COERCION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 696, 22 December 1909, Page 8

COERCION.

iOVERNMENT:ADVANCES TO. SETTLERS i;!: ;i^v>;'v> : : : DEPAnTMENT.^;;;' : i\/;; : :Y '■y SPOONFEEDING" THE "STATE. FIlll!: '■ : i;:t:i -.^■■-OWi.CEi-.v. ]::i:\::.:i-Jy.^ AVgontlomaiiiintbrestcd in'-irisuranco matters■ tates/that ;Moriday's.iddbato on'.tho- Estimates or'.tho"SratO,Kro ; ',lhsurancp Department would layofbeen'mneh: mote .interesting >,andi infornativo..(as,far ns»,tho .public• nroconccrndd)'if henibW hhd'been morei.fully acquainted with :ho;'facts'.: 'Particularly, was'-this ■'. tho-caso in aspect•of■thpipointsreferrwl'td by Jtr.'.Thorap-: ioiu ns : .ta-'tho;'-DopaTtmbht/;compelling; morttagors;!(jcttihg .'advances..from, ! tho,-Government ;o'..tsiKo\cover- with .tho Stjito 1 officu-: A ■'} ■!■•. '■■CTn&i.-position' is α-goocl; deaL'.'moro Morions than*tho;:pnblio. has'anj - idea -of/'/'-'stated'our' informant. :;''For. : tho-. ; pttstl',six months:;■ tho jovoritiriQut; Advances Up'vSpttlers'-. Dopafhnont liasi.piir3iicd-an.active policy of forcinK.mortjajj'orsv info taking coydiv in thq State; Firo Insurance Company,.Roinp 1 as.:far! as : to; interfere «-ith,'o.xisting'policies,. :thpUßh : .,ithas : .no. legal right .to-do;so,: as-the authorities arp. aware.?'. One .gentleman I. know was -very, irate, at. beinß, informed that he. would s have. \to ehapge';.nis.policy from the .officoho had.ibeen accustpmed-.td cleairwith to/the State,:office, and hobdefied- the: Department-, to. compel him to'{mike thp : chanKe. .He 'was; let severely, alone, after ithat.: The threat that, is held ; over mortr' goßprsVis .■ .'that..' if-,.i they ; do ; not j change their policies f.to, .tho! State. ofEjco the Department will have'-. : t6.-consider- the necessity for.recallinß. the, adyarice' m.ado; .;;Yery vsimple,, and, in a'.-greit. number, of leases, - very effective;. '■ :',, '.,:-:'■■''"\ -.- ■.■'• ■.-' ""Every office; in- the town has. received'.dozeris ofj'.offi'cial' notifications of. mthdrawals of,;polif. 6icSAfr'orfl. : .,the;^pye_rnmpnt;-/Ailyarices"■to'l l S< , t7' tleriDepptmen.tj.sisnpd. by. .the head .of 'thei Dbpa'rtmqht,' ! -Mr, Peter which policies are 'autpuiatically. jtiansferred .to 'the, State' of-fice.'---,^";";;'".'■•'•.-,"■/•'"''.'r ::■'■>,:■ ..■ - :, •:' V..:'- , ;;'-" .•'■.:;.''All,:!th|B is;'''direct, -interference .with private , - enterprise'.; ,;Yet; aro_ large■ ,tax.'payorV and;, invest' a .good deal: of money inv Gpverhnient securities. Other Government Departmentt'vact '..differently..r.The.,.P.ublic Trnstedjis.qiute'ifair.a'tid..the Government Life 'In-. :s'urance •Department does not ■compel; the.mortgag6r '.t6vinsuro.';'witli the State , office! Why shoiildCthe 'Advances 'to Settlers .Department? believeihero': ia^anbthol'.country , , in '.the;, world ; wliicli''.woulil do , '.su'tili; a - tliingi ■ Another 'thing 'which'; the Government- perhaps 'does -not appreciate'is. that :■ tho (public dpe.i', not lilceiit; dnd:tli<>.rei-'is;a con--.sidcTOble'ampunt,of grnmlilirif! at, haying : to do ■'i&. '; particiilnrly, ,nmong-.old • clients, of .-.different .pificcs;-sj^';' ;: '^"'^ : ;..'■;' , ":- , Y : 'V^;v\- -.'*' : ..-.i:.'fStjnie-of-.'the the Hoii.'iJH; ■CarrpUMast ,inpnth, v :'statihg the .case' iiforftlie!,privatel : c6mpariieo in' connection"with. thoj"hotib>i; of , ; ;the .• Adva'rices' to .'Sisttlers'-'Depart-.ment, '.iniul 1 . they '■': gathered: i ronv/ Mr; , ". Carroll : .that;-;.cxistinff ■policies Svpuld not he .'interfered ,\Vi th; , ; sTh'p (giring'of-^'a.;f roe ! hand: to,',fiew' nibrt' Kagors,<,-hpweYpr,;- .\vas a. matter: that ..affected policy; Sand .one' that ■■■■'• wpnld. have'.to bo stibmittedv to Cabinet, j',The.v, would' hear from him. again on'.tho point.,' "That was earlySlast'tnonth;-but ;so : far-rio letter , ; has-been' :,Carrbll.": ■ .; -y > : .. . ;: '■■:.