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Mess i 0 0 > en ole } f j | | Makes Good Impressi + -- | The Klngstonp me o: W. F. Nickle directed the attentior | tered. by the close :n efr was flat-- of members to the causes underlying given to hi hfl of attention high freights. Dwelling _ momen given to an. 'p:"hn equal --to that * tarily on each item, he listed them as: f & 5Y app) y of the Leaders, and short--sighted railway construction : Cz'mn?g)eaustil fro,rxn all parts of the !pollcles on the part of statesmen of 5A & Mr Dr):v ie sat down, < _a past generation; duplication of -- follo« )oherty's resolution was as lines; high wages, made necessary by tg Cw s : a That this House desires increased cost of living; and com-- contriecoru its conviction that the s mercial stagnation, not only in Can-- nuation of the high freight ada, but in the United States and rates at present in operation is a | Europe. real burden on the agricultural and . 1 ndustrial life of the Province and mportant to Farmers. is very materially delaying the sta-- __From observations made when in-- i bilizing of conditions so necessary quiring into the situation in the early: to the return of prosperity, and this part of 1921, he was convinced of 4 House therefore strongly urges that the importance of -- reduction in action be taken by the Dominion freight rates to the agricultural in -- R';"'Vay Board at an early date to dustry. And, while he was in sym-- re leve conditions by bringing about pathy with the resolution of the . (?h substantial _ reduction In ' the xlnlls:iter ntt fi.gnculture. he said, he | = rhes for freight transportatmn_" f co':xuntrynt(()) thifile( figiefx{:\}f'f t}(l);t :ge' e Rantdes Sl;jflo Commerce. tr;a;ssagedofithis resolution would rec-- * . oherty, in speaking to hi § y conditions. mot?on, said that freight rates 'werlg The member for Kingston pointed ; at all times a considerable factor in out also that the condition of the | business. "At the present time," he larmers under existing high freight said,. "I consider the freight 'ratee rates was not the only condition to be * prevalent in this country are to a taken into consideration. 'While I considerable extent responsible for should be glad to see a reduction in the stagnation of industry and for Li Eht retes come into effect," he the freezing up of agricultural b \said, "yet I would not want to see ness in its channels." al busi-- that reduction brought into effect if s After _ reviewing the hist 5 it would tend to harm the great army se n ag n i inen ts n@e ninttorn rgin on in ooo aoine esns OS of wage--earners on the raliway sys -- i freight rate increases in the past tems. It would not be fair to harm four years, which, he said, had the great body of railway employees amounted to an increase of 102 per _ in the hope of benefiting the agri-- cent., Mr. Doherty told of the efforts cultural class. made by the live stock men to ob-- Must Ex ' tain a reduction. A reduction of 25 "'The ;;mi:'e Cnu:. hi. % a per cent. had been obtained. This move al alilway Commission must * reduction had saved the live stock 'Seoufieaf"'i Za"el and sound lines to ; men of Ontario this year in shipment untilt nork al ual reduction of rates of cattle to Toronto the sum of $252,-- vail, pui f1,, 2 AdiHons again pre.-- 000, and to Montreal $95,000. Thi poli;*y regird ml;:tnl:)};m}f 311t of that E did not include the amount shippec to the shipper bfit £o thg er?mOtloonly a i--grogitr}xlceg yards or throughout th« and to the capital invested in tr})1e ief.' Th M j f icult t terprise, beqause, if you strike at od fle mx:terho Atg;]r tt:u tl;lt'e qtu<t) capital to its annihilation, if you . gures to show tha e tota strike at Labor t i8C1 amount of freight paid by farmers i: if you strike at (:h:gts :fi?g%fi;{fiug& 1915, at an average rate of $1.5% : bring about conditions that are 3;101:' ton, was $43,578,400. In 1921 the: well from the national point f paid, at an average rate of $3 a ton view." * o the sum of $103,500,000, an increas: Semenssins oninaieecoimmensoress oo mrommementinnancounare 2 of 60 millions. ; Better to Meet Deficits, * Discussing the deficits on railroad being used as an argument agains * I the reduction of rates, Mr. Dohert: Rowe", Demson, Harding said that, in his --view, the peopl: * of Canada should consider ver% Are Paxd Over $34,0(?0\ seriously if the imposition of hig i nes ns on the order * rates was the proper method of meet Several questio he Legis-- ing the deficits paper were disposed of at the & -- "Might it not be better for th: lature yesterday. Hon. Beniah Bow-- -- , country as a whole to meet the de man was the Minister chiefly con-- flci:)s. and let ;he cl?ur&ry get bac cerned. He said Shirley Il)'?;xison, j to business and make e money t | j 4,000 for ser-- § pay the deficits?" f C ces ay Crown $pmse,cutor in con-- % The gross earnings of railways i nection with the timber investiga-- 1918, he said, were 295 millions, an jon. For expenses he received $2,+ in 1921 .they1 were 402 mll'llllor;s. vaI 198.69. Hon. Newton fW.l}iiowglrl, had been said it was a highly dae was paild $3,500 for his ser-- sirable thing that the stockholder: 5{1:;5 in Sepnection with the Attor-- should get a reasonable return or ney--General's action against the the money invested in railways. Why Shevlin--Clarke Company. R. bH. should the stockholders in trans-- Harding's receipts on the Timhqr port:tic:in ctt)'mpanile: ';)e enhtltled }:c Commission -- were stf(,)(:loo:wfgg thlg k dividends of any kin when --the services in connec e $ farmers of the country had lost mil-- Shevlin--Clarke action, $13,553.19; 3 lions of dollars? he asked. He knew for other services, $8,451.59. of no legislation, he concluded, that § would so benefit business as a reduc-- s ; tion of freight rates. o | _ M~/M. MacBride, Brantford, sup-- f : l ported the resolution, but wanted tc f % 3 % . know why the Ontario Governmen :' ©. had not been represented in thc Shows Huge Recelptsiw s # freight rate hearing at Ottawa in ines 1920. rch V;V;lelllngton Hay, i:;rrxhn u(fig | From Lar:)ds'and Hlong Sy supporte e measure, sa e ering members' ques not understand how any one specific IAns;vegislature vesterday, -- Hon. o ho Aavanile t P io App $3s; i hJ Bowman gavve some interest-- * to the disadvantage of any one in-- Bemg ': {esarding receipts from (2 & i ures reg s is ty is on mdonnics " Wit ds ho 'live stock industry be singled out? From sale of limits $14,327,614 haad a .--.__ _Other industries had also suffered. been recéived:; the sum of 31'9(:2'_ + $ ' as been paid in ground rates. & 'Must Cut Opcrating Costs. gg«tmha;ge d timber aues inlalicd f y i; _ Mr. Hay said that they must say 3)1% 556 si: 'the amount received §; har thes. io. mus® muume "4i * from mineral lands came to $2,737,-- that they, too, must reduce the 562; royalties on ore mined totalled & ':b lWith the resolution, but be toon tw ie *n He is Aelace 19iT ) W 0 » 7 > 9,1 in fire taxes (since * * cided objection, he said, when any. i)srsosl)zgtolrré'.licenses had brought in one could specify where the rate on %919,8309. f freight was directly applicable to any alere' ~ one industry. With active consump. § | tion and a good market, the buye! f i would assume part of it. . . " Mss «+ ' ; ' L P i & # BR 4