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# cR e °_ M F es C 4 March 22 | H $ s Bill o _ e I For Civic Contro Of Small Busi Ronnane en ' s Liberal and Conservative mem-- _ Summerville Caustic. bers from=--Toronto ridings, yester-- Distinctly unfair was the clause day in the Legislature "ganged up" which Pl'?}?oised '(';at ("l':;iv'i'l?al'f-';: on a city--sponsored bill providing for ?l}z'é;lsi':usi:c;suirns teh? opinlo)r,l T the regulations of coal yards, junk _ ww A. Summerville (Cons., River-- vards and second--hand shops and _ gaje), in fifteen minutes of acrid debate He stated that when he was a forced withdrawal of the entire biil. mef:i':f'e" ::ctl?ea%i;:i';cggltmglr h:pgc'& '} The legislation, introduced T9f jy;ioensee "a fair chance provided the city as an amendment to the _ they kept their faces clean and Municipal Act by Ian Strachan, their business in a good shape." KC. (Lib.. St. George), was at-- "I believe the bill should go back tacked in terms that labelled it as b'v?use n'\'an.v'pf'the d;:lalf:rs ?an:i':e i "vicious, unfair, drastic, high--hand-- €Oal in 1 1" "'"l"b'"di :;'e "" C | ed, un--British, discriminatory and ::i"r"?:r;he:n'xol':edsa'i!d 8"8": f:'ru:;' "22;::: all," said Mr. Strachan, _ John Public is concerned, there is finally "the bill affects Toronto 100 much legislation anyway. The only a.nd we have pretty well got _ first thing they know they will be the opinion of the Toronto mem-- Charging a nickel a breath for the 'bers, so I move that the bill be .";A'Ihn A. Lamport iidt., S$1 wi';"l'lgr:'cvt':on of Mr. Strachan, who George) pbinted out that he was a has introduced the majority of the _ member of the City Council at the city--sponsored | legislation during time the legislation was tirs.t con-- ; ; en hm "hol "mher it ts oogh Wce mouly m mt on m oth sides 0 1e > . ;ll:::::. e cillors of attempting to get dicta-- l <4s torial powers that could be used Arbitrary, s"? ('l""h f J. J. Glass in a discriminatory sense. The attack was led by J. it i'sa He stated the city was trying to (Lib., St. Andrew), who criticize zone the corporation in respect to the arbitrary authority that ti'.'."' junk yards. He pointed out that bill would P};F"'h i"h the cg::ige'ds. junk yards often harbored rats and hands and whic ye %e;'i"pa ainst| Other vermin and it was essential ;'"&':'ld.:;':: c:; hh m ;'loa'l)ers? | _ that residents should be protected . Under the bill, the use of prem(;' :3;3;?:'"!;:" establishment of su_chf ooo is piriee anicse yermic| -- -- The oft; through the withdrawal . sion was first secured from the, Of the bill, lost a third measure | Council. Chief fire was directed | ";hw,h tasked ({or authority it? lxcerése.! i Sn ons Aaci Y onl n eoedne aoomie 208 lomier that "the granting, refusing or ca -l U iL O L s | celling of §n3' such permission shall | similar bmldn.pgs in which children | be in the discretion of the Council| were housed. s and it shall not be bound to give | Mr. Strachan intimated that one any reason for refusing or cancel-- of the main purposes of the clause ling any such permission." |_ was to give the city authorities| Vicious, Declares McBrion. | power to enforce adequate fire| "That would enable the Council: Safety provisions in private schools.| to t;mt a ?ando\&t o{d bgs?noss(.'é rap-- 3;':;;::{:5 n:egeexl-):lte °':ht;'e ssvcteigne.' out e . McBrien ons., | '!":rkdale). 5 "That's vicious, that's Strongest in their opposition to the! drastic and un--British and unfair other featurgs of the bill, said theiri and unless it is withdrawn, I will! ob_'eg'tions did not extend to this vote against the whole bill." particular clause. | Arthur Roebuck (Lib.,. Bell-- + woods), declared he had had experi-- ; ence with the "high--handed atti-- tude of the City Council to some | applicants and I am not prepared| to vote for a measure that would | flace the junk dealers of my riding ' n the hands of City Council to i have their heads cut off--or second-- | hand dealers either." ' ; Attacks Fuel. Mr. Roebuck then turned to the gection of the proposed amendment that asked for authority to pass a by--law defining, grading and classi-- fying of fuel. Powers were sought also to require fuel dealers to carry on their place of business continu-- ously, and to be the owner or occu-- pant of a yard having a fixed area used exclusively for the purposes of such business, and to specify the minimum quantity of fuel to be * kept available for delivery and the facilities and equipment required for carrying on such business. "What business is it of Council If I carry on my business contin-- vually or in a fixed area," declared 4 Mr. Roebuck. "Who is Council to ' say that I must have a yard used A exclusively for the purpose of such a business. "These arbitrary provisions would put a small man out of business. And take this section that would give to Council the power to specify the minimum quantity of fuel to be kept available for delivery. It's up to the customers to decide that. * A The whole bill should go out from C the first word to the last."