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The Clinton New Era, 1878-04-25, Page 4TEE CLINTON ZEW aseasesenal —4nreeensasisennosnuansennemorennassionme, algW et VERTISEIVIENTS. leadies—Wriglit & Co, Hay Fork --Peter Grant. Ready—B. Downie & Co, ' Special—Fisher, Oral') 4 a,10 New .BUsineese-J. (.3, Gilroy: Change—Wiseman Brathers, Notice—Mechanics' Instititte. Boy ° We nted ,—IsTrer BRA Reform lienventami-Zbreau, OY WANTII31). 'Wanted, at 011eei•rnart by to learn tl/0 Printing nusfuese. 1a.•,e1W BEA, OF.FICE. tlOpios to-ilitY'S Naw Posy.be ;tan. 14T V10 1.$004 St01,0 otMessrs. Jas. A, uU1 and J. A. N011e;$ ' Albert /Arcot. Price 5 cents por OoPY, •lintonitew tta , OFFIOIAL PAPER OF THE CidUNTY. • THURSDAY, APRIL 25, la78: 1:14.TTLE F04 Pi G4A1411). • We list week. merely mentioned, the • depar.turo f Messrs.• Spooner .(ix- Co., with a large shipment of eettle 'and sheet.) for England, and new ''ve would take this: epportunity .of inore ,fully • speaking • of the subje,et of the cattle trade with Eneleed.': Thet` it will as- , , • • suine large preportions7there can be no • doubt, isethecoesnmption of meat in Eng: Mild is large ited ,constantly increasing,. and the demand 'will be Wet. frornsome • VONTIRAMTING ITSELF. • We leta:e been shown a letter fr'ere. New York waellen firm to a leading To - route wholesa leltainie,referring to sant pies aceouipenying, &pin' winch we take the Mr, f following extract :—" The price of these M. P. or South Went- worth, hes been offered the tegistrarship Odds' at the openieg of the season Wit $3 to $3.in 25, and we still aa t • tn alla 1 't ; of the Warty of Wellington. " but in order to apose a a small sine All minors on the subject rimy be set plus ,antleaserip the price unbroken with at laiet, by the annommeleeet thaftip,to rie'Webers: we shall be willine ditte inthnation • whatever bas been oe s 11 seleetton from the samples at recetve-rat Ort•Wa es-tr-ilinwill-be- Amer( $2.50 for $1, and $2.75 for .$2, Terms Lord Dufferin's successor. • It Will be per eent. off 10 days, Pr. ri per cent off months yet before the.ureue of the eext 30 days." A very good offer for a GoYerner-Genei al will be communicated OTTAWA TOPIO$. Speaker Anglisl, bas topped the :Atte Of 1iCiller'ii the Ottawa, • source, encl. the question i, i11Lo farmers be.the seurcetion -whence the supply cornes l We Ifelieee they hate only. to be informed of what. is Wanted ore they will at (wee do.at. . At all the late Fettle, fairs -held . . . iitdif- ferent paste Of, Ontario, it cetilcInot he but observed .the , cottrs' trade was tale- ' lug-a---aatisiniiii-stliat-Werearraderia-40 . . lbs., though in fair condition, and wenld make good beef, ,Would scarcely bring 3a and 4 cent O jr lb., lint those that • went .above thatafigure. were. Cluickly. .hanaliteirpeat and cents. It will be .,seest that .4ot a• great difference in • peiee is anode, -bet' the right kind Of ani- mals fel the English.marklt•Is provided by offering large ones; ShipperohaVe thus .shown whet they awant,• and whet will best suit the English market, and' it is. , now for the fainnanat to at once Wen their attention to the raising Of large and good beef...Cettle. It Will noalonger ilo to -depend upon the natiye breed, ae ' they -will -neither Wake the .size. oe.arriYe at maturity quick enough. °' ewes 'with the Darhams will greatly improve the native breed, but to get the Itiegait it will be .necessary to have thoroegh- • bred. Itewill empire considerable capi- tal, no doubt, but to make' fanning pay most remuneratively* it requires the in- ., vestment of considerable 'eapititi.. As . fay as .sheep are concerned, We believe that already farmers in, thisseer • lion can supply e large nritnbee of, a-ery good animals, all that, ieaequiredis 'that a little more and better feedingbe peed- ticed. . Also, instead of 'selling their lambs at six and seven eiontliS old keep them till the following year, when they will be nearly full grown. The demand for mutton. in England is quite equal to the detnand for beef, people theraeora smiling more, propprtionatelysthen they do in this pountry, Lately, thp price for sheep in England has ranged .front $15 to $20 each, and then not geuerally .. superior to what we are raising in this 'country. . • Stock raising lea depatiment of fiarin • hig that will aid in imprciving.the ,sorl instead of exhaustieg it, as',gyaia- grow- ing does, and, therefore, every, intell- gent farmer will it 'one turn hisatteri- .tion and efforts in this direction.. 4selilegliterieg" operetiete•reirely.. This to the Canadian Government. . . . showsthe kin*t a warfare that is wag.: The' impression is gaining ground ed against some of. our hOlne lila:MIN> that the prorogation will take place in fru res,--- illaate. '. . . ' two xweake. , Everybody is • thomeghly . . . *n(1 it also slows dm -eons oepeople, disgusted with the seesion, which Is bo; whare Weibne prolonged. purposely' by the Oppo- o's ' ()eating the adoption os S • sition, se that the Liberal members in Isimilaa policy in, thio country. By the the commons cannot go to Quebec eta protective principle those manufacturers sake port in the elections theme - • • have a, w000pory, alo one being able to .. ,Reeiprocathig. the morieiderate attt- interfeee. with the neferiOus extortion ttide. towerde Canitaian interests as- . . • ' • d by the . . • 1 committee of the 4nglish they peitetice Upon their constimers Snille • House„ of Commons in charge of. the home, but when they dome out into the Duke of Richmond's Cattle Diseases open market, of the world they have to Bill, the Dorninion Government intend content thereielves with a reasonable taking •stepe„to provide for a thorough profit, ?That theyeamanirfactiire goods inspection ot all cattle exported from . • • • this country to Eugland. This voItur and eell them 'n this country: at a loss May action on the Part Of the Canadian is pure nonseeee,they would do nothing Gosernmerit would l'educe • to a mini - Of theekind, and if they do, we are quite • inurin any apprehension that may be felt willing to receive the benefit, for' it . is .in-Ingland of diseased ;cattle being inl- certain if it i's•a les.wg 1).9,1.04 for•thoro. ported from Canada.. • •"'• • , • Dr. McInnes the New Westminster , it roust be a profitable one toais. ; W.hcn• rep,re. s. eutitas,e,'ssluo w a4 . c 1 a i im e d by tie tsalt as firstamenufactured in Huron it donservitaves, voted for . the first into • brought 'a good paying figure, but yet. on Tuesday, and with the Goeernment 0.,• catoe to the , room at three o'clock. Two Of the judges' theirs had been got for their "Excelleneies' accommodation, but 'they were evidently desirous that • \ the interea w should partake of as little formality .as poosible, 'mid did nob make use of them batch member was presort', to by name, and after a few minutes' conversation, shook hands with ;eird and Lady Dufferin and withdrew, • His Excellency, as usual, had a kind word efarseaclesand to mere then one ex,PreSea ed the pleasure he would feel et.ineet• log thein in gliglalld. Hie knowledge of the members and of the -matte's more partieularly interesting to each is re- markeble; and Ohms how earefully be has etudied during his residence in Ca- nada to indentify hithae1rie. thought and eynipathyavith alithose with wham • he Thi: tbkdeoein)tbiolio alugrhtti,leinmeoeynitaa: t;ep,o. sr y . the refine •Account!: Coinrnittee on Tuesday 'terminates the eraptiry long pealing before the 'Committee into the irregular payment—a. $2,500 • to Mr, Moylon beiSir joint A.•IVIcieclonald un- der false • designations,The report, whieh as a -long one, reviews the whole of theaciroutastancee under which those .payments were made,and ithe defence, falah as it was,Set up by Sar John Mac- donald or his friends for his extraordina arY conduct. Mr. Plurnla, subrnitted what purported to bele report drawn up by himself, which was intended .as far as possible to gloss over these most in- defensible transactions. This document wes,an.fact, neither more or less than an Oleaginous apology for what admit- ted of no defehoe whatever; and Of which no valid delen a had really been offered. . - ... It is resignificant..fact that out of seme . twenty-nine members, all warm sap, p_orthrs-of: Sat. John Macdonald, whose nanies are'to he found on the list of the Public- Accounts Committee, only nine could be mustered after' several day's notice that the repot was to be taken into oorisideration, to protest by their votes against the condemnation involved in the findings of the Committee. Mr: Plumb's ream t was voted Own, and the original report; slightly amended on the suggestion of the mover.:in order to coy- erlhe supplementary evidence of Mr. A.• g. Macdonald, adopted by eaaote -of 3 to 1, the numbers beieg, .for th,e re- • poet 30, and against it 9. • 1 EASTMAN( Q,111ESTION4 No progress whatever is being merle in the way of a settlement of this ques- tion, &wept, by the lapse of time dal party may see the folly of raising diffi- culties in the way of disposing of it peacefully. sari insurrection, of Mussul- mans has taken place in the Balkans, among the bulgarians. The Miissni- nians,eomplainof the tyranny and cateia ty they ite subject to and are tines seeking tetief. Amsted understanding between Russia and Turkey has been come. to .with regard to its suppresaion, amid Ministerial clieers. , The Opposi- far below the.price that was charged by •thin are, intrieuina to bonvertaiiin gut the Onondaga and Saginaw salt inane • •- h "1 ° 1.1 lecturers toetheie (awn, people, but they doubtless retain his independent. post - could ship it to this neigithorhoed and tioh. • He made his maiden saeoth in compete with our (awn mainifectiirers. • the Commons en,Moncley and received slew • He speaks dearly and to the the Usual appleese given' on such occa- A duty of tWerity- Ave cents a baerel salt cornier,. to Canada, Point, expressing his idea's in clear and 'the. result being that three er few times preeise language • ' 0 tho. ameent of .eapital.was inveeted. in . There is an impression in Pariiement- . ,the badness 'than shoela ve been, to eircles.that when L.90 Dufferin je turns to England samie signal °Mark of Royal favor will be „bestowed upon him. Hispublic 'servieeein Canada have been such as to a•airarit" this, and Canadians would regard it, as a graceful apt Welt he and his charming Countess to be ad- vanced aatep hi rank, as they are es- pecially fitted to dignify and adorn. any grade in the British Peerage. /6 iesaid thatlady Dnffetin hae:becerne so numb' attached to Canada and its peciple that aheeannot eqUaniwitar•.• hear' of her approaching departure front this Coun- ey , a poor prospect.Be :the aulir of several, arid, a -great loss to • every one connected with it. The tariff 9f,a7a per cent, chile', preventieg out - .side competition ineheanufactirres, is eriainly. enough, and to advocate a higher duty for: a shot -lived benefit to .4 few manitfacturera4 is the height of madness. •, • ,' • RENCIL POINTS. IiI—itedonn.ld has been " '• , nerninated •by the 43onseratives or • - • Kingston: ••A Reaciam Convention 'Will be held at 'Martin's hotel, laihngannen, on Tues.: day, May..70, for the purpose of select- ing a cairdidate to Contest the West Riding of iturori;lor the Onterio Par- liament.: the' Swede, CanacU,, Jibe3 suit instituted against that paper by the Premier, and tried on ;Friday last,' the jury failed to agree, seven jurymen be- ing for co:inmate', and five for dismissal. There *ere two Conservatives oral ten Reforwers on the jury. • • •-SEVERAtf hundred miners are out of employment in thePennaylvarlia mining region, and. are demanding "Week or bread." Vill those, journals who are eactimingthat proeection makes everyone prosperous, take ii--Tiote of this fact Even in a misruled Canada," it has not yet come to this. • PtliSONS contemplating a libel suit against a paper, should take warning by the following Columbus, . a wan took netion against a .paper, claiming damages to the .modest extent of $250°,- 000. (What a respectable character he musts hose bad.) After being tried the jnry awarded hitn—one cent. • Tug twenty cent piece never was a popular coin in Canada, being so ninth like the twenty-five tent piece as to cause frequent mistakes. It Issas little liked on the other side bf.the border as on this, -'axid we observe that Congress has voted to abelish it. Those that are still in eirculatiesrahere ought to be ail- ed in.—MaiL Correct for once• . Igseetrevoess have been given by Sir *Mho A. Matdonaid to take proceedings against the (floe for libel, This is, doubtless, in consequenee of the latter's utterances, -in' connection with the late disorderly, proceedings in Parliament. Other liaperS are similarly threatened. I by different members, and should they mew to trial sonae.rieh things Will like- Iy.bo said in the Courts, ' • 'Seine week.sassigo it Was 'stated 'that the aPeech on Protection deliVered by, Mr.. Charlton, M. P. foe North Norfolk,. had been 'issued in pmerailet term: Of these, fohrteen thousand have been pro: cured by members and sent to theiraona stitnents, Tae speeches made by, Mr. Macdonald, of Centre Toronto, aua Me. Ross, of Mai eeex, were also punished, and the three together make feitystive thousand copiee which have been distri- 1 Tinted already. The demand for ' more is so great that the three speeches are being printed in a eeith form together for circulation, This second edition will With ber from fifteen to twenty thou- sand copies, These facts showthet the electors nre anxious to read up on the subject donatection, • • Me. Jones', the new Meister of tia, has .rapidly become a very popular Minister: He goes about among the weathers on both sides of the House and makehimself. nameable. Be is the only Englioh-speaking Minister ,who is blaster of the r remit' langnage, and be always tieds it when • convosing with Ft7ene1x Canadian Members. He writhe andreads Spanish. with faciility and speaks it with tolerable ease, These languages were acquired by., bim in the West Indies when in broness there. There is great promise that he will dif- fuse more life into -his laepartment and Militia Service generally than any °fins predeeessore succeeded ittdoing. Them is 'a versageneratopiiiion among members.of the House favorable to the Temperance cause that they should ac cept the measurq as it hes come from the Senate without further amendment.. The only points 'upon which a °hang° nuty bevefilly necessary are the clauses relating to the taking of the vote b' hal - lot. These were predicated upon the existing Dominion ballot system, in which a till now beffire the Commons amending the eleetion law proposes to. mob:psalmehangere- especially. with re- gard to 'the use of the envelope. It may be desirable to recast this claulie in the Temperance Act, so as to.bring it into bermony with the systena which, if the Senate shoula pass the Bill above refer- red to,, will be in vogue in the Domini- on elections. Certainly' if the nse of the envelope be needful in order to prevent fraud, it is not less likely to be required in a temperance contest than in one for a seat in Parliament. A laige number of members of the House of ComMons aepepted the invite; nion of their Excellencies to meet them on Monday in the Supreme Court cham- ber in order to make theie adieux, in view of theearly termination of Lord Dufferin's, Vice -Royalty, Their Exton - ermine, attended by Lieut. -Colonel Lyttleton and Captain Hamilton; A:. D. 4 nutted, that if modified as they propos- ed, it would not cure the evil'; more- over, if they went to the Legieleture with, a paethil measure, they would helm to.go again for a more complete one be- fore long, so thte gentleman that took it pledged himself -that if the Measliest were passed, every grog shop in Port- land should be put clown in six months, In tour months that promise WaS ful- filled; that is the kind of a law the peo- plasefaCenesla-wantrailda-will-haveasif they go en, they are makinggreat pro- greso, and the retesellers hope to trem- ble, May God defend the right in the battle, and bitaten the da,y when thie fair Canada ehall, be free from the,curaii of rum, .Many desolate homes. are bes ing mode 'Hippy,. and mothers are to be seen weeping tears of joy, for she sees a better day dawning a she flees iifthe light of the coining morning, the ban- ners of temperance -flung to the breeze arid may that banner' etill wave,' I ea- pect td oee the data if I liye,ten years, to go to alreat jubilee, when the rum powers eledl fall to rise ne more. That will be a great triumph when that mon- ster shall be driven from the land. Let each one do their duty, and then We shalteorue ow more 'than conquerors. D. Ss aL Cliintie April 24, 1878. , .0 aRRESPONDENO.E. We wish it:to be distinctly understood that 'we do not _hem oureolvoe responsible or the opinions ex- pressed by our correspondents. What It See in flituadn. To the Etlitoriof-the ClOtton eioEra. . Stn, -1 -e going on around me in Caned&'a conflict like% that which pre: veiled for many a year inmy own country ---a conflict hetWeen theaseopie on the one hand, and the traffic in in. toxieating, Rivera upon the other— and in my country was the conflict between liberty on the one hand and.slavery on the other.' The anti -slavery confiiet in its early stages, in America, was pin flounced to be so irrepressible that it could onlyend in America being.," all slave or America all free." , American' elaYery no longer exists, but at what ,a tremendbes priee wen that great boor' purchased. It cost, et lest, seven •thobsittal.millicin dollars, and five hun- dred thOusand of our fathers, brothers, (I lost two brothels in it,). and .sons were'sacrificed upon the field of battle and in hospitals ; bbt. the boon which we have achieved, is more than a corn- pensatiort to us fer it all, and so Cana-, diens this strife: is going on, amongst you, and when the work shell be amain plished, it will be' acknowledged, not only mimed thepeoPle. of this glorious - country, at' throughout the civilized world, that the benefits reeultbig to yob and your chitdren, will be Dien greater than the benefits resulting to us and our children, from that great 'conflict on the other side. • 'How very simple . the begioning; thirteen yeaas ago; how vast the dineensions which the enterprise has attained at this mometit, I can, see the thing growing every day ari I vase round throagh Canticle. I see men coming into the movement and lending fresh force to it—influential men froin almost all aerates of society—influential flora' their 'soda' position --influential from their intellectual power—influen- tial from their wealth, and they all as - knowledge the importanee of the move- • ment; to the welfare of the nation, and • ti) the happiness of the pepple, that their children and their children's children should be compelled to say in future years, that this great work has been accomplished and their fathers had no share in IL Every one should have something to say on the great moral revolution which is agitatiog the worldat this moment. t Think what the Maine Liquor Law has done and how sniall the beginning it bad, and how important the results Were that flovaed from it. In the pate- deas of the' temperance agitation in the States': it occurred to them that the re - snit which they deeired would never' be accomnlished without the entife sup- pression, by ths law, of the trafficin in- toxicating drink. After several )'Car e of agitation, a bill was drawn up; a bill embodying that principle, and a num- ber of temperance men Were invitedto hear the bill read; at the close they laughed, believing the thing to be itn- poesible; they then critieilled it and wished to Modify it, although they adl 4, 1678,. your vieive on the above," A. few ligureS .frota the Trade and Navigation Returns Will show -that we do not suffer . front the• competition of •Areericen .oats :—In the year ending • 30% June, 1877, we imported from the United States 1,697,706 bushels of oate. We imported no °thee oats exe-aPc 262 bushels, no dotibt for seed, feout Great Britein. Of the amount imported from the:United Stateswe sent abroad la .025.8112„bualtelta-an1 oun...raitooade-theit--- reCeived the profits of carrying and • handlieg that awreint, witich prefita they Would not lihva reaped if there . haa, heeu a prohibitory deter upon oats. • This leaves our' total inniorttition of oats far home .cousituiption, during the year, ' at the very . emellecenount, ofs672,096 bethels ' an aniourit quite inadeqrlate to thelask of affecting the price Of hoine.. grown oats even if we aid not expota mita 'ouyeel ves, Now•let us look at ewe • exports of sate, We find that we teat away not .orily the 1,025,872 bushels, 'al Awerican oats, but else 2,970,284 bush, . els of our own growingfoar arida bar gems the anwent of the imports.— Among these exports are72,378 bushels • sent to the United States, whieh west. be taken in reduction of the enrount re- ceived theme.' When we look 'at the . figares relating to oatmeal the fact -that • AMerican,competition does not hurt se is still mote evident. Weimpert front the, United States 3,366 barrele • of eat- , meal, and we export' to them .11,6a1. :barrels., The effect ofthe imposition of, a duty would be merely to keep out an ineignificent quantity of Oats, • whi1 it, Wmildoperate with :mashing effect upon( . our lumber interest, • which the long con, tinned depression • has left in no condi,' tint tesualaria.turther strain. It is an absolute necegsity for .the lunibermen • that they shouldeon-menace laying in supplies in the lAolc'eountry. as soon as the earliest eats. come ili. These. oats are 'American, itint west be baa, diatsser" no duty, 'A tax on thein would,- there- . fere, -sireply• .thibarraesthe lumbermen,- . indreese'theitseXpeite.es, and eonsequenta ly the cost of their 'products, without - benefiting our farmers in the 'least. , -A ready answer to the queition, Whet. :pa) fitho .20. per 'cent. detesoii'. horse irepeatedinte the United States?" : • will :befound by, :ponsideiing another question, ":VTho. peye.the 10. Per ,ceitt., • 'duty on horses irapi,orted int CanaaaS"• •Manifestly.the•Americ'an pa e the duty on the horse imported t the United Stetees and the Canadian pays the duty on the one imported into, the -Dominion.' • There.cannotbe any • doubt that the 10 per cent. We iirniose on.purchasecligirsee is net Paid by. the.. idler or,is artabhang but .a tret on the ptirchasaais -Noe 'can , it be supposed that if we,,w,ere tedeliblees our .tax t 'weal/dila:M. any'effeetnii :the An th'e /United 'StateS et Laineaierin r ' 'frames, or any e:froct' herseexcept to the purchesertwiee tie. Mach as he noae : 'papa'. To proY,e our position: we have • only to bite the • events of 'd fow weeks- , ago, when Americans, English and Ca- nadians competed.at ahorse sale hi •the Open markets in Teronto. Tim horse was worth in Toronto :warmth to a Ca- nadian as • to an American.. The two. bidagajnst each other, and tlie' Oapadi- nn secures one horse .atal theAtherican canitheta .,The latter, takes his pureinese hornesaoiys, 20 per cent, additionctl nt the krotitieis and his horse, which May have.. cost 'him 8 100 in TO rout°, lepers: Town Matters.: To Me Editor oft1u key DEARSIR,-1 think our Town.Coun- cil, at their ineetiegen Monday evening lest, were trying to iniitate our Logi-8- '1E4nm at Ottawa;.at least same of them ne doubt, hed been reading an aceount of tae long and disgraceful sitting which that Hellse held on Friday and Sater day of last week, ana thought they would try to repeat it in our 'quiet and intelligent town of Clinton; buterve Will venture to. teR some of oar enlightened Couucillors that unlees•we prove to be false -prophets, at the end of the present year:they 'will be relieved from. the po- sition of Conimillors, a position for whieli they were . never intended by nature; but by mina chaece or carelessness, on the .part of the ratepayers,' were, pitch- forkedinto the Council for the time be - 1 understand that .one gentleman gob so excited that berleft the Council room twice in dis,gust ; but lifter renme inin. out awhile -he get his spirits Telexed', and cease back again. Another became se exhausted by lila mental efforts that he fell info the arms of Morpheus. A spirit of .extreme selfisbness seem; to; have got hold of sone Membersof • the:Street Committee; the nteraber for S:ln‘sWlrh4viP!severaipt sh4s for sidtwalksaud'4dip: mostly ,- for the befiefitotpreeerta afried by himself, OrsOrne. of: his filen& ; the • member tor St.. Audeeivai Ward going so fiii•ras to risk a sidewalk built to a va- cant lot in 'Gibbing's 'Survey, near the outskirts of. the town, owned by bit -Waif, end on which he is only this y;eat erectt ing buildings, and after a -motion, brought • up by. the other members of the ward, veae carried by a vote of 7 to 4 against him: He etillpreesed for his sidewalk, and intends, uederetand, building it, al- though it should .take the whole.balance unexpended.of the ward appropriation. It N'ras with a ^tied 'deal of coaxine and grumblin.a that, a four foot sidewalk was,builtto the Bible Christian Church last year, but this year we see a her feet sidewalk going down front the market to the Church of England school-honse with se Much speed that the gradine, we done and planks on the grounds before the report was brought before the Cowl- cil ; but this horse was of another eolor Last year an ex -town constable was hounded up and down for taking tt little orailreff the. road to fill up a 1)010 in front of his lot. This year a town eoun eillor hauled dirt days off the street; and filled up his own lot. ',swill leave the ratepayers to draw their own condlusions from these facts, and ask themselves i this is the way they expected to see the town funds expended. .1 sign myseltIours,truly, -ItAtn ]?iv 'Clinton, April 10, 1878. fik,ne•Traile gn Once nod Horses. rironl the Globe. • --. An agricultuaal correspondent pro pounds the following queeles, ,which we answer with pleasure :— • I have read different articles in the Daily G/06e regarding•tree trade ill ag- ricultural proclece, and although' a sup- porter of the present Government, I do not see my way clear .through on seine points respecting free trade. I shall 'take oats for instance, „which S01116 of our buyers impart largely," not these Oats come in competition with ours, and reduce our prices -to. the Same level because these oats are extensively used in towns and cities for feeditig and also manufaetured into oatmeal ? "Again, I Ai& take horses, svhieh class of animals are largely exported from here to the United States, on which they levy a duty of 20 per, cenL ••Yeti say that the consumer pays the duty, / consider that the prociticer pay a the duty on horses, as the Ameri- cane control our markets foe ;mesa.— Therefore for a horse that we, should value at $120 we could only realm° $100, because the purchaser had to pay $20 duty, so the priee of 'our horse sents $1.20; all of which he hits actually, , paid.. Now, what difference does it make whether the American bought the horse and took it over, or whether the Canadian took it o..0r,' paid the duty, and sold. it ? It is easy enough foe rabid , protectionists to object and say, "0b, but if there lied. been pia duty to [jay ' the horses -would heve been Worth. 20 • . per cent, more here," Would they.? Would the English buyer or the dian buyei pay more or pay less for an articles simply because Americans chose to. fine themselves 20 per cent. on the .vadue of every h7rse they purchase 1 Does John Chiearnanasell bis tett 'et a different rate to Biartoks Americap, or Canadian, or do all three pay the same :price to him end then tax the tea at 4* different amounts at their own frontiers? Would jolin care n rap if eithee of his customers doubled or trebled the dales congeal. Not he. He would go right on and let them pay their dirties them- selves, lust es they in fact do: ri` tto - tea WWI not worth to the COnStlInerS the cost of it in Chine pittellM ditty, etc., they would novbuy it. And if the Ca- : !Aachen horse . was not Worth to the American as meth as it is worth bet'e, obie the 20 per cent, duty, lie could not afford to buy it; If the duty were taken off tea, we should pay the Mina - man no more -for, it, and if .the Ameri.. • can duty was taken from horses the Ca- nadian would get no more from him. Ent after all, and even if the Canadi- an Seller pays the dirty on the horses he sells; hows.will matters be remedied by adding to the duty on horses cbming in .from the United States? No one, pre- tends that tho1mposition of A duty will bnable 'one etoekbreedere to etenpete with those of the United States on bet- ter teems then they naw do unless ip ha he..effect of cotnpelling ot: inducing our neighbors to remove their dttty for . • the purpose ofgetting.us to remove num . In Other words, any ditty we cetild int - pose on horseswould have aim effect of . raising the price to those winawanted to import them, without benefitting in the 1 slightest degree those who had them to Would is that tratch less. Please give crlsOef- . .