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' «ns m nmemenes ommmmmmmmmmamemmmmnmimmess> I # fre pemutevicnemmmicass | ' _ Provincia! S d; io B | mascacmmmmm The Ontarie Legislature yester. v¥Incia endin 0 e * 3 '°D, € w Pf 3 L _ Hepburn Holds Revenue Is g_ayLai'(p'°Ve: °(fc" "'°}','°""by k(?°"' irecte owar ower : * « L, Kennedy (Cons., Peel) asking s h ' # .Clu'*erifl U i BO"'OF Ob*'.ned Tl'lfough' the Depar[men[ of "Lands and chools; q P : LQVY Than by Per Diem' Forests to map the watersheds and PIOfOSSiOHS f SOYS Hepburn all points in the counties where k Impost on Race Tracks' forests . should be preserved _ or s Clhit ie ie ie cmermony | ]| planted in the interest of a long-- A'D URGED FOR NEEDY term policy of roforestation. CITES EXPER EN C E Colomel : Kennedy. suggested the Semmmemememmememmemmeet continuation of farming in Ontario Government spending in aduvation' Premitr Hepburn, as LPeaSuUFEr Of "}8-; dependent on lhehpl';servalion s k i remier Hepburn, as treasure of forests as moisture--holding prop-- ted f h = R i o hasi been _'::'"f" f'd ';0:' o;:t":l"l t'tdu | Ontario, --yesterday declared his !e'rtnes and ones which at the same Cns Vlu is effer 6 M oo | conviction before the Legislature | Ume would help to prevent erosion. ing up the professions, Premier | hal (raCK revenue was better The fermer Minister of Agricul-- j Hepburn yesterday advised the L"'I tha raccbla ; 60ttin~ Tis; ture said lherg were 650.900 acres islature in defense of the adminis-- obtained Afpoithamonthibes * * '_'f,farm land in the province not tration's budget unced D& o(l on a per diem tax on tracks. He ; suitable for agriculture, and claimed ration's u get--annount pian | indicated also That if a heavier tax :the mapping could be-done by de-- cutting university grants. ; $ + s R PR partment woodsmen, with little cost F "Our grants in education for thei '".""'C ordered it would be on bet-- | to the province. , _ inz. m | coming year have been increased Mr. Hepburn discussed the policy by $2,000,000," he advised Colonel In brief comment on the second T. A. Kidd (Con., Kingston) and a reading of the Rar("f!l'l'l'acks. 'tl'ax iti * Act, a measure which was intro-- hel'ted itc of ?h' rovernment duced to clarify previous legisla-- policy, "We are taking up the prob-- tion. He revealed that at one time lems of the different municipalities there was a $£5,000 per diem tax on . which are having difficulty in rais-- tracks and that W. E. Rancey, ing sufficient money for their former attorney--general, had in-- schools. The former government | creased it to $10,000. o 5 I The tax, he claimed, was con-- ' was all too generous toward higher | A * A * . 1 > > v t | sidered excessive by the succeeding ' educatl.on. We are (lu!.rmn?g- up tho; government and it was reduced profession. 'The universities are until, at the time he was first elect-- largely attended by the sons and ed head of the government in July, daughters of wealthy parents. Let 19?:4. it wns_dnwn ton $500. .At that ducation hy time, he said, the depression had ".3 go on assisting educa galnd 42 cut sharply into race track attend-- lteving those who are striving to ance and, following a petition support a home." from trm'l_\' owners, and a study of lievy rlier had been a the question with treasury offi-- The po'.c,\. ET h D¥ Dr. A g- clals, it was decided to reduce it proved, with regret, by Dr. « azgain to the nominal fee of $1 per . Duncan (Lib., London), who chided diem. Western University students for . "The big contribution ,i\' lhe.S aving demonstrated against the :'l"" ]',',""' levy on ".'" h":":l"l'"' "'md e Premier, pointing out that two 4 25,000 cut ordered for that college.' tracks in 1934 had not opened for } de, at the :finme time, O'X["T'PS.\'edi the spring meeting, because of the sympathy with the protest, but| per diem tax, and that, therefore, polmefl out that this government, | the betting tax revenue had been in a flye months period 113-1.9.14-30.; lost to the province. He said the had paid a full grant of $275,000. | highest return from the tracks Colonel Kidd, mindful of the re--| since 1933 was made in 1937, when duct_ion sulfered by Queen's Un'l-' $669,000 was obtained. versity, challenged Dr. Dnnrnns: Answering W. J. Stewart (Cons., suggestion that the members were | Toronto--Parkdale), the Premier said satisfied with the policy. The W'-"' one track was in default on the 4 jent gavermment." he said, "is not | | per diem rate since prior to 1934 . playing fair with the universities! \_[ and that, as & matter of fact, his| of this province. \ _| government received a cheque from the owner which "bounced." '"We could have closed the track when the cheque bounced, but by ; allowing it to remain open for the remainder of the two days of the % program we received more money | than if we had closed it," he said &