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ym mnireervomgiege h 4 !"""'m" W . we have ~receives purpose.. Lord Jistice Bowen, one or through | the -- examination, . inquiry the greatest of English Judges, states and report of the expert auditors, ap-- tersely the position of the Crown in pointed by the Government, leads us mntin? an applicant for justice the to the conclusion that not one single right of a sguit, as follows: "Everyone dollar of the moneys raised has been knows that the fiat is granted, though diverted by Sir Williatu Mackonzic not as a matter of right, as a matter or Ssir Donald Mann to any other en of invariable grace whenever there is terprise or appropriated to any other a shadow of a claim. Nay, more, it purpose than the construction of this is the dauty of the Attorney--Generai road. We also felt it our duty to in-- not to retusg the fiat unless the claim vestigate, and vwe did investigate, the is t;'rivolous. question as to whether or uot profits ,_ "Oour cla.im is not frivolous, M&Pr'e» had been received by Mackenzic and mier; it imolves'tne protection vast Mann in respect of construction. and sums of money invested in good faith QF : hosgpiunt: in the electrical indust whether or not the moneys expend-- SiP Ad. eck 'nrub ry long before ed had been prudently and provident-- mr 'lec(tir'i'- led' ,,,"ts"'i"med. an interest 1y lllscd 2;; the prosecution of this vim?e ca matters3 in this Pro-- \ s work. 1 think the amount wf work ie s ole uce ay 6 which has been done and the amount in .&m\,\"\e(}'lim l?ef Kcns o 1e d Steaf' 3 which has bheen expended 5 1E Ns : &A can say is that we vhicl'i has hbeen expended . upon it would welcome the deciston of the :}llli"n ':1')1,\'.1"5."«':1 «.\1\;:&]'511(\,{11'?' e co.u.rt.?*'upon our action. More than have, been. obtai in _Lhn this, we are anxious for an interpre-- I?SO' of other sim'llar enterprises, tation of our contract with the Gov-- whethcr in this country or in _tho erument by the courts; but, in spite United States, would reasonably lead of his braggart words, this is just one 1to the conclusion that the mone what Sir Adam Beck does not want. had begen prudently and providently . May I repeat: by all means let us and wisely expendecd." have an appeal to the courts. We 1 come now o -- Sitr Adam Beck's will willingly leave our case to the cbarge against tho Blectrical De-- inherent fair play of British justice. velopment Company. '"'We , found "It may be that I misunderstand Sir them stealing," he said. "Tha&t is a Adam Beck. I am brought to this terrible statement to make, but I conclusion by an incident which oc-- want to say, lir. Speakotr, that whon curred at our last conference. After we find a poor man is liable to go to Sir Adam Beck bad charged, in ap-- prison for tapping the gas main, theu parently all seriousness, one of our I say that the rich man who appro-- officials with having made a statement priates the people's power and water which the oflicial promptly disprov-- is also liable to imptrisoniuecnt, and ed. Sitr Adam coolly retorted: 'Can't can well be calied w thie!. you take a joke?' I will cenfess that, "On the very day the latter t was at the time, T could not #+e the joke, written to Ottawa, defending -- their T".OI' do I see it yvet; but then I am of right to export power, this company Sceotch descent, and probably fail to which was limited to 123,000 horse-- appreciate Sir Adam Beck's peculiar ; power, was developing 145,000 horse-- r'er".'se of hum.m. power. I anm getting to an age when re-- "We must have that power for the putation means evervthing to me. T manufacture of munitions of war, and ha\"e. tilliel.l many "'"".}('k" that were for the people of Ontario, and -- we unfair, grievously 1::n,1pst, but frots cannot -- afford to tolerate any moreo ?0"' . I propose to defend myself be-- conduct of this sort on the part of ,f?,'.'f*.' the public to the best of my ; rogst &." ability, these interests. % Mark you, "we must have powe; } i for the manufacture of munitions." Sir Adam Beck is a pastmaster of cunning phrases,. He must know ( that the Eleoctrical Development Com pany is supplying power in large volume to munitions makers, As a matter of fact, more than one--third of the company's power is now going to the makers of munitions. Yet he conceals the fact, and justifies his in-- tended raid upon our power on the ground of patriotism. Sir Adam Beck accuses us of stca')-- ing. T wonder what crime he would class his action of last year when he attempted to treat our solemn con-- tracts confirmed by the Legislature, as scraps of paper. This 1 knew: when we attempted to take him into the courts, he rushed to the Govern-- ' ment, and through his influence ' stonped the ordinary course of jus-- tice, We were refused the protection of our properity by course of law, vn-- der the pleas that the suil w ould ucfl against the Crown. We were rofusca a fat which was necessary for --this \ \ \ \ s \ \ \ \