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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 724. 1916. _ - 're-e-er-ee-r-r-TTT-ICC. . ' ' Vigorous Address x of One Mill on Dollar by New Treasurer Imposed by the There was an expectant atmc.. 'l- sphere in the House when Mr. Mc. T.3, Government Garry rose to deliver his Budget. If,: w" 's 'Those who have heard him in the t'. --.-_-.-----. 'past were prepared for an address _' {characterized with vigor and enthus- TO MEET DEFICIT 'iasm, and those who heard him yes- 1'ii'i"is: were amazed with the energy AND WAR EXPENSES and physical resource that he dis- lplayed throughout the two hours and --,--e (twenty-f1ve minutes he was on his ifeet. He craved the indulgence of i 'the members for a few minutes to ' . . . . . refer to Sir James Whitney, with! life Companies Criticized whom he had been associated in the; _ . . House since 1895, whose ten years for Refusing to Pay Last of omee had been years of unex-l I , ampled prosperity, and who left ltd / Year 3 Tax successors an example worthy to I emulate. f ----------N..-t- Detigit of '69T,000. Discussing the financial condition Tuxiclot, of all the assessable land of the Province as shown by the in in," N, iii I; t H f ' 2 . , , balance sheet at the close of the tis- '{,w 1,lC,'. (C, N I; . , f, t ttlt' mill "t cal year on October " last, Mr. Mc- ' _ . _ n. I n "an measure pro- Garry declared that he had to report Weed by lion. T. w. McUarry, Pro- a dettelt on current account of $697.- l iminl Trinriurtw, m his Vmdp,ret in tlie 928. He referred to the expectation Legislature yosiel'il:l\ afternoon This voiced by Hon. I. B. Lucas a year 1 . . . ' - . A ago that the year would be closed 10" We itsis oi an assessment of with a surplus, and said had not {SI.M)O.HOH.INH) is trulc'uluted to raise u ;events intervened over which the !,-..~\..,m,_. of $1.S00,000. The proximal EGovernment had no control this lis l 1 t" r - 'would have been realized. As a di- . 'yi""' tnil) UH it tCmlJrrvat'y' tax. not rest result of the war the revenue [in up i'tlllilllllt'd after the war, but is [from the Department of Lands, For- m mums f . F i " 'h' .. . y; My; cats and Mines had fallen below the im V up t lf, ff , "PM "em".luis l estimate by $458,000; then there was t at ( mum Hum time to time ill the failure to pay the Provincial tax lower thul Hilial'io may contribute iis on the part of the Canadian life In- sharo tirwaptl.c, _ irst; (r 7 ' , _ surance companies. which would iotm the s',', if. lilullnh the burdens have been about $250,000, and to 1 . _ q .JHHMIQ at this lime. Apart this would have to be added the pay- imm [his iII'I'imsa). Mr. McGavry It- ments to the ten}? of the fueal year mum"; til N W. Imp; . .i.,! on account o t e gift of flour to situation of "hp it": the I'"."".""' Great Britain and a grant to the Bel- . lmlncc. claiming gian Relief Fund, amounting to the! the nominal delicit had been 3297.000, there would have been a - 1,11%", m "kirwjrdjmry WINK)" surplus of about $400,000. 1an.) in") iqu "climates of last you No Larger Federal Subsidy. " , 7 - . t . , . I :'W'i '(yl.'il""'t the result would ham Proceeding to discuss the items of ilwm .lirioronl. up submitied an C'.ss receipts and expenditures, the Pro- itimute ol' In" 115%" and liabilities M vmcial Treasurer said there could be {the l'l'm'illvo. showing that over . I' no hope at this timle,for an increase t , V a in the Federal subsidy. At the last Ul1itlT','r's iittutt "as a not surplus of" Interprovincial Conference at resolu- ISIIinml'nlm, ti.o.n was adopted asking that the sub-N yr _ .1 ' it y 'qe V . lg_ tsidy be readjusted on a basis ot 10 i r I 111 my suid ll m old he hil- per cent. of customs revenue, which .inmmhlv in vstlnlzliv the receipts and source of income was relinquished by 'i'iig."11i(tr",tl, fmi the ("ruling year, but 1the Provinces at Confederation, but , . ' l 'kt . llllt'i'l wou "' . 1 - . ' (row Spam." millions. l fIl?otht('i- I')', while war taxes were being imposed- .anlm to the, OlHHNilinn tn 9:912"? by the Dominion GovernttNnt this2 'thoii- "HMS", ("greedy "Ad 'nm C' matter would have to stand for all {impair sits, ".Mm of sh/ i;rovince .. while. No department, he went on,1, [I Mr. mwnmn. the Opposition "inn suffered more quickly from the effects irollowori Mi-. IlcClarry in the eveninc of the war than that ot LaryltsUi'.Y- twith (I ,mmwm, analysis M. the finali- ests and Mines. When hostilities icial "WNW" m' the Province broke out the lumbermen were forced (i H .. . to discontinue operations. There had , How Cas vi ill tus Coihittsd. been a, heavy cut the year before, and . . . _ ' h", . ' th a prospect of practically no mar- Ariel announcing the new .7 . W , . _ Mail") said: "'Ni'r, will 601:3; In]: ket it was financially hazardous to money "I this way. We will » il/slr think of establishing camps for an-, {against "this and towns, which up} other season. l Separlllmi from ttountie..ss for rnutoi- Revenue From Liquor. I cipal purposes, directly. They will i gone" the 1,ur; for IIN. In counties Thethrev'lenue from liquor licenses- other than these amen! d. . " igaie e reasurer some consolation., have referred to, the tax "will 111itiU The $ir80,210 received was a slight de- k .by the county upon the basis of the crease from the preceding year, when: equalized assessment. The tax will be it was "01,486, but he pointed out: collected as part of the county rate that in 1904 the revenue from this and will be paid over to the Treas- branch was $335,400. and between urer of the Province of Ontario. 1906 and 1914 it had practically been Although we will not receive this doubled, to which should be added the I money until next fall. I intend' to take 5 per cent. bar receipt tax, which in, power in legislation to borrow against 1913 was $2g1i,200, and in the same) tt to the extent of $2,000,000. I am period the number of licenses had: sure my hon. friends will heartily been reduced from 2,576 tavern and, Join with us In this measure to meet 2htt Bhop licenses to 1,281 tavern and! Inns time of stress. 21:3 shop licenses. In other words,', " . t ere had been a reduction of Ist', Only Till War Ends. licenses per year, and yet the revenue! t "his; ithere is just this I wish had zone up. l l o a n connection with this . . Wd continued the Provincial Life Companies Refuse i reasurer. "It will not continue . . . ', t",f,'I the war if over. It is purely to Pay Priwintial Tax _ ar ax, an in im osin it we . _r,' believe we are expressing the sen- . Dealing with the tax on corpora- };Htiment of the vast maJority of tionl. Mr. McGarry said the income ('_'t:l'n"ta'r'g."'"ito,Uht Priovinlcjed o; from this source had reached $1.886.- '. . e era e. SArrt sure, throughout the length 808, much ot which was due to the gland breadth ot the Empire as a ichanges made in the law last year. 'i'ie.8imo.ny, not only of our gencr- He was particularly severe in his malty: "it also of our patriot- criticism ot'the Canadian life insur- _ . ( pplause.) once companies who had declined to "f, pay the tax, pointing out that all In". United States companies doing busi- y, _ ness in Ontario had met the payment 7 _',., ., lthout protest. He quoted the late