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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1911-3-2, Page 6•., "err- w er ......-' E,d:eco, .e 4,01hii; • • l'i/otssaar, MAWR *. 11011 THF; SIGNAL: GODERICH ONTARIO ) Hon. Mr. MacK y on I Provincial Finances CLEAR-CUT AND CONVINCING SPEECH Deficit of 5553,363.23 --Vigorous Colonization Policy for Northern Ontario ,Advocated --Industrial Edu- cation --Scarcity of Teachers -- Reforestratbn-- Reciprocity and Other Subjects Eloquently Dealt With. Medal Treasurer l blue* he se. 36 000tieaieg the debate ea the � elands below the muter d his aces �+1 Hen. Mr. MacKay, Leader of financial atsteas rte of 11199 and °Ira me l ppe.non, weke as follows i At p. 1 of his Budget ap•p.b, Bir, as Wr• $peater ' debate has now published by title (i eernmeat sad as o ccupied some two weeks. and haspaid for by the pantie of this provisos severed a wide rears of subsea.. The imeorabie gesinan is abadnie- kave been interesting or Gib- 1p rawer that the rsseipb from the largely, •eeordtng to Dow's ask of lands mast be treated as e.d- view prim; but I am glad to say, 8ir, tel sad net as animal receipts. la that in the mein the spirit that haw this lbs was right. IoM me WO this aded this debate has been ono el position te his financial Mame( ut toe moder this pro- ates°, and sweet res. Mash agues the nuetract to some of nue pay, and what people do1 find l //�1 th▪ e jingling and somewhat jingoistic Sed. Bir, that last year from the abfo- u peec-hes of honorable gentlemen op- bate sale of lauds the proeinoe reioeiv- poaite that of the latest acquisition be ed the following two items: $41n,- thb House waw rather pleasant a+ le 109.47 , 310,897 41. making a total capi- metbod and manner of delivery The tel receipt under this head of 1441.- medesty he displayed was no doubt Mee The honorable gentlemen have due to the fact, Sir, that he site on the printed statement before them; UM side of the Aortae. there is no dotibt as to the facto, and Current Receipts aced Expenditures.. the dishonesty and the deception of The annual announcement by the this year placing such item in cnr- R.aoreble, the Provincial Treasurer, rent reoeipts, in order to produce • an as to the financial standing of this apparept aarplua,. is too painfully F. province at the close of any fiscal year manifest - is always important and deserves Again, Sir. take the item of bones oreful consideration. The question of on timber sales: At p 4 the H000r- ate correctness of the statement as to able, the Provincial Treasurer's bud- tlbe awaits and liabilities has been get speech of 1906 we fled the follow - ably dealt with by the honorable- ing Now we distinguish the bonus Ilse member for West Wellington. ; received from pine timber sales as Just a few words as to the correct- being a special payment of capital news or incorrectness of the financial account"; then agaw at p. 5 he says: "It 15, I contend, a capital a.set, and each I propose to treat it." Then again, Sir, al p. 4 of his financta. statement of 1906 will be found the following statement: "Of the revenue, the bonus on pine timber sales stilet under the former Goverpment, 4520,- 000. may be considered as being paid on capital account": so that. Sir. in 1906 sad 1906 he was very properly treating the bonus received on timber sales as a capital and not a current receipt. Apply this classification, which is a proper classification, to his this year's statement, and we must deduct under the heads of "Woods and Forests" the amount receival as a bonus on timber sales, namely 392.- 396.36. Adding these two items to- gether, namely, the amount received for the sale of crown lands (1444.- 906.89). and the amount received as a bonus on the sale of timber, namely, $92,396.36, you have in all under these two heads, a capital receipt. wrongly and dishonestly placed in the current receipt column of 1535.363.46. Now, Sir. if you take the alleged surplus of 13,484.59 from the *535'- 363.35 you arrive, according to the Honorable, the Provincial Treasurer's own statements. according to his own position. an cactu•al cash deficit, last year of 3531,878.66. and yet, Sir, in order to mislead this House, in or- der to mislead the people of this pro- vince. the Honorable, the Provincial Treasurer deliberately transfers the large items already mentioned from the column of capital receipts to that of currentreceipts. and thus produces a bogus and imacinery surplus of 33.484.59. while he knows, and every sane man in this House knows and every troth respecting man will assert, that there is an actual deficit of $531,878.66. If. Sir, I desired to go further and desired to hold the honorable gentle- man to his contention when financial critic of the Opposition, where would he land' I find. Sir, at p. 5 of his budget speech for 1966 the following statement: "Sir, we contended at times when we were in Opposition that all crown lands receipts should be treated as received on capital ac - mum. The late Mr. N. F. Clarke, one of the ablest financial Hien who ever represented a consti- tuency in this Legislature, was espe• ([atly wont to argue that that should be done." Sir, were wns thus to introduce the Honorable, the 'Provincial Treasurer to -day to himself as financial critic of the Opposition in years gone by, and were to held him to hie then con- tention what would be the result? I take up the financial statement is- sued by him. and I rind that for the sale of lands lad year the Government received $442.911.89, that the "Crown Land. Beselpb- ware 1111111.001.71, making a ketal of $narr,Or.s/. Now. Bir, deduct the bogey surplus of See 941.99, and you woo have nngg l the Honorable. the Proo,iacial Tr marer's contention, and critic lee Pe Opposition. the aatoanding deficit Let year of 11.273,506.01. flit, I re- pp•saat that if the financial statement igsasd year by year by the Honorable. tie Provincial Treasurer of this pro - wince, is to be of any valme at all. if it is net to become • rnere hushing. sleek, there must be continuity in the seethed and elaaaiheation of our fisc areas. and turret receipts and ex- penditaw Moak] be truthfully denim- gaiabed teem capital receipts and capi- tal expenditures. .Wb.n the province sella leads the fact ahoald be truth- fully shown in the financial statement. and the sale price and the money re- ceived for the .ail el any such lands shosld be trsd.d ea a capita receipt rind not one et current account. bier. 't set Inc the curse of party slavery axa Proviecial Treasurer would dare stand up in • How such as this and make the statement he ►aa made, meta less would he dare publish sash ttruneial statement. 'rhe importance of honestly and truthfully dealing with our financed need toot b. .ea- pAena.d A very sn5taatial portion of our revue. is made op et the m- enet. -.$pt. tram woods and forests. if then our 1eerests are yang g.adaaily fimloissad and nth timber year by rear sero and nothing knee by way of en.srvsu,.c, of far forest wealth "r ey way d reforeatralion it fellows, ns as Monist. rangier thMreS. 'eai arrive tfn.1 ltsisd roast tsAela11y 4wnrea. .nos .n time be absolutely wiped oet Thee Ss, te the priwee ober id the. .r -'B a Mel Mw me statement as to current receipts and expenditures. In making contrasts I de not propose to Mold the Honorable, the Provincial Treasurer to the posi- Men which he toot while a member of Abe Opposition; bat. Sir; it is emin- ently fair, it is only right that I • Mould introduce the gentleman to Ikuasesf as Provincial Treasurer. I liesire, therefore, Sir, to introduce the !Provincial Treasurer of 1911 to him- eril as Provincial Treasurer during (the years 1909 and 1906. If, Sir, we Inn to aaderstand the finances of this g auntry. if honorable gentlemen ret- ainer in this Houae, if the people of the province, are to have any intelligent conception of how the finances of this province stand, we must have, Bir, iasntinaity of system in the classifier'. Men of accounts, eine it will be quite bnpoesible to make a comparison from year to year. and it will be quite im- possible for the people of.this pro- ;tiseee to understand where we are at financially. •14 will not do, Sir. to allow the Honorable, the Provincial Treasurer to juggle with figures and le transpose figures at will in Aider the oiroduce an apparent surplus. He plainly announced, to thin Houa.', Sir, that there was the small balance at the end of the last fiscal year of cur- rent receipts over current expendi- tures, giving the exact figures as 33,406. Sir, I desire to tell him frankly and plainly- and to tell the honorable gentlemen of this House, and the people of this province, that that statement cannot be justified, it • mot true, on the classification former- ly made by the Provincial Treasurer. Nor can it be justified or upheld on the basis of any classification of cur- rent receipts and current expendi- tares as distinguished from capital to eipts and capital expenditures, Mat aay mane intelligent ao0ountaut would make. Mae I be permitted (e 7amark, Sir, that I do not idolise a • astrplus. There may occur in the hie tory of thea province, as in the history e of any business enterprise, occasional mrcupatances which will demand that Mee province as an individual ■houl.l draw upon his credit tor a particular year. and should perchance make ex. hpenditures beyond current receipts A ?series of deficits, however, such as ted have experienced in late years ii Ili; ..teething to be avoided. In any tevent. 8ir, the finances of 'this nro- t'iace shoasd not be juggled or shuffled >)i�sr after 1.11110 in order to produce il .Benning surplus There 1s no such cobras in the having of a surplus as iNMI justify the production of a da- rt I have always conteuded, hue financial imrtfinancial statement. I contend. I have always conteuded, hueIhe moneys received 1row the able 1369c sale of crown lands cannot trutb- or sea drably be treated as ambit than receipts on capital account ninon this previa)* parts -absolutely mod entirely with any land all poue laity of a future receipt from tial land is gone. and, therefore, the aeon i,tteeetved from the sale sboeld le llied to capital a000ant. What, wooed be thnught of a farmer owsrd two hundred sores of Dean. Inc severod years worked 5s -awe, and year by year struck a bat �o4phe set showing u 11$0 y, 0 a yeas gtlSa, 1 a., that his current receipt' ateesded his eurvent expenditure by • $100. if in a particular year he sold 'SO .erms, piling. says, 31.000 for it 11 than claimed at the end of tlsa1 r that his current receipts exceed Lis esrreat enpeaditure by MASS sir, be Stade any such oontentioe neighbors would .end for his !fiends to take care of hiss, under thi lmpre.'ion that something had gond wIesg with the old num a upper story Well, Air. it is exactly by suer r aeelbof that the Ho•orable. the Pro esigietal Treasurer arrives at results owl deliMrately arsd coolly proclaim 1t11: there was a surplusessteat year e4 n6, I do here QQnnrp, Bir. to al see snob dirlPiswl statement to erelhaIleng ad in this Briar Were Inc thea ab.olw4 elaweey of party es that exists in this Renee and Mus pewter., ria 141111,111011111 ?IMM w wield daSwint .rash a Mahon dam and misleading a$atemaat In Ihe of W a House, or bei,, the ��as/r++ of Mss previews. Iles, Kw, sines to tnI odaeo the Honorabe, the anal Trimmer le MlmaaN es MISSThem le en gyelgeati ams *.e. -P, whtrb gays, That ens may Phi llipdiene M M 1 thg Be emalli la ;,f4 eft. ..o- w ahs %41sT. S'. foal • that particularly calls, not only for an honest statement of the facts, but. Sir, ler an Lonest effort to remedy the revisit. the an•voidable resuk, of the facia as they now exist.* Ws note ender this head what happened in the United States. largely owing to the N am accursed slavery of the party Sag: For the past quarter of a century the experts at Cornell University, and ether educations institutions, leading practical lumbermen in the land. warned the rulers that their forest weal& was gradually being depleted and that unless practical steps for the oosversation of the same and lot res. lorestration were taken there wooed be a timber famine. For many yens a deaf ear was lent to all such intdh- gent vernal.. with the unavoidable result that our neighbors to the loath of us are now in many lines border- ing on • timber famine. Hence /tea i. Sir. I repeat the necessity of dealing honestly with the facts as to our re- ssipts from crown lands. lf, Sir, the statement of the Honorable, the Pro- vincial Treasurer were an honest one. it would procleim to this Hones and to the people of this pr..vince that there was last year an actual finan- cial deficit of 1531,878.96. Then, Sir, it we were honestly told, as we should be, that from year to ye-. there has been an actual deficit, the people would bestir themselves. and lhe Gov- ernment would be Rimed to curtail expenditures, or to take the neces- sary steps by way- of a general sys- tematic scheme of reforestration or otl.erwise to ensure that the receipts from our crown lands would not ne- cessarily year by year diminish, and, if nothing is done ultimates- vanish. 1f, Sir, the Board of Directors in any' business concern would attempt to make an annual financial statement as misleading and deceptive as that of the Honorable. the Provincial Treasurer, they would immediately, by the shareholders, be driven off . the board. and sound financiers •and hon- est accountants placed in their stead. 1 say again. Sir. that I am not stand- ing here to make an a*treme patty criticism, or to say that a deficit is necessarily a crime on the part of the Provincial • Treasurer, but 1 do say. that it is pothing short of crim- inal for any public man to so juggle with his figures as to show an imag- iner), surplus when thgre is an actual and very substantial deficit. If it is advisable and desirable. nay per- chance necessary. that the 'province should spend such an amount of mon- ey that the current expenditures shall exceed the current receipt_-; set it be done. The supreme test is whether it was desirable in that particular year that the money should be so spent, and whether the province has `received the very best value for such expenditure; but there cannot be.• Bit, even a relative justification for the sending forth by the Honorable. the Provincial Treasurer to the public an absolutely false statement, purporting to show a small surplus when there is. as already explained, a very sub- stantial deficit. Mining Receipts. The honorable gentletnen opposite have indulged in their wonted jingling comparisons as to receipts from the mines. Last year from mining license- and recording fees we reoeived *193,- 682.48; in 1904 we received but 11,- 597.00. The honoratfle gentlemen point to the large revenues received front mining in 1910 as compared with 1904. and say that had the old Government remained in power the receipts would still have been as they were in 1904. I ask. Sir, was there any complaint from the honorable gentlemen opposite when in Optosition as to the amount charged for miring lands? The infer- ence from the arguments advanced is that the mineral lands in the north country, notwithstanding the valuable disooveries at Cobalt and elsewhere, would still be selling for $3 an acre. In years gone by, when lands were sold for 43 an acre, it was considered by both sides of the House that this was all these lands were worth. There were no valuable discoveries then made; but. Sir. in their criticisms, the honorable member for Algoma and others forgot the fact that the mining laws as to revenues that we now have on the statute book are nearly, if not exactly, in the form that was suggest- ed from this side of the House. Sir, honorable gentlemen will mall that when the Honorable, the Minister of Mines proposed to bring down his min- ing Laws as to revenue. aad when in- terrogated from this aide of the House as to what principle he wouki tax min- ing laws, he answered that the tax would be eel much per acre; it will also be recalled that I at once ridi- culed such a proposition. While you may assess farm lands fairly by look- ing at the surface you never could assess miming lands equitably in that way. I pointed out then. Sir. that the tax should depend upon the revenue received from any particular mine; that if no paying ore were contained in that mine this province would have no right to tax the purchaser, because it had given him no valve whatever. What was the result, Sir? The Hon- orable, the Minister of Mines delayed for one year the bringing down of his hill, and when in the following year he introduced that bill, ire announced that the tax wooed be upon the royal- ty barna, i.e , that it would be a cer- tain. small percentage of the output of Cie mine. He thus adopted our snggestioa, in part at least; for i then argued. and still think i was right, that while the revenue received by the pmvince from our mines should be by means of royalties. that the mine that paid exceptionally wail pay a higher percentage than the poor- er mine. 80 that when the honorable gentlemen boast of the large revenues obtained ander and by means of our present mining law they forgot That the law stands, as at present on our statute book, as the result of eng- geetMru from the side of the House, and as the result of the Honorable, the Minister of Mines romp:etel chanog his mind as a result of such suggestions What I then said was, Sir. (bat no mine or company shout' he fazed for the spending of money re obtaining machinery and of boring PR the earth unless as a result of Mar labor some pm8t ware ()Maimed: Nanthe pr -vines had no nett ts tax an eh( had spent peanblf ten, twenty thirty forty rift. ..r nrr hoe, dsvd tbossassd dollar s mining ma 4lydriry and wort and wire had so- wed the pt.asant Daintier ,1 snood SIM trig • year cry two of his life unlent ;dere were some act sal and profitable resu.t, from such expenditure and such work. But, my suggestion then was that when a mins gave excep- tionally heavy returns the royalty aught be graded sad a larger percent- age taken by the psw►ines after a tier. Rain ontpat had been realised. Sources of Oer Rweww. Honorable gtsnGamm opposite boast ut the large ezpendilarr. on agrieal- tare, education, etc., bat they forget to animist the gwswt+w as to who ren - toted ouch ezpsodibe es possible. the 1 ask who made the laws ander which this increased rename Bows into the Treasury today? I make this state- ment, Sir, and I challenge contradic- tion. that the Legs revenue received last year was received under the very laws enacted by the ate Liberal Gov- -raiment with best alight venation ;n one or two canoe. We were not per- fect, Sir, we did not proles/ to be. bat we dug the channels through which flows the revenue today that this Government is a ppeending - and for which expenditures zthey claim s, very much eredit. 11. Sir, you take the financial statement. you oould trace back every dollar of the $8,tB1.- 004.6e, being last year's reeetpta, to� the laws made by the old Government and which in many eases were oppos- ed by honorable gentlemen to year right, and as to some of which law- they divided the House not only once. but twice, and in some eases three timer. 1 purpose, Sir, briefly to de- monstrate• this proposition. namely. that al! of the increase of revenue, as betweee 1904 and 1910 save some - ening less than $300,000, can be trace.) back le the constructive financing of the old Liberal Government, or to in- creased receipts under other heads for whish this Government can claim no credit whatever. The Corporation Tax. Take first rhes oorporafion tax, which ORA opposed so tutierly- by the Con- servatives in this House. and the re- peal of which was threateners by the pre,erit Premier when he sat in Oppo- sition. The reoeipts from the taxing of these wealthy corporations, such es telephone companies, street railway companies. banking institutions, etc.. in 1904 were $420,027.00; the receipts Sir. in 1910, with the law unchange -.i amounted to $754,338. or an increase of *331.710. Sir, not.e, single- dollar of thi- $752.338 would have found its way into the Provincial Treasury had h000rabie gentlemen opposite had their way: and yet. Sir, if we are to believe the supporters of the Govern- ment this increase under this head of *331.710 is to be attributed to t'ie splendid financial management of th. present Government' Succession Dutie:. Then again, Sir, under the head of succession duties the receipts in 19C4 were $458,689. In 1910 they amounted to 1758.446, or an increase of $299,744. To whom, Sir, belongs the credit for these large receipts? The people of this province right well remember. Sir. that when it was proposed to tax large estates that honorable gentle- men opposite and their iriende spoke of "taxing the ere:estones. taxing the dead." etc. They had not the courage of their convictions at the outeet t.. move an amendment to vote against the bill; but later on when it was re- vised the present Provincial Treasur- er moved an amendment that terausel have cut the receipts at. least in half, so that. Sir, it is clear to as that if honorable gentlemen on the opposite side had had their way they never would have proposed such a tax, and the province last year would. there- fore. not have received the said 1758.446. Licenses. Then again. Sir, take another illus- tration of the splendid constructive finaneine of the old Government: Re- ceipt: under the general head of i,- cenees in the year 1904 were $992.256. In 1910 they amounted to $580,162, an increase of *217,906. Part of this oon- ciste. Sir, of the moneys received for brewers' and distillers' licenses, and when it was proposed to place a spe- cial tax on brewers and distillers honorable gentlemen opposite again vigorously opposed such a proposition. and dur_:mg the progress of the bill the Hour was divided three times in a vain attempt by honorable genii.- • men opposite te save their particular friends from a fair and just taxation. Mining Licenses and Fees. in 1904 receipts under the heed ai sere' "Minuig Licenses nd Fees" webe, $1.594. In 1910 Use receipts were'.$193,- 632. an increase of $l93,O86i But, 8ir, to whom belongs the credit for such increased reeeip4a? In 1904 there wee. practically iso mining operations in oar north country, for the minerals had not been discovered. When they were discovered. and it was learned that there was great mining wealth in the north it became at once advis- able to make revenue laws te fit the situation, and as I have already ex- plained, the present law as it stands upon the stetute book is these by the adoption of the Heesrabie, the Minis- ter of Mites of the suggestion made by me when this question came up. Deenieion Subsidy. in 1904 the grant nest this province received by way of subsidy from th' Dominion Government was $1,134.66.1 in 1910, owing to the ineseaae of popu- lation in the Provisos of Ontario, and as a result of the action of the Lib- eral Government at Ottawa the sub- sidy was increased to $4,1443,719; or an incrsa.e as between 1904 and '1910 of $994,112. When the Liberal Gov- ernment was fh power negotiations were opened with a view to obtaining such an increased subsidy. These ne- gotiations were continued after the present Government ranee into power with • result that • deeid.dly increas- ed subsidy was graatsd by the Dom- inion Government. The present Gov- ernment in this respect simply did their duty. no espeetal credit is due them, and no tenure is coming to them for what they did. They nom tinuerl the work abeady begun, and the Dominion Government increased the rubaudy as stated. T. & N. O. Fernings The Tem..caming & Northern r m tart Railway rat..*, aseverybody knows started by Use rid Liberal Gen arttment In 1904 it was in its initial Nage of oaanstrwctem. aid the.e wine as 'tromp harm... Mem it be tia err' .. r''`O' .:a.r'lfTPrwM,wrerew-,c -"'r 4w_ province; in 1910 the receipts were $490,090. In other words the increaa- ed receipts of the province as between 1904 and 1910 under this particular bead were $420,000; and the House will well remember that the construc- tion of this hued was not favurebly received by honorable gentlemen op- posite, and many aid adverse were then eritictams of it Rad the old Gov- ernment not undertaken this ezoelleat colonisation work the receipts last year would have been 1.0.000 leas than they were. lesimmary of Oawper+san, Now, Bir, edict is the remit al this increase? The total r.saipts in 1910 were $8,991,900; the total receipts in 1904 were $1.1118,1$6; in other words the increase in neemee between 1904 and 1910 was 3 ,299,OK. But, Sir. un- der the six heads which I have al- ready been dealing with and for each and every gels of which the Liberals claim the credit. the revenues increas- ed between 1104 and 1910 in the fol- lowing amounts, namely: I As to Corporacion Tax, 3331,714. As to Succession Deities, $999,744. As to Mining Licensee and Fees. $191.065. 114. As to the Dominion Subsidy. $994. As to the T. & N. O. earningd, ' $420,000. Or in all $4.41$6,567.00. In other words of the total increase in revenue between 1904 and 1.910 of $9,782,646.00, I have accounted for $4,465.557.00. i.e.. the whole increase in the revenue has been accounted for under the above heada except $297,099. In other worth. Sir. atter the present Government has been in power for six long years, I am proud, Sir, as a Liberal to be able to make this sweeping and very sub- stantial statement, that all of the pres- ent revenue of the province cave a trifle less than $300,000 is accounted for by law; placed upon the statute books by the old Government, or mea- sures advocated by Liberals. Faults the old Liberal Government doubtless had, but. Sir, when seven years after they have gone out of pow- er the financial receipts of the pro- vince almost to a dollar can be traced back to financial legislation placed up- on the statute books by them or to measures advocated by them, it speaks volumes for their financial and bolsi- nese administrative ability. Not one dollar would ever have been received by the Province of Ontaeo under the head of Corporation Tax had the Conservative Opposition had. their way., Yet, under this head alone. during the operation of the act up to date, the Government has received (6,192.975.41. Similarly ander the Succession Duties Act the proAnce has received in all $7,773,419.11; so also under the Brewers' and Distiller.' Act the province has received $847: 964.95. Under these three taxes the total receipts of the province up to the 31st Octobe', 1910, reached the magnificent sum of $14,804,159.47. ` Expenditure. Honorable .gentlemen opposite com- plain that critics of the Government do not particularise sufficiently when objecting to excessive expenditures. This is an easy remark to make, and yet there is much force in the position taken by the honorable 'member for South Wentworth (Mr. Reid). who says, that the Oppostion has done its duty when, for example. under the head of Civil Government he points out that owing to the_uanecessarily increased number of employes the ex- penditure is unnecessarily increased. It is not for the Opposition member: to say whether John Smith, or Joe Brown. or some other particular em- ploye is unnecessary. This is the duty of the Head of /the Government. Contrast In Expenditure. The cdet of Civil Government has increased since 1904, 65 per Dent ; tbb cost of managing the crown lands has increased during the same period 99 per cept.; the total expenditure during the same period has increased 68 per cent., and yet the increase on agriculture is but 39 per cent. This show, clearly that as to this impor- tant field of work the expenditure has not at all kept pace with the general expenditure, nor yet with the increased revenue of the province. Mach credit is claimed by supporters of the Government because of the in- creased expenditure on education; they foi;get that such expenditures would b. absolutely impassible were it not for the increaaed revenue de- rived as already explained. They might do well in making comparisons also to note the fact that the expen- diture in 1904 on education wu 18 per cent. of the total expenditure of the province, whereas in 1910 the ex- penditure on education reached only 19 per cent. of the total expenditure for 1910. Another point that might well give the Government pause, and particu- leely in view of the ever -recurring de- ficits, is the fact that the increase in the per capita expenditure during the first three years of Conservative rule was es great as the increase per capita expenditure during the whole 33 years of Liberal rule. Suggested Sources of Revenue. Owing to the fact, Sir, that we have recently had • series of deficits Is this province. it becomes imperatively tlbe duty of the Government to either deerrase the expenditure, or to devise ways and means for inereaaed re. esipte. I have already dealt with the ' section of the conservation d our lereats and of relorwtration as a means of securing a permanent rev- enue in addition to that, Sir, the Government might well consider whether tinder the Rueeeesiois Duties lax they might not,gyarie the vpar a I. age to be taken by the pen f4asnnsh, ea that when you creme to large 'mates that run up le say $500,0910. 11,000; 990. $4,000,000 Orad .o nn. the Govern. mint might tab a raweh largo per. eao4age on say the meows over 1506,1 090, aid thus sieve a esholeatial is - cream of revenue without injuring aayose. 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