The Clinton New Era, 1878-06-06, Page 4NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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limits -It. Thomas.
Beal estate -IL Hale,
For aide -W. 0, Seaile.
Rustic mvorls-IV. cook.
• flaggy top --j. 0, Miller.
777.--,a. H. Wright & Co,
Selling off -C. Cruickshank.
Ladiesulsters-I C. Gilroy,
Vann for sale -Archie McDougall.
Stanley voterst-W. Plunkett.
Hallett Voters' liit-J. Braithvvaite.
coics of f Naw tlita may ba at at tee noel(
store et inossrs, ;las. A. Yn111; and 4•. A. tidies
Albert strimt, Price 5 cents rex eoy,•
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OFFICIAL. PAPER 151P THE 0O11,INTTY.
trade veiny is approved of by them,
when such mottoes as they had, adorned
the Waite of the building, in which the
meeting was held.
Tug EASTERN QuiESTioal.
The general Enopean eituetion re -
Mains unchanged, All the Cabinete
have accepted Germany's invitation, to
the Congress, which will meet- on the
18th inst. The improved feeling is re --
fleeted on the Louden, Stock Exchange,
where Cousolo have reachedthe ,bighest
price teuched for twenty .yeaes past.
At Constentinople, too, a better.etate
Ofikal-rs in-ade
new' demand fot time surrender of'Ithe
fortresses, tit the mune thine modifying
her peoposal to withciraMv her troops
:•from the vicinity- Constantinop)e • by
the second week in July,
THURSDAY, JUNE 0,18.78.
A CoNW.ftSstom. •
"During a number of years prices general-
ly wero so high M the 'United States as to
make it the best cou'lltry to sell iu, and the
worst ceuntry to.btiy in on the face of the
habitable globs. • A. counfry in which such a
condition of ;things prevailed might nuyananu-
facturee galels from foreigners, but selling
for Oxport would be .ont cfthe question, -
That's the Whole question. iti"a net
&hal.' Jest as Soon as the mannfactur,
ers bad 'got eVerytiming arranged so that
they could- not, be ' affected 'by' ise
side compotitious they clapped on
prioes, and the mass, had to suffer for the,
benefit of.0 few Of couese, this' would
naturally 'attraet capital into those in-
terests which were Making*. more than
an Ordinary return, till :the thing was
- overdone. •'
There are • Several 'factories in Cane-
'covRitrofitNrr.
13y :reference to the report of the
meeting of the, Qmiebee. Logislatnre it
will be seen that the nominee of -time
• Government; Mr. 'Turcotte, . has been.
elected to•the Speakership by a majority
of one, himself making that one. With-
out -the Speaker, te all present appear-
ances, the members ere:equally divided,
the Oppesition being determined to • op•
pose the Government, no matter What
.their measures May be, for as yet they
have' hot' as they- beveled no opportu,
Math of announcing their polie,y.- This
would • load • one 'to the conclusion
that the Opposition are more anxious
to overthrow the Government than they,
.•
are to carry on the business of tlie•coun-
try or seek lts welfare ---that party was'
censidered Of mere importance than the
iiitereste of the country. We think
they -might hese; waited, before • maei-
. . •
festiug smich a bitter spirit of opposition,
to henr the drovernet's speech, and there-
by learn the policy • of the present •ad-
ministratiou. '•• L. .
'Wei think it WO appear Le every elm -
da that were started .by Americana. ins.
raediately after. thesimpositien Of the
high. dude's on 'their side cif tho. line, as
the high, duties on the tasY material; and
•-other effects of the tariff prevented .them
from ManufaeturingLeufficiently cheep'
to compete With other countries in
market: NotabiY was this.the case in
theestaBlishment of the -saw •factory at
Si. Catharines, was 'really a
branch of stile Itholiegier seer' factory'.
.• Steel, ithalponi,Und other materials had
becomne so enhanced in.spriee by. tho
-..iiiiiIrthet-ifieY conic". net' make' and seli
saws to corepete with the.English
• lecturers,' and tileY had/ therefore, to'
come and _enunifacture them •wherti the
raw material and labor was netaffected,
to any serious amount, by the tariff.
. It will thus be 'seen: that,' proteetiOn
to manufactuteri has a two -fold. bad ef
feet; one, the increasing the price el
their Predations. to their .hotne Consum-
ers, and the other the total destruction'
of their foreign trade. • It thisis the
national policy that' protectionists Wish
to establish in this country the lees w• e'
have of it the better:
•• TnAT pHALLENGE.
' If the Exeter °Times speaks adviesed=
we are to underspand _that Mr. POr.
tor declines to have. n public (Romig-
sion Upon the ineritslof protection. -.--
'All we can . say is that he ,is 'act-
ing very ungentierimaiily in the promnes,
for in reality it wasshiinseit that
•Rated the challenge, as he lied •the
frontery to gat% at nolmesviile that we
THE CLINTON NEW 'ERA. 0, 1878.
TIE people of South Huron are snob, tmetnal expenditure from year to year,
a temperate •and lob ee lot that. °Yen,widob e°44 "'t▪ hee he retsui'derst°ed
ner controverted. The Public tiecounts,
weak Porter i"kt" theni 5Citirn1131/' eaPefully audited, and subjected to the
Tim Mitchell Aclvocaie anticipates a, ctuetal scrutiny of Parliament at each
• Majority of 1,000 for Ur, 'Porter, Our sessi°11' show the yearly expenditiire
since Confederation tis have been as fol'
cotem did not intend to have the figure lows:
1 in there. •
186748 • • • • .918,4,136,092 92
• 1868-69 „ .14,038,094 00
Owiw to atregtgd i114041th, itlo 11887609.-71 : ‘..‘,::114503,058°91 7528
I
468 82
H •• 187243 ,.„19,174 ,647 92
on. E. Blake bas declined noinination 1871.72
for his old constituency a Beath Bane, .
end expresses a desire to be released, for / .11:".12943:741388111A6 (1175
the time et '100, of parliamentary duties. . 1876.77 „ „ „ 23,519,301 77
This statement shows that ander Sir
John Macdonald the...net:lie expepditorps
reir f6-1:867 6-1874 was increased no
less than $9,830,223;.79. Fi•ore 1874
to 1577 the expendittlre under the pres
sent Clovernment was .only increased hy
$208,585.03, and this notwithstanding -
that the demands upon the publio.purse
created by extensive peblic undertak-
ings, to which the country was princi-
pally bornteitted by the late GoYerntneut,
had been lunch greater tlian previously.
To suppose that the Government of a
•rapidly developing couatry like Canada,
can continuo to progress without' a eaa-
atantly inereaSing expenditure is absurd.
It would have boonjust as -if -impossible for
His many friends will regret the necessity
phisqt9.1). _ :
• .
Tue. libel suit of Mr: IVIackeirsie vs,
the Sarnia. Qanoclion, was to neve came.
up in the Court ef Queen's Beriele To-.
root°, on Monday, but it wasseitponed
as. the editor announeed that be would
apologise, This is the right way to , do,
meke thew prove their stittgilluata �i -
retract,
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Tun following incident, indieativo Of
.the high" sense of honor that governs
the man, has been related to ties and as the late Gov•ornment to have avoided
it has never appeared in print; is worthy I Some increase in the expenditure front
Of being reearcled. Seto time ego a now 1861 to 1874 as tor the Present Admin.-
ciiiireh Was being erected rite Small pleats.
in .trunbton county, and the Minister
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in @large was around soiniting•stilmscrip-'
done. ' Meals* Mr, 'MackenZie, he re-
lated. the circumstaim& to shim, and
esked. if he could contdinite towards it,
buthe was informed by -that gentleman
.!.‘ that 'he never subscribed to anything.
at eleotien" times." The minister, it
seems was: utiawitte that an election.' was •
about to take place, the prenmier being ,
One of the candidates, but accepting the•
answer, the matter was itearljeforgotton
Whea dfter the 'eleations,,Mr.. Mackenzie:
forwarded $50. to the church inquestion:'
, .
• Here .wis an. opportunity whereby he
might haye made aslittlepOtitiCaleeapi-
tal, but he did not: Hew many of the
.honOrable opOnenti 'WON
seeable . find dispassionate., Persou that have done likewise
1
what Tercotte seta with referencieto the ' se-•-•-•".
country prououneing in favor of the -act-• • •000KINCi i;l1G,13R:ES..
of tlie Lieut. -Governor, is true.„ It In the nfecussion of the tronsibion
cannot bis expected that in such a. brief finances, great stress .is laid upon the
'merle(' there Would bp an .tiverWhelming ,expreSsion.' that .". figui•es won't lie,'
change of sentiment, but. a great change which in' ay be true, bet they can very
there was, Which was quite 9eieent, and easily be so artanoerl,as to:give, IS '.ifals .
' ivii'illihk vtieff•'the-'0ivnaition' should Impressions-sThe Ottawa /free I,'rees
• thailifest a degree of Modesty and give. h ss.taken the trouble: tO• examine and.
, •• • • • , • •compare a nomber Of the finaneial slate -
the present goVernment a tair terve. iri • .
. ments -made by opposition papers, and
consequence of the great loss of strength .
, find thein so arranged arid manipulated
they hate znaintained. • as to deceive almost all but those who.
. ••-.. A . o. are Well posted. .
• 'EDITORIAL NOTES. The alfai/ gives from day to day cal-
.
"---". ' : - • culatiOng • founded: upon an. obi:orate
The Exeter !Notes says...." elothee lino mass •of dg-n„.es, appareasjy• so arrangea
thieves are around." This is a frank as to designedly bewilder ned confuse
. admission, but "open coxifesgion is (rood " its reader, with the view of forcing i ts -
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. conclusions upon. 'their minds, withOut
• alloivino'the,m to comprehend the aritit-
ineticalbmYstedes by which it arrives at
RninAilkTo to the London Acteertist's .
. • -the result placed before then). The do;
.
statement that he had retired from the. sign of the Mail is to endeavor to con
field, Mr. P. lielly say e that "be Will .vict tho present Government with ex-
cOntest the riding to victory." Perhape ! • teo.vaganee where they , professes' eco•
, ---.....--- • • tonne and conviace. the people:. that
TUE story, originated by the Stdr, Hon. Mr. Cartwrighl.has 'increased the
public debt from year to year, as coin -
that Me., Greenway refuged to "step
, pared with a careful and economic ad-
domvn and out" unless he received $2,.- ministration by his peedecessors in office.
000 for so doing, is just as true as that With characteristic eahonesty, the Mai/
the sole peeSon is going to be the sleet gives estimated expenditures instead9f
Governer -General, and no more ;so.- actual expenditures, as sinevn. in the
as to the chance of there being.,a coated
at all. • The Miniaterial-rnajority in the
couetituenoy is so large that any-Opp:4i-
tion candidate who ehooses' to eouteet it
must do. so :damply Ire the purpose of
promoting an unoppoimed otere. In South
Huron, tho. Mienterial candidate, ..Mr,
Geeenivay, who has had. nes 'experience in
municipal politica,. and hag rem:mooted the
Riding foe •emne, years in the House of
Cohn -nous, 'will undoubtedly ime returned:
His iteceptance of the Reform nomination.
the Opal for e renewed outpouringef
weath hia. devoted head, em. donbleelSea
• ratical," being a Mild. -epithet to. apply to.
btro. Ilia opponent Is unknown to tile.
.onetitheney, Without experience of public
life, and. without any -of. the qualifications
ireceasery to. at on e for thelie defects.,
Tr....-..,
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mr,..Turcifte elected Speakpr-by
. 9: Majority of ibie„., -
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' 4tense ekeiternesit pervaded the City
of ,Qiiebee, on .Tueaday, with reference
t�. the Opening of the Legislattire,' and,
the test 'of party otrongth *Mob. '•it . Was
understhed was to .onsue upon the guess
tion{lof the Speakership. The morning
trains and boats, ,ae Wen as special ex
cuisioes by -tail and water, brought
theirsande•of itstereated. speetatore- into
the city,- ankious to Obtain the. earliest
possible inforMation..of thedoings of the
• Legislature, and if possible to secure ad-
istratioia to have. avoided a similar in.-
tnissiori to the. 'House, In the latter
:crease since.tht time, but We claim,.
desire hundreds, Of ceurie„ were doomed
and these figures . proVe,'. that the ;pro- .
to disepPoititiiiiiiit." At one - o'eleick• it
portion of inerriese has been Very •much
became necessary tesitetien police atall
.legg unripe the present than under the the entrances to the buildingswith 'strict
late Ministry,' and ' that ' at the .same
orders to admit •norie but. tioket-holdets.
thriesthe plash° besiness haebeen more
Tiekets.- were elreadY e.t.a premium, and
efficiently conducted, and & larger' re -
it iS,said that in seine.instances as high
turn Made' to the people for: theexpen-
ag,..$2, poll was paid • for thern. Even
.ditnre.thari• :Under the Old teginze. Thew
Members who desdied tickets to.give to
. .. _ .
.ia another methodbf ' eonaparisoii, how -
some of their .leadiegconstitneets found
ever which Still better illustretes., the
it impossible in tho. afternoon to obtain
difference in, the late of increase minder
'them. ' tong, before three • o'clock the
the two . Governments. 'A. eery slerge
'et"-streets.in the. viesinity of the Pindiamerit
Propertproportion'; the: ' anItlitl. expenses of House were lined With peeple.' grow&
the 'country is comprised of.. items over .alSo odeunied-the Prescott Gate steps
'Which Govermeentscan have -no oittriiii,
and 416'V:fie:nit lot adjoinii.g. . . • . •
•,--eliiiigei of mana,geurents 'interest on. , . At three o'clock the Lieut:•Governar
.p.ehlic. debt,. -expenditure provided for •
went ta the House and summened.the
shy statute, . ete... .Takiog that poetien of Legislatuto' tollie.Senete • Tho eX4141'•
the einendittire actually controllable' by &stets and soine Of their sapporters re -
the Gevernieent, mins .firidsby the public
fused to Obey the call•of the- GeV -Maier..
accounts that fronm 1887 t61877 it was:
TlicePrefaelent, of ,the Senate ' infornied
ae.lblioWsissss, '- ' ' , _ - , - • • the inerubees, of the . Legielature that it
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• .' 1807-68 . ''' , . .. -$8,530,298 02' .
Was not the pleestire of the Lient:-Govs
•8-69 „. ... .,. 3,459,485 42,
' 186070 ". . . 3,891,592 70 , , erner , to acquaint them' with the reescins
1870-71. -. .. 4;610,391 81 ' • ' 'of. calling them together., till they.. had•
• , 1871-72 • . .
- 187844 .• . -.- 5,873,519,03
7 062 095 90
• 1872-73 : . : „. ehosen a §peakor.-, They thenSeettained.
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,-8;132.4,078 17 . to their Ownehamber, ..,.... , .
:'•.'• ..-.', :., . • 7,068,890 Ott .• The: members of theAsseinbly having
- ::,..1076,7.6 •• .• .....,. .••• . 8,.569,774 14 ' . returned, preiCeeded to 'oloet:a ,... Speaker,
• 187647 , !.; ...• '. .0,88E5078 •18 .. . every • in einber of .1.16 65 .. being '' io big
•, This stateni.Mit Shoves ati inerease by:
'#te late -G°*,Ft.44..r fro91,1§.q1,4,!?§•74,.ii::.;,...,INIV
tot;'.:L-L JiiVi;k:4wotiii(100',Vf gliiit
iiode-r. iv.b...11.0s$,inoVed.the election of Mr A.
'the nianagernentSof the present Governs, • TUrcottei.,111.PP., for ' Three Rivers • as
ments a decrease frorxi 1874 to .187/ of. sneaker, .I.n doipg so: lip paid . a 140.
.$1,488,9079°: ' ThPs° E°°t°-' Veal': 'f°'-- trribUte of 'praise to the -talentsSsamerits,
theumsolies, and despite the mystifica- and high, standing as. a': lawyer and a
00°- in 'which the 2f4i1 iii"g08 caniiot parliamentarian; of the hon. nieniber: '
• be refuted. Moreover,...in:addition, it is • Hon.. Mr: •Itoss• said hp, had great
to be borne in. mind that- When . Mr,
OartW right took 'charge: of tha.fierincial pleasure in,secoutling the 'motion, • -
. tasni... •stte..'01iriplean- spoke -' strongly
affaite of the Dominion, he found the .aelminst .Mr: Tureetta ,Who he seid wag,
overarm rete of interest upon the public erected as. it. leOn4ervative, and by ..4-
elebteorf the country to be. 5.36 per emit., ceptieg.the'SPeakershinfthin.. the. Goy
By his able administration, by the cenfie ernment.he considered it an- netof po-
(lenge. btoeghi about: by • placing . tho' Meal .corruptidn; and that Mr. Tur.cotte
country under an honest 'Governments find -yieleted the inoit sacred • pledges, '
and by pursuing a. prudent'and .hoeest The -vote Was token, resiMitieg . in • hia
coarse in the reondnet- of publia affairs,. election by a nuijority. of ,one.
Mr...Cartsvtight has been, able since lie' ' Mr.'Tincotte replied warmly lo the
:took office to redace the average rate of attack' of the . Oppdsition leaders He
ihterest on the public deist ,..fromn 6.-3G• claimed that. he was a Consetvative,
Per cent to 4./4 per cent., and has alio and svoirld always thmain one; that he
been able to negotiate loans -at * 4 per did not .desert •his colors in accepting.
„cent.; as comnpared with . 0 :and ..6 per the offer of the Speakership;.that he
vent; 'paid by . the. late .Goierintent,' 'never had slayishly, followed any .party,
showing bow greatly he has rai0ed, Qi"" and.thatste only satisfied the general
ntulhin credit : 'In: th0.E00811:.' :111011°Y. desire orthe country in supporting the
market, ' '. • •
•-• , . . - Goverimient. _lime country • had pro-
.
aomiced in favor of, the action or to
• .t. AO ylowed.by Others.
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' .-^ • ' tient Governor, and he Saw :,,no wrong,
. frilo Globe of' yesterday, hail the fol- mio 'cow:ltd.:lees no dosertioti in tho giving
lowing under its heinlingswof politicel .:..s. eXpieggien as far-es:lay in his power to
thenoptilat will. , s .. ., •
Amongst the seats in Parliament ren. ..:_.; ........ .,.. ,.. ., ,...„!,,„, .._
•dereci shaky by the coming election is. that w heir Mi. _ells° .(7,0.0(..1-vth ma) Ael-S
of Mr,
Farrow, , member for ,North If iitori. ministration, he .wage'Sresiettesvith pro
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Its occupant is lone of, a class Of men who hinged ail 'ringing. cherse8... from the
ate to egglgigigly tut of place in the House -House and' grandee. . '
-of Commons that onii-can only wonder bow.. The new. speaker w.itg theit mooed
they Over findtheir way there. It would -to ,cho cloth...by Beesera. ,e-oiy and itose,.
be diffictill to assign a reason, either per,' .,,L, ,,i,_41.1.11 ,. . -.
eat COngtittlerieleg in the tompinion, should ' .-104-e returngea. his sineere .thanks to
•soma Or political, why this, one of the fin- ..a.!"4,1- ""'''''
be' eny. longer misrepreaented as it has • the Howie for the hotter dono him, and
been for the past teri years. This seems- prOnlieed that the, ,House could collet
to be the view of the matter which is Coin.' upon him to mit with tho strictesti ire•
niending..inielf to the people 'of North oartiality.... (ssenewea eeeeripm..ss„,,,,,,
, ,..„,,,,
Ffuron. The Ministeriel candidate, Dra ' The Governor on leaving the Home
Sloan, will to all .appearance defeat thei twain o
rod load' ,•
sante-en-leather by a large majority. The w"'" 0
latteris no speaker, Mid is far from welle- When:the Oa ' 11 ' ustevs loft the
infermed even in Matters which have comlIouse,to proceed to Ilir. Joly's residence
••under his cognizance, while De: Sloan is they were followed V a crowd; Of sever-
iiii excellent sneaker,. thoroughly well -Ln* at hundred people all, cheerieg. At Mi.
formed,. and exetedingly popular. no Joly's residence the, Premier arei'Mgsate..
has, moreover, abundance of leisure for
the discharge of Parliamentary duties! amid Ross, Marchand, and Langeller addreese
is, after eareingthis leisure byprofessional el the crowd for ,over,, an hour, being
success, fail' la the very prime of lin, mos% enthusiestically .received: • Mrs
be at no no in this instance If the Choice Pride, On passing the post orrice about
The oleetors of the, Ttiding heed certainly
fele be made on personal grounde, nor ii an hour aftee the House adjourned, was
loudly oheered by- the nepithice.
there any mete readOn fot hesitation if nos .
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liticel Sonsiderations are to determine tho
'election.. North Huron has been develops Nicholas Flood Davin, of the..21faii, has
xtraordinary ' rapidity durum,. bon nominated by the . ConsernativeS o
ing twith ee
t's sMall '.u- Mr. r" the aeremeee'
the last few years, some of i
Mr. Jamea Young, N
loges having expanded into towns of ton• E P., has been
tiderablo importance within half w decadeunatit'''"",43' ut'intnalckl t`I't th° 'Rene° 4
It *alba Orange indeed'if tvith all this commons by the Sou tit Waterloo4eformers,
material progress there has not been going it is reorted that Wns. Clegg, /neve Of
p
tin, inieb a liberalizing piocese ea will suffice tlyth, is likely to be Selected, as 60 0011.0
to clispOse ,once for all of in) insignificant it eervative Candidate for Deg Iluton, or
presot re. Logien:del .A.ssetnbly. Thos. Olibilei4 the
t
member of Parliament .as its
The only geostion
preseile member, will likely be the Tteforrn
preeentativeabout Oehtre Heron nominee. . , . • , .
s . . .- .
public accounts it gives items in which
"sili"
ck, must havis been on one of hi '
s ssereases have oeenr-redas .1mq-dense of
teretinials". when thie yarn suggested increase in the whole expenditure, sup -
itself. •- pressing the feet that the aggregate de:
creases in the same year were inore than
• 1- .
Tug • Montreal seas (conservatives the aggregate inereages, and it most nn-
' fairly holds the present Government re-
• sponsible for the large &mese in the
year 1873-'74 oVer the year 187-2-13,
even going go far as to assert that Mr.
Cattieright had exceeded in his expo's-
-tame the estimates of Mr., .Tilley- for
that year. As, isweltknown the esti-
mates for 1873-14, were yoted 'at the
tequest the late Government, in the
giving of 1873; the liability had been
•incurred before thapiesent Government
maimed office, and as a matter of. fact
four menthe of the actual expenditure,
from, Imily 1st, 1873, to Tovenaher 4tli,
had actually been carried on by the-leto
Government before the present Mini
try took office Itt May 1873, Parlia-
mein; authorized Mr: Tilley to expend -
by original estimates $20,941,183; sup-
plementary eistimates, $520,640 t Acts
of Parliament $1,737,904 ; balances car-
ried forward under Ortierfein-Couneil,
$480,282-$28,685,009. The public/lc-
counts for that fiscal year show that the
amount aetually expended was $23,316,••
316, showing that the expeeditate was
n
$368,603 les& thaWas conteinplated
by the late Government. `If, without
seeking to ecinfuse and distract t the 4.
tentiott of its readers by muster of figures
making " Onftleien 1Veree onfoundeV
the Mail were to adopt the simple plan
of.taking the annual total ,eXpericlittlre,
as Omen in the public accountg of time
Dominion, it would be able to present 0.
Iliad and intelligent statement of the
endorsed all..he had said by not contra-. s
think-O.:Vita "if Sir John Macdonald
dieting hirri-ait,Clinton, We will have •
WM guilty of all that has'been, charged
the satisfrietions'atfterlhiss of being con-.
tradieted, and that most effectually,
.t •
in all the meetings be may hold, The
tong and manner of his discuoion of the
i• question of protection was not of a chins
actor to convince tti"that he believed in
it himself,- but adopts it for a...purpose.
Ho, being a schoolmaster.; and to some
degree posted An political economy,
must know better than to believe that
protection I's good for the eountry.
against him, theslieform Government,
should eitherhave hung. him or con-
signed hint to it lifo term in the pent-.
tentiary." Ourenotemporary ,tako
strong yieW'of it but there can be n�
question thet many persons have suffer-
ed severely for the commission of less
• offenees.
THE Editor of the Exeter Times, wins
, was on the eariVaaSing tellr With Mr."
•
Ett.
141ACKENZtri TortoNtO. Porters opposers . to lurve becoeme
tm-
Oa Thursday evening last the Ponder settle i in his reasoning pewees, with
attended a demonstration getup for him svhat lie heard and saw, and the nemi-
expiessly by the workingmen of Teron. 114timi °r Ur- Greenway has .completed
to. The attendance was very large,- the work of ammoralizatien. At the head
The only fling which °courted to mar
the harmony of the proceedings wag" the
freqttent interruptions the speakers woe
subject, to, from noisy „toughs who had'
managedto gain admissioti through
forged tiokets. If the gathering may
be taken ar; an indication of the popu-
larity ef the Premier with.the ;working
classes, he has nothing whatever to fear
at their hands in the approaeking oleos
of the editorial column lie had a flag
onside down, and a little below a
"death's hearten(' cross bones." It is
possible we are mistaken with respect, th
his condition, lig it is quite likely he is
only tint giving exprds40n,-to. his own.
opinion Of the condition of hisparty and
the protpeotg of Mr. Porter, which, if
the latter is the cage, ho is deserving
of oonsmendation for his candor and for
tion, and it likewise shows: that his thus letting it be known.
^
- TARIFF "WQTES.
--
The United State& isi the moot fully
'protected" country in the world, and
tins is what ah American paper eays Of
pthuelatrieoenidtpft-d4; Ouo‘nilti:alfgt„kal ttehsearellictsrtz
fo, want of employment,"
At Amesburg, Mass.,. a few days ago,
a mill property that originally ooat $300,-
000, . was sold by auction for $10esoest - •
The hard notes had closed the cOnoorti,
and it was sold- to satisfy i‘110 oreclitora.
And at ,SalIsbury, in the same Sate,an-
other mill pronerty which cost $1,200,000
was Bold for $160,000
The New York journai e,./ Commerce,
apeakinr, of the depression in tiro 'cotton
trade, advises ,mill owners. to naive pro.: s
duetion-hy stopping., :Vie ,
protection resulted in over -Production,
and the only remedy is to elfrow tens of
thousands of operativea ont omploy.
n'eut, until
stelPs3surplus . sdte7pk rsc_t4ere'et osold
t
off. This is a deselate proalmot for • OW
workiug
. • er
paradise. •
• in Tphreorger pesa in trhees eun eucip wsetarftnesl riepatoonr
of L;ee trade. A Free Trade Laague.has
been. 'formed, and from its . platform we
select a few points that Canadians would •
do well to stndy, •The American. Frea-
Twie League holds 'that every man ba6 -
the right to exchange the prodoet of his
labor wherever he can obtain the most
for it. ' That fie 'Omni& be free , to•seek
his own welfare in his' (mn. way, so long as •
he does not infringe the rights of others.
That, so far as he is depriired of these
rights .he is in slavery. It recognizes the,
importance and dignity of labor, beeause,
.labor is the source of prosperity.. It holds,
therefore,- that to tax stile necessities of
the laborer, with a view benefit the
inanufacturing caspitalists, is to 'strike a
blOwlat the foundation of the country'epros-
peiity. • It holds that every country haa
its :particular matural advantages; and that
to produce what. can' be. moat easily pros
(Weed in it, and to exchange such prednets
for what is most easily produced elsewhere,
is the most profitable exertion, of its indus-
try. ' That the true Means of encouraging
henie industry and •of lessening poverty -Jas.
to reinove every obstacle to the free ex -
°bowie of the products Of labor it holds'
that " the protective system," .so-called,
is only igriorentaatioeal selfishness, which,
defisats its own ends. ' That it is contrary •
to the wise an'd benificent laws of Provi- ' •
dence. That it diverts capital and labor
from the' • Most eflieient occupations
others proved less efficient by their. need
of artificial support,. That it is a fertile '
source of social, eectional and biternation
al -discord. That it 'encourageti commer-
cial dishonesty and:Whale' •corruption. It,
ludas that free trade with all the.'world
will condtice to purl:Agin:1st welfare, and is
pre-eminently worthy. De the. ',American
people, who should be foremest break-
ing' down, every- stnial .and .coromerciai
'•• BORN.
Tseroun--in Clinton, on the 3.0h of
. the wife of 11r. John,Taford, of a dattghter.
MARRIED: • •
WAssort-Flievise.-;,-ANhei residence of the
,
:bride's father, on the 28th of May, by the'. :
• Rev. C. . E. .Stafford; Mr. J. Watson, of
• Luein, to Miss' Ernma Etayno;„ daughter
Of E. Frayne, of Brussels.-
•
• Wrtioire-Ccams•L-At the residenos'.of
Frayne, on Cie 28th of May, by the
Rev. 0. E, Stafferd,,Mr. 0. H. 'Wright, to
Mee Eliza Ann Carrio,forniorly ef Clintop,
• daughter .of the tate Currie,Of Tarnberry, •
Txten-llowardo.-At the residence of the.
• bride's father, on the:29tieMay; by the Itev..
. *Tao, Preston, Mr. 11. M. to, •
• ' Olara M. Howell; all of Co:deride .
McFnee--McIravine.L-At the residence of
• the brido's father, on May 281h, by the Rev,
R. W. Leiteh,.Mr. John MoPhee, of Col-
borne; to Miss Annie Mccwein, ocaboree-
' DIED. • •.
•Lers.--•••In Clinton. on the' 3.10 May; James
Lego, aged 85 yertio. • -
Itowtore--In Clinton orethe ist inst., dliar-
lotto, wife of Mr. F. /lowland', aged 22
years male months.
leltISTRDI MARKETS.
•
. .
June 6; 1878.
The price of most all kin& of farm produce
is lower now thee it has been for several
years past, the roan of different causes.
Wheat, although aotnratinding a good price
for month§ has been held for still 'higher,
many believing that would he the ease 1.1y the •
war which' theysexpeoted betvveen Busses and
•linglapd. This grain has fallen considerably,
end now farmers tub bringing -it tomarket,
especially in .tho Western States. From all ,
theinfermation WO can gather we learn that
flier° is still a large amount:of wheat held. hy
ferment in this section ; some who, wore they
compelled to soll at present quotations, woul&
lose hundreds of dollars.. To•hold a bushel '
of wheat front the ilret Of October tp IVI# of
the following year Will necessitate a' rise of
front twelve to fifteen eehts to make it pay.
It will, therefore, generally'be to adyentiega
of the farmer te self irt" the fall, jot after
seeding, • •
* •
• I.Vheat, fall, red, atl•bush, $0 95 a 1 00
%neat, fall, White, . 1 00 a 1 03
• .085 a 000
-000 a 005 •
0 30 a 031
• - -0-40-4, 6 45
0 68 ,n 0 61 .
460 e 500
0.25 a 025
4 50 a .5 00
60 a 6 50'.
ir a 013
0 09 a 0 10 •
000 a 10 00.'
450 a 600
- 060 a 1 00
350 a 400.
. 160- a - 2 25
a 0 22
Spring, -
• Fife, •
Oats, -
• 13arley,
•
Peas, .
Flour,
Potatoes,
Pork,
fleet
Butter;
.Eggs,
James, .
sheepskins
()lova ' •
Timothy,
Wool r • , 0 20• ,
SEAFORTM 1fA1LKIF711• 1
Stine 0, 1878.
Wheat -Pall 31 00 a 1 03
Spring **. 0 86, a 0 90
Flour, • - • 4 60 a 5 00 ,
Oftta •• 0 30 a 0 81
Pees
Barley
'Potatoes
'Butter •
"Fgga
Rimy,
* 000 042950 ati.a 000 03405,, ••
• ,O11 a 012
a
9O0 it 10 00 •
di _