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iad us difh un oo oo oo diBh 12 K ... odaf h ar eP nsetrals / ~F policy we would have behind us the unanimous support of public opinion. "We have no desire to intrude too far into the field of private endeavor, but at the same time we refuse to subscribe to the bolief that industry pared to achieve our end by force of at all cost to the public. be kept un-- tainted by the profane hand of Gov-- rejoicing." concluded the Minister. "Things are improving in Ontario. Re-- lief lists are going down and employ-- ment going up. Can any honorable member on this side of the HMHouse or the other, quarrel with the honest, progressive and fruitful results of our administration? Can any honorable gentleman suggeet a better, a more constructive approach than ours?" BRIDGE GCONCERN TO BE TAX--FREE Exemptions Granted for Period of 10 Years The Ontario Legislature Private Bills Committee yesterday approved a bill sponsored by George T. Fulford (Liberal, Leeds), respecting the cor-- poration of the Front of Leeds and Lansdowne. The bill concerned tax exemptions for the Thousand Island Bridge Company. § It granted the company exemption from all municipal taxes, including school taxes, for a period of ten years from the date of completion of the| bridge to be erected at or near Ivy Lea . in the township across the St. Law-- rence to a point near Collins Landing. It will be the only bridge from Can-- ada to the United States between Niagara Falls on the west and Corn-- wall on the east, said Mr. Fulford, and is the ncearest point of entry to New York City. 4 Although it must be raised every time a boat passes, 65,000 vehicles crossed the Cornwall bridge last year. The company plans expenditure of $1,500,000 on the Canadian side, and this will provide work for 600 to 700 men for a year. The company asks exemption from taxation due to requirements of United States bond laws. _ Welfare Minister Croll suggested an amendment, which was carried. It specified the bill should come into | effect only when proclaimed by the : ceived the tax exemptions. The committee approved also bills : of Colonel F. Fraser Hunter (Liberal, Toronto--St. Patrick) permitting the ' incorporated synod of the Diocese of 'Toronto to borrow money on the credit "I have said that of the corporation. for Price Lashes Out At Liquor Board Brands Licensed Hotels "Fire--Traps" -- Attacks Commissioner Odette The warning of fire danger in old buildings, shops and stores which have been allowed to sell beer as hotels was a climax to a bitter indictment of the Hepburn Government beer re-- gime. The issue of hotel licenses. was called a disgrace. Liquor Con-- trol Commissioner E. G. Odette was branded "a part--time Liquor Board"1 and "not the type of man for his job." Colonel Price finished up his beer--. room indictment by producing a list of Toronto hotels which had been listed as restaurants, bakeries and clothes pressers in the 1934 Toronto Directory. The former Attorney--General began his speech by indicting E. G. Odette in the sharpest attack made on an Ontario Commissioner since 1934. "The administration of the Liquor Control Act is a farce," Colonel Price said. "With Odette there and with Smith there, the sky is the limit. The ac't© passed under my legislation in 1926--27 was a control measure, and was enforced that way. "I have in my hands a list of new | hotel licenses in Toronto," the Colonel | said, He proceeded to read the fol--| lowing list, giving the names of the| hotels and the condition of the prem--> ises as set out in the 1934 City Dlrec-l IRE hazards hang over the "ramshackle fire-- traps" in which the Ontario -- Liquor _ "Sales" Board is permitting beer sale in Toronto, former Attorney--General W. H. Price told the Ontario Legislature yesterday. "A. Good Hotel, 570 Bay Street, restaurant; Alex. Hotel, 70 Centre Avenue, no such address; Ambassador (Crown), 355 Jarvis Street, apartment hotel; Avion, 434 Gerrard East. vacant: Avonmore, 276 Jarvis Street, old building, used as boarding--house, never had liquor license; Babloor, 1165 Bay Street, clothes presser; Baltimore, 90 York Street, Baltimore Lunch; Beverley. 240 Queen West, Logan Cafe (Chinese): Breadalbane, 530 Yonge Street, motor supplies: Calarco, 113 Elm Street, grocery; Chateau--Duffer-- in, 1655 Dufferin, barber shop and apartments; Clyde, 158 King East, fur warehouse: Commodore, 2112 Dan-- forth, men's furnishings; Danforth, 2763 Danforth, Grace Tabornacle: Everene Hotel, 467 Jarvis Street, Hotel New York: Graymar, 29 Jarvis Street, vacant; Jarvis, 101 Jarvis Street, no such number listed; nutnibers jump from 99 to 105." The Colonel stopped reading the list. '"No wonder the Rev, Mr. Shields got concerned over all these hotels on Jarvis Street. I hold no brief for Mr. Shields on some things, but cer-- tainly he had a right to protest about the hotels clustering around him," he "Noah's Ark, 2780 Danforth Ave-- nue. branch bank; Paramount-- Kosher, 309 Spadina Avenue, store and Jewish publishing office; Pine Tree, 650 1--2 Queen Stroet West, Chinese restauran:: Sheldon, 81 Vic-- toria Street, Strand Office Building. one time Strand Hotel; Stafford, 938 Danforth Avenue, not listed as to business: Star, 150 Dundas Street West, fruit store; Stoodleigh, 72 Shu-- ter. cafeteria and rooming--house; Vil-- Mmrch \S lage Hotel, Bay and Elm, butcher shop; White, 71 Queen Street West, Pekin Chop Suey House." Details Given. As he finished, the former Attorney-- General went into a detailed indict-- ment of the hotels he had mentione'd, and of one in the immediate neigh-- borhood of the Broadview Y.M.C.A. "The White Hotel, 71 Queen Street West, was formerly a Chinese res-- taurant of poor repute. The building is a fire--trap," Colonel Price said. "The Piccadilly Hotel, 106 King Street West., formerly the Woodbine, was taken over by one of the mo:t notorious bootleggers in Toronto. The authority first went in the name of George Crowe, but Benny Benai is the owner. "The Nealon Hotel, 197 King Strect East, was closed for years. It is situated in the midst of factories and loft buildings. After dark there is scarcely a pedestrian between Church and Sherbourne Street. The floor show is admittedly used to attract bser patronage. "The Dennis Hotel, 236 Broa.dv{eww Avenue, was formerly the Wilton Ho-- tel. It became a branch of the Hom-e1 Bank, then an apartment house, and. later a drug store. Three church bodies, a public school and the Broadview Branch, Y M.C.A., ars> in the neighbor-- hood. Protests were made against granting this authority and Mr. Odette rejected the application. Over-- night the name was changed from Wilton to Dennis. and two days after Mr. Odette sailed last spring from New York the authority was granted. It was stated that the objections had been removed. The Secretary of Broad-- view Y¥M.C.A.. by letter, has declared that the objection of the Board of Directors is still against this hotel." CASH TO PAY BONDHOLDERS Payment in hard cash of a part of Ontario's better than half--billion dol-- lar debt, which falls due in a few weeks, is to be one highlight of the record--making 1937 Budget which Premier Hepburn brought down to the Legislature at Queen's Park last week, The Provincial and Dominion Gov-- etnments ordinarily pay off debt is-- sues when they fall due by borrow-- ing more money. An Ontario bond issue of $12,683,-- 000 falls due on May 2. It has been costing the Provincial Treasury 6 per cent. The Government now has and will have the cash on hand to meet the debt when it falls Paying off part of ancther issue with the first of the year revenues, which were higher than expected, will put the Hepburn Administration an-- other step ahead in its pay--as--you-- go program. Debentures of $10,500,000 fall due on Aug. 30, but it is reported that the Province has already bought in over three and a half million of this issue and will have to meet less than seven million when the debt falls due.