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The t.ueknow SSebtinel Bruce County, Friday, January Oth -.
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GREAT OLEARING.
two ways, directly as under our muni •.
cipal-eyetem, -where :the tax collector
mimeo around and our money .gees
into the treasury, whence it is dis-
bursed, aud• indirectly where taxation
is levied upon some arsicle that is used;
the purchaser paying the tax when he
buys his goods, as for instance, the
consumer of whiskey and tobacco pays
a tax to the government every time he
of tobacco, and the one who buys more
useful articles sometimes pays more
taxes when making the purchase .than
the is aware of. While much could be,
•said on direct •versus indirect taxation,
tour purpose is not to discuss that ques-
tion, but ancepting the situation as we
hand it, cleat with the auestien of jn-
The census are'to'be taken on April
tilt_ _ 1>dr. -. _ Dewitt hphnaton,. the
;Dow iion,statistician, who was Census
tCotoissioner tfor Nova Scotia in 1871,
,has charge of the work. In a state-
.nrmct ,just made thy ,Mr. Johnston it
:appearathat the 'census staff will con-
.sist'of Ali .ger< era' ,eomtnissioners,'120
'county commissioners, and 3,000
enumerators. The information will be
,tpassed ?from hand to hand, and will
(finally reach Ottawa, where Mr. Johu-
son, vwho has.quite a taste for statistics,
swill digest It and prepare it for publi-
catidn. Some desirable .and indeed
important :featuree will' he added to
;• Ole tcensue /this year. We are to learn
what the iducationnl condition of the
!people is,art8 were not to be misled by
figures which include absentees as well
as actual i,esidex ts. A man who :has
{been tout of the., country for a certain
length of time will not have ..the
!pleasure of being counted.
YI`. i'1 TRADE QUE T s _
My'rnotivein presenting these
thoughts on the Trade Question is not.
toiead -the'readers of the SENTINEL to
think as I do, but rather to stir up a
spirit of enquiry, so that we will be
table to Arrive at just 'conclusions with
regard to it, as it is imperative that
every one -having -an -interest in --the-
.decision that ,must be given ere long
upon it. should study it out themselves
and :thee be at le to forte npinions.that
will withstand the . influenee of the
,party peditioian. The works that I_
sound :ktel•pful, and would recommend
are the "allowing: Free Trade and
Protection, by Fawcett ; Free Trade:
+r; and English Cmmnreree,bv Mongredien;
4Watat and Wealth by Striver; ,Ele-
,,ruents of Political Economy' by Mc-
k4aughlin ; O'Sullivan on Government,
and also a h+ri►dbook' of Comaartrcia i
[Trion by f.; Mercer Adam. • These
may be found' in the Holyrood library
'anti can be procured from Gage & Co.,
Toronto. I also invite the attention
of the ladies to this question, many of
them take an Intelligent interest in
the leading 'questions of the day and
ran arrive at fair conclusions, r.: