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_ Mest im o s C . ocTT --0(} 10910 _ THIURSDAY. MARCH 20. -- H . money ap-- propriated by the Agricultural De-- RG partment was for that purpose. * '"You might as well expect me to ® teach Eaton how to manufacture and sell goods, Mr. Bowerman here to teach Gooderham how to make whiskey, or Mr. Calder to lecture on . cvcorporation law to lawyers, as to ex-- * pect a lawyer to make good as Min-- smmenermuaencmerctemeee ister of Agriculture, a newspaper re-- borter as his deputy, or a lumber-- North EsseX Member Makes man as an authority on agriculture," 1 declared Mr. Fraser. j RequeSt Of Ontano tovernment Commended. . Government Mr. W. C. Chambers (West Wel--| lington) reviewed the many _ good i io. things which, he said, the Govern-- BUDGET DEBATE RESUMED ment had done. He chided the Op-- * position for not having given credit (iGienien snn tm evenaetemeutin to the Government for its good . works. The speaker pleaded for co-- Pl'actlcal Men Needed as De' operation between the country and the city, and deprecated any radical partment HeadS, says changes in the tariff. He lauded the work of the Hydro--electric Power | Mr. Fraser t',or:;mission and the building of good ' roads. veer smm ues ks | Mr. Iohn Grieve (North Middle-- | Kor Essex) | sex) regretted that the Ontario Vet-- NNr. 6. Pucharime: (North: o ce crinary College was not fulfilling its was the first speaker to resu whole mission. He regretted Cana-- the Budget debate yesterday. He' dian farmers' sons could not get as paid tribute to the late Sir Wilfrid | ;:ood a tvlr";lllningr astin American col-- ; j i I eges. e educational system, L'aurner, and .tu.rnm'g to s algcus | believed, was largely responsible f}r::' sion of the difficulties of farmers,l the exodus from -- the country to | Mr. Ducharme defended them from urban centres, but he did not favor | charges of profiteering. The speaker reverting to old conditions. Mr. ; urged the Government to invetigate (irieve thought the farmers in O1d | the cost of pork, to place respons-- (intario were quite capable of look-- | ibility for existing prices. He asked ing after themselves, but he did not | that the Legislature be told the esti-- think there should be legislation | mated cost of the Provincial high-- passed against them. way. _ _Mr. Joseph Edgar (Parry Sound) He referred briefly to the Ontario belleved that under the present Min-- "Temperance Act, and gave it as his -- ister of Education a better system epinion that the measure "was a would be evolved than that in use thorn in many people's sides."' How-- in the past. Referring to the 0. 't. ever, he reserved the right to dis-- A.. he said he had heard little ob-- euss the subject at greater length Jection to it, and it was a measure when the amendments to the act which had given much satisfaction are brought down. to the people of his constituency. Mr. J. Thompson (East Peterboro') VA F commended the Government for its Private Bills, advanced legislation, and mentioned Several private bills were given the Housing Bill. His county, he * second reading and referred to com-- said, was the only one in the Pro--| mittee. _ The Government 'bills to vince that was not in the Ontario amend the Provincial Parks Act, and good roads scheme. However, the for the better regulation of mines t'ounty Council had blocked the and mining words, were considered system in the past, but this year he ; in committee. The latter bill will anticipated a change. He was not igain be considered at some future against the Provincial highway. and| late in committee,. would not be as long as it did not t se The Opposition is seeking in interfere with the county and coun-- T 'ormation as to the number of motor ty--Provincial roads. Mr. Thompson 'ars and other motor vehicles used thought statute labor on rural roads ; the various departments of the ' should be abolished. The speaker Government. A question has been | commended the Department of placed on the order paper hy Mr.| Agriculture for the assistance it has U. Richardson (East \\'ellinéton) given farmers, particularly in assist-- in which he asks this question. He ing in the raising of pure--bred stock, is also asking if any other cars, R n'd through the District Represent-- * p ogher than those owned by the Pro-- rtives. vince, are kept in the Government W. H. Fraser's First Speech. earases. Sevionninme snn on errecronerentrecapmrmnny In his maiden effort, Mr. W. H. o Fraser (North Huron) made an ex-- wvellent impression on the House, when he discussed farm problems. Because several candidates had been defeated in recent by--elections in order to send farmers to the l.egislature was no proof that agri-- culturists were disgusted with the eaegricultural program of the Govern-- ment. Farmer members desired to vo--operate with the department. During the last fifteen years 20 per cent. of the farm population had " moved to the towns and cities. If -- conditions are not changed the ex-- | 4 odus will be much greater, he said. | Mr. Fraser was not in favor or' = the Government'se method of pro-- | # viding employment. He believed that | § the present method would keep the M cos of labor so high that it wouldl ' be difficult for the farmers to secure | * sufficient help. If large building operations were necessary to provide work for the ¢ unemployed, Mr. Fraser urged that | the money be spent in the construc-- | + * tion -- of cold--storage warehouses, | abattoirs and on extending the Hy-- dro. This would prevent all the money being spent in a few places, Continuing, Mr. Fraser declared that there was a growing sentiment in the Province in favor of having practical men at the head of various bublic departments. City men had _ the idea that farmers needed advice ;