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'RiCHLY ACCOlLDINO TO THE DICTATES
01 CONSQIANCE. WE PRIZE•ABOVIC ALL
OTHER L113ERTIEH;
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. Lueoauow. February 8th, 1801
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The Lucknow Sentinel, Bruce County, Friday, February 6th
isamosamowassimanwismis
recent bye election in the Province of
Quebec, a minister there anvucated
unrestricted reciprocity, yet recent
statements in Ontario made by the
Premier indicate a different policy and
how they expect to keep pledges so
diverse is a question too deep fot any
person but the chieftain. There is a
standing offer of limited reciprocity in
P"><ilaja'�-�"'-x-�tir"`'"u7AVi�'i�='�t�` •. �a�.-1r::w. -. a, ;rn�•"''
but there is not much prospect of any
such offer being accepted, and this fact
way be used to.ntislead the ele,.toratt
and recent: events go to show that -the
Republican administration. of the
United States, perhaps taking, warning
from the verdict given on the 4th of
treaty on the basis of full and complete
reciprocity. The leaders of the oppo-
sition are resting their hopes on the
promise of unrestricte t reoiprol:ity,
whish as outlined by them implies the
keeping up of the duties against Great
Britain. The difficulty lies in the fact
that such a %est sunt is needed, to meet
the annual expenses of the state,
amounting'to ,over thirty-six mitlions
of dollars. One thing only is certain
that retrenchment is necessary and
the electors should decide whether the
increase • of the annual expendit ure
from $23,503,158 in 1878 to $36,917,-
885 in 1889 is an evidence of ecouotny
or retrenchment; 1 do not think • that
all this increase is unwarranted, yet if
our coutitry is to prosper, we must
exact pledges from our representatives
that every ettort will be made to reduce
t xpenditure. We believe that fewer
subsidies to railways, fewer grants to
elieleffe-cued'" provinces, less-•-Rykertisue-
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'A despatch from Ottawa on Mon-
day last announced the fact, that the
Governor General, acting on the ad-
vice of his ministers had dissolved the
House of Commons, The nominations
will take .place on' Thursday, February
26th, and the elections one week later,
on Thursday, March 5th. This sudden
t, anuounceu►ent will no doubt, be a sur -
devise to the great meijority of the
tpeuplo of the Dominion, but no one
rwho hind carefully watched the tone of
the Government organs for the past
e^nfewweeks. could fail to sec that an
tappdal would shortly be made to the
,country. The chief reason assigned
for, this premature alissolution of the
ePerlir.mnerrt,_, whichN could hays held
power for two sessions yet, is that
11 oloydr'trade relations with the United and McGrevyisw, fewer officials whose
.chief duty it is to be this drtwing of
n Seance is expedient, and that the their salary, and leiss unnecessary ex-
'," Governinent should be able to deal peroses all 'round., .would enable the
1/'with a Parliament fresh ,from the government to meet it3 liabilities.
11 people rather than with a moribund without imposing such heavy duties
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there is not n►uch•prospect of a change
of policy on the pert of the Geveru-
went I think that the platform as laid
down by the opposition leader miggl.t.
be bettor adapted to meet the situation:.
As an elector, 1 think that the boon
;,f unrestricted reciprocity is the great
ultimatum to be desired, and that
would be the sooner accomplished
by coii►mencing to . lower they
duties upon imports front Great
Britain. 1 clans that this setini'e
to be reasonable, inasrntieh ^ es
we are thus in practice carrying out
the' principle ' of fair trade. Tneland
now , admits our products .free ; the
United States do not, and having in
view the requirmlents of the country
as to revenue, instead of abolishing the
duties between Canada and the
United States and, depending for
revenue upon duties levied on British.
goods, .why not reduce the tariff by
one half on British goods and make
the' otter of a similar i reduction to the
United States; or a measure of cone
eilete reciprocity. If the revenue is
secured elsewhere, one thing is certain
that thus reducing the import duties
gradually, loss'•frictiion would be caused
andthee changed conditions would be
more oesily mieet, and as the require-
ments of the state might warrant,
keep lowering the duties all around
and, thus oiiject lessons of the first -
magnitude bet e , the eyes of the
people would convincer theta of the
visdoi.t of dninn Away w>th ..he system
of protet:tire duties altogether.
British goods and C, nadinn'goods-of
the same class would be bou,ht cheaper
and if the Americans 'reciprocated by
lvvv errng t heir duties (and notice.
th.tt I would never reduce a duty on
tie, part ef..,Canada without ri corres-
p tiding •reeducti.en on the part of thie
United St ites) nearly all of 'tho pro
duce that no+t' Mills its . tllarkt`t there
%N 0111d iu,`reasc in va111e ,just the
amount of the reeduction : for instance
a horse that is shipped to the ether
cult+ nlut be reduced i11 pri:e to the
Canadian farmer, by .just the amount of
duty, at present thirty dollars on
oontwon hor/t•s. ' 1f cnlrt fifteen dollar
duty Atr shagged,, the farmer would'
just get fifteen dollars more, .and
there was. no fury to per the, farnleer
at'ulti get thirty. dcllits 'tort+'than he
'ean get at puts;ent. The cashes result
would ft+;lt+u the lo+t•etirg t -r abolish-
ing the duties a},on-sheep,'lalti14,tioo1,
hay. barley and every produ.t° that
tineas its market " there, • But the
W Ile we notice that
}lutist)." ns sour s ra er
from the'Loudon b'rec Prerl8, a ,journe.l
that has all along denounced in the
Iqest severe terms the Wren who have
been ndvooating reciprocity with the
United. St Utes. St range things, 'how-
ever, occur at elections times, but we
believe this '.is the first time in the
history of Canada that the two great
poli teal parties Witt o to the country
with the same platform on the trade.
policy of the country. 'Wonders swill'
never eeaelr..
TiIE TRADE C./UlrS7'ION.
'Whet. I have studied the question
of .owttibinos as ,presented in, the evi-
detce given before, the commission, I .
stn convinced - that each and all of
thein are designed to ensure greater'
profits to those who ere within t>he
niggie circle au'd that the danger lies
in thee opportunity they give, to Secure
a fargreatur profit than is fair. There
are ..sore points. of diflerence.in the
system adopted. Some combines are
• of longer duration thew others, but the
'effect must: continue to be the same
Eta injurious to the cnntron meal, and
au nearly every case the remedy that
et•outd 'seem to promise the best ree-
ieults ie the lowering; of the tariff wall.
1 cannot „learn the. subject without
reference to .the feet their e% it effects
fi►Ilow ` ue •throutth life in every stage
and ctudition,, And ee en through the
workings of the undertakeirs' combine -
,tion they follow us to the grave, avid
the ptini and sorrow• of bereaved
.fieeuds is n it softened when they
Matte to pay much larger ;utile for the
m ttee~.. ry equipments of a reSpteetabk
1,19.0 el than is tetr %aiue for -the goods
sn pi k .1 or t he ser‘ kites rendered,
t1,Nailbination is e\tensive ir. its
.e 14e11at foals, most :1rt,lt rit'v in chill netel',
ami eexetrt'is 'a•11 .t1111051itis6i0 inteerfer-
t 11cee t+ 1t11 }lersonnt ta-ee•drtlt. 11•e he-
llee‘e that our Int -4\m tiseal 1t iev
.uttiet`S the 1eest te}eptetr.unitr for coin
1.;t.ees mad 11101)1\ to to tl .WI ISh iS igen
sluipte.i to t!I< fere sett ooi.dit ion of
cur teseufacturirA intceree.ts, inerea
the o .st of lit 'ms wit3i. ut st`curing
prle}et'rttei;ate in0teene .t0 glee 0-441.0
e trot :, < s seat a ffir;y Canadian farmer would 11.Ve tt1 t\11n• '
t ssses Of the tleliinitlnit\', >allti t'eer• 'pees seesillat the cheap corn alai teats •
t.,inly has to i veru zrevt extent Con- of the west, 1 a.nstter that cheap.. • complete and at reasonable prices,
tiitt'teeti to .ghee present depressaion in coarse grains vil1 not materially affect;e,,,rict„s. That lural interests. some the priceof grains here. lourwheat
t!edysteakt„ei. ie,teieieet, t 1: the :ilia peed: -tied.t inbtk:'r,.i11; r
LARGE DISCOUNTS FOR CASE
ONummicomimmill
LL HEAVY WINTER GO
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alt them out of our way
To Make Room for Other Goo&
SHORTLY TO .ARRIVE:
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QEPP900E CO.
LUCKNOW AND DUNGANNON.
THEY MUST BE SOLD:
pecial9
prices on winter stock for thenext two weeks
OUR
STOCK OF OVERCOATS
Must be sold as wve cannot afford to carry theme. over.
SO WITH FURS AND FUR CAPS
And all other lines of heavy goods. We want to en-
courage buyers to pay cash by giving
liberal discounts. -
"WM_ V QN .ai 11
OVESI.STOV :s, STOVES!
It will profit -you if you *ant t� purchase a4 good
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COOK STOVE, PARLOR STOVE OR EOX!STOVE
FOR COAL OR WOOD, .
This season to call, on us
You will find our stock
t}iiestion of .the, hour 15 t dis.-o% or a• the princes is governed by the }'rice An
} eelic c teat ‘'‘ il: brin,; it out 'A bettor Liverpool. 1 ilhistr,itr, susppose a
i eildiiienI • of thi1,ye's We t`nd the f Amer grewi: two hundred bushels of
l e}Riga•` ,ef tlir zrost }safeties ei;ssnnling a p0:s theft :ire worth sixty, t`i`nt:
di4.4,,:te :et .t Ude 1Qs to the 1' 1iey to bushel here, lout is elag:l,-yeti
fear.ite. 'The learner Of the yeoetern- I farming` and reequil'e: to fen el i t.eis tie
wne'llt 1155 engine Tt-e ZS *lin`etlllteeed ' shock, if he e111 hue .\\(eSt(r11' ‘1* 121
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t e; ht. t'tn'; RYsI?ewe •.ta the y.esen - vrci.shing .t+i! 1115 per leiehel• et.say 4t
* ti t a. - It kv Iet•i-rite .tree 'that ua * rents, per -lvu khel—i- ;41,te
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A large stock of
-Stove Furniture, Boards, Pic$, Etc:, Away Down in price.
I Now is your time to get a good stove chea
p at
The leading stove. depot.
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