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a years Mr. Foster was ehowiag what he
b, could do, and in 189& it was stili nine -
pr teen millions (nearly twenty) although
it it had gone up to twenty-three and come
O`'Or down again. (Native industry, it may
be remarked in passing, was at its low-
est ebb), The Laurier Cabinet found
the customs revenne at under twenty
millions, lowered the tarriff, and in ten
yearn the revenue had grown to forty-
six millions, just twice what Air. Foster
got in hie best year with his highest
tariff. It has meant a great deal to this
Dominion to have that extra twenty.
three to twenty-six millions at hand to`
keen up With the demands for expendi-
tare arising Out Of the nnpreoedented
slavelopnzent,—Montreel .Herald,
it is a hopeful alga of the tines to sae'
that the farmer¢ or this country~ are
r taking a more sotiye and intelligent in-
t, serestinpolitfeal effaira than ever' before.
14 They are not rushieg in with a sweep
iaa they did in the Ilion and Other
eiznitar movements iit the past, but they
are pursuing the tarter course of using
both of the old parties so further their
sane, Xs hie been demonstrated on
more than one notation that third par.
ties hell failed to make good. in Data
sled this ie probably a desirable
after iliL Everything tan be
prootered through the existing nettles
*MOO t the strife Ala chstol of addi.
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NOW of changes mint be left at iihis
*Moe not later than Saturday noon.
The oopy for changes trust be left
not later than Monday evening.
Qasnal advertisements accepted up
to noon Wedreeda' ' of each week.
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TRUAST1.A,v, AT,TG'JST 27. t9Q8,
NOTES AND COMMENTS
Sir Wilfrid Lgnrler'a tour in Western
Ontario line now been determined and
Jive rreeltinga will be held at different
pointe The meeting for Huron county
will be Held at Clinton, on Wedneaday,
September 23rd, eowrpenolug at 2
O'clock p zn. The meeting will be held
in the apex; air and io case of inclement
weather, full arrangements will be
made to hold the meeting under oyez.
Row many people in Uanada would be
willing to turn back the hands of the
4look to 1896? How many people would
be willing to exohange the Canada of
today for the Canada of twelve years
ago? How many Brantfordites would
exchange the Brantford of to -day for the
Brantford as it was left by the Conser-
vative party in 1896? The great im-
provement, both in oonntry and in city,
whioh has taken place in the last twelve
years is due to the progressive policy of
the Laurier Government.—Brantford
Expositor.
Stories are in circulation that Sir
James Whitney may enter the Dominion
campaign as leader of his party, with
Mr. Borden as his willing lieutenant
Stories o this kind, with variation, are
under leousaim in well informed
oircles, at if Sir Tames Whitney bas
gone to England to get time to consider,
and in casea oopy of the journal should
fall under bis eye, it may not be out of
place for Saturday Night to say that we
hove no belief thus any present com-
bination of proveaoial premiere and local
disaffeotions will saioe to cause the
defeat of Sir Wiltrid Laurier —Toronto
Saturday Night,
The political pot is again commencing
to boil and it looks Iike an election for
the Commons this fall. The daily
papers are giving considerable promin-
ence to political news and the foot that
Sir Wilfrid Laurier will make a tour of
Ontario snakes it more evident tkat the
battle will soon be on. In East Huron
the Liberals have a good candidate in
Aroh Hislop, ex -M. P. P. He has had a
number of years of experience, is a good
Olean man and if the Liberals of the
farmers' riding of East Huron get down
to work there should be no difficulty in
sending a supporter to Sir Wilfrid
from this riding.
In view of the coming struggle it may
be of interest io point out that the
Government bas an overwhelming ma-
jority in the House, and that itis drawn
from every Promos exoapt Ontario and
Prince Edward Island. Nothing short
of a political earthquake, of which there
are no sign, could convert the Govern -
mantel great majority into a minority,
The figures by Provinces are: Ontario,
Liberals 39, Conservatives 47; Quebec,
Liberals, 54, Conservatives 11; Nova
Scotia, Liberals 17, Conservative 1;
New Brunswick, Liberals 8, Conserve
tives 5; Manitoba, Liberals 7, Conser-
vatives 3; Saskatchewan, Liberals 5,
Conservative 1; Alberta, Liberals 2,
Conservatives 2: British Columbia,
Liberals 7, Conservatives 0; Prince
Edward Island, Liberal 1, Conservatives
2; Yukon 1 Csnservatwve. Total: Lib-
erals 140, Conservatives 74 Liberal
majority, 66
The progress of the revenue in the
customs department is something of
Which the Laurier Cabinet and the
Liberal party have every reason to be
proud, In the year 1886 the revenue
from oilstones taxation was nineteen
million dollars. Daring the neat ten
tfonai penis*. Thie the farmere telly
realize and they seeps determined to
take advantage of the situation by
sending repreeeutetives of their own
oleos to Parliament. This Can hard-
ly cause much wonder when we look
sparely at the situation. In the past,
professional men, espeoially lawyers
and dootore, have bad t► kind of rams -
poly .of the legislative buainese and
there
has been regrowing
discontent
among the farmers. The fanner of
to -day is a well educated, well posted,
shrewd, levelheaded Hahn and his in -
f1 euoe ie bound to be felt more and
more in the Parliament and Legisla-
tures of our country. --Orangeville Sun.
ONE ARGUMENT DESTROYED
QY FACTS.
(Toronto Star )
During the Bret half of the present
veer the number of immigrants arrive
inn in the United States was Iese by
nearly 200.000 than departures of the
same oleos from the United States.
The number of arrivals was 192,000; of
departures 390,000,
This fact does not aueord with the
theory that a protective tariff pro-
vider an absolute guarantee against
hard times. There is no Country in the
world, with the possible exoeptioa of
Germany, in which protection has
been carried so far as by oar Ameri-
can neighbors. If any country should
have °soaped a practically world-
wide depression it is the United States
--that le, provided the theory of pro.
teetionists is well founded. Iustead
of escaping the evil, there must have
been suffering from it in an aggravated
form, else nearly 400,000 workers would
not have fled from the highly protected
country to lees highly proteoted Europe,
as against less than 200,000 workers
coming this way.
At least one good remit has come
from a period of lessened commercial
aotivity, It has afforded a convincing
demonstration of the soundness of
the contention that a policy under
which the many are taxed for the
benefit Of the few affords no guarantee
of continuous prosperity for all,
Questions for Mr.. Borden.
Mr. Borden should be invited to ex-
plain whether he purposes that the new
provinces should pay the Dominion gov-
ernment for their lands. He should be
asked if this is what he meant by "re-
storing them on fair terms."
He should be asked whether he ap-
proves of direct responsiblity to the
people, if .so, why he advocates govern-
ment by commission, over which the
people have no control.
He might be asked to explain how he
proposes to raise the money to purchase
all the telegraph lines and telephone
linee in the country, so that h0 can ef-
feot his promise to acquire them,
He might be asked how he expects to
raise a revenue without imposing an im-
port tax,
He might be asked if he intends to
cancel the charter of the National
Transcontinental Railway, if so, how he
will provide for the damages and supply
the needed transportation facilities in
the north west?
He might be asked what he intends to
offer the people of the wast in place of
the proposed Hudson Bay 1 away?
The people would like to knew whet-
her he intends taking into his cabinet
Messrs. Foster, Fowler, Reid or Hag-
gart, each of these gentlemen having
stated that he bas promised to do so.
The aoove are very pertinent and very
important questions to the electors and
they must be answered before the peo-
ple can plane any faith in the Conserva-
tive leader or his party. The Conserva-
tives have no policy to offer, cannot rely
upon unsubstantiated charges of wrong
doing. The people have not forgotten
the fearful days of Tory corruption and
bad government. Haring an honest
and capable administration led by Sir
Wilfrid Laurier, looking carefully after
the welfare of the people et large, the
oonntry is well satisfied and no change
is desirable or necessary. It will be
many years before the great reform
party, which reacted the country from
the grasp of the most disreputable men
Canada ever had in public life, will be
Called upon to relirgtzisb the respons-
ibilities of office. The Liberal govern-
ment is engaged in great works for the
benefit of all the people, and it would
not be the course of wisdom to make
any changes at present,
The good people of Belleville were
Scandalized bye dance given an Sunday
by some Hebrew citizen's in honor of a
wedding celebrated on that day.
A family by the name of Wilson, re.
siding near Midland, came near being
wiped out by poison on F.Idey lest. It
aspears that a certain member of the
family had mixed some flour and rough
on rats in a saucer end placed it on one
of the shelves for the purpose of poison•
!ng mice, and et tee another of the tam.
ily, who Was preparing to fry tome fish.,
Deme upon the saucer, end not knowing
of the pretence of the poison took it ie
get some more flour to toll the ilah in
before cooking. As is result in is short
One After there lues a very sink family
react is doctor had to be called to to at-
tend to theca.
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WING1IAM TIMFS > AUGUST 27, 'KIS
Mr. Charles Jones, of Wketzulnster,
dropped dead from heart failure.
Thomas Afero, o5 Tilbury, was chlor
formed and robbed while in bed.
Eight or nide Olenooe boslpees *stab,
lishmente were destroyed by lire.
Fire which swept the stables of the
Uuign Stook Yards at West Toronto
early Tuesday evening canned a loss
roughly yeat
inaet
ed
at about $125,000.
This includes the destrrotion of a row
of eight dwellings on Albany.road, just
outside the yards, six of the houses
being the property of the company.
The insurance will run about 00,000,
A peouilar accident ocourred in To-
ronto Tuesday morning. A young
Spanish oigar-maker, while ou his way
to work dropped a match in an empty
barrel and an explosion followed that
loosened one of the smoker's teeth,
splintered his lip and chin, tore off his
hat, shrivelled his neck tie, and palled
out the fire reels The barrel had onoe
contained varnish,
live Stock allarket6,
Toronto, Ang. 25 --There was again
an active demand for good to ohoioe
butcher cattle at the Oity Cattle Market
to -day. Local buyers have the needs
for Exhibition weeks in view, and are
Laying in good stooks. The choicest
batoher cattle are not at all plentiful,
however, and there was the usual
cry of too many poor quality' cattle
offering. Prices for good stuff ware
steady to firm. For the commoner
stuff trade was slow and prices inclined
a little off, The day's ran was heavy,
In the export trade prices are likely to
ease off a little, following the easier
oables this week from the Old Country ,
Choice exporters so far have held
steady to firm. Medium export slightly
easier.
The total run was 80 loads, with 1,400
head of cattle, 1,635 sheep and lambs,
300 hoga, and 166 calves.
The following are the quotations:
Exporters' cattle-- Per 100 lbs.
Choice .... .......... d5 00 55 05
Medium 4 40 4 80
Bulls 4 40 5 00
Light 3 00 3 50
Cows 8 75 4 25
Feeders --
best 1000 pounds and up-
wards 4 25 4 50
Stockers choice 2 76 8 00
" bulls 1 50 2 00
Butchers' --
Picked .......... 4 50 500
Medium. - 8 00 3 50
Cows... , .... 2 00 2 75
Bulls. 2 00 2 50
Hogs—
Best . 6 50
Lights 6 25
Sheep --
Export ewes 4 00 4 25
Bucks.,,. 3 00 3 25
Culla ... 2 50 3 25
Spring Lambs each., 5 25 5 75
Calves. each .......... 300 6 00
WINGRAUt MARKET REPORTS
Wingham, Aug. 26th, 1908.
810tsper 100 lbs.—. 2 65 to 3 25
Fall Wheat ........ 0 80 to 0 80
Oats, 0 35 to 0 85
Barley., 0 48 .to 0 50
Peas 0 80 to 0 80
Butter dairy ,... 0 20 to 0 22
Butter creamery 0 27 to 0 27
Eggs per dos 0 18 to 0 18
Wood per cord 2 50 to 3 00
Hay , per ton 7 OO to 8 00
Potatoes, per bushel, new0 60 to 0 75
Lard ... 0 15 to 0 15
Live Hogs, per cwt 6 10 to 6 10
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