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r' e i6 . idteéd recent speeches by Lord Rose--| RORaDi. hy g::;. and cited the great attention be--| _ »eeive ,th?d Areatment ~ their~ condition | t x* 'ing paid in Germany, the United States : War;'ante ._ In the administration of 39 and England to the question of techni--| justice the expenditure had been groat. ' & cal schools as illustrating the need of '!'h:m %%t';fl. for _ administration _ was k: Ontario using every effort to maintain: f £9,603,002.67. That looked like a Jot P '_her splendid educational position. On--. of ":0"97 to keep the people of Ontnrio . "tario was Aa great agricultural' gro-» etraight--(laughter)--alithough of that R t vince, it would also be a great indus--| m C wl 6 § trial country, and it was necessary that : :('T(',g"mt $1;i','00-000 was spent on capital' § 3 its people should be equipped to holid | \'5!40%%2." 'he Central Prison had cost, § $ their own in both lines. HMe referred | {FiCts 8'47)45'-~-§3°-"3"."'3 in northern dis--| F to the proposal to establish traveiling ; Boys, 81'13'5?;8'1;87 Reformatory for E: libraries and the good which might be | oimg, pesyor 1) .. 1e nltoatory ' for £ expected to ensue therefrom. These wight % 23,214.14, a 'grand total which Hbrarles were needed by and were duet of g:xustis: m?%u'%?d jnder administration as a right to the men in the lumber erpPenditurs, 1,386,858.71. . Aa large $ and mining camps, who were opening | {hough ";" truly, but it showed, he t up new sections of the country. Speak-- werega tl'a t 'ag the people of Ontario ; ing of the grants to libraries, he asked | ispense :'V;& iding people. 'They could R what was the result of the circulation | the admini many officers engaged in of all this reading matter ? ' desired h. stration of the law if they f | esired to see a lawless Province, but The Measure of Intelligence. :'263' had chosen to take the opposite k) % The measure of intelligence is largely |ourse, and 'rightly #o, M owing to the activity in educational cir-- | in Relief of Taxation. |cles not alone of the Government, but | . The & in some cases prompted and superin-- [that thufn}\Ol the whole matter was | d tended by the Government. We had. 'Dle Sin cy 1818'9 given back to the peo-- i & now 5,654 public schools, compared with of rell Cel )i mainly for the purpose ' Te 4,438 in 1871 ; we had now 10,097 teach-- 16 reeg ng them of taxation necessary ' ers, compared with 5,306 in 1871. Our asyxl)unisrve law and order, to mwtaln f high schools had increased from an at-- Other. Ins [Charities, educational _ and ' tendance of 7,490 . in 1871 to 22,460 in 158.50 "Sl' tutioma.Y the sum of £91,478,-- ' 1899, and the course of instruction had proporti n the United.States a large grown to meet the wants of the peo-- the ur0n of t_he amounts raised for . 3 ple. QOur libraries had grown from 43| Not p,' gols,es was by direct taxation. to 418. and the number of volumes |' fario i ollar had been raised in On-- ¥ f have increased from 30,720 to 918,022,| 2o un P'reet taxation. (Government i. and the volumes citculated in 1899 were condmfl +)_ whey had not reached that 2.547,181. iz dio on during the past century, and § Mr.Ross then reviewed the progress in by the ;'Oé suppose they would reach it M j agriculture, where the total expenditure 24 (o uOe 0t Ne present one. (Renew-- , f i had been $5,382,698. In passing he re-- fer the ern?e'nt applause.) 'The Prem-- | ferred to the recent generous offer ot. of the "Lr'% erred specifically to the acts f | the executors of the late Hart A. Mas-- on "rri deml Administration. _ His sey to establish a library and convo-- Sild th eg from East Toronto had cation hall at the Ontario Agricultural (,mmen'; overnment was a dying Gov-- College, to cost $40,000, and express-- lively co It was, said the Premier, a ed the hope that there might be many | .m,y Kk',]'g"- (Government jaughter.) f j other persons influenced by a similar that ihe G*The Attorney--General said desire to promote education,. The at-i ged ed overnment was' on the rag-- tendance at the Axr{gunurlag 4Colle,g'<i ge. (Opposition laughter.) had increased from 28 in 1874 to 25( Miles e 3 k last year. As 1 result of the stlmu-' From the Ragged Rage. t ¢ lus to agriculture the farmers' lnstl-& The Premier--We are miles from the| $ tutes were more prosperous than ever, ragged edge. Three miles since the and more prosperous than anywhere last election. (Government laughter * _ _ else on the continent. (Applause.) and applause.) $ Special attention bhad been given the The Premier then referred to the es-- 3 dairy industry, The result was segnl tablishment of the Agricultural College, in our exports. In 1882 we made 25,-- travelling dairies and farmers' insti-- 552,.431 pounds of cheese, and in 1899 tutes, all of which had proved of great | 123,323,023 pounds. Our exports of ba-- benefit. * \ con, ham and pork increased from $1,-- The _ Government had _ organized -- j:)l;:,(li:z in 1871 to $12,803,034 in 1900 twelve societies since 1871 for the de-- | Such a development adds to the welfare | velopment of special agricultural inter-- | and comfort of the home, and increases ests, fruit stations, horse breeders', cat-- f | the savings in our banks, and the com-- tle breeders', swine breeders', beekeep-- ' | fort at the fireside of all classes, rural ers' associations, and so on. \as well as urban. (Applause.) |\__Mr. Whitney--I thought the members | _ Ontario had a population of barely established them. d | 2,300,000, but had given $3,500,000 in Mr. Ross--The, members established | f | round figures from the public treasury them, but we have promoted them. | io hospitals and charities. . What had They would not have -- flourished and} been ziven privately was not on public been useful had it not been for the recorda, but was undoubtedly entered by grants to them. _ In 1900 the Govern--i * the recording angel. 'They had cared ment had sent out 196,000 reports and j for 41.367 persons In those insututious! 132,000 bulletins to the farmers, and | f last year. 1t was a privilege sometimes had kept up to the most advanced coun--| to be a member of Parliament, and teet' try in the world. (Hear, hear.) | that one had been able te put his hana | We have been abreast of the time.j a en a treasury to relieve the sufferings| continued the Premier. _ 'The Govern--' of mansy who otherwise would not re-- | ment has been in power 28 years, but it ; has been a live Government all} these: