HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1882-07-20, Page 6CORRESPONDENCE.
THE PIONEER IN STANLEY.'
To the Editor of the Clinton,NielEra.
DEAR Sin,—Your reporter's interview with
Donald Ross gave rise to reflections which I
have not before had leisure to shape. The
price he paid for 200 acres in Stanley isnot
butI have stated theprice paid,
p ,
a year earlier, in "th Galt tract, and shall
assume he paid the same—$2.50 an acre. 1
have stated, in your paper, that I did mot
know the price paid by the Company, but I
have lately been told that it was 3s, 6d. as
acre, or 70ets.* Now, Donald paid 83ete; eta'a
for his land, and $1.67 in work ; but had' he
gone into Ohio, he,wnuld have paid. but 42ets.
more, and no work—making- but half the'
price he did pay ; besides largely avoiding hie
privations and hardships, from the quicker
settlement of the country. Before his arriCa'1,
and long after, immigrants, who' had purposed -
staying, irritated at the fraud government
wrought by refusing to sell, except through
speculators, either went away, or bought of
some exigent, whose shiftlessness or misfor-,
tunes compelled him to sell. It was for this
reason the Western States were peopled so
much quicker than this Province. 'There,
Government sold at a fixed price; here, specu-
lators at adyancing prices, .There, immi-
grants knew what they had to pay ; here, they
had to find out, and that the price was muon
more than there. Indignant' feelings' and
economic considerations drove.the people away
There was a million of acres in the• Huron
track • now, let any one take thei70cts. paid
and add what he deems probable for expenses,
interest and taxes, against the various prices
at which the Company sold, .a big margin of
profit will be found. This, profit did not
accrue to speculators in this country, but to
speculators in the old world, and on the Lon.
don Stock Exchange—a clear loss to the coun-
try. Whatever •sum anyone may calculate
or imagine, had to be made up by the pro-
longed labors and privations of the settlers,
and sent away for nothing. The sum reaches
amongjtho millions, any. way you may, fix it,
and nothing to show for it.
If Government had sold to settlers only, at
a dollar am acre, would not such as Rosa have
times,less money easier to raise or more
to spend, and' the traders in•Goderich,; Clin-
ton, etc., more business, and that earlier
than came to diem: The country would have
settled twice as fast ; and Ross would not for
so long have trudged to Detroit, London or
-Waterloo to do a little marketing, Or get a
bit of flour. Would he, for nalf the time,
'have had to walk one day to London, with a
big load, and back the next; or to Goderiele
and back, 35 miles, sometimes his wife, car•
rying loads of truck?
Now, here is the crime and idiocy; ,many
who have Lost in the above ways have just.
voted for the maintenance of such wrongs;'
on a far greater scale, in the northwest. Some
of their sons have gone there, and they and '
their relatives have voted that they shall ray
big surpluses to foreign, individuals and cor-
porations and have to.travcl big distances by
reason of lands'kept out of market,, for profit,
and which protit largely arises from the la-
bore and taxes of the settlers. '
Goderich, Clinton-, etc., have sent their
contingents of traders and mechanics to Win-
nipeg, Brandon, etc., but many of those re-
maining home have voted that the 'earnings
of the farmers shall not all be. spent there,
but be sent abroad, and for nothing at all.
It is the ,first time in the history of repreeen
lative institutions, that peopie.have voted- .them
selves into the extortions practised upon a con
quered people, in beinrlmade tributory to
/or'ei.gner3.
Ths..C.onser vativves got up a national policy,.
by,which tb,cy said Canada and its trade was
to be for Canadians. The.. Syndicate consists
•atbf three residents in Montreal, nine in Eng-
land, five in the State -se -twenty-three in=Paris, .
and two in Frankfort. The rejected contract
was offered by twenty-one ;residents in Cana-
da, and no others.
As contracts for the prairiesection •were
advertised for in Chicago, and nowhere else,
it may be surmised that much of the capital
purported to be put in by the three.Itlontreal.
Scotchmen was supplied by Americans,, ;as lis
the chief manager, who is reported to be'su-
pereeding Canadians by his countrythen. , So:
it is hard to say where the national policy,
comes in.- Rather, it is handing the country,.
over to foreigners as against natives.
But this is not near all the iniquity and
loss. It wast bragged in the Commons that
an all rail line was secured for twenty-five.
millions of acres and as many dollars -the
total being. called fifty millions of dollars.'
But ibis is an effrontery of falsehood 'never
before equalled in any.legislative hall. .The
Syndicate. obtains, in addition, the 406, miles
from Lake Superior, 65 miles from 'lpentbina,
and 215 miles in. Columbia; the eastern 'and
western divisions, which are thus. thrown in
are vas 1y more difficult and costly of con-
struction than the prairie section which they
are building • and out of this section they are
to pick all their lands, and, none in the rocky
regions near the ends. •
The estimated costa of the eastern and:
western sections, the' l'embiva branch; and
the surveys, is over thirty inilliona, But
that is not near all; their roads are to be for
ever exempt .fpom'taxation, and their lands
for twenty years. These concessions are esti-,.
mated at over twenty millions and nearly-
all the material for construction is to be wet
erupt from customs, and no competing rait
way is to be tolerated for twenty years. But,
while tlio.-l-and-was-recken ed_ aLa_dollar_an__
acre, they" commenced by selling at :$2.50
and have sold to a company of speculators,;
about one half at $3 an acre. •
No sooner died the secret contract come be;
fore Parliament, for ratification, than another
company was formed, which offered to take
three millic,ns less of acres, and as many of
dollars, and free Government of all liability
as to the western section of 215 miles, . Nor
did they ask for exemption from customs, or
taxes, or competition. The ultimate differ-
ence between the two could not be less than
thirty millions.
So conscious was the Government, and its
hawsers, of the execrable character of"its'rait-
way and land policy, that it dare not appeal
, to all the olcl constituencies. Huron has an
opposition majority of 500 to 600; bet the
townships have been so grouped as to throws:
the majority iuto one riding ; just"saving the
old candidate in another, and gaining a Tory
in the third.
But this fraud was not to be altogether re-
lied on. False returns must be secured; and
to this end the officials •appointed by law 'for
rennet ng officers wore displaced by noininees,
Bothwell was gerrymandered to keep out
Mr. Mills, but he received the most votes,
nevertheless ; so the returning officer refuses
to count the votes in two boxes, under ,pre-
tence of informality by his deputies, so de•.
claros the candidate having the fewest votes
to have had'talemost, and that contrary to
tho directions of the county judge; .And
if the matter comes up before Parliament,
will he be sustained ? Of. course
Tories have done worse things than that In
1857 G. B. L. Fellowes was returned for Rue.
sel, by a majority of 14. He was pe'titione1
against, on the ground that 342 'names had
been copied into the poll book .from direc-
tories of New York and Albany; and the
House refused the petition. Enquiry was'
made, and the facts proved .beyond dispute;
but he was allowed to remain. Appeal was
.made to a Criminal Cpurt in Ottawa and
tion theeel,members were returned for Quebec i
and sat far airmany years, while a format l
scrutiny of the roll book went on, containing
thousauds of fictitious names.
At the same time Mr. Allen was elected for
North Wellington, and he was Sent back to
be re-elected, 'because lie had paid for hie;
dinner, with some casually present, during
the election. Same as in Welland, since,
Where a quarter spent in drink by an agent, nt
,
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forced Ja now election, resulting' in a worse
Tory defeat, as it ought to have dobe, for ells -
tat biug
is-tulbiug the electorate for such a trifle ,
Thee T.have got to the end.of my time,:
and probably made a" longer' letter than you
may wish', for brae' paper ; but yet not exhaust
ing thronging ideas. Pray, Iver. Editor, ring`,
the sentence I:have marked in italics into
yonr'reaiiers and contemporaries. It cannot
.be controverted. - 1. H.
,July, 12, 1832.
*We believe .our correspondent has 'ben
misinformed as to the price.paid as we un-'
deistai d it was only fifty cents: '
IfI Ton Don't Believe It Ask Any
German.
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--Thousands annually robbed of their
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I J. CHENEY, Druggist,
-187 Summit St. 'Toledo Ohio.
1. J. H. Combe, sole agent for Clmtou.,
oisw
i.: Boot I and Shoe
Making.
�1HEsubscriber take; this means;or thanking his
i
numerous
r 'iriends;tar their liberal; 3ration.}ge. fo
the pat twenty years,,and also would; beg' to say that
he has engaged the best workman a ad is now prepared;
to fill all orders on the shortest notice' and in first-class
style and hoping that he may receive as liberal ashare.
of patronage in the future
Sewed.work a speciality.
15 FL BEACOM.
Ir tl11 f11IISCRi6ER IIIA&ES A SPECIALTY
of this business an-keeps5Sirtimtl,, on hand'
a large assortment. or
COFFINS, CASKETS,''
:CO.FFTN ` TRIMMINGS.,
SHROUDS,•
And. eyer}'thmg. in the Undertaking] lupi .and
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{':;.en the shortest. notice acid.'.'
Clintoll abet Cop,�ro
In .order • to set our x
nIcreaslng
trade
we have
bought
the Factory, lately- occupied by W. B. Crich,
and after getting it under way we are prepared to
. manufacture
•
Everythingin the . Furniture line;
Frons the cheapest to the. best sets, with the latest
styles and No. 1 finish and workm'anIship.
Ordered work a specialty and satisfaction guaranteed
UNDERTA KIN.GI
We have - also added this 'branch to our business,
andiil •it at all times will be found everything to
meet the requirements of all.
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A HANDSOME HEARSE ILL+ 17..,FOP.. IIIItE.
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modate and please, we hope to merit the confidence
of all. .
GE-ORGE .DIEHL. & CO.
The undersigned desires to inform the ladies ,of .'Clinton .and surrounding Country that'.
`he has 'secured 'the services :cif A , FIRST CLASS MILLINER, who: has had a large
ex �Perienoe in.this line of business, -He would also ;take this; opportunity of thanking
his ,numerous customers'and friends for their liberal patronage in the, past, and solicits
a continuance.of the same,:and-would "invite them to .eerie and see his large stock of
SPRING AND
SUMMER
MILLINERY
Beforemallingtheir season's purchases, believing it will be to theirLadvantage, as it
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At t13.e wost Raasobablo Rates
TW() SPLENDID HEkRSES
tiEP'p.101
1..1 12.5tBMBEIt 1'HE .PLACE,
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FIs.i.e&ommentletiby-Physicians.
at SEs
Ca' irrh of the Nasal Cavity=Cf rouge said ulcerative; -
Catarrh of the Ear, Eye orThroat, It CIf taxon
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THAT alone.
ONLv INTEONk'L.. CURE FOR CATARflN
...Ws JtN TF1: Z4A,ILI{ET
( o[). Ybo 09' r 5100 of aa9-careof•,.$ o0
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Wi t:, March 23, 1482.
My little 'dat obt.. ,piled with Catarrh
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the use of.' P all's Oa -turn Ui1Ye-' Silo is now
aboutoaren, •W T, HOUSE
• W BLLA5r,-Ont.; Mareh0 0882:
Ihavo•tsedi"Hall's 0ItarrirErre," and•jade•
ing from the good results' I derived 'from one
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ciao of. -Catarrh' if its use";be continued for a
.,reasonaLte length of time.
W. 77. HEIIiEMB,
F. 3.
CHFNFY &
WU, ,.,,r7 1 vsu. l0o, Ont., March. 20, 1882,
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peseta.=llad ,, sold H ill'o Catarrh Cure for the
Mast year, and itgivoa outiie satisfaction, •
Yours truly, •
H. W.•EiOBSON, Druggist.
Hall's Ca i'u rrli--Cure
Is sold by all Whole:elle aniUrata11 Druggiats
and Deale a - in Patent Medicines in
the'United States and Canada, •
�l CF:
75 Conts llot1 i • ,i.00 a Doz.
The Qni v genuine- Hn 11 a i �atarr h Cure is man
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I.4'Bowvale of isiitations,
Bottled for the Outerio trade by , -
Fellowes, his agent, the returning oflieer, and H. W. HOBSON. Weliantl, Ont.
his Clerk all sen
t to gaol, In the sante eleo r
E3. COIN/BE,' Anent, Clinton,
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TRAL DRUG STORE.
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And all the recent patents kept in stock or procured to order, •
A large stock of WIREHA t BRUSHES, I TOU.ET SETS, SPONGES,
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CELLULOID'"TRUSSES at reduced rates, .PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS anti'' family
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CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST,- ' :' CLINTON ONT.
CORBETT & LOLES, Pr opr°ietors'.
The'sutscri,lars take fls ocribu:t f informing .tlie lu lio that they have eractel a large 'IOW
Woolten Mill in Clinton, with.a
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