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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1878-10-03, Page 4•A 4 CLINTON NEW ER.., •u OcaSAMU 3, 1878.. NE W ADVj±;ILTIS.1•{ EENT& , Stray Heifer ---S.. Avory, Notice•--Chris.�1?'i1sw,, Sr. .Engine•for Sale ---H. Scott. Land, for. Stile•• -i . Chesser, Tenders. Wanted, --:171. Scott. Clothing House—T, d'acksoxl; Power cif C'sh--,T,. C. Gilroy. 0 Stray Steer -44°1m Stephenson.• Rush Uoime - -Jolley 1'3elmoro. Servant Wanted --Mrs. 1. Hansford«. Oatesoftoday a Eta ,,,ay /last atDie .Zook ' Stora of Messrs, Jas. 'rum ant .T, a, Noes Albert Street. Wien5 cents per copy. OPPICIAL PAPER OP! TEE COUNTY. THURSDAY, OCT. 3, 1878. r " , uuratl. IT 'ALQNI+t. ?. • Now that the country has pronounced .itself itself in fitcoi• of ,t protective, tariff, it �' behoves those who hope tole f e. vored in the es changthat are exp ected to be made, a to at once bestir . themselves, and pre- .pare to make requestlr•for•.the protection desired. ;ta this section the prineipal. parties who .ex reseed themselves as • in want of more 'protection. are the agricul- turalists, griculturalists .although they havo been tn- e to.discover $liow. an .tbl y beuefts resulting from the: protection'.tlready- possessecl op.horses, cattle,. 'sheep, pigs, potatoes,- butter, cheesa, &c., none 'of these articles being increased 'in 'Price an iota in consequence'af the tariff. .As they have given unmistakable exidence that they wish to see increased . protea tive cluties on their. produce, they must now follcjw up_ •th6 ;advantage gained and say watt articles they to be, ti protected against, and to. wait `extent.. It will be remembered ' that Johi A: promised, at'Hatnilton, the amount of protection each, 'interest asked, Let; him be token at his word, and at: dies,' so that as soon as the House nutty -meet, :which probably will not be long delay- ed, ,a bill for this purpose be 'ready, cut and dried, so that'it sha11 be passed at. the'iirst opportunity and be in opera= tion immediately, - If there is any good. 'oi, advantage' fo be gained by this ..'.National' Policy," we wish our .section -to participate in it to its fullest•.extent., and . that nothing should be lost -by being ldilitary or too Molest. On this account we'' hope to see those who voted in favor OFR bestir themselves in , getting 'petitions signed for the degree.of protection•they desire. \Ye do not , advise the withholding from 'market any kind:, of.' ',rodeo:( for the prospective benefit that is Hoped for from the National Policy," .bite - only , that our:.agrioultural friends should urge the bringing of it . into operation as quick as possible. 1 0111) DUi'F.ERIN'S 0.1 10' . , We presume no one will contrc. giist v e to . Pa state- ri \hon It moires l Ldrd Dutl'e n mens with. regard to 'the' comparative tiondition of •tire laboring class • in .digs country and in Europe, although it...may he a contradiction of the stateneats made iu ante•olection tires by .the Conn- • servative press. He iq well qualified to make the• comparisen, having liitd. extensive op.porttinities of ,witnessing the condition of the opeain.• laborer, and as he cannot he actuated by '.any feelings •of partisanship his testimony is the more weighty.' The following is what 11e said concerning this, maim:: at the opening of the Provincial Exhibi- tion t melon lust , wcelc : - 4 It is also true you are not so' rich its many other couimunities; but the hap- piness of a people does not so much - de- pend 11pon'the accumulation Of wealth its upon its equable distribution. In many of the wealthiest nations of.Europe thousands can scarcely obtain . their daily bread. and though Canada is by no means at present•a nation of tnilIiol- a]lea, there is tot amongst us . an earl - cultural gri-cultural homestead between the Atlantic and the Pacific where content and at rude re•ign. plenty do not tenon. There cannot be any doubt; o£coerse, that every one will rejoice at the early �' departure of one *he so entirely forgets himself, (especially ono occupying siteli t• an high and Honorable position, in the country as the speaker has done) : as to give utterance to such annexation pro, divides and advice as the following ex- tract clearly shows. ' Haw much further he could have .gone,without a(:tually committing treasett wog cannot toll but g , i . we feel certain that if we had had the temerity to. gage utterance to similar sentiments. in some sectionsof this county', wowould have ltticl to make some rapid movements to eseapo scath- less, Seriously, we rejoice to bear such ir4lAilt�' erwpt:'etisiemfrom the lips of Lord Duiferin,'and .•how. that his entreaties in this dirbction will be followed.He says;: However earnestly .1 may have be- sought you to be faithful to.yoiu' native land, and to estimate at its'propei' value your, birthright as Englishmen, ' it is vi with almost (al . persistence tliat I would exhort you to cultivate the. most friendly and cordial relations with tate great American people, ., A nobler . i•Ita- tion—aa people more generous or, more hospitable -.-docs not exist. Tohave learnt to understand" and appreciate. then -I •esteem, as • not the least of the many advantages I liave gained by coin- ing to Canada. Of my own knowledge I • say that they are animated:'by the 'kind- liest . feelings towards the Dominion, and' I cannot doubt but that the two coun- tries aro destined to be .united in the bonds of an unbroken friendship. • EDITORIAL. NOTES.. A CoBRESpo"iDENT of a Lonna. on 1paper. 1 mentions' the name of Dig,; Stewart, of Bucefield,. es tr. possible Reform candi- date for. the Local. Legislature; in the `Stiiith •hiding,. Should Mr; Bishop be unwilling' to stand ngain,,we believe the i' Dr. ivo 1.1 nn ti' ,D . tr alt ocl candidate.` e o'e g has very many friends on `both sides of politics; .. Tue• Superior Court, .of British l,'im;bia, iius.•«declared the Chinese Tait Bill unconstitutional. 1iJt•. Wallcem and 'leis' colleagues must .11ave known this, and: ought to be heartily ashanwd`,efthe. Manner. in whicli he and' they have 'ren- dered to popular. pi _ejuchcea. • - The salve remark should be tipplied'to petty pan deret•s, generally, of ,the pe itical.orrler. It is s•aid'th It Mr: Horton will resign in Centre Huron to givo Mr. Cartwright' a chance- The quid pro. quo is said to be the Godericb collectorship, the pre- sent, incumbent to be superannuated.• Mckr:l of Tuesday.; • So far as we know the above•ni1aybe- true .;,it nice else be untrue: , However, itis:amusmg te:see how this ." Godericli collectorship" iS' dangled around.' .A. short -time' ago the. Conservatived:pa.pers. Were:pbs>tive that Mi•. Green:tivay was going b,tin i gen a to ' o , an the appointment, and. now 'it is" to' be giuen to Ur. Horton. We think`' the latter is about as likely to get it as the .former, and no more so, T C' .: PO LI I A1r., NQTE5: '.There rvill be about 90 new uienibors in the new Parliament, seine 46; of these. are'.from Ontario. • This neon unusually largc propor- tion of newsmen: 1't ie announced' that Hon. Mr, Blake will sit for West -Durham in, the next Parliament, and that Hon.- Mr'. Cartwright will contest h'lr. Hoopor's election in Lennox, with every prispect of success. It is stated that. Hon, Peter Mitchell, who. was defeated in. Northumberland, will be palled. to the position of Speaker of the Senate, for which place Mr, Costigan is also said to be an applicant. n 1 is nt. • . Among the political rumors entreat at. the. `Capital is °u° 50 the effect• that the Govern- • meat will resign in.. the presence. of Parlia- ment, and that a'session will bo held in ,No- vember for that purpose. - Mr, David Mobawa has been chosen by the' Reformers of the 'VVest Riding p1 Agin to contest the constituency •in . the election for the Local House, to 011 the vacancy caused , .by the: resignation of Mr. Thos. Hodgins. ; A oorrospendent.of the New York herald; writing from Duluth, points out to' that jour- nal ,that the alleged large emigration from Canada 'thronght fort Sarnia for the 'year ,ending June 30, 1878, was no emigration at all, the people vt :question not being bound for the. United States, but for the.Brithili Pro- vince of Manitoba, There are roasone why the House' should lea suuttnoned to meet as sou as possible. The couutry's interests are declared to have been -imperilled -41y tlre•°ateatty 'refuted of •thtr Liberal (xovernment 'to increase the tarifi; Ruin. and desolation .have been peotiounced on high Tory authority 'to be everywhere pre- valent from this cause, ' The vietortona Oppo- sitionists claim to "masers the infallible -remedy. Under such circumstances the "physician and the patient should be brought together at the• earliest -eminent. . The sooner the empirfesgot et their work the sooner will .ft be evident that their treatment of the case is One,of un� mitigated quackery. They will either prove their insincerity by applying no remedy at' all or they will demonstrate that the so-called "titre" is infinitely worse than the disease, Kingalon 1V�d1J/, A paper which has for weeks b een painting tcprotectiveo t tariff as the only remedy for the hard times nowsays.—Wo 'have been struck with the good sense displayed by the local editor or an .American paper, who either had, or professed to. have, a letter from a 'farmer friend, a letter'which he was asked in to fell the writer the way out of the present hard times. His reply was: " Of Coutes we part; keep pegging away—live within Your in- come, rainy day—soll it litho for r a 1 Dome, and savey y your surpins,stock and grain -••-if you can't got our price, take what yon eau ,vet; take the: money and pay your honest debts ; and if you owe no debts, put the money at interest, and don't give credit any more ; work steadily and he economical ; make no bad or foolish trader*,. and you will bo sitting up cross.I' g ed, with peace and plenty. Now we haveto dyouthe way out, and if you don't go it is yonr ower: fault." Countries, as well as individuals, may profit by the advtoe given, now They VYeyi;' It Abroad. 'Tho &merlons have had a lengthy, and, if we arc to believe all Sir John Macdonald as, sorted during the elections, a prosperous ex, perienco of the protective polioy by which be tntetlds to make Canada•rich. The opinions; of those who have ,had that experience are therefore of peculiar interest and importance at the present luneture, We call the follow- ing sentences frotu the leading; American jour•' Dais of all shades of politics t.7. - An. era of high tariffs will now supervene, --Chicago Tribune. Far-sighted people,%u this mirky will look with pleasure on the result that promises to assimilate- the Canadian .tariff system with our own, and remove one of the chief obalstoles: to a .union of the two. countries.—Cleveland• I(er•ald, Whatever may lie the effect on the relation( between this country and Canada, the final solutious of these troubles will probabl be the establishment of an American Internation- al Congress—like the German Zoliver'cin—to adjust the duties of each country towards each other.'—New : York Graphic. Among the possible results• of the political revolution across.-the,Northern, border is a• United States Old -adieu Customs' Union, .basad on protection to North American indus- tries as against the free trade • productions of England, . The ultimate- political results of 'such an arrangement -do ; not require state- meat.—Cleveland .Herald. • In its general aspects, „the election turned upon the tariff issue, and, like our own recent election:in, Maine, represena ted. .vague, unin- telligent desire of the dissatisfied people to. try some neiv remedy for the hard times. Rather than endure the evils they have, they; were willing to fly. to others • that they know • not of.—Chicago Tribune... The result is certain to be the enactment of a protective tariff, for the Senate is, as it. has always been,. Conservative in . politics.. Moreover, there will bo an indefinite post- ponoment of the plans for either a reciprocity treaty or a Custom*. Union with the United Status, in both of which' the present Govern-. meat has taken to strong interest, Boston, A<l vertise7-. That the Canadian people have made a mistake will, we are confictent, beooine,cleer `to them by and by,: but for the present itis worth our while to observe' that our tariff, in, .addition to :Misdirecting the industry of. our people, tends ,• to close markets.. clenaltely'. against them. ' '1'he greenback craze is itis•• dorsi incarnate, as compared with the • ro- gratncne:of the'1gigta;protootionists,'-43rook1ha Raub!. The Macdonald party"favor a high tariff, which shall be retaliatory against the United States in. order to:, force our Government into a reciprocity treaty. This, it seems to us,is unwise on ,the part of the'Catracliatn:• There is in•this country.a growing ,sentiirientin fa- vor of.a Customs' Union. with Canada, which evil) .bs, seriously checked by " retaliation," or•.au.y other repressive action by the Cana .Duane Osicepol'all<trliciiit: 'We may now contemplate with interest the spectacle of a iiatiou lifting itself out of the' mud by itsbootstraps and increasing its .Wealth by ehenging its money from one.p00-, iter to the other, and hack again. '.Iii six or seven years from•' now we fancy that the. Canadian people wilt conclude that it would have been :money saved had they pensioned • off every :protectionist paper and politician in. the country with. $100,000,--Ngto York World._ This Coriolis change in Canadian• sentiment,. however; has certain oaternal aspects • which presage serious and fae-reaching consegilAeucee.. It severs another link •of • sympathy which binds the, mother country to the, offspring. " „ :":•• We have an abiding faith in the' intelligence, progrosaive spirit, 'and above all the common sense of the • Canadian people, hence' we confidently anticipate that, when 'the sober secouti''thought Comes,, -to assert itself, as it will, in (10 time, the judgment which they have now;,rendered, as it werd, under a temporary aberration of midi will be reversed.--Neru York, L' I3cellerat. If .the upshotef •this retaliatory policy is a Customs union of the two countries, we shall profit at the expense of England, lint as Eng- laud. exports to Canada ever so much more than we do, tho gain to :the t;ana<liau' con- sumer is more than delibtful, • If we should give oar fixed opinion of tho result of this Ca- nadian craze for a protective polroy,'we. would predict first an dra.of high prices in Canada without a corresponding rise in wages, then general that protection. is a.1ail- And hualty, .after a few yearsof costly experiment, do nfall of the Macdonald Ministry. 'as a N Budden as that of the Ministry which has just been defeated, --New Ysrk Evening. Pont, • For the list five years Canada,, like the United States, has been suffering from com- mercial depression and distress, and this sur- prising political reel 1utforritr"v'her-an-`e r pression of 'general discontent than a settled endorsement of'Sir Jolui's high tariff •polioy, It resembles the spasmodic uprising of the 8reenbaok.parte of the UnitedStates, 'which is founded not on reflections lint upon firma- " timed under vett acted suftieriug. 'SVhen the heavy burden of busino4s stagnation comes to be alleviated there -will be a more rational torso of thin king on both sides of the border.— Seer York Ilerardl.. Tit: • victory of the Coeservative party in. Canada is by.no means a triumph, of proteo- tion, in the abstract, as it is a striking? 111us- tration of the necessity and virtual existence -et attar wanton orf •~feeling and interests' be- tween Charade nnl the United States asoom- •pels Canadian's, ,in view of actual circum- stances, temporarily to bo back on frog trade,. to,avhiah they are attached by their traditions and their conviction. Tho defeat of the Government party but indicates more forcibly than ever the swift eurrent of events towards a nominal as well an a real union between Canada and the United States — Ye» fork L'reniicgOrprese. . ' They 'may try t13 rleceiVe: tlio5ise1tes into the belief that retaliatory or prohibitory to riffs are the very things for bringing us ".but• ter customers," jest as tate ingenious porton in Goldsmith's novel tried, with green goggles, -to persnndo his horse into the belief that he waaeating 8r.s s instead of shavings. Tr n h may be temporarily dimmedl or distorted,'but it can never he totallyoxtinguished. %gar the incipient, the . Canadians have their green gekgios on, but we seeped > they will soon grow tired, of the novelty of the thing and he begging Mr, Mackenzie to lead them batik to plain, honest grass.-.1reiu York .Thdletia. ' • HANLAN COURTNEY BOAT RACE. The boat race between Ifanlan and Couiteny, which was to have conic oft at Lachine yesterday,. 'was postponed. until to -day, owing to rough water, .A.n immense crowd is in" attendance, anal 'thousands of dollars are, staked on the result. 0 ',THE THE A ARQUIS OF. LORNE. Lox.no «, Eng., Oct, i.• --The Igavquift of Lorne, H.11,1-11 thePrincess Louise, and her Excellency. tire' Countess of Duf- forint yesterday left Roseueath, the. Marquis' seat in: Dumbartonshire, •em route for Canada, .•.w ,,-. oNTM.ttrq LOOISI.Af1'U ,tE. Writs have been issued for the glee tion of members of the Lead Legislature• for the counties:Of_South. Simcoe,..Weat Elgin, and Essex; vacancies having been °Created by Messrs,`Macdougall. Hodgins, and Patterson becoming, candidates for the Commons. The dominations• and polling wilt probably take plane in these' counties on the sante day. OM NEW COWER The The Mrirquis of Lorne is gazetted Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and -8f. George. • On the 26th Sept. he made a farewell address to his late eonstituents in Inverary, in which,. after referring to; borne • politics, he said :that we should judge the wishes of ,the colonies not front our point of•yiew but front that 'of their interests, and;'also from that of ,the well-being of . the 'whole Em- pire, He then spoke at length -ori the importance of Canada as enemigration• field for agriculturists and others simi- larly employed, and the rapidity with which the country 'i3 being opened tip and. Cultivated, . Plenty of mon would do well there if they could' hold a plough And follow the gallant .example of their. countrymen, who: bad done 'glory to .the o11 land in forming an other great British nation;' They would exchange unhealthy citytoil;. for life-giving wot•k. `The set- tlers in the agricultural regions of Wes- tern Canada .were ;likely-to.live .longer -and be .happier than was the lot of the great inajority. of .mankind... In con- clusion; he had not, to:bid''theni farewell; but he.wished to lot. them feel that he knew . well how deep was the 'debt of gratitude he owed . there, Ifheproved in any manner able to, fill riad high place allotted him,=if any success .attended him in undertaking the .arduous respon- sibilites .connected with the ,position of one who was 'the .iepreseiltative"of.con. stitutional sovereignty, and. as such, bound to cherish the living ties which unite the- young with the; old Imperial land• -..if he could- inany measure satisfy the wishes of the people -Hit was because he had had some experience of' public" matters as a member of the House of Conlrnons. He.had always rejoiced .that he had been allowed to .serve that fair, portion ofScotland Wvhich their brothers -.indigo served 'in,othenand.moze•.trotibled days: .• • Sale Register. Hotel furniture, •horses, buggies, &c.of of 'John' W. '. ltoss,.P.rince.of Wales'hotel. Clinton, on the 12th-inst., being a p'ostpohetnentto • this date. D Dickinson; auct. .One two-story dwelling -house,, situate on On- tario street, nearly opposite the Episcopal church : three Building Lets nearly op- posite It. M. Racey's dwelling, and one grain store at the Grand Trunk Railway,;. ,prpperty of MrA. Jamieson, "Clinton, on the•5th•of October, at 2 p.m, , J. Rowson,.' !farm stock Ste.;. of'Mr. Thos.•Ady, lot 32, con. 13, Hullett, 'on'the 8th inst., at 12, .noon. • Janos Howson, acct. arm stock, &c., ofMr, Geo Stvallow•, lot 32, .9th con., Godenclt T'p, on the 9thinet. Jas. Howson, Auctioneer. • • Vann stock, &e:, of Mr. H. Stevens, lot 19, Huron Road, GoderichcT'o, on the 15th inst, ' D. Dickinson, Auctioneer..' wenn,-In Clinton, on the 2nd Inst., the wife of air. ' W. Webb, of a eon. C A0 n—I Clinton,,on"'twife�_. Di (f E 0. ASept.0 t. itis the of DIr A. Iee3rogor, ofa sn•_ p - MARRIED. DIVLNJ:-BlYNETT-on :Sept:+ 19th, -at the residence • of 'the bride's father by the Vey. It,' O. Cooper, . W. T. Myles, Agenic o, W. It, Lonleaboro, to Charlotte 8., youngest daughter of Mr. 0.11. Reynett, of Paris. wiursic-Pedcocx,-At the Bible Christian Parsonage,. on Sept. 2dth, by the Rov.'It. Thomas, Mr.1. Wiltse, to Miss.A. Poaeoek, both of'uekersmith, ' NerrANs-YvrLit--•(in Sept. 2fith, at the residence of the bride's tether, by the rtev. Dry, Ross, Mr. Wesley Notions, of Essex, to Catharine, youngest daughter. of Mr. David Yaill, of Stanley. MCEruor-1l s, -en the 04th Sept., by the Ilev., J. Sievctight, Mr. T. J. tictIroy'to dies Agnes clays, both of .IcKillop, DIED. DETaon.-At the rosldonce of her father, w.1r. Whim, Lsq„ Oshawa, on tile' h Sept., Perinolia '(:arelinc, 'wife of J. C. Dotter, I:BQ.,.diodoricb. . MIcPtnr..iea.-0n the 25th Sept,ha.fntent sou of ;tar. Win. McFarlane, Stanley, age<i•3 months. • • 4/L11NTO N itY sitlif- z'lati ' October 3, 187.8,, Wheat, fall, red, zitlansh, i30 83 a 0 86 Wheat, fall, white, - 0 87 a' 0,90 Spring, • 0 80 a .,0 85 fife, - 0 80 a 0 90 030 a 032 • 000 a 070. 0 52 a• 0' 56 - 4 50 a 5 00 • 0 40 a 0. 50 550 a'600 . ,:5' 50 a • 0 50 o• 10 a 0 12 '0 10 a 0 10. • 700-g 800 4 50 a 6.00 0 25 a0 50 - 350 a 400. •- 160122 a 5 Montreal ` Market. arket. ' r Cattle b The arrivals of live stock have been quite` large, ,during the past week 48 carloads of cattle, 12 double decked and 6 single decked carloads of sboep and. 20 horses, and about 400 head of, cattle brought by the market boats. The demand -for good cattle to ship to Groat Britain is brisk ; some cattle of smaller size than bertof ore shipped have been brought to complete cagrees, Prices of cattle for Great Britain were from $3.75. to $4.75 per 100 lbs. Sheep continuo in good demand for export at sustained ° prices ; good sheep from' $4,60 to16, and extra lambs from $3.25 to $4 each: Calves of good proportion rather stereo, worth from •$7 to $8 each. Hogs' have fetched '$4.75 per 100 lbs. 'The throe steamers for Great 13ri• tair take 745 cattle, 2,200 sheep' and 100 hags',• against 520 cattle 2,833 sheep and 18 horses taxi week, Oats, Barley, ' Peas, Floor, Potiitoes, • Pork, Beef,.• -. llutter, Ha`i,, Hides, • CSllioopsoverlcins - Timothy y GRAND STOCK ii.10 OF iX I8 The' finest even Shown ; in this County. , . I N 1.14"11 N T. ' •T.N V.I..LUE: IN E,V'DRr"DEPA, RT'14I1`,, Is.•.X31.NCEWS . O R I E ' Ali. ` R H and'i : tt l thatettains- to the teed o • U ,, 1'F� G' �, • L± I':G 7l'� n 1 p d we • are•: up" with the times, and able .to; give as good value for a „loPa.r,: as r' as tdt be -had anywhere. - Dress Goods, Wineies and ex, ow, Flannels, Y . 13ODC-2ISTS P ...�, CLINTON, Sept 20, 1878,• 1: HAVE iiIUCH.'LEASURE IN ANNOUNCING heir Stock Cainpilete • -A.ND ow -Room OPE ]XTR1Y, 28tk IST.; OF THE LES IN FRENCH GERMAN; LATEST STYLES FRENCH,- � : ENGLISH AND AMERICAN, MILLINERY AND MANTLES. THE ;... a _. Muton, Sept, 20, 078. a• CZI9v.L.r�i . FISHER, CRAMS & CO.