pzime Minister was, and Germany. one who does." spoken his mind. -l'0XltfEN.—Thc latest feeding ideas developed by leading authori- ties on feeds, are incorporated in HUNG-IO 1'0! llbcds. W6 are coai- stantly improving our feeds from year to year by adding any practic- sl new idea developed. We do not stand still. L-3715-1-22-tstf. -rkornssoa oscAa ans of Ohio State University Agricultural college, the 2nd largest Agricultural College in the United States, is ad- viser for IN'I‘ERlNA.TIONAL FOX d: ANIMAL FOODS LTD. The latest iced developments all over the world are either studied by him or if! the results of his work. Feed SUN- GLO For a Livestock Ilbeds and feed the H81‘. rams-maul: -NEW SiIUDY GROUP-A study group was organized on Friday af- ternoon, the llth inst, in 01cm‘! School under the direction of In-‘t spcctor Smith. The meeting, which was fairly well attended, elected I'd- win MacNeih, Principal of Knuts- ~ ford School as President, and Char- les Bell,‘ teacher of Mount Royal School as Secretary. A program for the study of Biography and Travel was dialcusscd, material for same to be obtained from the Carnegie Lib- rary. The school work with cur- rent school problems was also dis- cussed, and the School Fair List was revised. The next meeting will be held in (Yileary School. —MAOKIY 7 LlINKIlTlIB-A quiet wedding was solemnized st the home of ltiir. Charles It. Mackey, Prince, Saskatchewan on Christ- mas Day, when his youngest daugh- ter. Audrey Winnifred became the bride's! Mr. Preston A. Ilhiklettcl‘ alsoof Prince, scnofMr. afldllrlf Archibald I “ of mammar- side. P. B. Island. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. A. Card oi Meota, in the presence of relatives and s. few friends of the bride and lrooin. The bride looked lovely lnagownofwine colored chiffon ‘Velvet. and wore a oorssgc ust of Talisman roses and lilies of the Vlllley. Following the ceremony a Illmlituous dinner was served to 4- y guests. Lsterin the after- Ma and Mrs. Linklettor left Ii a short honeymoon and on their " ilrn will reside in Prince-S —-WELL KNOWN RESIDENT- “'° é‘°“ii'...a..°°°“"“‘ 3.3.“ ".§"‘...°-° OUR y fi y W011 of Mrs. Jsbea Williams. and » . of Tyne Valley, following an 0p- "llwl. after having been in the i (ispitai only two days. The deceased aves to mourn, besides her hus- "ld the following children. Mrs. - 8. Ramsay menace). ltortbem: rs. A. B. llcfsrlsns, (Basel). Bed- llt“. Mrs. I. 0. Rayner, (Harriet), revellers Holt: Mrs. Roy Con-iii. (Sylvia). Southampton, Mass; lid- Tyns Valley; Sadie, Lynn. - ‘ , N.- 1.; ‘uutis. ‘may, 11.24am. Barman ' acrsrlsne. (Belle), Bcdcquc: lawart. xsnsuigtou Dari an he homestead, also the following ' llwrs and sisters: Thomas of alien. Mesa: Robert, Coleman, r. J-zm-snissnssllsrtigali, Boston: rs Nell McPhee and ma. Wm. - than. P. r. i. and rs. w. I deceased llwusht of in the community w: lllehshsiivedandwhsiosbs ~- missed. Amsmbu- from now on." and the need arose istries lost oile- By-llcctions was the result of the ‘by-elections lay-election self. was not very enthusiastic. recent differences moms old order mlhlic servant. said Mr. King. ‘rrade and Commerce, he CASE." dsr had gone with respect to a sions Kim. for defending m. King's Protests Wbslihe “dinnsntiiug hsdtaksn stopstoprotest wouldcoirtinue todoso in isletiori brought down of parliament was R part The deceased inds Ramsey. llomss former-Ly it PRIPARAfifi JMnKingob- served thsbeltthings of the old order lied been aban- doned It might be part of "the ...i. ‘s: ance what from the Throne, w. King con- tinued. “but l like the old order when some courtesy was shown to the Crown. Do we not meet here today with statements put in the 31inch from the Throne which the ministers of the Government have ty consider? "in all due respect to the Right Honorable gentleman I must say that he does not speak of these plans as the plans of the govern- "H: M!!! 0! ‘my plans‘ and or ‘my Rover-muesli!" In tho speech from the ‘Ihronc there was also refer- ence to “my government.’ "Whose government is it?" Mr. King quer- Befeiences to “my government” Mr. King said, "very significant." ‘Phat was what might be heard in Italy The heed of one government had been quoted as saying of his min- isters, "Everyone is free to speak his own mind-but God help the When he looked at the seat assigned to the former minister of Trade and Commerce (Mr. Stevens) he could not help thinking that one minister had At the caucus which he under- stood was to be held tomorrow the government supporters would have their first. opportunity cf discussing the new policies, said Mr. King. “Then they will be told what they must IIU and whet they must do Another part of the “old order“ had been the custom of a govern- ment, when its policies had failed to formulate new ones. of going to the people for their approval, MI. King said. "Under the old system when min- the confidence of the. people they invariably went to the people. Can there be any doubt of * the present government noteiijoyr, in: to be reformed, ing the confidence of the people?" The surest; test of such confidence Mr. King continued. ‘There had been l0 since the Ottawa Imperial ferenoe of 1992 and all but one gone against the administra- tion. "The government." Mr. King declared. "has not carried a single except Toronto lilast where its candidate won by a. min- ority vote. sndJ take it he. him- Mk. Kine referred again to the between the Prism Minister and m. Stevens At that time Mr. Bennett was recog- nizing one part of the old order when he reprimanded a minister for dismissing matters in public which were within the purview of a committee of the House of Com- Mr. Stevens had been asked to apologise so that some rules of the mlrsht obtain and that there should ‘he confidence in a thy when the Prime Minister had been so scrupulous in the practices and customs of government in the case of the frrmer minister of "might have been n. little more careful in observing the customs in his own The nld order was gone accord- in: to the Prhne Minister. Well. said the Opposition leader. the old or- Brit- ish Mrlievnent-rv- fractious in this PW-"asncnt within the last few ses- Yn his recent speeches the Prime Ministc had criticised him. said Mr. stitutional rights. When no more on this sub- ioct "it-was because rhave looked upon the constitution of this coun- try as the safeguard of its liberty." had seen stops token the constitution," he and the name of fmedom and liberty. Leg- by the gov- ernment had been a "stealthy alien- ation of the authority and control D . "very ohivnlrous" on the of the Prime Jlinister‘ riot- the United Church. she took s greet in its various activities. was Isl- dsugbtsr of the lets Robert and Annie liiis oi Freeland, Lot m. It is interesting to notethat fnadditlontothoss also survived by children and ml party." asserted w. King. M“! think tbs most last one in Ottawa in which the Prime Minister ensfliod irisorne her- oic shadow-boxing against myself," - the c, “- Having the legislature. Mr. Bennett pro- ceeded to monopolize the powers oi the judiciary. and enjoying mon- What had the Prime Minister tows? the victim in the docket," stated Mr. King, The Prime Minister had gone further and had assumed the role of counsel for the defence. 11196111118 to Mr. Bennett's radio br ’ ‘ on that occasion, contin- ued Mr. King, he had thought to himself: "You are lucky you have not been put into that plan's hands to defend you." Mr. Bennett had assumed tbs role of jury as well and had brought in a verdict the Libeml party was Bllllty 0f a Dflllfiv of “iaissez faire." new order of the Prime Minister "It is a. pretty cheap order." Was the restoration of titles part question when the government had lKHOred a resolution of the House of Commons Icainat the restora- tion of titles. "and that is the will of the one who happens to be at the head of the government." The Prime Minister, he continued. had stated he was going to reform the capitalistic system, but the pro- posals he had indicated “only touches the fringe of some of the evils of tho capitalistic system.” They did not go to “the heart of the evils." All In His Book Ilf the capitalistic system was go- “the place to " dustrial policy in 100 difierent ways." for a ,, ‘ election." hos-motion. in industry," said M: heading “Industry and humanity.‘ Bennett said “No, no," and problems of indust y. til! P901110 should reeifll ills impossible government opposite policy. By-Iiloctlons erel majorities. "Iii the face of that," be said the right to what right. does P0156! the ultimate success polls which he wanted. “I-Ie wants votes," said Mr. "that is why, having end unemployment and failed, hav 1118 that. - The people of parliament. any one of the solution. 'I‘he a not have been done State C. l-I. Cahsn. "I am not the government and they did.” retortcd m. nl. t0 ‘and lay-elections on short now before an electio bold and extraordinary all his psflormenoee was the - leader went on. mon lilcd the powers of opoly as h did “hid the BN3! Ill to himself?’ who so far as to assume the role 0f prosecutor “and I began to be If, said Mr. King, this procedure of condemnation was part of the of the new order? wondered Mr. King. Particularly. he asked this ‘The new order ex- presses only one will. he remarked, begin is by sharing with labor and the cmiimunity the control of in- ML“. King's views on this question had. been contained in a book published l8 years ago. "not on the eve of an election and to which I have given expzesaion These views had not been advanced to “serve "The only way to sflect s. trans- King, "is to do away with what re- mains of an autocracy in industrial control and institute a rule of de- Any one who had listened to the speech from the ‘Throne or Mr. Bennett's radioutteranoes wouldsec that the Prime Minister had been (A book written by Mr. King). Mr. m, be always on the statutes." King retorted that if the Prime Minister hsd not read it he was not greatly interested in solving the It was an established rule of rc- sponsiblc government that a minis- which lacked the confidence of . By bring- in entirely new policies the gov- ernment confessed the failure or the. policies on which it had been elec- ted and its defeat in by-electioais proved it lacked public wllfldcnfle- Ilurther Mr. King contended it was to defend a. System of in which s. ministry should be elected on one policy and ‘before resigning take an entirely The Liberal leader then recount- ed the results of by-electlons in dc- tail, citing the figures of increased Liberal majorities and of Conser- vative majoritiss turned into Lib- mqw can the government say it has continue in omce? By it bring in new pol- icies to be placed on the statute books?" ’ 'I‘ho reason for the change in was given by Mr- Bcnnew, himself, he went on, when he said nded on the support of the people at the King. dto failed in all his policies, he now in new policies. But he will not be ablc to cover up his record ln the last four {yes-rs so easily as will not believe any policies he says he will pyut in sflect will help them vorv much." Thegovernment, theliiberalchief said, had "stcalthlly" taken away many of the rights and prerogatives It had now‘ taken greatest rights of the rlvht to an immediate dis- govorninent bad re- pealed the old Election Act before the new one was ready to function and the voters lists would not be until the middle of April. This "Did you ever suggest that during ‘the discussion?" asked Secretary of do not take resposibility for what Kl The ‘object of the new act. he said. was make it possible u. have general but it would be three months from cculdbs Iflisand ahsifmonlis kmlieactilflfid- new sided m at-this meeting AlMz-An Isnprovernent of the Silver F01 through study and ap- tiosi of ' school. Come and bring a friend, International Fox and Animal Foods. Ltd. Sunuperside, VP. l. I. xw§x§n§ nmu-i-za-ai. "The lists can be ready any time within 5 days." said Mr. Cohan. ‘fWtiyl aren't they ready now?" demanded Mir. King. "Because the leader of the Oppos- ition, sitting on a special committee am-nged for a different method of compilation and a different time," said Mr. Cahan. “The government must take res- ponsibility for all legislation," said . King. “It cannot shift the blame to others." Mr. Bennett made a reference to the franchise commissioner taking time in appointing enumerators and appointing 60 percent of these officials from Liberals and Mr. King charged Mr. Bennett with $171118 to shift blame to the franchise commissioner he had himself sp- pointed. The House then recessed until eight o'clock. _ Evening Session OITAWA, Jan. 21.~—-(C.P.)—-R£— sumlng after the dinner recess. Mr. Mackenzie King told the House of Commons tonight that it was the government and not the Dominion franchise officer that was respons- ible for the fact that election lists will not be rca y until April l5. Mr. King d a letter he had written to the Prime Minister on Aug. 20, 1934, stating that work of the enumerators could not be pro- ceeded with until returning officers had been appointed, and that these were selected by the government. In that event the franchise commis- sioner could not be held responsible for any delay. He stated also that he believed that the electorate should not be deprived of the right to have at any or all times the ne- cessary machinery ready for the holding of agenerel election, Mr. Bennett's reply was also read by Mr. King. It was dated Aug. 22, 1934, and stated that the view o1‘ the government was, taking the sine o! the Dominion into consideration and the difficulty in getting reports from all sections that the work was going forward as speedily as poss- ible. Evcrythlng was being done io ensure that preparation of the basic lists were not delayed unnecessar- Mr. Bennett's letter, as read by Mr. King, expressed agreement with the latter that “the machinery for conducting a general election should With respect to that section Mr. King said-"the machinery is on the stat- ute books but we cannot hold an election." He accused the Prime Minister of "side-stepping." If he did what he “would like to do," and move an amendment to the address, "to the eflect that this House does not enjoy the confidence of the people, and that we must have immediate dissolution," Mr. King said, “I would be told that it was very heroic on my part lknow- ing full well that we could not have s general election until April l5." He would indicate later in his speech the course he intended to adopt. May imitate Premier It would be impossible for him to deal in one speech with all the points raised in the Prime Min- ister's broadcast series. Mr. King said, but, “if I can be as fortunate as he seems to have been in getting assistance," he would endeavor to reach the people through the same medium Rcferri to the Prime Minister's reform de inition-“reform means government intervention . . . con- trol and regulation . . . the end of laisscs fair-e," Mr. King suggested that Mr. Bennett did not under- stand the meaning of the word. No political party had ever held a monopoly of either laiasez faire or intervention, said King. The Liberal party had used both means falre with respect to trade. in Canada st the present time. troi of trade had been attempted l-Is would not say. however that ai tariff should he removed. tloln but “to give a larger freedom. terest. I terest." the present government. In his ' ' and would continue to do so when necessity arose. If the Prime Min- ister was going to make his reforms possible he would need more laisses Inter- ference from the moment the gov- ernment took office was suggested as one reason for the state of trade "There is a barbed wire entangle- ment across this country today that, will have to be torn aside." Mr. King ‘declared, after listing "tariffs raised beyond all bounds." quotas, embar- gos and other means by which con- Where intervention had been the policy of ~thc Liberals, it had been not merely for the sake of interven- It was s ease of submcrlinl the par- tlcular interest for the general in- "The history of the Tory party has been the opposite," Mr. King continued. "making the particular interest superior to the gangs-g] m. An instance of this was the protection given csrtsbi interests by the Canadian Na- tional Railways was the largest sin- slc industry ll Club. lhd bun MMslé-Jééié? _ . HR g pecial the endeavor of tho Prime Minister to put that industry as for as poss- ible beyond state intervention, Mr. King declared. He ‘ to rc- cesit reorientation of the railway management with the appointment of a. board of trustees whose chair- men cannot be removed for a pencil of seven years except by a joint re- solution of both Houses of Parlia- merit. He was not arguing the point as to whether there should be more u less intervention in the operation of the railways, Mr. King said, but de- sired to show that in this particu- lar instance the Prime Minister's at- titude was the oppositc to state in- wrvention. Quoting again from the Prime Mahler's address Mr. King came to that section in which Lb‘. Beri- nett stated “the keystone of the capitalist arch is the profit system, and the profit system it still re- mains." In his opinion, Mr. King said, the keystone of the ltalis". system was the control of t na- tions credit and currency. He wen on then to speak of the new Central Bank. The Liberal party, said Mr. King. had advocated a properly constitu- ted central bank which would havc necessitated at least some control by Parliament. But the government was so determined to avoid all pub- lic control that it placed the admin- istration of the bank in the hands. of a. private corporation. Until the central bank was estab- lished Parliament had control over the credit and currency of the coun- try, over the gold reslfltes, but non all these wereturned over to this private company. ‘ "No programme of planned econ- omy can succeeded that is not based on intelligent public control of cur- rncy and credit," declared Mr. King. Although he was cuivlriced Mr. Bennett's social reform policies were merely an election scheme Mr. King said he had not expected the Prime Ministertogoasfarashehad when he spoke at Montreal and said “if you don't want minimum wages and maximum hours, vote for King GUA Of at——— "745 and Taschereau." Mr. Taschereau was not a member of the House and had no opportunity to reply I “He has the radio." said a Con- servative. No Funds? “Oh yes," replied Mr. King. “M; friends opposite may have an inex- haustible chest into which they car. dip for funds but others have not." As for himself, he contended his record was proof tile Prime Minis- ter's statement was most lmffllf- It was he who had made the report to Parliament which led to the estah lishincnt of the Labor Department a direct intervention in busines J-Ie became the first Deputy Mir later of Labor and drafted the po icy which the Department still fo lows. Practically all the es per tainirig to the Labor Department said Mr. King, have been “ under Liberal governments, the In dustrial Disputes Ispzrstigation the Combines Investigation Act, tr Fair Wages and Eight-Lulu- 11s Act. As early as 1898- he hinisel. had made a report wliiohled t. t?" passing of a. resolution respectful fair wages on government contract. by the House of Commons. "Always Prepared" All these measures were in tli_ nature of government intervention and they indicated that the Liberal party had always been prepared to use government intervention to ef- fect desirable reforms. Claims Libel-ll Orlllli The rposition leader continued to review legislative measures which he claimed had originated with Liberal administrations or as a result of Liberal influence. The Government Annuities Act had been put through by s. Liberal 8W- ernment. The Employment Offices Co-ordination Act had been the product of union government, but it probably owed its" existence to the Liberals in that govemment. The i. “ ' l Education Act, sn- other product of union govern- ment, was based on the result, of an investigation instituted when he (Mir. King) occupied the posi- tion as Minister of Labor. The Combines Investigation Act had first been introduced in Par- liament during his period of office as Minister of Labor, continued Mr. King. It had been passed and re- mained on the statute books until the Borden administration suc- ceeded that 0i Laurier. The Con- servative government of that day had replaced it with a measure called the Fair Prices Act, and had instituted a body termed the Board of Commerce. Both of these passed away, but when the Liberals re- turned to power they rs-snnctcd the Combines Investigation Act. Again, the Liberal government which he had led was responsible for the Old Age Pensions Act. Mr. King insisted. l-le had always felt the first step in social legislation should be in the line of assistance to the old and infirm. But, he‘ warned. social legislation of any kind was of little use unless n gov- ernment was equipped with the money to carry it out. Consequent- ly when his government attained power in 192i it had immediately taken stops to develop trade, to make the country prosperous, so l - M. W. LOCKE SHOES for 3 days only -- Jan. 22, 23, 24 Regular Price $10 Per Pair If you have never worn the M. W. Locke Corrective chance to try its great beneilte-yoa csnwslkorstsndaildsylncoulort. Wshsvs s fullrango of Illcslnd widths now, but will not be able to make replacements cxoqit at the reg- ular price. RLDI Sale i the famous OIIIUIIC Crisoftlll Lodwwfil nellyocflendirig Nice InIeUuWIIhGbQ (lo-opinion d lie hhCcQnnyLlnftedwsofhreur Entire Stock Men's and Women's -I.I.LIBKE‘ Corrective Shoes When you oodles- Locke Corrective Shoe an over Canada you would at this greatly reduced airloc- how jugtly famous the lVL W. is and the fact that it regularly sells what for sic svalr. vol "m1 Nell" save at 5119 Shoe, hero's your Come Early i men nave no work?" asked the f‘,,' ition leader. How could social service's be developed, social legis- lation implemented if the funds to do- so were lacking. .50, when his government attain- ed power in 1921, the major effort at first was to “get rid of deficits upon deficits" left by the former administration. This had been done. Budgets were balanced until "for seven years we had iufplllse! and not deficits." Taxation had been roduoed- The sales tax was cut from six to one percent- And what had happened l» the Old Age Pensions Act when first introduced by a Liberal Bill/em- ment into the House o! Commons? Mr. King asked the House to i167 cular attention to this. The act had been defeated by the Con- servative majority in the upper chamber. That did not look very bright for the social 1681811111011 proposed by the Prime Minister in the Throne Speech. Eventually the Old Ag; Pension Act had been put through, but the first time it had been wrecked on the Senate Con- scrvative majority. Vocational l. The only social measure which the present government had en- acted was that to provide for vo- statute books because the govern- ment considered the economic situ- ation did not warrant spending the money required to implement it. Was this to be the fact of the present social measures of the government? The Throne Speech contained many things which the Liberal party had already sci. down and announced as items of Liberal pol- icy, Mr. King said. The opposition leader declared that if the Liberal policy of ap- pointing a. national commission to administer unemployment relief had been carried out, the country would have been saved millions. He urged the Prime Minister. ever now, to appoint such a commission. The Liberal party, declared Mr. King, had been pledged to a na- tional system of unemployment in- surance ever since 1930. "In all of these things the Lib- eral declaration of policy is a much more comprehensive statement than that contained in the Speech from the Throne.“ said Mr. King. that there ‘would be money avail- able and work for all. "What. good are minimum wages. shorter hours and similar things, if \ SIINGLO Breeding lsflol for Pun, Poultry and" ‘ “ Iecdssndleaiediss U. S. Trade Policy‘ On the eve of a general election, intimation had been given of the ' of negotiations with e view to e trade pact with the United States. he continued. So far es the Liberal party, was con- cerned, however, it had asked time and time again that some steps be taken for a reciprocal agreement- "! think the Prime Minister will hardly say that a reciprocity trade agreement with the United States streI-uantlallls Q policy at all times," declared Mr King. “If a trade agreement is to be negotiated," he stated. "there is all the more reason why the people of this country should be consulted as to who should negotiate that treaty." Was it to be negotiated by a party that had defeated reci- procity, asked Mr. King, a. party whose slog-an in i911 was that of no truck or trade with the United States? _ The Liberal party had supper-Ti in its platform the setting up 0i an nivestme ‘ control board, the Liberal leader declared. Its polivy in finite terms, so that the proposal of the government to prevent ex- ploitation of people stock was belated. The Liberal party, too, had re- corded peace and a. policy for world trade. and stood for the development of agriculture, mining and fishing. "He (the Prime Minister) has a. little from the C. C. P‘; he has a great deal from the Liberal party but he has very little that is new so far as his own party corned," stated tho Liberal leader in referring to the Speech from the Throne. The Prime Minister was coming along now with new promises and catiorial education, Mr. King cori- offering pmmjggog-y notes for —-_- tinned. What had happened to it. mom prom," he h“ not canted Conservative as well as Liberal, It had been left inactive on the out’ mg ML provincial scvemmenls had been version on the part of the govern- ment, with an election coming on. against some of the excessive tar- iffs ln operation, King. If the Prime Minister want- ed to take the high duties ofi some of the imports he should join with the Liberals in doing so. On the Liberal party was on record for the maintenance and integrity of the Canadian National Railways as a publicly-controlled enterprise. It stood also for free speech. It stood for repeal of section 98 of the Criminal Code, King. Every one of these statements of Liberal policy represented the plat- form on which the Liberal party had won its lay-elections and would be the policy of the Liberal party in the next general election, said the Liberal leader» Apparently there would be no general election before April l5. He had this suggestion therefore to make that "we lose as little time as possible in beginning consider- ation of those measures of social ‘ reform." lot the government bring forwardits measures and if the measures were of a character like- ly to ameliorate or improve condi- tions in any effective way they PTP~<'“"* problem." MT. K1118 U“ would be supported on their merits. c“ a" w“ m “w! °' 7"‘ ' when u“ "m. mum“ ‘pokm in: . i debate. ' wiuid fsvd continued in. King, he hoped m. P“ “ l.‘ =9 "l" m"! Bennett would make a satcmom. m!“ "75 “k m" the i; . l m - would as to whether an opinion hid bzen received from the law officers of the government or from the su- prcme court as to the jurisdiction has not bell pert of he Iilbqolof he Dentin. ' I-Ie did not think the matter of jurisdiction should be allowed V? stand in the way of any national . reform that was necessary. 58-16 Mr. King. Forhispaithcbeiieved that by conference and by fell-WW“ deliberation it would be possible l" obtain the qonsent and good-Will 0f the provinces, not by coercion. m any ‘amendment that was neces- sary of the British North America Act. In the past. said m. Kins. both the Prime Minister and other min- isters had taken the stand Parlia- ment was not competent to deal with such matters as were con- tained in Mr. Bennett's resolutions. He read opinions expressed by Mr- Bennett and Sir Hem-y Drayton when the old ago pensions bill was_ under consideration. Mr, Bennett had said the provinces had sole Jurisdiction in the granting of old age pensions. The question of jurisdiction, he declared, should be cleared up once and for all. If lVLr. Bennett had not obtained the opinion of the law officers of the crown he should do“,_ .' so. If he had not obtained the opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada he should submit the ques- tion to it with a request that iii iender its decision as soon as __ possible. The Supreme Court Act; provided for such a reference. this regard was set out in de- by watered itself for inter-nation)!!! iscon- jealous of their rights in the pasts said Mir. King. _l-lon. Howard Fer- ' guson, when Prime Minister of 0n- tario had protested against the Statute oi’ Westminster granting . certain powers to the Parliament“ of Canada. ’ “I think the British North Am- erica Act is a marvellous acliievc- ‘ ment," said Mr. King. "I think ii has served its purpose wcll but it requires amendment. It should be changed in many particulars. The first amendment should be one which would give this country chs right to amend its own constitu- tion. It is the only country, so far as I know, which has not this right. Then there should be other amendments to enable this Parlia- ment to effect changes in these , matters which from time to tirno_ Q will be necessary." - I - Important as the social rcforln _~ mBBSllftn were, Mr. King con»- tinued, “they should not be pore, mitted to side-track the molF pressing problem of today, namely, how those now unemployed at present may be provided for." Un- employment insurance would be of no benefit to those unable I contribute to it. ~*;<;_ "Let the House of Commons GE": rect itself first to dealing with thk‘ King- There might be s. sudden cori- suggested Mr. railway question, the added Mr. agree to leaving sdpply until aftliis- » dealing with social reform. " hefinfilagj