The New Era, 1883-07-27, Page 4pew irtrtio nntnU''.
Farm for sale -Darrow, & Proudfoot.
Specialists—Dr. M. Souvielle & Co.
Servant wanted -Mrs. S. Wilson.
Farm for sale -Enoch Morris.
To let—John Copeland.
;Meter lost—J. Biddlecombe
Clinton Kew Ota;
FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1883.
TEACHERS, SALAK1ES.
We expected that some school trustee,
or other interested person, would have
sent us in a fewcomments upon this ques=
tion, for we feel assured that many. are
feelingly interested in it, and we would
have been glad to make public their
views, whether agreeing with usor not.
In replying to our two: correspondents of
last week we would just say that bur re-
marks do not apply to any one personally,
or against- any amount of salary that may
be asked or given, if obtained in open'
• competition in a free and fair .field, but.
are simply in support of :Or contention
that tbe`lavv of,supply and demand is the
right and Only ..prineip a, that should rule
in faring the rate of wages er salary,, Of
course, duality is an essential 'element to
be—and is -taken, into account when a:
clioice is to be . made tfrom the supply.
Nor do we wish it to be supposed that we:
are "writing down!' the profession, for
that is very far from our object. It is
simply a mutual discussion of a principle
too often lost sight of;,
In replying to Fair Play we wouldinci-
dentally remark that he appears' to start
with. the idea that educatiou,al institutions •
were established for the sole, purpose of
providing tile- teaeher—Sttthaalrvi.ug-a_
kind of preserve for his special profit, a
vested right Which others•should,net"tres-
pass upon to his detriment—in tend of
being created for the sole purpose of give
ing children an education, and providing
the attendant machinery, to see and gait'
well done as cheaply, as circumstances,
will admit, and in this sease"-the board of
—trustees-andeother-officers should_rLatJlave
a soul,• to be influenced by feelings :and,
prejudices, but ".be entirely governed by
pr1ttical�business"principles-see that the
children get the best teachers the rate-
payers can afford and are willing "to pay
for.
) A good deal of Fair Play's reasoning,
and his illustrations are.nnjust and. wide
of the mark'. For instance, with reference
to the blacksmith; who, he says;" `..`;after
threePP
ears a renticesh' considers hint=:
Y _,_ ---- �
self.entitled to a fair day's pay, for a ,fair
day's work, and he generally gets it".
We Will consider " that the -'`blacksmith
stands for" -all other mechanical trades,
and place all on a level, '=then See how
their income and, their labors will tont-
pare with school teachers', hn the first
place the mechanic received no•goverir
anent or municipal aid in fitting bini" for
his p'rofessiou=lie had to, depend upon
bis "own unaided exertions in 'obtaining,
his qualifications as" a.mechanic, and, then
when fully able to do good.work, all he
can get for sib',ty hours of" "hard toil; is
about an average of eight dollars a week,
•"-and-i-f he makes blunders a.ndapoils=nra
teriai be must pay for;it; besides, in souae
trades, providing his own tools.; •The
teacher, aided by='govcrnment and muni-
cipalities to obtain' the .qualificatidua 5f.76.
child instructor, receives,. at least, the pay
of a mechanic for thirty hours occupation'
a week; and only ten, .or less,lmonths in a
year -which would; not be five hours; a"
day the year . round. If the "mechanic
turns out abotch he must take less 'Wages,.
,
or turn his labors in some other, direction,
and a botch teacher has" identically the
same privilege.
With reference to,the government fix -
jug the standard ofqualificationswe should
have thought .Fair Play •would see that
the effect of th< t v u d to de • •ease the
• n v o • ld be decrease
•
supply, l', and therefore enable'"the success-
ful Innes to get higher salaries'. IIe:does
not think the line is drawn,' at the right
place, because' the government does 'not nopolies,and and:-.
} i i
cher as freights. are Constantly! advan -
fix the t a. g Y, c,
f e 9alaiy. Suppose it fixed it too .low
for the "teacher's satisfaction,: and because
he had received governIntal aid in:g
nlet-.
ting his qualifications, how would he like
to be compelled to accept the fixed salary?
, and.. that he. must. not make use, of_ his
situation as a steppingstone to something
better? It is entirely gratuitous .on his
part to say that we approve of the gov-
ernment fixing the rate of remuneration
for the inspector,' just because we pass it
over without discussion, as "do_a host
of other things relavent tosschool'tnatters.
Fair Play's judgment with reference to.
the qualification of a jailer is far astray.
A good jailer requires:more than ordinary.
education; fully equal to some of our best
common school teachers ,itbein Y nee s-
� e
sary that he should be-able"to'keep books
of a complicated nature, and • midst be
of a good moral cliarac:t'er, clelfily, Orderly,
firm, and able to" govern his prisoners
ith
v
v as much h
c ;}utlgiiient and kindness as
very many teachers da their scbolars for
tht' prisoners are not always drunkards,
and tramps, and when they ,fere they re-
y
quire a wise superititendent. •
- As vve said in nurfornle>_i article end:
say again, the proof that teachers aro re:
ceiving good salaries, in ecniparison with
other professions, lathe • fact t1tatenany.
are leaving the farm and other .oecupe:-
tions to engage in teaching, and although
many leave it for something they consider
better, they almost always go in the direc-
tion they. at first started on -:--a doctor,
lawyer or minister --never back to.- the
farm, bench or anvil. The fact is many
young people think the teacher has a soft
place of it, and therefore seek to enter the
profession, which we say they are at liber-
ty to do,but they must not imagine that
because they have expended a good deal
of time, and much of other people's: mo-
ney,; they are going to be fostered, nursed
and provided for as pensioners on the
hard earnings , of others, They must
take "their chances in the: market of the
world, just thesame as other industries
and -callings.
[Since the above .was in type, a letter
has been received onethis subject," which
appears elsewhere.] " '
TELLGitAF11E1t0t'-STRI E.
For several _elks past the telegraph
operators, throughout the continent near-
ly, have been on strike for higher wages
and the remowalof a fewgrievanees. Al-
though it has not generally been the case
that strikers have the public sympathy
with them, it is so in this instance, and.
we think solely in consequence of the
telegraph company being a huge mono-
poly, and had" watered their stock to such
a degree that they 'were making enor-
mous dividends—in reality, -extorting
from the public vastly higher remunera-
tion for their services .than • they should.
But two blacks don't make a!white—
strikes are wrong and never eventually
do -any good. 'and even if they gain• their
end this time it will be the'geneial public
that will have to foot the bill. The'tele-
•
graph company is a monopoly and extorts
from the couutrytoo high pay ; then let
the proper authorities' abate _ the evil by
purchasing the lines and making it a•
government institution.
The Brotherhood, in fixing the rates of
pay,` demand the same pay for females as
males. We der not, like some others, see
anything to thank the Brotherhood for -
in this matter. Thew know veru well
that` male operatives are preferred before
female, and:if the :company are compelled
to pay as much for the latt r as :the fi
finer the latter will soon be el minatyi
from-the-establishmelrt "
EDITORIAL NOTES. "
LAST week a baby was left on the hands
of the Signal editor for about tett minutes,
•and he took two columns to describe his
feelings;' Two .emphatic Word described
his feelings ,when it was taken off.
SENATOR PLUMB is out with, a long let-
ter on Ontario fnaances, and tries to con
vince the people of this';Province that Mr.
Mowat -is not looking after their interests,
as economically as he should. Mr.Plumb's
letter only proves his ability to make,
figures lie, and nothing more.
IT iscurrently reported that : _ M. -ff J.
Griffin, the viturperative and mendacious
editor of the Mail, is tore -enter the Civil
Service, while Mr. Farrar . will resume
editorial control of, the Tory organ.. -Al-
though the latter is a'red ';hot politician,
he is head -and -shoulders over Griffin in
ability, and may, win back for the Mail
the support of respectable Conservatives,
which has been withdrawn under the late.
regime, t
1.,...
NoTrciNG t11e fact that Mr. Mcovat,
staked his reputation, as a lawyer upon
the Mercer case, and sought and gained.
the endorsation of the Privy Council in
his judgment, (although, Sir John and
Dalton McCarthy took a different view of
the case) a coteMorary- asks, " Will the,
Mail now he willing to admit "that Mr.
Mowat has some legal ability ?" ; No, the'
Mail won't, of that our cafem, may rest ass
sured for the purpose of that "journal is to
snake white black in every possible case
wherea Reformer: is 6oeerned.
a-.�
Txrosa whm have paid any, attention to
the" election trials in which a Tory is the
petitioner musthave noticed that in no
case will the petitioner tell whereor how
thethousand dollars was raised, as:the cne-
cessary deposit. Now, iflthe money was
honestly procured, there canbe no object
in withholding the fact, but =the secrecy
observed strongly indicates that it came
from the same source that; other !election
funds Have-froth'the Dominion Govern'
nient
WHEN -Mr. Mowat very Properlyassurn,
ed .,the control of the territory awarded
'd
Ontario in theboundary dispute, the Tory
organs howled that " he was proclaiming
Rings, strikes, shut=outs, and- monopo civil w u and the: death -knell of "lowat-
lies are rapidly assuming such vast pro- ism had been dealt the government." If
portions that, they appear to be 'dividing . these words were ,true, itwould mean that
the .community into guilds, making it , the people of Rat Portage, et al, --were :go-
almost impossible for a .person to engage ing to resist to the death" his authority,but
"instead of so doing they are glad to come
under ` the ' direction of the Ontario
Government' Sir Jelin • has been
simply trying a game of bluff on this
-question,,and "his supporters are mad as
'1Vl`arch hares that it did not succeed. ` The
only one we . condemn about it is Mr.
-Mowat;-tor not doing Years -before what
he leas been urged to do 'pow. '
10.. any cup ttron,_:iattle:ait:;' identifying.
himself with one close corporation or an-
other. This does not :augur .well' for the
ftitu re.
The fol lowi.ng.paragra.pli:fronithe_'liatn=
ilton Spectator, a strong supporter of the
national policy, has the right ring about
it ; :but is the very opposite of all4its argue
-. • -
ments
rgil_-
ments in support of protection, and only
shows that when free from partizanship
they will give utterance to sound sense
political`economy. We commend the.
paragraph to our protectionists, 'and" .ad
vise 'them (to fully , apprehend its import,
and then seeif it is not fully in irceord
with all,that -wehave said upon free trade,
or a - revenue :tarrif policy.
If the silk spinner, for example, insisis
1 t
that' only a Imi e.'d
.number of people
shall learn to spin silk, he will keep "silk
goodsdear:--•--By-reason—of-earning high:
wages he may be able to buir„a' silk dress,
for his wife every six months. Blit if all
other trades were in the like "condition,
his high wages would be spent in! buying
other dear goods. If all trades were open
to ell,_wageswould fall, no doubt, but
goods would fall in proportion; se, that
tbe'thing would in the long run be eq ual-
ized,"production would be nultipliedand
there'would be a greater supply of goods
to be distributed arming consumers. Itis,
to the•advantage' of 'working men. 'them --
selves to make all trades ::free to all who
desire to work at them.
1'f' is announcedthat the. Wellington,
Grey & Bruce Railway has passed into
the -grasp of the Canada Pacific,;;and will
be`.managed ,bythat Company. The peo-
ple'of Canada will` yet get their fi11 of mo,
3'IIE DOTER, If1A1U ET."
The butter market is very unsettled at
the present time. On account of the ex-
tremely wet season the make 'has been
proportionately great, and it is known by
dealers that large stocks are held through_
out the country: The home markets are
supplied to their full capacity, and nu-
merous enquiries are made daily by mer-
chants holding larger lots, to have thein
DEAR EOOD, SZCIi'NESS' 'AND DEATH.
An. article in•alate number: of 'the North
American Review severely criticises.and
condemns: the . creation antlawork-ings •of-
'the corners in wheat arid olber'food sta-
ples, showing that" while the farmers are
sellina,the prices arekeptdown, 'end when;
millers Want ttp bny_'ttie prices"are sent up.
In the, wheat speculations of 187J
the
price was run.dow,t to 81.E cents a bushel.'
When all the wheat and wheat contracts
to be had were obtained- the price was
raised. to $1.33: At one time, .the specu-
lators' wheat was piled up'inthe:elevators,
and.on-.the railroad trseas, intentionally
Placed,
Shipping hurter, of' good, yellow color;
could not get a bid from largest dealers
at nacre than from 12k to 13 cents. Ad-
vices from the best sources in the old
countryall denote a lower market there,
and the general belief is that prices will
not be anyhigher for some time to come.
We bold- say -to -the- farmers in--this.-part-
of the' eountry, "market your butter as
soon as it is made," as stale summer
makes cannot expect to "compete .with
good' fresh fall•butter,'and with the •pros-
pect ahead of rigid inspection, those hold-
ing the summer make over must not feel
disappointed if :told their butter is off
flavor, and not worth from five cents or
so a pound of what fresh fall make might
be quoted in markets.
On: this subject the Globe says: --"There
is nothing in the prospects of the butter
trade to encourage the country: dealers to
hold on to their stocks. The New York.
market is'over-stocked with supplies; and
prices • are rather below the figures paid
in .Toronto, The market in Glasgow is
well supplied,without having Imported
any Canadian or American butter. The
receipts of Irish butter and the consump-
tion of butterine operate to keep the de-
mand for American butter at a low figure,
at least at the prices which American
shipperswould ask
TRE uncertainties of a speculative life
arestrikingly shown in the case of Mc-
Geocli, "the Chicago lard king'. as he is
termed. He:svas one of the big specula-
tors of that city, and ' a month ago was
actually worth $3,000,000: : To -day he is.
stoppingthe
Y
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that to other wheat
t
from the .farmersand Snail dealers of" the
west" could be 'got to, the: easter n'fnarkets.
During th et.wiuter nearly 4.00 vessels lay
-iii New York harboi-, .the ownets'pleading.
for freights; even." at ruinously low 'rates,
'and did -not get it till the ie i-uefers.saw fit
to sell, thus keeping the rail' -aysand:lake
shipping, idle at one time' ttfrtl push them
too bard' at another p i is d. t By that cor-.
ner, three out of tv cry four flouring mills
in the United `.Jaate4' were kept idle over
two months. "Tues price of pork was
more than doubled, flour was ;put' tin an
average of $2 a barrel, and beef -steak at
least one cent a pou''(1, as the result. of'
these maitipulatioas. . `"It •is 'estimated
that the= farmer •g" s'little'good "out'of
these corners, since th' high prices do .not
come till the ,gram- .as. left the' farmers'
,hand, bur cense mere have to pay the full
A wand x in the Nineteenth Century
bewails .tlie'decline of Britain's standing
array, and goes into along array of figures
to show that -many of those who enlist
soon leave the force, ' It .is a good thing
for any nation when its people become
he 15 per coot ca
CI
A GREAT SUCCESS.
boo
cleaned out "dead broke" as the familiar
phrase has it. But with" that pluck which_'
often characterizes men in his position hd
has gone to work again, anct: will (per-
haps) soon be again rated as a millionaire.
CAPTAIN WEBB'."DOWNED. I:•
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f_earl :. sales
J
thous nd
a s f ;
� .,...dollars . ahead.
of he s�a •
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onahs 1n;18$�
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howln ' -
a unm.i a
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a. re i"t
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c a on -•1
of. over 1).:rlces.
1t has been., known of :'Som 1 time
that Capt. ilia, „Webb,. the" otecl-swim-
met, .:was loint• to' try and swim what"I
are known as the :Whit 1pool R tpids,
below -Niagara" Fails,, but no-one—Seri- ]
ously thought the., attempt would be
.ruade• On. Wednesday, However, he
"did make the attempt, arid'lost his life,
thereby,iJis'iush, d'owai ,lie rivei" is
thus_' arra ihicall • "nese"ribed by a" Globe
�.1 5 -
r"eporter :— -
Nowlhe rises on the "crest .of the high-
est wave, bis, face looking to the Cana -
Alan shore. : Ile liftsihis bandsonce;'is
precipitated in € re..yawYii-ng gulf right-
opposite the, exit. For a •riiontent ,his:
head rises above thesurging'wai=es now
he is motionless, lit the . mercy' of the
hideous tempest. Where the current,
divides he .rises again, and the anxious
spectator can detect a signof life. l'or
a,seeond he•appears to pause, fate seems
to" decide, .'on the easterly' "course' lie .
speeds for the exit,; sinks --=and is seen
no—mot r=A-t-2theeA.tneracan point off
exit a,dozen •peeple were Gong egated;
none' Of w.home saw -the "least "sign'' of(
Webb, while'there were"about six",peo- 1
-ole who saws -him et• the three- points
narrated, and there caa beeno"doubt;of,
the `ebrrectness 'c.f the account. From
the Smspension-Bridge. to the entrance
of 'the Whirlpool the distance is'' 1"t
grief, and five minutes -only were spent,
'On 'the,terriblejourney. !
•
It is.a known fact that the largest
treesand --timbers have been.duckedin-
tv ' bol .old: never. :afterwards `
o`,ltc htrl> e t
t tho
g.
iutic t cora c.trtca•i� in hem
appeared; leiirctl
an t
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1 s•ix, Hi
cif, no one knows v heir, '�.�out �i�
years, ago a MrBromley " fell into the, ,
whirlpool just at the edge, was carried
through the"lower rapids, anvil his body
Was found ' three days afterwards, at -
es
Lewis' oil. Many 1.
.`attew pts were iiade
by diving to obtain Bromley's body, teen
h wing ropes tied to thein before the at-
terups were made. - Such was the force
of the mingling, whirling currents that •
the men were turned over and over, the,
rope twisted round and e-oand them; and, '
000 - --
To make room for :an.
,
WE WILLCONT NU I �E:
only '..after' many • ..efforts were ;they
brought to Bind. The whirlpool is a
seething cauldron,.'pierced,by ra terriffic
torrent, but the lowest rapids form
commingling of masses of water, lashed
to furyas if by contending' ;ales:
So far no trace hasbeen discovered of.
Webb'sbody. It . is to be doubled; if
everphysical courage was put to so
poor a use as that which figs lost to the
tired of military life, and the sooner stand- •rate. Scarrcityoffor.1 means death to the ie gallant :
ing from'alT nat�ans the post; and whate= th-r}antkersseLe rners uot']d the life era gz n swimmlae
better will tt be. The most rediculously be"ca11 d? , Dr, 11 ,sdale be Londrri at l o s<ty tltitt•his,•r•�islitiess deserved.' puna-„
absurd thing imaginable is for"Canada to i ishntent seems harsh at the monieut'
think of raising a standing al'my,' the last session of the Social Science Con-
be
on- when personal friends are, mourning the
gress, pbinted or` ..ow the death' rate rose whenoutcoie' of' his foolhardiness. But it is
TT is rumored that: when Rev. 'Dr, . tyith scarcity o,' food. The age of ti n so and the most shat ,can be. said'
g e e , ,
Dewartretires from the editorship of the the rich in England, at, the time of death, in extenuation.of Iris—crime-we+hurl al-
Chrastian,'Guar•dictn, he will be simceeeded is 55; among the raor it is not 30. Dr. most said, is that he hard, perhaps, by
b Rev. E. A. Stafford:: As Mr. ewart's- I a r, t t s t .,.a 1 0
yo v � e de.tt 1 late of Ln
appointment is for. four yeah; except' in
case of union, it is singular" th t such a
report should getout. it r, Devart has
been the hese editor the Guari;lian has
ever )tad •,and altbougij oma ofits readers
a g.
have objected to a . tinge 'of'
J slight. g party
politics "that has once or twice• been inatif'
l
fester], 011 the whole Ilia management of
t
the palled' ho given general satisfaction.
?his organ oi'.i\1ethodism ms' con'sidered
one of the best' church publications in
the world, and i\tr, llewart's successor
will lIr d "it no easy task to .keep :It rap to
teprescnt position, .
r s -'tha g- long familiarity with dangers by water,
•land decreases tt eeP err cent when Wheat conte -to regard himself as having redly
declines ,billing t (Matter, • As 'food
grows dear, typhus groat.; plenty: Searee'r
bread :means snore •cri e 0, An ,i nerOOse of
one-bateauY' t to 'ez _-t _.-,la.imndred-thonsa:nd-
Y
Inhabitants c cares wills Overy. else •
-i1fl'tliing5 in the prix, if wheat inBavaria.
If:it i5 w'roni!rrlerous---for spec-
,
tiltitivc'iti0ivldutile?'oi Mak e wdieat aeti-
ficially dear, ivhes 0 ,0 ;be thought of •the
13otuitririu tillu;h L1Iis a larva on•.
.the statute booirdeed ned . tt1 \1i-' the
l+tics: .ii1 Cintada2.
gained a mastery. ;ewer the treacherous
foe has at last conquered 11ini..
the naine'of Capt. Webb' t'vill jto'o go'
clo\vn to posterity ei1,a11 etjuirl footing
-tvil;lr-th;tt--of-aurotlret• t colt -less- "fel(ow"-
Sain°Pastch, to wit. ''it is a pity that
the nierllory- of the tremeu,'clons,exploit
abbiroted in the swilm"ning. of the Eng.,
list Channel. 51ronlil be dinned by tile;
death of,its :here in an attempt to dt-
inem-gtrattc the lross"ibil.ity Of a feat whicli
would hate been destitnte;of,o 1001•;11
halal 1t.l et�tt:.'tct:oro}r1i51ied.
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or
.rind zne W a
000
slack is wifli far Ltha;mrn trad�o
illineryandParasoi
a
per cent below regularprices to'clear.FoY ty p g r
We,liave secured' the "services of MR. CAREY
e
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H ' has 'the best record possible
our 'cutter. es
as p
le cutter on King Street,�Toronto,.
as "a fashio,� ab g ,
eave
your order now. You will save from five
' ten suit.
• "' todollars on a r �i
1'.Clinton, ,imttiti, ;fu1y, r8��d.
JOHN 0