Lucknow Sentinel, 1891-01-23, Page 4AMES
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*the L. �ucknow Sentinel Bruce County
Friday, January 23rd
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CORDING TO THE DICTATES
NCE WE PRIZE ABOVE ALL
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January 23rd, 1891
the adventsge i,n' that he, in some
leases, can buy his raw material in art
open tuarket, namely wool, raw sugar,
raw cotton, etc., and can sell in a pro-
tected one. The farmer has to com-
pete iu the markets of the world with
the cheap wheat. of India, the chap
wool of Australia and the Cape, the
tine republic • -and New Zealand, and
can only de so successfully wheu the
cost of productio•r is • reduced to the
lowest possible point, and 1 claim -that
every addition in the cost of the imple-
ments he ust.s, the cloth he wears, or
the food he needs to consume, reduces
his _profits by an equal. amount and
c is ea e is cies :e, ` y axes
upon raw material or goods that are
-not produced: at home, such an increase
is under the circumstances utterly
indefeuseabie. Canada must continue
to be essentially an agricultural coun-
try. At present the exports of agri-
cultural products exceed the exports of
the product of the forest, the mine
and the nsheries by two and a half
million dollars, and although the rela-
tive value of exports may change, there
must always be the greater number of ,
our population engaged in and directly
depenuent upon agriculture fora 1ivin.
Hence it follows that any measure of
prosperity or adversity that affects the
farmer must reflect directly upon
every other class of the coutmunity
Ind any policy that does not add to
the prosperi ;y of the farmer cannot.
be an advantage permanently to any
other class and vice versa. The duty
on..raw. materaal-such-as-coal -•-and-iron
must affect the cost of., -the .manufac-.
tured goods and be paid by some
person.. 11 owing to competition the
manufacturer is compelled to sell his.
goods at a price so low that he must
lose the duty thus levied, be must -
either sul,mit to the loss or save the
atnoun .y re tieing the wages of his
labor or the expeusea of living. ' If by
means of combinations the u.anu°
facturer is able to place the tax. on
raw. material—On oh, the consumer, then
if the consumer is a wealth produber
either as a. mechanic, farmer, miner,.
lumberman .dr any', other bt`anch of
is
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ftst- duty of the new Comity
ells on Tuesday next will he to
rt a Warden. In Bruce county it
I difficult matter to say who shall
elected, as there is a large number
rst-class inen in the field, any one
1 which would fill the position with
nor to themselves and credit to the
lay. ' •Among the names most
wiuently mentioned for the office
essrs. J. S, McDonald, Reeve of
n Township ; Dr. Bradley, Reeve
ncardine township ; Major Scctt,
of Kincardine; and J, M.
Reeve of 4mabel. In Huron
it is almost n foregone con -
that Mr. Joseph Griffin, the
,1•'t ;'Yid pontilar Reeve of Ashfield,_
Mill be selected as the Warden for
€;1$911, and a better choice could not
414, made-. . - -
2;11E'FRADE QUESTION.•
n- in--view-the-p t
...of the National Policy was, to encour-
age home manufactures, and if this has
•.;been accamplished._atlri thio_ goods. we.
.consunie are manufactured at home,
then 'there would be a corresponding
.decrease in our imports of manufac-
land- goods. We claim that -while
mnd.ustny,-the._profit&.if such industry
re lessened just by the amount of the
ax. Further, it is now evident that
he masses can be taxed for the benefit
f a few. In any event the tax on
aw • material seems . to be quite un
ecessary. Under` it the iron and
oat industries have not been, fostered,
nd it is pretty difficult to Lind just
here the profit has been except to the
overnntent. The design of the tax
n coal was,to create a market in the
rovinces of Ontario and Quebec for,
ova Scotia. coal, yet the great bulk
f coal 'used in Ontario and' eastern
uebec conies flour the coal fields just
cross . the border,' because it is the
atural source of supply. The N P.
as utterly failed to ,tcaourplish any-
hing in the coal industry. With
egard to the fruit industry we quote
ow a government report latest issue,
peaking of the numerous'deposits'of
ion ore to be found in the0ditierent
rovinces of the Dominion except
14Ianitiba. The report says : "Owing
resumably to the 'lack of enterprise
nd capital it has powhere been mined
any great extent." It,the ,levying
a tax on iron and steel. has not
stered the production at hoiue why
intiuue to pay a useless tax, especially
hen the government blames its own
ople for lack . of eiterprise, a rather
usual course for' a government to
rsue. I claim that even after pay
g a tax on their raw material our
anufacturers are, able to compete
ccessfully in the markets of the
orlyd. Take of that burden and they,
11 be in a positi in to distance all
mpetitors. This �� ould be the case
pecially�.tith,,;;ricultural implements,
wing ma -Junes, ruusicalin'srtruwents,
and mill ruachiuery for the following
reasons : Any investment promising
profit will lied capita: ; Canadian
enterprise, energy and business capa-
city are able to meet •arty emergency
(,Government opinion to the contrarly
.,otwithstattd,ug), and the Canadian
ar'ti au.C(,ittd)ur'r d bore than favorably
with his ;Itttiy • else••'here, in those
qualities that ritakc up the profitable
work ularr, namely : The intelligent ap-
plication of his pow::rs to produce
what his mind design,. This is largely
the result of our system of education
where every man. and woman has the
chance to get a .fair education and the
educatect workman is always' the best
one."
We lave shown what might happen
if the' manufacturer g, -t a fair show,
and have shown that he has the ad-
vantage over the farmer in having a
protected market, to sell in •at home,
We claim that if it is right to tax the
farmer he should he protected. At
sent certain line wools.._ aro i„f te71
irnr`Ptt'ity. %i �C P,,.ft130111Iported
vim; Nom- n .fa.r llclt�t,°� .df the I
.niany.of,our manufacturing industries. t
.,were stimulated, not by a greater t
demand, but by a hope of a greater o
t$eniarid. The •hope was not realized. r
Much capital that was invested in
.tiianufacturing was lost or remains.
a
unprt ductrve, and any growth in our w
,manufacturing industries has only g
kept pace. • with what ought to be the °
L: natural development of the country. � N
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rom paragraph 229, Statistical Year
Book, ,which are authuritive and are
iven to show that our home manufac
tures have not excluded foreign goods,
!though' the price 'to the consumer is
;renter owing to the duty :
ear. Total Imports. Total Exports
868 $73,459,614. ` $87,5-67,88'8
878 93,081.787. 79,323,667
.889 1.15,‘j24.931. 89,189,167
.Ex's of Ipts. Value of trade per head
.$16,891,756. , $38,86
13.758,120. ' 42.26
.26,0351,764. 40.27 •
We notice that the imports have in-
reased in greater proportion than the
xports & id also that the total trade
.r head of population has actually
.1creascd during the eleven years from„
78 to 1889. The National Policy
s failed to keep out inauufactured
lin i r ids, for we notice our' imports are
Iuid rNIy of that class, and yet it is only
site vieeicatiau of one of the first
urs tuci},lea ,of trade th t one must buy
�' a bell in the same market, and our
e awls b.; loaded both ways. We
tin d ace however that the decrease in 1 se
e a hies t,f ex ports. i n 1889 may be part -
81t •aetoun,ed for by the shrinkage in
emh;'tues of breu.letutts of which our
et h i'"rta lart;ety coin int, yet a high
ce for our faro, pruuut�e was to be
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id the prosperti y - of the ruasseo of the
tithe`"'pie' 1 believe that the n8 Lural
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go' ' i enterprise of an intelligent and
lour
,'al pe••ple havi.tg such treat natural
.ra•lrt,au,rces to develop, would have made'
itin,'ter progress in material wealth if
„,.10,6. had not Koen handicapped by.the •
t).• burdens laid upon them and it•
had an open market to buy and
in. titre of the olricf ol.tlechons to
system is the unfairness with
' zh it affects the classes.:uf producers.
manufacturers titere•'to receive the
-,t benefit of having the market at
ell to- thefri-tyerves. 'Tale farmers
to be benefited by an increased
market that has niot yet arrived,. -pre
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Now isyour time to secure bargains.
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LARGE- DISCOUNTS FOR CASE
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ALL HEAVY WINTER
- We want them out of our way
MaIe Room for Qth1:{Js
SHORTLY ` TO ARRIVE.
me=itno v, miPi oc & ccs_
LUCKNOW AND DUNGANNON.
THEY MYSTBESOLD.
Special prices 0n winter ,.stock for the nex two weeks
OUR STOCK OF OVERCO
Must be sold as we cannot afford to carry them over..
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SO WITH FURS AND -FUR CAPS
nd all ' other lines of heavy goods. We want to
courage buyers to pay cash by giving
liberal discounts. "
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tt will profit you if you want to y chase base a �oo�.
600K
u STOVE, PARLOR STOVE OR ..
FOR COAL OR WOOD.`
This season, to call on' us, ' You will fir
�. our stock
cor.plete and at reasonable prices,
A large . stock o
,Stove Furniture, Barb, Pune, Etc, AwayuY
Now is your ti:e,to -get a good stove cheap
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