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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1890-05-23, Page 7A BAD FOUNDATION. An .Economic System that Corners Our Natural Opportunities, t, Ei.: r4T „+n,-:vn. avF. r�.^? u"'�'!!z,-;—^�—T. .r�•^;�.:M3 m . �., A�..'"" .. s..n..gT.. -.�_: ,y ye�t �VLiLY Vl\ Y The B;esentials to Existence—Have Not All a Right to Them ?—A Question or Title, -Discovery and Ownership— Some Facts of History. FIFTH PAPEll. The topics treated of in preoedingpapers have doubtless greatinterest in any con- sideration of the preseing question . of • .. . 0.1.31.4 ?A...l. sL insigne canoe before the root evil with which we have to deal -the land question. Of course there are people who are ready to ory out, " Land question 1 Isn't there land and to spare in this great oonntry for unborn- millions ?" Now, with all due respect to these people such a query in no waytonobes the vital question. It is, in that place, an avoidance of the mane as • to the righteousness of the exieting land the as- sumes thatt,, b cause thered yetaoremains --- land -in- other parts open to settlement and • appropriation, no evil result one ethe- eyetem-inenee, which I eny ; and in the third place it is, in a degree, an admission • that were there not unappropriated land the subject would at least be a debatable one. .Now we have evidences all around ne-partioularly where the population is dense -that the effects of our land system differ only in degree from those in Britain, . in France and in Germany ; and the dif- ference in our favor is due, not to any supe periority in our people or conntryjeut to -the-fact-that he Trge areas of new terri- tory have eerved as a safety -valve to relieve the pressure. The principles we preed upon are praotioally those which ha u ,produced in the old lands an aria- toor oy of landed barons and a population of savagely competing serfs who remain ,in the countryby their handedness' .permission and live on the ragged margin. The order of progress will not be different; and as most economic movements, whether good or evil, progress- more rapidly than in ,past times, we will, considering our condi- tionsreach the. period of pressure more 9 rapidly than our European ancestors did. Wise men look ahead and profit by vhe ex- perience of others. Why should we wait until the evil is an oppressive one,and pee= •ple are in no;humor to reason or to adopt the gradual methods so advieable in bringing about great economic changes ? Why not consider well what we are doing and steer clear, of the rocks ahead ? Why should we do wrong at great cost to ourselves and in- %.Siot an evil on posterity, when it ie easier to do right and when peace and prosperity are , to be promoted by a proper oonrse ? Why, indeed I Three conditions are essential to life on thie planet-sooees to earth, air and water. Without these life cannot be supported. In •the economy of creation these are so well balanced to fit oar r eirements that life is fairly enjoy in most parte of the globe. Water nd air beoome matters of prop• onm :exert is at w pre obj sone deo the reoo arti ter wat that the soon mon the brea rival Jere of:th To prop -mere rain, or to bher ruit -inean other lee pi - teren apart rends neigh hive assert and b earth water Bon they b he doe is own - it. W earth recall the p1 a peop each o " The the Ian did no who pl man n one mi thus b mankin nnivers ehould lees po feeling either either f facts oo approxi protease' he appr I thi trouble lute ow they res ages of and ant force a ren 1�? assigns. have given a certain kin sanctity. I say " seelotity," beoeuse out that feeling on the part of the who paid tribute to these men for the of . remaining on the earth, these oonld not have been enforced. Might not properly be said to rule now; on the masses Cully comprehend that the oppressed, wronged, and they will fi remedy, constitutional or otherwise witbi DOMINION PARLIAMENT. people jtMr. Foster, replying to Mr. Patterson can- (Esse'), eaid the charges of improper con- k 101 - duct on the part ot Onetums Officer Mo- yare Lagan, of Sarnia, had been brought to the nd a attention of the Government and were now It under investigation. - vie hie to give the laws, at ate appearance of right, no ow bad the law or the m of its enactors. But there have been 1 when religion had more power in respect -to make men submit tame! bad laws -than it has to -day ; and o these days it will get baokbone enoug deny the authority of any law not fo in nature•! right. In the past, howe it cannot be gainsaid that the suffe masses have endured oppressive 1 rather from the confused idea that une as was their bearin vtiinenai, n e least ofthe various chartered banks be kept open mus- for business on Saturdaye ' anti! 3 eeeee'-. in the afternoon, except when a bank holi- day falls on Saturday. He stated that at present great inoonvenienoe was canoed to the farmers by the banks oloeing at 1 o'olook on Saturday. Mr. Foster eaid he doubted whether Par- liament could make any regulations as' to the closing of banks. The hours were regu- lated by the demand, and he thought the banka had always shown themselves willing to a000mmodate themselves to the wiehee of their customers. otive imes this y to ne of h to ended ver, ring aws quell ar • shipethey endured were ordained of G than that they did not feel that t1irey w numerous enough or strong enough unite in resisting such laws. This the essence of what pertain politician to -day eulogize as loyalty, sefoi lament deoay. There are those who have ren to fear the light that is breaking in n the masses. But even light brings responsibilities to those who see. If we go bank to the Norman period England' we will find that when. Willi wrested the kingdom from the Saxons ..possessed -himself -of -their ens an p titioned them, ingreat measure, among followers. That was title obtained force and conveyed by favor. I am awn that it might be claimed that he gave col to a title to the throne by an alleged p vions will of Edward the Confessor, a also by a form of election ; but this w laughed to scorn by his own followers w claimed their titles by virtue of share with him the hazards of conquest; a moreover were the -olefin conceded it wo but remove the foundation by force o step further back. It was not, howeve until the Tudor period that our prese system, took ebape ; and even then the Ian was burdened with feudal oharges whio rendered the claim of the following state of Edward III., and which has never sin been repealed, at least nominally effective That the gin: is the nniver�_andl jg • ria oro' a and in his kingdom ; an that no man doth, or can possess any part o bee delivs' edWhat as a has gitttefrom him to be held on immediately oda service. In the reign of. Charles II., however, land -holding parliament relieved itself o this "service" or return for the 000upan of the lands of the nation; and from the time forward the ,men who held the Ian and made the laws took oare to legislate in their own interest ; to keep up a church that taught respect for law without being hyperoritioal about its juetioe or right to bind them ; and to enclose ,for their own use the large commonages. that were -used by the general public. I find that from Queen Anne to William IV., inclusive, 3,954 enolosare sots were passed, appro- priating to private use 4,207,883 acres of lands belonging to the whole people and I do not wonder that, taken with the other enactments of a landlord parliament, the Dost of paupers has aggregated as much as £8,000,000 in a Bingle year in England •1 Turning to newer parte of the world, we find force and fraud as usual, complioated with a claim of " discovery." If we shut our eyes to the fact that admitting discov- ery as a title the aborigines owned the country, we are yet entitled to ask whether the discovery of America by Columbus oonld give Spain �a good title to America. How much are we to concede to discovery? The acre landed on ? The territory bounded by the horizon of the•discoverer ? All he travels over or around ? Would .Ornsoe have a right as discoverer to for- bid other people to land on his island, if he ohoee to do so, if its area were a square mile ? or if it were a million square miles ? " If he could enforce his refusal ? " Ah 1 Now we get '• bank to the doctrine of force, and on force and fraud will, I think, be found to rest all titles to absolute owner- ship of the land which God eaid, "shall not be sold forever, for the land is mine." If the natural opportunities are owned by the few, how can it be said' that all men.. are equal. before the law ? - It the many are deprived of their birthright, yet�heavily t-nned_to _enforce-4hat- deprivation, how can competition -the natural condition -be fair ? Is it any wonder that starting to build on snoh q fabrio oar sooial and. political economy should` be a thing of props and braces most unlovely to oontem. plate, and whose safety we feel alarm for in every industrial breeze ; that in an enlightened age like this we should witness the anomoly of idleness taking the wealth and honors of the world while - industry straggles and starves, and the exponents of the gospel of the Teacher of Truth and Justice patronizingly counsel contentment and prate about the " will of God "? We mast help, ourselves. , If we put our shoulders to the chariot wheel Hercules will lie there. It won't hurt the storm - tossed boatman to pray, but he will find a good pair of oars and ability to handle them very useful in reaching a safe haven. This world has been mnoh abased, indeed sometimes it has almost been presented as a malevolenticreation ; but I am of opinion that it would be a pretty good plaae to spend ' a few years in if we only pat oar abilities to the apes for which they are adapted by nature, 'cultivated self-reliance and aoted up to our best knowledge. MASQUETTE. od, ere to was s of its son pen its in am he sr - his by re or re- nd as' ho nnd won n0 r, nt d h te CO d f n a oy t d notary interest only ander special oir � canoes involving peculiar pereo n in supplying them. When a'di b`rk the supply. of a sufficient nal ver air an (as me the the the of er, er Id re by to te el- th en in of 0 Safe For the Night. The winter palace, 10 p.m. The Czar-Heve you looked well under The Czarina -Yea. The Czar -And in th'e closets ? The Czarins-Yes, dear. The Czar -Then give me my steel linen night-gown, set the man trapsky, give me the double-barreled pistilovitch and tarn the gam off. I shall seek pleasant dreams wherein I may see thee blaok•and•tanaviala rascal, Georgeoff Kennanski, breathing the sweet air of the Kara prison. It is thought, that the bill of the Imperial Parliament regulating merchant shipping will not apply to Canadian voseele, provided Canada satisfies the Home llovernment that oho will legislate on the- It:Millie herrielf. •. ; 7,....rnr .; T .. ' i . ivision. Mr. White (Cardwell) drew attention to the fact that the Bill did not require the banks to present a return of their business outside of Canada, and hence the monthly returns of some of the banks did not give. exaot details of the condition of the banks. Mr. Blake suggested that the third read- ing of the Bill be deferred until it was asoertained what were the views of the banks in regard to this point. Mr. Foster agreed to this' course being taken. llfr. Landkerkin moved. Ihat_banks- wwhi'olr-closiied before 3 o'clock should not be allowed to protest notes on that day. The amendment was lost on division. The . Bill was reported, and the third reading fixed for to -morrow. Mr. Foster moved the third reading of the Tariff Bill. - Sir Riohard Oartwright said he would protest for the last time against the imposi- tion of these duties. The Finance Minister had informed them that there was a sur- plus of -62,500,000 on -haat year's -era tions, that he calculated on a sarpl $2,500,000 on the present year's tra tions, and expected a surplus' of $2,50 for the next year, yet under these air stances, the hon. gentleman, contra the practice of civilized nations, inste. using that surplus for the purses ameliorating the burdens' of the pe added to the taxes alrea -111-en ere was a principle ought to be well established and w should commend itself» to everybody, it that in a young country which des emigration, and had large areas to e np, they should avoid imposing taxe £rtioles of primary necessity to the w people, and that they ohould adjust 1 tion so that it 'should be as •far as pose equitably distributed over the whole o0 try and not press unequally ore the vari classes, and least of all on the po classes; that they should avoid inoreas taxes on raw material imported for industries, and that no tax should be posed in favor of one Prove against another. Under the ex ing oironmetanoes they ought to careful not to impose taxation such a . nature as to involve retal. tion on the part of their neighbors. W an existing surplus.and an anticipated s oe pine of one million dollars over two millione lto ant wase burde of the people. The taxes on flour a meat must and would of necessity add the cost of articles of food largely cone= among the very poor class - of the poen tion, would injure trade,and would more' the cost of the production of lumber. the Government wished to benefit t farmers, they ought not to increase't duties on pork, but admit free of duty o0 and the raw material out of` which po was made. The Government attempt to justify their course by pointing to 1 example of the United States. The mark in the latter country, however, was large and the population was greater, the olima was varied,- and they could to a very gra degree produce everything that a natio could require. He moved " that the bill b not now read a third time, bat that it b resolved that in view of the official stat ment of the Finance Minister showing surplus revenne for the past year and probable surplus for the ,present and au needing years, the increased taxation pro posed to be inflicted upon the people this billis unjustifiable and unnecessary. Mr. Foster said the changes in the tare ware not made with any idea of enlargin she amount of revenne, but to oorreo nomalies that exist and to provide fo ndustries that were not suffioiently pro Bated, having special reference to th armer. Instead of deriving a revenne here were several items, such as glees molaseeseete., upon which a considerable mount would be lost. One result of the ariff would be to reduce the importation f meats from foreign countries by the nereased prodection of the acme classes f meats in our own country. There would ave to be months of actual experience afore they would know the result of the hanges in the tariff. He said with all the mphasis he could command that they ad waited long enough, and the aenti- ents shown in the United States did ot • justify their waiting any longer "hat they had to do was to sit down as tizens of a,,free country and make their wn matters square with their own tercets. Mr. Charlton said now the farmer was ginning to feel the evil effects of the lo- lled National Polioy,l the Finance Minis - r brought down a subterfuge in order to eke him believe he wee shoat to receive a the protection for therobbery to which had been Jeubjeoted in the past. It uld not deceive the Canadian farmer any ore than the McKinley bill would 'deceive e farmer in the United States. Mr. McMullen observed that the Govern- nt had promised that the National lioy would obtain a home market for the - mere. Not one of their promises had n fulfilled, however. The farmers now d their eyes open, and the Government uld not be able to shut them again. he House divided on the amendment, ioh was loot on a vote of 62 yeas and 93 a. nese- us of natio- 0,000 oam- ry to ad of e of, ople,. W hioh WAS ired ettle 9 on hole axe- ible un, one crest ing our im- nee ist- be of is- ith tir- ed no nd to ed la - 80 If he he rn rk ed he et te at n a e e- a' e. o: • b7 t r 0 a oi in be ea te lit he wo 1110 Po far bee ha wo wh nay Mr. Desjerdine moved the adoption of the report of the Debates Committee, in- oreaeing the salaries of amanuenses from Mr. Curran moved that the report be referred back for the purpose of increasing the salaries of tho translators. k Mr. Langeliee Weld thei the, French translation of the debetenevete veryebecle one speech the tranetatore made Mr. Laurier declare that the Frenoh language ehould be abolished and the French race wiped oat of the country. Mr. taylor said the tranelation cost $9,000. The proper way to deal with this question was to wipe out the expenditure of the $75,000 and cease publication of the debates altogether. It world elle FTr .. �£w.--„,::.�c YtoiidviDrI�71Zije A STORY OF THH DAY., Lord George Jeffrey' as. he Appeared Dar. ing the ” Moody Ageism" Who ie not acquainted with tke blood- stained and infamone record of4001 George Jeffreys, of England ? The story" 7i^ of the " bloody assizes," in which he is Chi ��s.L-a i.,-.,: .,... .�,-'".r..4fr,,,..,c•r. rCi'�"tu":s={C�P'L'�'`" r �'d4<''�"''�,'mt"'r'�,.' eezei horror and amazement to the end of time. eneed 'It has no parallel. Perhaps: the i. . account of it ie given by Macaulay in lite t 1 Box history of England, though every writer et House in Committee ehould be diep with. ar1r. Chaplean moved that.the Ballo Committee have power to sen persons and papers. The object o motion was to enable the committee t persons who had been in attendance. Mr. Blake said it was oatrageoue persons who name _ta.Ottawa . to their pertiouler fade should be psi doing so. Sir John Macdonald -Hear, hear. Mr. McMullen supported the motion Sir,Tehn M.nag.. _ - on . ,. d for note who has had °easeito touch upon {• t the it has grown eloquent in deeoribing its o pay horrors. The author of the brief eketoh ot Lord Jeffreys in the British Encyclopedia that Bays : " It was in this ' bloody assize',tbak__ exhibit. he was -to deepen - tke stain that already d tor tarnished hie fame, and to make the name. of Judge Jeffrey's a synonym for a monster of bloodthirsty ornelty, blasphemous n, sax e come to the conclusion that ent in' the event have of the United States Congress- reducing the im- port duty on sawn lumber to $1 per thous- and feet, the Government will reduce the -export duty on pine and epruoe loge. We will take the oppotnnity of conveying this information to the proper authority at Washington. Mr.. McNeill enquired whether the ernment would bring down a rep reference to the Baltic outrage ? Mr._. Dolby replied -•that --there -would be no objection-to-the-report-beriiig -broug down. Mr: Chapleau moved concurrence in the amendments made by, the Senate to the Aot amending the Electoral Franohiee Aot. He explained that one of the principal amendments was that in case the voters in a division exceeded 250, the returning offioer could make sub -divisions so as not i to invalidate the election. The House went into committee on resolutions authorizing land grante to O.P.R. and other railway companies in rage, and brntie . .. .. . ...__x,,, ave rein his ferocity ; he was maddened with slaughter; and bis appetite for blood grew with what it fed on. The horrible glare of his eye, the savage linea of his face, his fierce shoats of wrath, terrified and con- fused guilty and innocent alike. With hateful cunning he let it be bruited the& the only hope of mercy lay in pleading guiltGov- ghtened hisand labors. cold-blooded hadda powerful ort in incentive to active butchery ; the vacant poet of lord chancellor wasto be Won by _good eerviee. The-estineatee•of-the-nnne ;victims vary : • the official returns to - the treasury was 320 ; Lord Lonsdale says' 700, and Barnet 600. Upward of 800 were transported to the Weet Indies as slaves, while others only escaped by purchasing their pardons from the judge at most ex- orbitant rates." When King James , fled Jeffreys made an attempt to escape to Hamburg, but was captured, and after narrowly escaping death at the kande of an the infuriated mob, was thrown into the tower _the - -of -London.—There he lay . for some the months, tortured by anguish of mind ansa. Northwest. Mr. Dewdney moved that the C.P.R granted 6,400 sores per mile for a bra railway to be constructed from Glenb for a distance of sixty miles to the Bran branch. Sir Riohard Cartwright eaid the Gove went were practically giving away cont of the lands ., r et-bh various .railway grants. According to statement made by the Minister of the I terior last year, there wee a tract of 40 000 equate •miles extending from the R River pn the'one side to near the Roo. Mountains on the other, but if this poli of giving large grants to railways were pe listed in there would soon be very lift of this left. - Mr. Dewdney stated that the fertile belt embraced' 135,000,000 sores. Of these 52,- 141,926 had been appropriated, leaving a surplus of 82,858,074 acres. 1ltr.O'Brien said they. were so accus- tomed to these large figures that they hardly realized what they were doing. He pointed out that when the Territories be- -came settled they world probably be divided into Provineee, and then they would have to face the diffioulties that they had encountered in the other Provinces in re- gard to large tracts of land over whioh the Dominian and Provincial Governments had no control. • The diffioglty that was experienced in Ontario with regard to the Canada Oompany'was a type of : what they woald be likely to incur in the new Pro- vinces if they gave away millions of scree to these oorporatione. Mr. Blake thought ''thee should be a stipulation' made in regard to these grants providing that.lands should be thrown open for sale under a maximum to be fixed. The system of land grants pursued tended, he thought, rather to isolate than draw settlers nearer together. Mr. Davin observed that if some errelbge. ment oonld be made under which railway lands would be open to settlement under reasonable conditions, it would be a benefit to the Northwest. Mr. Watson eaid railway lands should be open to settlers. • The Canadian Pacific Railway apparently were of the opinion that it was better to hold the land. for speculative purposes rather then throw it open to intending settlers. The Canadian Pacific Railway held their lands at from $4 to $10 per sore, which was 'much too high. Mr. Rose expressed himself opposed to any maximum,-prioe for railway lande. Sir Richard Cartwright said the Cana- dian Pacific' Railway's policy in Southern Manitoba had driven out settlers. Praoti= Dally t ii°e Government was abandoning con. trol of 100,000,000 of acres. Mr. Blake said the railway lands to be open for sale should be ordinary agrionl- tural land', and not lands of epeeist value snoh as coal lands, timberlands, and town sites. Mr. Mille observed that the railways should be extended from time to time, to meet the wants of the community as set- tlement extented. The settlement in the Northwest was not what it ought to be, and one of the reasons was the prioes at which the land was held. The public interest would not be served by any re- lianoe on the good the of the railways, no , i was -evidenced during the ' boom n the Northwest. The motion was adopted. Mr. Dewdney moved the same land grant for the two branoh lines of the Cana- dian Pacific Railway for a distance of 125 miles. The motion wee adopted. . be nob aro don rn- rol 11- ed ay le The largest perfect diamond in the world is the Imperial owned by a eyndicate in Paris. It is valued at $1,000,000. - body, dying mieerably on the 18th of April, 1689. When you feel your strength is failing, In some strange,.roysterious way; When your cheek is slowly Foaling, And, 'Poor thing," the neighbors say. 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