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cmemnsantee uesn n ommnncmmmenrh f 7 | r h didic Y¥ * ® # e f T i d 'din for Ontario Assoc. for Blind Seeks Bill Introduced P."°'fd NS *9"" 1 e . . | ¢ On Appointment of Com-- | Fuel Investiga ! s. ;# m mission | Progra ' a andrintds aniesiacast olsn inss ' v--namemenmmennemmmsmmmemm im I ' M f : MMISSION f SIGHTLESS WAR VETERANS MAY APPOINT COW I _" ' j y tion in Peat De-- Government is Urged to Make Pro-- iB asis of ; Co.opera Sought Be-- } ' vision for Rchabilitation of \'elox)mentDScheme oJ 0s ! | | tween Dominion * Blinded Soldiers. | 5y o tario Governments. A 'deputation of members of the | mm t Ontario Association for the Blind | _ To carry out a comprehensive pro-- ' ' and the Canadian National Library , |\ gram for the development of thes \ for the Blind, headed by Mr. J. 1. | fuel reserves of the Province, the | ' Hiancock of ('.}a'ht. President c;t the 'Ontario Government intends to &D°| ? former association; waited on the { point either a Fuel Controller or & Ontario Government yesterday !Commission to conduct an investiga-- l morning, asking for the appointment [ tion. and take charge of these re-- of a perma,n' ent Commission for the 150"""3' The necessary legislation Blind to jook after the Institution giving the Government wide pow-- for the Blind at Brantford, and to ers to carry out this work was in--| ' (Shke care of blind persons.f'rom in-- | troduced in the Legislature yester-- | fancy. It was pointed out that there 1da5' by Hon. G. Howard Ferguson.l are some 1,500 blind persons in the | and the bill was given its first read-- Province, and that this number will i'ing. The Minister of Lands, For-- | be increased when Ontario's blinded est3 and Mines explained to the 2""'"'31 return 'fm';' mm% d'ml;e |chse that the bill clothes the Gov-- cogupt:;l:dn gf)}'eg't;ena; 'tsghoolx\l'l.il:: ternment with authority to carry out || other children in the country, and | the program for the development of l receive proper education. so that the peat bogs, for which $100,000 they may become self--sustaining and in the supplementary not a drain on the coun'try.y They was set sside in P8 : also urged that the people of the | estimates. Province should be shown that 'Co-operate With Federal Govt. .Ibsfigd';;?ofi,txxf g}ai'b;ig;rdevg;:g_. | _ After a number of conferences, tary to keep in touch with the blind | he said, a basis has almost been ar-- aggt:;my lea;fi ochgg'l was ai.lso ad-- | J rived at between the Dominion Gov-- v , as w as the appointment ernment and the Ontario Govern-- of proper teachers for the Brant-- ment by which they will co--operate || ford School, in respect of the administrative || F : work that will be carried on for the lCarlng' for Blinded Soldiers. m development of the peat resources.|| Capt. Baker of the Toronto Hy-- Labor--saving devices will have to be !aro-electric System, a _ returnedi ' introduced, as the handling of the 'blinded soltdier, urged that the Gov-- | peat by men makes the cost excqed- $ nnefe sc ies mhe "birs them a| |Prve beie mronied, and tnege wil in soldiers, an ve em a » spcial course ,ofs, study. & be put in operation to see whether In reply, the Prime Minister said or not they are practtcal. The Gov-- 'he had given this question more se-- 5 ernment desires wide and elastic rious consideration than any other powers in this work, because it is during the past year. He said the i not known what conditions may be Government had appointed the best 'encountered. Economy is desired, man they could find to the principal-- { and for that reason there must not ship of the Brantford School, a Lib-- be overlapping between the Domin-- || eral in politics. Sir W-i'n'ia.rx; addsd ion and Provincial Governments. || that the Government will do for the As soon as the arrangement is com-- | | Brantford School what will be best pleted between the two Governments, | | for the blind. The work is not vet machinery will be placed on the I| § finished, he said ® ground and work -- commenced at" * * | once. Authority is also sought 'in || y mm mss |the bill to expropriate lands that|| Wnn Atr o6 w messemes n esns > ¥ 1may be necessary in the carrying | out of the experiments., § Need Fuel Controller. 'l | Mr. Proudfoot, the Opposition , Leader, was anxious to find out how far the Government intends to go in taking out wood for use next ', winter. | "*We propose to meet conditions as they arise in the most efficient | p and best possible manner,'" replied | + Mr. Ferguson. '"'We are taking am-- | ple authority to do whatever may, -- be necessary. We have been mak--| ing a thorough study of the fuel | ' supply, and if my honorable friendl sat in my office he would think there is ample work for a Fuel Con-- ' ' troller. The whole economic prob-- lem is one that has to be dealt with i by somebody, and the whole fuel || - problem is so acute that it should \ be in t}}e hands of some compet@nt || ' 4 person. | | As the cost of coal has gone up, || so has the cost of labor increased as | well, Mr. Ferguson continued. It | was one thing to compete with coal | five or six years ago and a different thing to do so now. M