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' flce e j Mav. j B | BV OMAP'O ANCLERS OF ELECTION, SAYS TWEED . 2 ¥ D 4J ANULEE Pemnom en n ind | n'D n' t '! D A "In my opinion, the next Provincial but the Government had refused, on | iJ" E Al' lu RE; i PPT election will be determined on the tax--|the ground of public interest, to divulge : Lt it NLH ULI ation of the present Government," de-- t'hfi,lr,'lfg': i';f rfger::;'gga;']fi y th6le should shou * ;::::;: :,'a?e'rg:e::':;:b:;i mexdnlzfr f':i' ge arrears for gasoline tax," said Mr. A a 1 ium ® » ess deliver weed. -- * i ie McCrea HOQGS to Have Fiin(l--yesterday to the Toronto Men's Liberal tracks owgo firag%firfie::?ngseéa&%% mg of Snecial Commit-- Association at its monthly luncheon in |These corporations are the Hamilton & dhids the King Edward Hotel. Jockey Club and the Belleville Riding| tee Soon Mr. Tweed referred to the Old Age|Club, which operated a course at Stam-- Pensions Act, and expressed the opin--|ford Park. All told, there is $405,000 _ ;'?er:l t.ha.lt pergsiog sliw.ouldl be paid by the |owing the Government." § «PMA JE \Y [a4, a99 eral an ovincial Governments,| Ald. George Ra 8 BP '3HD Na.';l i DLEC\n instead of under the present arrange--|city felt it ?'shoulc;n il%etnbetam;:l?etduttg * * s ment, whereby the Province placed 20|pay money for old--age pensions. The Strong criticism of the G v_;,""'."":'.b'per cent. of the amount on the mu--| Alderman pointed out that the city did failure to bring in the report of ,i:,,ni?'ipalities- f not begrudge the amount it was spend-- special committee appointed two ses-- As a rule, rural portions of the Prov--|ing on pensions, but felt it should have sions ago to investigate the gams I:;_W.ince are not in favor of this, and are |a portion of the gasoline tax and profits I probiem in Ontario, was voiced befor particularly opposed to the counties|from the sale of liquor. | the Fish aond Game Commiltee of |»|DPaylng the cost," said Mr. Tweed. "This| "The Government may say it is not Lesis'ature vesterday by Thema, j,j|and other matters, such as the cost of in the public interest to divuige the and Pre--idon! Sheedy of (tha )i ,|elections, will provide the issue in the name of a company in arrears for taxes, Federation of Anzlers. and by Grezory next election. The Premier says, for but I say it is not in the Government's Clarke of Toron'o and was mot py i; | Instance, that $2,000,000 of the Govern-- |interest," said the Alderman. ctatemont of _ Hon. Charles mMoop--a|ment's revenue is direct taxation, and| J. C. McRuer, Treasurer of the asso-- Minister of Mincs, that he hoped t the remainder is just payment for serv-- |ciation, stated that the next election have the document placed bsfore hin|1GeS. _ Well, if the pill goes down better |lists would be complete, and would not before the close of the present seesinu| M' Way. I do not blame him." contain the names of voters who had and that "a broad new policy of ad Mr. Tweed drew attention to the fact died or who had left the country. As a ministration and conservation'" w\)u:d'that he had been able to secure a reply consequence, he said, the election would in his cpinion, result from it. from the Government on .the amount be conducted in a straightforward man-- "Scant ICOUFLESY." lof unpaid taxes.> One 'item, hq stated,lner, with the platforms of the parties Mr. Jull claimed that over a perio( m"nt:d to "23'00? for gasoline taz,|determining the :esmt'fi of years represontations had besn mad M E f O * the Government from his assoc:ation aln Stlmates Or ntarlo but that no answer, one way or t« cther, had been received. He though T I $ f I this silence "scant courtesy." Ota 68' 0«:'0, 000 or 193 Mr. Clarke tcold the ccommittee tha t i on the report had l?f('fl written a year ago _A vote of moneys totalling $68,002,-- , partm.ent, $614,825; Provincial Auditor's but when (jh?lmnged by Mr. McCre:212 to carry on the Province's business| Office, $105,750; Provincial Secretary's regarding his sourre of informationfor the fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 1931,| Departiment, $8,177,630; Agricultural stated he merely "assumed" it had becris contained in the main estimates in--| Departruent, $2,920,770; Miscellansous, written. troduced in the Ontario Legislature yes-- | $691,500.. "I will repeat what I told the Housiterday. While the Prime Minister's Depart-- last woek," said Mr. McCrca. "The The forcast expenditures of the vari--| ment asks for $28,003,375, the major report has not vyet reached my hands." ous departments are as follows: Lieu-- | portion ot' that amount, $27,901,000, is D. J. Taylor (Progressive, Nort'Ftenant--Governor's Office, $6,350; Prime|for the 1wvyork of the Hydro--Electric Grey» expressed the opinicn that atMinister's Department, $28,003,375; | Power Comymission. The various items the noxt meeting of the committoe HMHonLegislation, $378,375; Attorney--Gen--| for this pover work are: Niagara Sys-- Finlay Macdiarmid, Chairman of thceral's Department, $2,439,550; Insurance| tem, $18,045,000; Georgian Bay System, investigating committee, should be pres--Department, $65,475; Education Depart--| $1,260,000; git. Lawrence, Ottawa and -- ent ard explain the delay in bringingment, $8,188,709; Lands and Forests| Rideau, Eastern and Madawaska Sys-- down the report. Department, $3,279,125; Northern De--| tems, $785,00(0; Thunder Bay System, Mr. McCrea explained that a yea:ivelopment Department, $750,000; Mines| $595,000; Central Ontario System, $819,-- ago it had been sugzested to him thaiDepartment, $484,300; Game and Fish--| 000; Nipissing System, $52,000; North-- a summary of the commiltes's finding.eriss Department, $687,450; Public/ern Systems, $4,845,000;. _ There is should be issued to the public, n,iWorks Department, $1,140,303; High--| another vote of $1,500,000 for the Com-- -- 'thas ke had not. and would not, con--Ways Department, $532,.425; Health De--| mission's Administration Building ex-- sent to such a procedure. It was, withpartment, $804,450; Labor Department,| tension, such an extension having been him. a case of gotting the complete388,781,850;, Provincial Treasurer's De-- i proposed last year. report. | Whether there should be more en--| forcement officers, and where tnei money for this purpose was to comoi from, were, he stated, prooloems for the | Government. He hoped that when tho: committee's report was available there | would be thorough discussion of it all; over Ontario, and that the result would | be the building up of a new spirit of; * co--operation and harmony between the | sportsmen and the départment. |