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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1892-05-13, Page 7•r y Mr. Speaker annotEnt m,• electoral district of East York, caused by the death of Alexander Maenzie, •and- announeed that he hid- issued his warrant for a new writ to be made out. Mr. Prior said he was informed • that a week ago the Empress of Japan, sailing from China, `canis into British Columbia with smallpox on board ; also that 518 Meese were on board, and that the quar- antine accommodation was totally unfit for any large number of invalids to be treated. He asked if the Government knew of this. Mr. Carling said the vessel had arrived, and there was a case of smallpox. r. Steven$on's bill to incorporate the minion Miller's Association receited its e and reading, and was referred to coin- mittee. Mr. ill moved Parr] amentTeof Great Britain a aand Irelannd when d admits Canadian products to the markets of tterms nited thanl it accordse inom upon to ore favorable of foreign countries, the Parliament of Canada will be prepared to accord corresponding advantages by a substantial redaction in the duties it iinposea upon British manufactured goods. Mr. Gillmor shared with the members from St. John in their excessive loyalty. He believed in the •mainteance and inte- grity of the Empire,but he did not see why it could not as well be maintained finder free trade as under protection. He would vote fo t3 resolution of free trade with the M er Land. He would as soon expect to •se ngland go back to African slavery as to .protection. Protection was a selfish, wicked, sinful, thing. Mr. Macdonald (Winnipeg) expressed himself as cordially in favor of the resolu- tion. He dwelt upon the material advan- tages to Canadians of British connection, but went 011 to say that it, was upon senti- 'mental grounds after all that the Canadians favored connection with the Mother Court-, try. When Richard Cobden began the great campaign •which 'ended in the over- throw of the corn laws in 'Britain, he had only a few men about him. In Britain there were already • a hundred members of the House of Comnrons who had voted in favor of preferential trade arrangements with the colonies. There was a strong feeling of distrust of the future on the part of the British workingmen. They found them- selves sufferition. Such a m asure rforeign would tend tot afford relief. But above all it would advance the interests. of Canada, which should be the first consideration with Canadian public men. Mr. Watson denied that the Manitobans were afraid of being' flooded out by . the products of the United States, for in their natural products they did not fear competi- tion with he world. As to manufactures they had none, and therefore had no inter- est in protection for manufactures. In the Last general election there was not a Con, servative candidate dared to face the trade question. Mr. Foster, after congratulating the member for North Bruce on his speech, and thanking him for introducing his resolution, stated that although in his opinion it would be a good thing for Canada to have reason- able trade relations with the United States, and although it would be a better thing to have the advantage of a proposition of this kind, he did not believe that the future of Canada, its progress and development, de- pended upon either one or the other. Mr. Davies said s of the Finance Ministen r would onderous hardly be taken by the promoters of this resolution as compensation for the cold water which, for the greater part of his speech, the poured upon it. He moved in amendment' that all the words after " that " be omitted and the following substituted : " Inasmuch as Great Britain admits the products of Canada into her ports free of duty, this House is of opinion •that the present scale of duties exacted by' Canada on goods' mainly ' imported from Great Britain should be reduced." A division was taken on the amendment, resulting as follows : Ayes 64, nays 98. The original motion was theft carried as follows : Ayes 97, nays 63. Sir Richard Cartwright 'asked if the tenant far ors' reports were ready to bring down, as understood they were to be brought do the day after the last discus- sion on immi ration. • Mr. Carling said that the report of those delegates who visited the Maritime Provinces had never been received. He supposed they had been sent to the High Commissioner. The House went into Committee of the Whole on the bill respecting United States fishing vessels. . Mr. Laurier suggested that the second clause relating to the issue of licenses by Newfoundland should be struck out. On motion for Committeeof Supply, Mr. Watson rose to call attention to the subject of the duty on binding twine. He stated that petitions against this duty had been received, by the House from the Patrons of Industry and the' Dominion Grange, representative organizations of the farmers of this country. It was as good as admitted that the biudertwine manufactory of Canada wad controlled by the National Cordage Com any of the United States, by which frame ' great binder twine monopoly of the Unite, fates was known. He had been informe : y one of the leading dealers in Manitoba that it was about a toss-up with his firm whether they should import American twine and pay the duct+ or buy Canadian twine. This was proof positive that the farmers had to pay tribute to the Canadian factories to the extent of the duty. There was no revenue from this article, so that the Government would • not lose anything by removing this duty. This tax was particularly onerous upon the people of Manitoba, because they cultivated a larger quantity of land per capita than the people of the other Prov- inces. He had gone into a careful examina- tion of the prices on either side of the line, and found that the additional price to Can- adian farmers was about 3 cents per pound. On the crop of last year this would repre- sent a tax upon the farmer's of Manitoba of $117,000. Upon the whole of Canada the tax amounted to $400,000. It might bo denied that the National Cordage Company was owner of the Canadian Mills. But he found in a favorable notice of this company in the Beaton .'1'r_-a.nsr .ipG t deelaratiort t tf ant eat t nic"y li iTieurchaaed all the • duty they time to do sonnet w 'tee that the dealers declined to quo e ote ey prices to farmers until they should ---know -whether the dui "was to be removed or not. He a resolution at binder twine should be placed de rthe free list. Mr. Mulock seconded the resolution, He read a letter from Robert Wilkie, Secre- tary of the Ontario Grand Lodge of Patrons of Industry, to the effect that binding twine was increased in price in Canada by about the amount of the duty, or almost 30. per pound. The duty in the United -States was only a tenth of one cent per pound. When the duty was removed from sugar the Finance Minister declared he had relieved the peopiefrom taxation,and the fact was proven by an immediate drop in the price of sugar. Why mould not the eagle result follow the removal of the duty on twine ? Now that this in&&ustry was in the control of a mon- opoly ' f foreignera, it was surely most uupatrijtio of the •overnment to leave in the halals of these men the power to tax so heavily /he largest class of the Canadian industrial population. AFTER RECESS. Mr. ,Sutherland, continuing the debate, quoted from a report of the president of the American Cordage Company showing the faotor'es oontrolled were 49 in number, w ' ch included all the factories in Canada. Th profits of the combine for the year were $1, '6,000, while thedividends paid to stoc polders amounted to. $1,30000. No argil ent could be advanced in favor of main i moneythis toaa oit was ur put- ting • e ofur farmers n he pock :: of Yankee manipulators. Mr 1'Brien said the resolution was made in sue a manner as to be 'objectionable to gentle en on his side of the House, how- ever ' osed some of them might be to sup- port t principle embodied. Mr. ristie, aaid he must raise his voice agains, he iniquitous system which had fostere ;o many combines. The time was come There re.this duty should other combiines besides iis. Mr. ‘Mullen said, the Government had decline to allow the original motion to stand o the order paper, and hence the menthe Marquette was compelled to take th means, by moving an amendment to the ' tion to go into supply, of bringing his mo before the House. He was sur- prised t the member for Muskoka would not au ort the resolution. His loyalty should duce him to favor 'the English manufa rer of binding twine, as would be the ca if this resolution was carried. Bindles -ins was 'as much a raw material for the • er as twine for fishing was for fisherm : and the farmer suffered more, because ile the fisherman's twine would last him several years, after the farmer had used e twine once it was done with The ver • rd with which you lowered the remains ' our friend into the grave. was manufact 'under a combine. Mr. F• airn said unless the previous speaker ''d show that the American farmer wa :ceiving his twine cheaper than the Caned was getting it, he had no case. He had g `, this subject a good deal of study, and was bound to -say thathe had affidavits a ing that the Canadian farmer was paying more for his • twine than was the Americ• armer. Mr.' Mehl (Huron) said the gentleman who had spo on the other side acknow- ledged that • •e could be made out if it wd b shown t : the American farmer got g cheaper than the Cana- dian farmer Ile quoted Mr. Massey as ha in eta that he could buy binding it into this E y, and duties tt would tcost him nom han_if he had bought it in Canada. • T might be some excuse for. a duty wh • he money went into the treasury, but it went to a combine that excuse con t be pleaded. 'Mr. Smith (5' Ontario) defended the duty. If itwas ved we would have to get all our bindi 'Inc from the United States, while if i e retained, Manitoba hemp would, be eyed to a great extent in preparing that duct, most' necessary for the manufactu binding twine. Mr. Henderson that the higher duty on binding twine g into Canada than. on twine going ince United States was• no evidence whate at we were paying' higher for twine the people of the duty was taken offs the price of sugar went down. Nob xpeoted anything else. The duty on r was . put on for revenuepurposes.•n after years of economical administr it was found the ° could do without revenue' they re- moved the duty. But t was intended to prom n binderwine and to remove it would on in- dustry. The quantit kill that required was uncertain binding twine actually reaped, but b the crop wa40 s back unbroken packages en dean manu- facturers gave great'tag o to the 'dealers, which in tur o •sumers. If the Canadi bed the con - d to upon foreign manufactu depend might cause such a deme heavy vy avp them with only one -quart, wuuld leave Mr. Casey said the supplyp. said about -binder twine wen opposite ey had said about all other articles wh of the proteetive tariff : re subjects manufactured in Canada ch article it than elsewhere, therefore tan bettermanu- facturers must have protec, tan aride culed this position. • He ride Mr. Lister contended t ought to hear from the mem e House (Mr. Stairs), who was a re, Halifax the National Cordage Comp ativ�� of opoly which controlled this b e Can- ada. The hon. gentleman ha, in Can - this afternoon with the Finan .tervien this subject, and the House h iter o know the result of that inter He ight to_ vited the member for Halifax to tn views upon this subject., to his Mr. Milts said the argument emen opposite when they put on a du that it did not add to the burdens of o le but when in the course of time p • it desirable to . remove that h ut, always claimed to have relieved hey of onerous biirdens. At what s plc duty become a burden ? They no a duty of 25 per cent. on binder it was claimed that it was not upon the people. Could they im of 50 or 100 per cent..-with.,:tlie. ea Tfilaa in ter ought in all wagon plained. . The member for • fro Og I"' ]/cern,-~ Lia d than as an amendment to supply' wouldea a - eupport it The hon, gentleman did `not wish to vote want of confidence in the Gov- ernment, but this was the proFer time to bring the matter forward, and the rule in Great Britain was not to regard an amend- ment to supply as a vote of want of confi- . dente. Mr. Bain said the important point to be noted was that farmers regarded the duty as a tax. He ridiculed the gentlemen oppo- site for their claims "of loyalty, contrasted with their willingness maintain duties for the benefit of a great monopoly of Ameri- Ar the cans. conclusion Mr. the House divided on Mr.WaBton's amend ment to place, binder twine on the free list, which was lost. Yeas 64, nays J07. The House went into Committee of Sup ply and passed several items relating to immigration. Sir John Thompson agreed' to. Mr. Laurier's request that the debate be resumed at 3 o'clock on Wednesday next. Sir John Thompson said he begged to ask permission to introducers bill readjusting the representation of the constituencies •in this House in accordance with' the notice which stood in his name on the paper. He was sure the bill would be well received by the House, if he could judge by the anxiety evinced by the gentlemen opposite that it should be brought down. He did not claim this bill would satisfy everybody. That was the only misgiving he had upon the subject, but he thought those disposed to criticise a measure of this character, apart from every political consideration, would say that those who are not pleased are hard to please. Ontario had in 1881 a popuiation of 1,926,922, now its population was 2,112,989 ; Quebec in 1881 had 1,359,- 027, now 1,488,586 ; Nova Scotia in 1881 440,572, now 450,523 ; NewBrunewickin 1881 321,233, now 321,294 ; Prince Edward Island, in 1881, 108,891, now 109,088 ; Manitoba, in 18f 1, ' 2,260, now 154,442 ; British Columbia, in 1881 49,459 ; now 92,- 767 ; Territories, at 188 25,515, now 67,- '554. The redir i ribu would leave Ontario 92 members, as at present, and reason ofuebec 5the as f fat ct that thnt e growth of Nova Scotia, popu- lation had not been as great as in the other provinces, would lose one member, 'and would" hereafter have 20 instead of 21 ; New Brunswick, for , the same reason, in- stead of having 16 would have 14 ; Prince Edward Island, instead of having 6. would have 5 ; Manitoba, which new had 5, would be entitled to 7. The representation of the Territories was based on an arbitrary arrangement, which it was not proposed to disturb. There were now, ail still would be, 4 members ; British Columbia, according to the proportion of population, would be entitled to 4 members, but, under the terms of the Act of Union, the province must have 6 representatives until by increase of population it was en- titled to. more. In'Prince Edward Island to give five members instead of six it would be necessaryy to entirely re -arrange the con- stituencies. According to the division proposed West Prince County would have about 21,000 population East Prince, 20,723, including the town of Summerside ; West Queen's would have 22,209, including the city of Charlottetown ; East Queen's would have 23,466; and ICing;s would have 21,684, including Georgetown. The county lines were departed from in each case. In New Brunswick there was first to be noted the of St. John. it inge the tot take one memo r from the city•and county, making the .rep- resentation hereafter one member for the. city and one for the city and county. It was,.,intended to join the counties of Sunbury and Queen's. Thus two members would be out out, leaving fourteen representatives. The city and County of St. John -had a population of 49,374. The united counties of Sunbury and Queen's would have 17,935. In' Nova Scotia the smallest constituency was the County of Queen's, with a popula- tion of 10,610. Shelburne, the adjoining county to the westward, had 14,954, while the adjoining county eastward was Lunenburg, to the was proposed to unite ta ucounties31of Shel- burne076. and Queen's, with a population of a little over 25,000. • The unit of the popula- tion in the Province would be about 22,000. Comingto the Province of Quebec, he desred to mention that there were some leading features not 'connected with the question of the aggregate of popu- lation. There were great centres of popu- lation in the Province which should have larger representation. The city. of Montreal, which bad three members, had a .peptllation of 182,695. Hochelaga had 80,998,•the two together having a population .of 263,693 with four members. In the opinion of the Government it was just that the represen- tation of the city should be increased to five, and Hochelaga should have two members. In addition to that, the County of Ottawa called for an additional representative be- cause ofincreased population. Under the new arragement it was proposed that Ottawa county should bo divided into two coun- ties, each with a population of about 32,000. in Ontario there would be very few changes. Just as in Quebec, it was necessary to give large centres of population, Ottawa county, Montreal and Hochelaga, additional repre- sentation in the House, it was found it 'could not be done without altering constitu- encies having smaller population, so reasons called for changes in Ontario of the same kind. There is the case -of Toronto, which calla for a change, as in the case of Mont- real, and requires an additional repreaen, tative. There is a necessity, likewise for providing an additional representative for the district of Algoma. Also they proposed to give a member to Nipissing district, known as North Renfrew, and which in- cluded a portion of Eastern Algoma. In giving an additional member to the city of Toronto, the Niagara district would be reconstructed so as to bring the constituen- cies about tip• to the average population. The electoral district of Lincoln and N iagara would consist of the town of Niagara, the city of St. Catharines, the townships of Grantham, Clinton, Louth, Pulham and Gainsborough, and the villages 8f Beamsville and Port Dalhousie. . The electoral district bf Welland shall consist of B the ertie, Crowland,Humber- 'horold and Willoughby, i pews, Fort Erie,Niagara d Welland,Haldtmandiand: int-:-vfathaS Mai le r B`eneoa,North Cayuga and nborough, nunn,Moulton, fent, and the villages of sed ! tonsStamfwhips of sten ord, 7 nd i the villages of Ch en Falls, Thorold an ty ( Wilk, shall- eons fid Oneida, Ruinhaiii; X. South 9ayuga, Ca ca Sherbrooke, Wain •"'t'7�^�T°wl .rnY'"FCh�iN!'t,'i�'�° .C,'ai�+7i.""`r..«�.+r:'.a -S.=. .4l6. .SD` k 4'"_c : 1. ws^ *nom'.=z'.a�. C- a. /��.e.;due..t.",..•s:+"`t:�`,'+�.";x;•.,A:•a„u« _, µ - _. .gam r timeehi cry + ario.,,, 1/44. ford, North `hind CGlanaister, East and We the town of Duda i of Grimsby and Wate Wentworth and Brant she townships of Anoaster, Brantford, South DumfrieThs billsse in t he Provinre the ce of On be observed that the recon and would he takeplace sof was lake. Sir Richard Cartwright population of Haldimand an Sir John Thompson—The tion is 23,000. North Wen 591, North Brant 16,993, So 17,770, Lincoln 21,806, Haldimand 16,318, South Norfolk Under the proposed arran wand and Monek will. have 21,474, South Norfolk, 22,7Q worth and North Brant Wentworth 25, 725, Lincoln 28,330, Welland 26,944. Mfromrt ee idistr cts havingrthe lar est pill be o u- lation ? g p p Sir John Thompson—.It will more nearly equalize that locality that it is now. The population of the Manitoba constituencies would be as follows : Winnipeg, 25,639 ; East Selkirk (Lisgar) 29,287 ; Brandon, 22,403 ; Marquette, 12,509 ; 22,104 ; West Selkirk, 23,560 ; Provenoher, 22,104. It was not proposed at present to make any change in the representation of the Territories: No 'change was required in the number of members for the Province of British Columbia, but some change was called for by the alterations in the popula- tion of certain districts. Sir Richard Cartwright—How is Toronto to be divided ? Sir' John Thompson— Weat Toronto is live,two members. The others remain ae e. ]low 11erchiants Fail. An old and experienced _ 11 contist of the Blenheim, gq,st ned to Toronto —Give us the d Monok. unit of populaa tworth has 14,- u thaWentworth Alonck 25,131, gement Heidi - a population of 2, North Went - 21,629, South and Niagara khan Do it Again. It does, incleed.—Shingiss—I see by the newspapers that the Ameer of Afghanis- tan has sent to Queen Victoria a letter of condolence on the death ,of the Duke of Clarence, the letter being enclosed in a box of _pure gold weighing one pound. Larimer—What a magnificent gift that Shingies--Oh, no. It was Ameer trifle. Larimer—Still it shows what he Khan do. —Pittsburg Chronicle. How, He Popped. He—Do you ever mean to marry ? She—Perhaps tnay some time. He—Have you made up your mind who the man will be ? She—Mercy I no ! He—fitill you think you will marry some- body some time? She—I may. He (desperately)—Well, what's the mat- ter with' me ?—Somerville Journal. Ethel—How did you enjoy the picnio, Eva ? Not very well, I suppose, as it rained so heavily. Eva—Oh, yes ; I enjoyed it immensely. That'horrid Miss Gaylord gat down on a huckleberry pie and got stung by hornets. Made a Difference'. 'Small Boy (complainingly)—Why isn't thur any gxiddle cakes this morning ? Mother (reprovingly)—Becauee you ine glected to go to the store yestbrday and get me some egge, as told you. Small Boy (with injured airt—you did not tell me they wa for griddle cakes. —The Poston Herald remarks : " It is observed that the firat thing that three out of four women read in the newspapers is the dry goods advertisements. Then they go shopping." If this be true, and there is 110 reason to ,question the accuracy of the statement, it confirms the wisdom of the dry goods man who is a persistent adver- T77e7; are 11,500,000 voters in the United States, of whom 3,100,000 are of alien birth and 1,500,000 are ofAfrican descent. Nearly 1,000,000 of the colored voters, it is said,' can neither read nor write. The cleverest of the Kaiser'e childreh is the oldest, the Crown Prince, who is gifted with musical talent and playa very skilfully on the violin. The children are all remark- ably obedient. " That," roared the f ragedian tussle rapped, thaseta 7ensi 1110 the emblem of the Irish' people. 'Tie a sham rock, sir." And then the gallery yelled themselvee hoarse and the tragedy was redeetned from failure. th 'Tis made xi° .Wis soured, front the taff,t, For: the NYlike But IVIntilda,13 inst./We N 1 ss wire found in ware stare. e cheapest at And swashes through tn0,1114Yerpet,utin.0 the old thing out. Apd she nett up nei, 4,00 oRttitti,81, When the gorgeonst tugt,40,t,> et Made of white Woad hiiiaw,ithitoriciPin* And he sticks his jpweied,5 bac k hair of the No.4,4i rips it frottrthelA" , And she spraysitet ilitots Th soak through to the s er tuliksprinkjed twat; Ail, She spreads. rich as the liont‘niareneatfr their -I. people d in that etter in the. to my ears. And beats in perfect rItythpi ReachthyeousPrhiOenreg8b; rush for thacohVaiihoin-1— it ever high and higher, A baton that beats a measure for the nfig cosmic choir. You are cleaning house with Nature, you are stepping to the <March To which the planet legions trail across the starry arch. Though the table's on the bureau, and the whisk broom does not cease, I will eat my supper standing, lapped in uni- The Village Politician. Sittin: on a croaker box, a barrel or a keg, Chawin' on tobacker he has been oBleeged to jaw, Sayin' what a pity his opinions ain't the law ; ltunnin' the hull country as 'tyres never run be- fore, Turnin' out the rascals while he spits upon the floor ; Showin' of the President egzackly what to do, Grumstre lover Virral street, monopoly and .cdmin' nominations purty close, Givin' to the other side a mighty siek'inn' dose.; Talkin' tariff and reform, McKinley and pro- Swearteine'tittnal the earth won't move a peg be- fore election ; Satin' there in Washington like well-fed pigs ShoWin' jest how surely one can be a million- Givin' Gould and Vanderbilt a pointer here and there, ainireclover ; Payin' off the nation's'debt as easy as a wink, Borrowin' a dime to get himself another drinIF, Spaukin' little Chili jest to show her how -it feels, Sassin' back Great Brita'n for pesterin' our Tellins'eoaisthe Czar to let them Nihilists albite. Helpin' William to prop up his shaky I throne, Buildin' a great navy with an hour or two of Lettin' the hull world know that we're rabid, rude and rough ; Gettiu' off his high horse, though, when home he goes to dinner, Doclgin' creditors like an ordinary sinner ; Jumps to hear his first-born yell : " You'd bet- ter wat,ch out, dad ! Flour 'nd coffee's plum give out 'lad mother's mighty mad !" —Yankee Blade. The Battle of the Flowers. For some time before the retirement of watchful eyes of Lillian Russell there was a slight misunderstanding between the beau- tiful and bewitching queens of the opera. When the troupe visited Boston the uni- versity gallants took especial care to shower their bouquets apon the charming Attalle. Floral offerings of magnificent . design and exquisite workmanship followed in rapid succession. ' It was difficult to assign a reason for all this, for Lillian was- no less attractive in face and forin than the fair Attalie. But young inen are fanciftil sometimes, and perhaps Miss Claire, corning from, a foreign shore (she is a Canadian by birth and is now living in Toronto) and being a a stranger in a strange land, there was awakened that feeling of sympathy which blooms perennially in the manly heart for beautiful atrangers in exile. However this may be, true it is that, in the language of the club room the boys went wild over the lovely Attaile'Claire. But the more wild the young men became the more Miss Lil- lian Russell felt that the world was slipping away from her and that her star was fast. fading to one of second or third magnitude. This state of things could not last, and the two brilliant stars that had been held in conjunction so long- were parted and moved off in different and constantly widen ing spheres. Nbw cornea tbe romance of the affair. The mystery of the shower of college bouquets is made , apparent. Young Kayne, 23 -year-old senior of Columbia College, was the inetigator of the beautiful floral tributes. He fell in love with Miss Claire, and the triumph ofhis wooing was made ap- parent on Easter Sunday when the Iwo were publicly betrothed and the marriage announced to take place in Paris in Septem- ber. Mr. Kayne is reported to be wealthy. He /ives at Newburg -on -the -Hudson. His parents are both dead. Hie father was a, Member of the well known dry goods house of Chittenden & Kayne of New York and Paris. It is said that he will give Miss Claire $35,000 in bridal jewelry, a house on Fifth avenue, New York, and $7,000 annuity. And this is the sequel of the battle of the flowers, There are triutnphs for both the ladies. Lillian had her triumph when she forced Miss Claire from " La Cis gale," and now it is Mies Claire who can sit in the firelight and see strange Images in the' glowing coals. —Thafalo News. The Chestnut Stein Ethel Cloeefltitsalititvarall-6Verroirdieg her father's uphOlstered easy chair. Jack—What's the matter with it ? Tom --A weight of 300 pounds forms an electric circuit and rings a bell in the old man's room. All Ni-qs are on ,t cedro' Tes, anti he way averme put away