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wig+s-bart threw important witllcssefi
who edify to the position wiliclt ]
oke, niin ely,'eiiat the Canadians pay
Y a •
l
the duty o%':xhe orticles they export,
.and, thcrefprel,'they ate burtht,ned to a
large extent in gt•tting•.the,produoe of
their einerg) and toil into the markets
.of the United litotes, Put, Sir, the
f,lrinere maitlt;titt that the Highest
duties are placed ov the articles coo-
sufned by thele while it wise maintaiu-
aid here hist year (and 1 suppose will
ibe maintained again) that a latae
number of the urtic'es which are
used by the *farmers of this country
are manufactured in Cauada; that,
therefore, there is no duty upor. these
pyrtioelar articles and, consequently,
that the Oaetaclian farmer need not
pay one single sulita.ry cent of duty.
4r): iiMsing the orditiery meaning of the
Nord "duty" .they are not called upon
t0payit, because 1 understand the
' ,o".iuty" to glean the money
which goes into the treasury of this
' holm try , But they are called apnn tc,
Fay an increased price on every
article they consiwie on account of the
protection that is afforded the mann
fecturers of similar articles in this
ountry,
it is stated now, and wits stated
here last yeiir, that rho farmer dues
not pay one single dollar of duty.
Now, Sir, I Stall going to summon to
my aidt.tn0her el►ainent man who is
well Ikitown i.1 thiseountry,whose name
is a boustphuld naule, a man whose
,abiiityis retro;uized'not only by the
party opposed to loin in polities, a
man who occupied a high p.lsition ill
the couuciil of this country for many
Fears, a ratan whose ability is recoge
iiixednnh euly by the party to whom
tie is an ornament, but by the party
aaa ,opposed to hire in politics, a man who
eecupistl .a high positron in the
go/mulls of this country for many
years, s. man selected by the leader of
the Government, although opposed to
him in politics, to perform the duties
ofarbitator in the to ashingtou arbitre
- lion on the Fishery question betweeu
the United States and Canaria, and
Aro disohar,i.d his duties with honor
tgthinlseif and honor t0 the country, a
man who occupied the itnportaut posi-
tion of Finance Minister no less than.
hree times in the (kabinet of hon.
geutlemtln opposite, and whose ability
and •repntatiou were so noted that the
lion. leader of the Government chose
hirilout to be the firs: High Commis,
eaioner of this coµntry to England,
and whose servicef3 where also recog-
nized by Her Majesty the Queen in
,conferring high honors upon him, I
bring him into th.e witness box to get
his opinion on this subject. The Hon.
Alexander Gall, is his Budget speech
t 1863, stated that whatever tariff
Ts placed upon importations, that tariff
Adds to the price of every article
manufactured in the country in pro-
portion to the tariff thus 'imposed,
which is, therefore, a portion of the
burden they are called upon to pay,
not under the designation of duty,
but what is the same to them, as an
.increased price on the goods they pur•
chase. If that is the.case, I hod' that
,a great injustice is done to tbii far-
mers of this coulttry in loading therm
down with such large burdens. NOW.
Sir, what are the articles used by the
farmers which are so enhanced in
price 1 Let me give a small list of
then : Hoes, rapes, spades, harrows,
,seed drills, plqughs, euitivators, scuff-
lers, reapers, mowers, threshing mach-
ines, nails, hinges, wagons, carriages,
.hatoess, fanning mills, furniture,
,erogkery, clothing, blankets, sugar,
flour, ,pictures, .earpets,lnusical inatrtl-
mmnts, and a hundred and one other
thipgs. It nlay be raid that all
these .are rnanufacted in the country,
but according -to the statement made Tile strnn>:e Story of one Woman's z;:rt,e-
be the eminent erre to whom I have Wince—Devoting Her Life to the tecov-
is enhan edein erre of �thee articles ery of Her Husband's Money, Whigli She
o duty im ill price by the ,hae hon.
Lost—An Oil Company or Women.
of duty imposed. �7ow, Str, the hut.
member for North Perth (Mr, Hes- There have been some pretty big fe-
,son) said .that the prices of goods are male plungers in the oil market at pne
lower under the 'tariff than they were time and another, There are still wo-
before. Any men whe has given men speculators in most of the oil ex-
' thought. to this question, knows thet changes in the region, but there are few,
goods ought to be lower to -day than if any, of the "high rollers" left, Oil
Core women speculators
.,they were twelve years ago, with all iinntpetroleum than any other town, ale
;the improvements that have been though at one time Bradford had a fair
made in that tinge in the applica .ion quota.. The Globe-Democratcorrespond-
,of machinery and labor, and with the ent learned today that there are but
;discoveries avid inventions which have three women wlio still visit the Oil Fix,
taken plane. We should not expect change daily and multi.:
ktoily tiger. buss
,everything to be as dear to -day as it ness of toying
with the Theso
was twelve years ago, nor are goods ladies have been familiar figures about
As cheap as they would be if we had the exchange for several year, and pre
all that are left out pf'sevcral women
,free trade. The Icon. gentleman in speculators,
:411)
peaking in that way is only beggingl These iadlee do not come on the floor
the question and heating about Lbe of the exchange, and aro not, in fact,,
bush, and not ' presenting an erg' members, but are in their seats in the
%tient, because to compare things as ladies' gallery as soon as the e;►chango
they are today, With what they opens, and remain tolerably regularly
were twelve yearo, is to compare until the close at 3 o'elock,in the after*
trial e entirely nnl
'ke. Sir, in view noon. They deal, of Course, entirely
91 l g y 1 through brokers, a nod being a sufficient
the depre0iayinr? Ali farm property order fAr broker t4 but or sall 1-0fA
in this eoilntry, we need not woad"r emu o' lu,utiv barrels of oil, as tale case
that a great many of our people are may be. It is not often that they go bee ,reral;ty rti Oar l3cbnoie,
leaving us and goingto the United Sand a deal of 1,000 barrels, as the la- Do not the facts dise1 sed Schools.
social
States. Let Inc inform the members dies who are left in the exchange, to put statistics cause it to appear that, in.tii l
of the House that no less than $fi275,- it in the phraseology of a broker, aro adjustment nt of our schools, we have gone
000,000 rests on the £artners of On -1 ~flying light- With a few exceptions, too far ill our ohm for material advance -
went litdieswho have entered foie jnn„les went and development of wealth, and
toric in the shape of iuurtnagoa on of foie vilytiger have got the worst of it, i that we are correspondingly losing in
their farina. No lets than 80 per , The three who still cling to the exchange the direction of moral growth and cul -
cent, of the farms are mortgaged, awl ! are content to deal in 1,000 barrel lots, tore? Let us, then, imitato the prndence
no less than 40 per cent. of their value' and it is not Always they can do this, of the railway n, imitate
tend, though
is covered by mortgages, Again, 1 A. number of ladies prominent in the seeking to retain the advantages which
have read a paper published in the charitable organizations ,And in society aro already ours, let us not be blind to
city of Montreal, called the Insurance here have been successful speculators in the visible defects and besetting dangers
and Finance 1J/ironirIe, that no Less ail, and two or three of them have been of ow present system. Letts determine
Haan $30,000,000 rest's on the farms nterestetl in some large Beale. They the composition of the training of our
were not regular habitues of the ex- ubl'ic schools; let us see if its parts are
of Quebec in the shape of . mortgages. change, and were frequent visitors to well proportioned and the compound
Na less than 24 per cent. of the farms the gallery, which: is open 10 the public, i skillfully wrought, and.a thorough anal -
When we find in addition to thfpt, made through brokere, When there was steel rail, that, by a judicious ehange iii
that fawn property has depreciated in more activity in the market1 than tier the natul'e or proportion of the ingredi-
it was a universe tem f i wept h ma
value, we need not wonder that s0 is at present cuts, our rapid increase of *but
y
many of our people are leaving the fireside gossip. Everybody speculated suffer a trifling diminution, but the
oountry and going to the United in oil, from the minister down to the moral balance of education will be re -
States. Let me give von a few facts porter in the hotel, and it is no wonder
in regard to the depreciation in the
value of farm property in my own
neighborhood. 1 know a feiin,withtn
four miles of where •f live, which was
sold fourteen years ago for $5,500,
and was sold again last fall for$4,200,
or a depreciation in value of 23i per
cent. Another was sold a few years
ago for $4,500, and recently for $3,•
500. Another was sold two years ago
for $4,000, and recently for $3,200.
Another was sold four years ago for
$5,150, and a few months ago the
owner became insolvent and made an
assignment, when it was offered at an
upset price of $3,900, but could not be
sold et that. Another which was
suld a few years ago for for $15,000,was
sold recently for $11,200, or a rf:duo•
tion of 251 per cent. Another was
sold a few years ago $7,500, and re•
certly agate for$6,200. Another was
sold four years ago for $11,000, and
recently for $7,500, or a reduetien of
illi per cent. On the whole of these
farms there was an average reduction
in. pace of 22a per cent. These facts
are knownto myself, and' they show
the reduction which has taken place in
the value of farm property in my own
neighborhood.. in many eases it has
been found that the money raised, by
mortgages on the farms a few years
ago has swallowed their whole present
value, so that .many a farmer with
his family has bean obliged to find a
home in some other country where he
can find better prospects of prosperity.
Therefore it is the duty of this Parlia-
ment and the Government to permit
my hon. friend's resolution to pass so
that a committee maybe appointed to
ascertain the causes which hove led not
only to the depression existing in the
farming continuity of°this country, but
to the departure of so many of the
bone and stnew of our country to the
United States ; and when they have
reported to the House what they have
found as eausee then let its meet, not'
as political parties, not as it Govern-
ment and Opposition, let both parties
put their heads together to 'devise
some means for the removal of those
causes end for the retention of our
own people at home. We should seek
to make this country happy, and pros-
perous, and great; we have the ole-
ments within our country for doing so;
we hare the people and the resources;
and if we make that effort ] believe
that the time will come when we
shall have greater reason to be proud
of our country than we have to-day,and
the ladies fell under t]lo fascinating spell
of the "bull ring," as the pen like place
where the deals are made on 'Change is
called.
During exciting times in the market it
has been discussed quite as much in the
drawing room as in the counting room.
In the system of speculating in oil the
persons of small capital and no capital
at all have not been overlooked, and the
servant girl is given an opportunity to
"take a flyer in oil" if she is so inclined.
During one big whirl in the market, fol-
lowing the collapse of the Cherry Grove
field, it was well known that a ,large
number of servant girls lost their little
bundle along with the big fellows. This
was the most disastrous panic the oil
oountry ever knew, and it marked to a
great extent the end of speculating by
women. So many of them lost all their
money that only a limited number of
them have had the courage to venture
back into the speculative whirlpool.
Tho history of one woman's specula-
tions in the Oil City exchange is curious.
Her husband had been in business in the.
Oil country for several years and had ac-
cumulated considerable property, in all
worth about $10,000. He concluded to
go west, and went to several of the west-
ern cities to look around for an invest-
ment, He had effected a sale of his
property before leaving Oil City, and his
wife remained behind to settle up some
details, collect payments not yet due
and join him in the west, where they
were to make their future home. The
woman collected the money, and, doubt-
less, wishing to carry a pleasant surprise.
to her husband, she lilt the -money into
the oil market to "make a turn." The
turn.:went: the wrong way and she lost.
In the hope of getting it back she made
other investments, with. the usual result.
It was not long before she had lost every
dollar of the money that she was to carry
to her husband. It was some time before
she ventured to break the news of her
folly to her husband, and this she did
only after he had written repeatedly for
her to come on with the money. At last
she told him the story of her loss in the
oil market, where she had gone in the
hope of doubling their money. The hus-
band had taken enough money with>him
to buy a small farm, and with this he
was contented to begin the business of
money getting over again, but his wife
refused to share his lot ut.til she had re-
stored to lupi the money she had lost.
She declined to go west, but remained'in
Oil City in the hope of recovering her
lost fortune.
This was ten years ago, and the woman
is still a daily attendant in the gallery of
the Qil Exchange. She .las had varying
luck, but has fiever got enough money
ahead to make good the loss to her hus-
band, or anything like it. The Globe -
Democrat correspondent was Old that fin
this time she lugs several times been re-
duced to the extremity of doing the work
of a servant. When she would get
enoughmoney together to buy a "put"
or a "call" she would again try her luck
in the market. She always dresses in
solemn black, and evidently has but one
purpose in life, namely, to recover the
money she.foolishly risked in oil and re-
store it to her husband.
There is not much likelihood that she
will ever succeed. Her lipsband contin-
ues to urge her to abandon her self im-
posed task and join lido pn Itis farm in
the west, but she resolutely refuses to do
so. ]Ie bas made two or three trips to
Oil City to prevail upon her to give up
the market, ut she cannot be shaken
from her purpose. She says she is in it
for the money she lost pr for her life.
She lives in the most frugal manner,
even when making some money, but the
chances are remote of her ever recover-
ing her losses. Her dealings recently
have been in a very small way,
end herself.
h
barely makes enough to ramport
f
—0i1 City (Pa.).) Cor. 81, -Louis
Democrat. .
stored, and material, political and moral
progress will move forward together.—
Benjamin Reece in Popular Science
Monthly.
The Fig. Center of the World.
Smyrna is the approach and the key
to the small district that supplies all Eu-
rope, indeed the whole world, with the
most popular of dried fruits. From the
heart of the town a railway starts, run-
ning south to Ephesus and eastward to
Sarakeui, and the traffic of the line de-
pends largely on the fruit harvest. In
Smyrna itself is the great market for
the distribution of the figs to all parts of
tIle world, and in harbor here may be
seen a large fleet of steamers lying
moored stel'p on to the quays, and por-
ters, carriers, and llainel busy loading.
them in great wooden cases. It is by
this railway that you make your way
into the fig district. The tract is com-
paratively small, when it is remembered
that its produce may be found all over
the world. It is, in fact, actually small
—a valley of some fifty miles skirting
the northern bank of the Meander, and
with a width at its widest of scarcely
more than five miles. Twenty years
ago not half this area was under culti-
•vation.—Harper's Magazine.
TIMES " SUO CFIO g R
All parties v lio have not paid
for the ,. 7> IMI.ti " for the tears
1888 and 1889, err ,tquested to re-
mit the amount at r neo. We need
money, and hope this notice will
be sufficient, and t.lrat a general
respolaas will be the re:,ult.
R. ELLIOTT,
Shingles,Shingles
The undersigned have on hand a largo
quantity of
FIRST-CLASS
Shingles,
have nu more occasion to speak of
the exodus that has been taking
place.
WOMEN IN TIIE OIL MARKET
SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR SPgQl1-
LATIONS ON /CHANGE.
wmciI WILL BE SOLD
CHEAP FOR CASH.
ALSO, ON HAND,
Hemlock and Dry Pine
LUiVSl3Li'1;,
DRESSED OR UNDRESSED,
" 00ID &C-
AT THE
Win ham Mills
Josephine street, adjoining C PR track.
L. & J. MOLEAN.
Wingham, Oct. 11. 1858.
A Broadway Incident.
A curious incident occurred on lower
Broadway the other afternoon. A man
who was walking along with the crowd
saw a friend standing on the steps of one
of the big office buildings and called to
him. At the same time he walked
toward him and extended his hand. At
this particular moment the crowd had
been swept to one side and came march-
ing right down upon. him. The result.
was that he was pushed, with his hand
still extended, some dozen feet away,
and presently found himselfface to face
with a pretty young woman, who was
walking along entirely oblivious of his
existence. Both were naturally coin-
pelled + to stop, and the word "Hello."
was still trembling on his lips. She
looked up in a ptartled way and shrank
back, while he horned red es a lobster,
and, muttering an awkward apology,
withdrew his hand. The friend on the
steps was, of course, enjoying the scene
hi the meantime.—New York Sun.
Pioneer hardware Sore,
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INCH.
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and broken of your rest by a sick child suffering and
trying with pain of Cutting Teeth Y If so sew( at
once and get a bottle of "Mrs., Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" for Children Teething. Its value is Meal Jul -
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immediately. Depend upon it, mothers; there is no
mistake about it. It cures Dysentery and Diarrhma,
regulates the Stomach and Bowels, cures Wind Collo,
softens the Gums, reduces Inflammation and gives
hone and energy to the whole system. '1 Mrs. Win-
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pleasant to the taste and is the prescription of one of
the oldest and best female physicians and nurses in
the United States, and is for sale by all druggists
throughout the world. Price twenty-five cents a
bbttle. Be sure and ask for " silWG Swim'," and take. no etherikiwivsi.ow s
kind
SOO
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FOP two years past there has been an
insurance company against burglaries,
flourishing in London. According to the
regular rates you can insure the contents
of your residence, or the damage to it
through burglary,
arty
--London Letter.eial o}rticl8
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THE If WITNESS ,1
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fl(:) -e., 1890 -
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MONTREAL. •
THOUSANDS OF "1TLES
I %INEN AWAY YEARLY.
When I say Otero 1 'do trot meat.
l0 Merely to stop them for a time, and their
have thereturn aggain. 1 MEAN A R A D I CA L O U R E. l have blade the disease of Fleet
Epilepsy Or Failing elokHets a lite -long study. I Warrant my remggedy to Our* the
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sat Office.
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