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PARLIAMENTARY " LETTER •
Ottawa, March .1?b}a.--Having got
the thee° leaders on •tp the floor of,
the Comnions dn' the debate on the
address, the .Cammanera.: are sitting
back to listen to some of the lesser
lights, and ifteidenbaliy to learn what
the new men have to offer in the way
of debating ability. 'Tire debate open-
ed with a bang. 'Mr. Meighen was
nursing a grouch and he was waiting
for an opportunity to tell' the world.
That opportunity :came an the debate,
and while the former Premier's speech
was-- an effort which would have
looked mighty good on thehustings,'
it had little of statesmanlike tenor
about it.
For three hours,-Mr.,Meighen scold-
ed, handing out digs to all parts of
the country which had failed w send
in Conservative members and which
had declined,to support his policy. It
was evident that there was still a
little of the iron of defeat ranking
in his system and consequently he
was quite as bitter as usual. Be•
ginning with good wishes w every-
one, he immediately switched to tell
them how little they deserved the
good wishes. The Liberals had used
unfair tactics in the election, he aver-
red, and he prejudged them with
having decided to continue trying to
fool the people.
The tariff mention in the Speech
from the Throne meant nothing, Mr.
Meighen declared. It said that there
was to be revision but did not say
whether that revision was to be up
or down. And in regard to the rail-
ways be professed to see a dictorial
power behind the igovernment and
jogging the elbow of the Prime Mini-
ster at every stop. As to the pres-
ent raliway muddle, said Mr. Meighen,
it was due to the fact that the late
government had found on its door-
steps "starved and emaciated found-
lings" of railway which it had been
compelled to nourish and build up
again.
'fie closed his speech with a warn-
ing of the dire retribution which he
foresaw when the people saw that
pledges given them bad been broke.
as, he -said, they were bound to be
broken.
The answer of the Prime Minister
was comparatively brief, and though
couched pleasantly, as direct as had
been the statements of the former
premier. Mr. Meighen, he said, had
referred to Quebec and the vote in
that Province. But he must admit
that Quebec was only one of many
provinces which had not supported
Toryism. There had not been a single
representative of that one-time strong
party from six of the nine provinces.
in the Dominion. The result of the
election wan that 'Carfada 'had' a. rep-
resentative parliament, and one to
which the people could look for pro-
per care of their rights.
Hon. Mr. King dealt with the mat-
ters mentioned in the Speech from
the Throne. do reference to rail-
ways he said he would leave a full
statement on this matter to the Min-
ister of Railways who 'had the whole
question in his hands and was the
best man to deal with it. As far as
freight rates were concerned, the
government had already taken steps
to bring about a reduction in the,
basic commodity rates. This would
undoubtedly be of benefit to the
whole people.
The Prime Minister dealt at some
length with the negotiations which
had been undertaken by himself to
try and give the western provinces
adequate representation in' his cabinet.
The prairie provinces had returned
chiefly Progressives but that, he
thought, was no reason why they
should be denied a voice in Cabinet
council. Therefore, he had approach-
ed Progressive leaders and asked
them to join the government on a
basis of a Liberal administration.
They had been unable to do so, how-
ever, and Mr. King had included as
Cabinet ministers the Hon. W. R.
Motherwell and Hon. Chas. Stewart,
both of whom were outstanding west-
erners.
In passing Mr. King paid a tribute
to the unselfishness of Quebec in giv-
ing a seat to Hon. Mr. Stewart who
had been recognized in Alberta as
one of the best of provincial premiers.
though, the y' apt. member of .the.
Quebee' continge t,' showed that dip
has the lability to progress for a loWg
Way, And the mover of the address,
E. J. 'McMurray, of North Winnipeg,
also made a fine impression when he
• led off in the debate. Hance J. IIAgan;
of Cumberland, N. S., contributed an
appeal 'far fair play for the Maritime
Provinces in regard to their rights
-under the Intercoloni%l Railway ques-
tion. The 'Maritime -people were not
asking charity, he said, but simply
seeking a fair deal when they placed
their railway demands before the
government and the country.
The bye -election in East Kootenay
ended about .as anticipated. -The final
returns of Dr. Ding's majority are
not yet to hand, but it is evident that
he has a good big lead piled up over
his opponent. The election of Dr.
King completes the Federal cabinet
and means that with bye -elections out
of the way the government ran give
its full attention to the pressing mat-
ters which are .before it.
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One of the surprises' of the session
thus far has been the speed with
which business has been brought be-
fore the House. A notable instance
pf this lies in the production of three
volumes of the Auditor General's re-
port on the day the Debate on the
Address opened. It will be remember-
ed that during the last few sessions
the Liberals in opposition had to
make repeated requests to have these
important documents brought down,
and last year it was not until many
weeks after the opening that they
were able to get a look into these
important sources of public informs. -
tion.
ing. wealth the us�e„,,,,,�o1,�'a
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id, s copaParl �.w•r *n 0.
the writer 'Oil repeat lap
be heard Used a few:wee�
ran slums: If aur `l9aMnaar
tinned to live upon tate carne
had saved a dollar, for each iay.0e
,world not yet be a millionaire, Hint,'
if He had somewhere deposited one
cent to draw live per cent, interest,
compounded in the usual way, all the
wealth and money in the world *ould
not begin to equal the 'amount the merit in nieeting ;the win' 8 . .
Ac -
sum would news'represent. petitioners will only' bo da1ng
This leads us back to "the crisis is just and right in 'bile amadber •j:
this condition is bringing 'about.". Ac '+stirs' truly; i
cording to statistics compfied by the JAMS GPA'i ow
National City Bank of Ne* York, the _ 8tlaforth,'f}nt:
world's net debt increased from 200
billions at the end of 1918 to nearly
400 billions at the end of 192.1, due to
budget deficits. During the same time
paper currency increased -from 40•,
Announcement was made last Friday
night of the selection of F. Lorne' ,
Hutchison of University College, !Jed-,
versity of Toronto, and sot} of Mr.
and Mrs. F. D. Hutchison, of Seaforth,,
' for the John 13: Moss - Memoxials '
Is it not time we were endowing our- Award for 1922. This award, which
selves with the necessary educational is of the value of $f300, was made
and other qualifications to tackle the for the first time last year. it is.
job? s, ale each year to one of Sour camds-
Now J. A. L., so far the writer has nates chosen by election by each of
not taken up much space with apolo- the graduating classes in Arts of
gies. The object in having this let- University College, Victoria College,
ter take the form it .has, is to try to Trinity College and St. Michael's 0o1.-
prove
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prove to you the impersonal nature lege, 'and aims at the selection of a
of .its predecessor. If he has suc- studeu't who is the beat all roved man
seeded in doing this he Is confident or woman in the final year, givtog-
i•t will be more pleasing than empty preference to former members of t'he
assurances of regret. In the mean- Canadian Expeditionary Force and. to
time, thanking the Editor, may he
remain.
FIFTY-lF`1?F1 Y.
be oto fdli i
Alf citiSlr
in'. South, It
sympathy wit
field 9n their
prrovemenis. itad iffy!bat=
The despatch with which such mat-
ters are being attended to by the new
government is refreshing .after prev-
ious experiences, and the House is at
present in the unusual position of
having already in hand numbers of
important reports and other public
documents which are so often held up•
until their usefulness to the members
of the House has passed.
Present indications are that the
course of expediting public business
will be followed. The debate on the
address already shows signs of being
concluded in unusually short time,
and there is- every indication that by
the time it is disposed of the Gov-
ernment will have a lot of other busi-
nese ready for transaction.
Unless unforeseen things develop,
as the session progresses, this ses-
sion should not be protracted, though,
of course, it will yet be many weeks
before there is any sign of the be-
ginning of the end.
F. L. IIUTCHISON WINS: MOSS'
PRIZE
billion to 125 billion, making a total
increase of 285 billion since the war
ended. Couple this with the condi-
tions -generally prevailing throughout
the world to -dray. How long is our
social machinery going to stand up?
HAYFIELD HARBOR
Seaforth, March 21, 1922.
Editor of The Huron Expositor,
Dear Sir: -4 beg to call your at-
tention .and also the attention of the
Electors of the Electoral 'District of
South Huron, to the petitions which
are now being circulated throughout
the district for signatures requesting
the Hon. J. H. King, Minister of Do-
minion Public Worlcs, to the prompt
attention of his department to re-
pairing -the north pier, or breakwater,
at the (Hayfield Harbor, which is bad-
ly out of condition, owing to the re-
cent storms and freshets, which have
torn a considerable portion of the crib
work from the west end of the pier,
and also made a' large gap in the
centre of the pier, allowing sand and
refuse to deposit in the harbor en-
trance, which will in a short time
cause a sand bar to form in the chan-
nel, preventing boats from passing
in and out from the harbor to the
lake, causing a serious loss to the
fishing industry of the village of Hay-
field, as well as an inconvenience to
the summer residents and visitors
who use Hayfield as a summer resort.
These petitions should be freely
signed by the electors of South Huron
showing their appreciation of the
work to be done, also their sympathy
on behalf of the citizens of Bayfield
in assisting them to -have the Gov-
ernment act as promptly as possible
in this matter. Many citizens of the
good old County of Huron enjoy the
hospitality of Bayfield during the
summer months and consider it, with-
out doubt, as one of the beauty spots
on the 'Canadian side of Lake Huron.
The present year will witness a great
revival in building there as it is un-
derstood about fifty summer cottages
will be erected in and about Bayfield,
adding greatly to its attraction as a
summer resort which should be suf-
ficient grounds for the 'Government
undertaking and completing the har-
bor''improvements without delay, a
matter asked for and approved of by
all citizens in South Huron.
This work is not asked of the Do-
minion Government as a "political
sop" to Bayfield, but as a right to
actual improvements required and
needed by Bayfield and community
adjoining.
1 would, therefore, suggest that as
soon as the petitions are sufficiently
signed, which should be done prompt-
ly, that a representative committee,
consisting of Captain John A. Fergu-
son, of Bayfield; the Reeves of Bay-
field, Township of Stanley, Township
of Goderich, and Mayors of Seaforth
and Clinton should proceed to Ottawa committee.
MORE SPECIFIC
In an effort to clear up serious
misconceptions evident in 3. A. I..'s
letter of last week, may the writer
beg The Expositor to again permit
him to trespass.
First of all, any part of the reply
to J. A. L. of two weeks ago (which
unfortunately sacrificed clearness to
brevity) was not intended to be ap-
plied to, or reflect on him, or any in-
dividual.
Let us observe tehisshshrhsrsahla
Let us observe the offending para-
graph, which reads thus—"On the
other hand there is a certain class of
human who assumes the right to dic-
tate what is, or is not best for the
other fellow. These are they among
us who produce nothing, do nothing.
They do not work, they own for a
living, else." Then a discussion of
"the criers this condition is bringing
about" is advised. Perhaps J. A. L.
will 'batch the drift" when it is sug-
gested "those who assume to clic-
-tate" do not spend their time writing
to local newspapers. They have their
big 'dailies' and magazines and hired
help to write the dope that keeps the
sovereign voter lined up.
J. A. L. says there was no calling
to question of anything_ in his letter.
This is hardly so. He implied that
the public was being unfairly treated.
Is this true? Let us look at it in a
broad way. How many local butchers
does he recall Who have retired
wealthy? Can he call up a single
one? All those whom the writer re-
members have either gone high and
dry, or saw something coming and
got out when the getting was good.
What can one draw from this? Does
it not mean that Seaforth consumers,
so far at least as the dealers of the
-past are concerned, have been getting
their meat below the cost of produc-
tion? As to whether or not the
prices aro too high at present, the
writer is not in a position to say.
Tradesmen in the past thought they
knew and set their margins—and fail-
ed. Protection for the public, yes,
but what help er sympathy did these
men get when they closed their doors?
But, the reader may ask: If but-
chers created wealth- for which they
did not receive the equivalent, what
became of it? The people generally
who bought the meat paid all they
could afford. The answer to this is
that cheap meat makes for cheaper
Riving, and cheaper living makes pos-
sible a lower wage rate. So all un-
consciously the product works upward
and eutward to the pian who owns
for a living. "Do unto others as
yon would have them do unto you" is
a beautiful sentiment that every one
is willing to subscribe to, but because
the subscriber does not "endow -him-
self with the necessary educational
and other qualifications to tackle the
job," the sentiment is a platitude. lin
this both exploiter and exploited are
guilty. There is, however, this dif-
ference in that the exploited will not
and has no incentive to oppose such
endeavor, while the exploiter has- and
does oppose it.
To show how ineflleient in acquir-
e • *
The Progressive viewpoint was ex-
pressed' by Hon. T. A. Crerar. His
party was ready to support the gov-
ernment 'wherever they could do so,
said Mr. Crerar, but they also !held
themselves ins readiness to criticize
and oppose if they considered that
such was the proper course. His
party found much that was cheering
in the government's, declaration in
the Speech from the Throne and they
refused to -be pcasinsistic as to whe-
ther or not the Government would
refuse to fulfill its promises. As to
the negotiations Mr. Crerar said "he
had not understood" that he was in-
vited to enter the Cabinet as a mem-
ber of a Liberal .administration, but
he had been unable to enter in any
case.
The leader of the Progressives and
subsequently some of his followers,
stressed the need of wider-rnsrketS
and of the reconstruction of the
Wheat Board, which Mr. King said
would Are referred to the Agricultural
Committee of the House for a full
consideration and a report. Mr.
Crerar sand his party was in the
House to assist as far as possible in
giving good government to the coun-
try and they would support all mea-
sures which they considered were
for good government.
p •
The debate has brought out, speeches
from some of the new members and
most oY them have made a splendid
impression. Particularly was that the
case with Paul Mercier, Liberal mem-
ber for ,Westmodlit, St. Henri, wko,
�i1..et,}ml Pa;.
students who intend to engage in
post -graduate or professional work.
Academic standing, participation in
athletics and other under -.graduate
activities are also taken into account.
The committee, composed of Sir
Robert Falconer, Hon. 'Mr. Justice
Masten, Mr. Hume Blake, Mr. Mac-
Fnnes and- Mr. S. T. Blackwood, es-
2perienced some diffleulty in reaching
a decision, since all four candidates
were strong contenders for the
award.
Mr. Hutchison, the successful can-
didate, is the son of F. D. Hutchison:,
of Seaforth, and a graduate of the
Seaforth Collegiate Institute. He en-
tered the University in the fall of
1915, •having obtained an Edward
Blake Science Scholarship, and also
winning the Third Carter Soho -Mashie
for Huron County. At the second -
year examinations in 1920 lie was
awarded the Edward Blake Scholar-
ship for Chemistry and Mineralogy
He interrupted his course to join
the army, serving eight months in ..
Canada, seventeen months in Eng-
land and two .months in France. He
first entered the University of To-
ronto Overseas Training Company,
transferring to the Royal Naval Air
Force, and serving with 240 'Patrol
Squadron of the R.A.F. in the Ports-
mouth Command, an auxiliary tori
the Grand Fleet in anti-submarine
work.
Returning to the University in the
fall of 1919, he continued his course
in honor chemistry. During the
summer of 1921 he was an assistant
with a reconnaissance party of the
Ontario Geological Survey.
Mr. Hutchison is a popular mem-
ber of the undergraduate body, and'
takes a keen and active interest in
the various student activities. He
is President of the University Col-
lege Literary and Athletic Society,.
Vice -President of the Students" Ad-
ministrative Council of the Univer-
sity, and member of the joint Execu-
tive Students' Administrative Coun-
cils, 'Clerk of the Students5 Court,
President for 1921-1922 of thegrad-
uating class of University College,.
and had just been elected permanent
President of the class. He is also a.
member of the University Veterans'
Association Council, and has held.
various other executive positions• in
college organizations.
In a •letter to the committee in
which he praises Mr. Hutchison
highly, Principal Maurice Hutton, of
University College, says: "I have
nothing but commendation to offer."
Mr. Hutchison intends to -pursue
post -graduate work in chemistry
during the next academie year.
The four candidates will be noti-
fied by letter of the decision of the
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