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Liberals Sure to Win, Is U.F.O. Member's Hint Farquhar Oliver Ready to Support Policics Voiced by McQuibban -- East Kent Member Attacks Educational Policy -- Reid's Jocular Remarks Cause Chuckles 'The present Opposition will be next year's Government. in the opinion of an Independont member of the Ontario Legislature, Farquhar Oliver, South Grey's representative and only U.F.O. member in the House, who yesierday announced he was ready to support, Mr. Oliver, one of the Legislature's best orators, was star Opposition speaker at yesterday's sitting. Other afternoon contributors to the dying dobate on the Address were: Clifford Case, who concluded the speech h: started Thursday with a milk--control proposal: D. M. Campbell, the new Liberal from East Kent, whose maiden speech in the Legislature attacked Government policies on education; J. P. Reid (Consorvative, Windsor West), whose jocular contribution was warm-- y appreciated by his fellow--Conserva-- tives, and Joseph St. Denis, who jolt-- ed the House with an interlude in French. North York Member. the policies enunciated by Liboral House Leader McQuibban, providing the Opposition adhered to those be-- Mels after attaining powor. _ s Debate was inaugurated yesterday by Clifford Case (Conservative, North York). Spcaking last week, Mr. Case had coupled an indictment of alleged West Toronto combines with a culogy of the Conservative record. Yesterday he rsumed, with a renewed citation of social legislation as a Government achievement, but was corrected when, after menticning the Mothers'® Allow-- ances Act, he asked if any dared deny credit to the Govéernment "for this great social legislation." _ _ _ --_"¥ou mean the Mothers'® Allowances Act?" Hon. Harry C. Nixon asked. Mr. Case assented, and the Progressive Leader stated: "That wasn't passed | t your Government," while a -- voice from the Liberal benches called out: | "The Drury Government." The Conservative spoaker went on to laud Hydro as a monument to Sir Adam Beck and the Conservative Gov. ernment; to contend that "we coms® to the House with a Budget balanced and even a surplus." and to reiterate that the money spent "has been spent honestly and wisely." 3 ues The Conservative member praised the Attorney--General's enforcement of the Liquor Act; Hon. Charles Mc-- Crea's development of mining; the relief activities of the Government, and the work of the Minister of Agri-- culture. In tne latter connection he said after referring to the dairy in-- dustry, "IL sometimes think milk is just as important an industry as Hydro. Some day, at least in the cities, I think it would be a good thing if the Government had absolute con-- trol over distribution and buying of Mr. Case renewed his attack on Mitchell Hepburn, but when criticis-- kg'the activities of the Liberal can-- didate contesting his riding, he en-- countered Opposition firc. _ e "Has he written any letters for old--age pensions?" Mr. Nixon asked. 'The Conservative member answered by referring to his last election Ailtacks Packers. Mr. Oliver's forceful oratory was directed against the packers and the Conservative Party, and included a warning against to> heavy an encour-- ageimem to hog production in On-- tario. In opening, he foresaw the farmers approaching their worst financial straits at the time when there was gencral improvement in -- industry. When the Moratorium Act is lifted, when farm lands become worth fore-- closure, it will, he said, be beyond the farmers' capacity to meet their ac-- cumulated obligations. He notified the Government that it was essential to protect the farmers' equities in their property. L 2 s Cited as improvement in agricul-- tural conditions, said Mr. Oliver, had been higher prices for hay and grain and for hogs. The former, he said, roflected only a scarcity, and the lat-- ter & scarcity plus the stimulation of improved trading conditions with Britain. At present, producers were filling | about one--fourth of the bacon quota | allowed Canada by Britain, and the | Provincial Government was doing | everything in its power to increase | output of hogs. "Is it wise, justified, | feasible, for us to go ahcad and, at the end o1 1937, fill our whole quota?" wondered Mr. Oliver. Britain wanted only select bacon, and only one out of every four Ontario hogs graded as select. To complete the quota it meant that production must be step-- ped up 300 per cent., throwing an enormous surplus of the lower grades on the domestic market. He doubted that the Canadian market, in which the demand for pork varied with the price, could absorb three times as much as at present. Moreover, he warned, Brit.sh producers were in:-- creasing output, and probably would forte drastic diminution of the Cana-- dian quota in 1937. The result would be chaos on the Canadian market. Turning to the packers, Mr. Oliver styles three great Canadian firms "a giant monster that reigns supreme over the whole industry." The greater part of live stock was shipped by the producer direct to the packers, with-- out any competitive bidding, and the rest of the companies' requirements were bought at prices already estab-- lished. He understood now that buyers for the three firms divided the stock-- vards among themselves, none step-- ping into another's territory. "When they become so organ.zed that on the stockyards their buyers refuse to com-- pete, it's time for a show down," Mr. Oliver commented. Stockyard charges were so high, he said, that it took a quarter of the price of the cattle to pay for transportation and handling costs. On Eve of Election. The Farmer member twitted J. Ed-- gar--Jamicson, Chairman of the Legis-- lature's Committce on Agriculture, for a sudden determination to "turn the stock yards upside down" on the eve of the election, and he noted various other "radical" pronouncements from the Governmen side of the House. "'They know that unless they say some-- thing sensational now they're doomed to disaster," believed Mr. Oliver. 'The Government, he continued, as-- Febru ary 2 % serted with truth that none starved in Ontario. "No," he commented, "but many hunger in the midst of plenty: a disgrace and crime in this civiliza-- on." Mr. Oliver promised his support as an Independent to the present Opposi-- tion on the victory he confidently pre-- dicted for them, if they lived up to the policies sutlined in House Leader Mc-- Quibban's speech. He warned them that they must tolerate no more of inaction and drift, but must blaze new trails, open now avenues of reform. "Talked to Death." |or anybody's fault." He suggested the 'possibilities of a moratcrium on gar-- nishments, remarking that, while his people were just beginning to get some money, the lawyers' desks were piled high with garnishees. East Kent Explains. Regarding the second year Normal School course, he estimated that rural teachers would earn an average , of only $600, and at this salary they could not afford the extra tuition. Turning to the demand for reduced interest rates. Mr. Campbell went fur-- ther to suggest that tax penalties on the farmer also were too high. He asked "what policy the Government had in mind when it allowed a num-- ber of farms in Kent County to be sold for taxes in November, 1933, where the Agricultural Dsvelopment Board had sold the mortgages. A priv-- !t'.:e individual would have paid those xes." "It's a terrible death to die., to be talked to death," J. Fred Reid (Con-- servative, Windsor Wes.) remarked as he began his contribution to the debate. Toronto received special compli-- ments from the member for Windsor. "You know, this is a wonderful city," he commented, with suspicious en-- thusiasm. "They're 100 years old, and cne--half of the people don't know this Howe is sitting, and the other half don't know who represents them." The member for Windsor surmised "that they're still using some of the cars they had a hundred years ago, for they're as cold as a stepmother's kiss." He included the Bluenose in his survey of the cily, but suggested that "per-- haps some other kind of a schouner might do the city more good." _ _ Occasionally Mr. Reid lapsed into seriousness, bearing witness that W. E. N. Sinclair, K.C., would have the respect of "right--bearing Liberals and right--thinking Conservatives." A min-- ute later he was twiting Dr. McQuib-- ban's bachelorhood and remarking: "I'd like to see him minding a baby on some election afternoon for a woman who is going to vote for him." U.F.O. means "us for ourselves," and N.R.A. stands for "nuts running America," Mr. Reid explained. The member for Windsor West relegated Mr. Nixon to the nudist par.y, and likened the Liberal Leader to Mae West. In a moment of seriousness, Mr. Rceid described his home riding as one "which, perhaps, has suffered more than any other, not through our _faglt. In his warmly applauded maiden speech, Douglas M. Campbell, new Liberal member for East Kent, sought to settle the long--standing controversy of how he won his seat without com-- petition from the Government. '"The Government forces were so shattered that their executive there saw the utter folly of putting up a man," said Mr. Camphbell, advising his fellow-- members that, if they wanted the whole story, they could get it from either of two people in the House, according to their preference, "the member for East Kent and the Prem-- ier of this Province." In opening, Mr. Campbell regretted the death of his predecessor, Phil J. Henry, and paid high tribute to the late member's achievements. The school problem first occupied the new member's attention. He saw no reason for the stress put on lan-- guages in lower--school courses. He thought that, instead of Latin, the boys and girls might well be studying ?ractical agriculture. in an agricul-- ural community. His proposal was for teaching of agriculture in the third and fourth forms of the public schools, gradually leading up from the story form to a systematic course cov-- ering the first two years in high school. Normal School Course.