HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1901-12-19, Page 5THE SIGNAL: GODERICH ONTARIO.
ThiciumAT, Deo. 19, 1901. 15
W. Acheson & Son.
Extraordinary Values in
Christmas Goods.
We place on Special Sale this week a large stock of
Serviceable and Seasonable Goods for the Holiday Season,
Handsome Novelties in Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Furs of all
descriptions, Mess Suitings, French Flannels, French Prints,
Serges and Cashmeres, etc., etc.
[Adios' A.t:seban Coate, 27 and 30 holm j
Tong, well lined and quilted. sod quality,
g0anete•d, and in all stem, • Z: �
spools! $25 Dost. Dellis( at..... $
Ltda.' Astrachan Lomb Capes, boo Fleetly
curl, 30 lathes lone, full sweep Sud watt
lined. regular $18.00, special C 00
D.mmb.r pries..... •p
Lodes,' Oaperloss, Besse, 111 Mable, Wag,
and Possum. sew styles Ia stook Ibis week
lor the holidays.
Cnildreo'a Ursy lamb Wedge Ceps, all
WS"'
rimier $2 25 sops E I.50
speelel
20 de/en Lida"' floe French Kid (Glove. io
all sibs, 6t to 7 , in slur., tone, modes,
gams, mauve, dome futeoere, quality
recommended, • regular 11.00 63C
glor.ip•olal price at per pair....
Perrin.' first quality Lodi's' Mooha Kid
Glove'. lined with uotoerable silk, colors
In pew grey .hada, sellas( at $2.00
per pair
"Trefousse's" Kid Gloves In all new shads,
tame and troy", l0 every size, 53 c
3. 7i, al per pair, epeeisty 1.25
INaPEOT/ON INVITED.
W. Acheson & Son.
PROVINCIAL AUTONOMY.
A Oriels In the History of the
North-West Territories.
The 1'kaaalaa of the rslltleal Mel.. of the
Territories • ...elle■ That Snorts the
Whets Confederation Tisane' al
Claims. el the Terrllorlea.
Tau StcNAL bas reaolyd the following
letter tram Mr. J. A tinges y,.1 Yorktoa,
Asa.
The Northwest Ter rltorles has •ppr« t hod
• crisis to Ito history, one not amnion
simply 1t. ow• dioramas. but hereto me
mentons bearloge upon the future wsltare
of Clematis se • whole. The great problem,
which offers no easy .olut:oe, a that of
°beadle` tbo statue of too greet Weet from
that of Territories to • Provisos or Prey.
Woos. Fastens lambda o•ooet etaod aloof
Noes thio question and say, "N bat have I
t, do with you! "-tor the Interests of the
West are irrevocably untwisted with those
of the Eat : and • Dolid Coohder•tioo scan
be built only upon • solid foaodstloo o1
mutual b.lptulnees existing smoog the varl
the Proneoa of that Calms. And when
Ws loose coma op for discussion 1e Perla
neat, it should b. •pproehed, eat with
petty sed weltl.b ends le view, bet rather
"in the earnest and oandld spirit of moo
bound by the same loaresta, sono( • oom•
mon sad, and loving the same o0n!ry.•"
Toe gasetloa preesote itself ar the ootsa3,
What masa bore operates, regains, the
taking o1 each • radioed atop' Have not
the Territories political Inetitutloes bearing
clew. analogy to those what" salt L the
several Proyl.ose of the D.mleion ? Prob.
'thy it would be well et own to note when
In the powers of • Territorial Uoveroment
tall short of those of • Previewer.
1 No power to borrow money oo public
°relit.
2 Ire power to band and maintain els.-
meeyoary Institution. .tub se hospitals,
t oo... marines. „10.
3. No power to .dmlobler mimosa! law.
4 No delimit* subsidy frost the l)omtnloo
Ge•eremest.
5 heooetrol of public lands. (g«N W,T.
Aa. 1891)
Of these, the townies question is the lath
of a digerati' eabefdy to .degeate pr000rtioe
to the hoanobel obllg••tomo of • rapidly
growing 00.51.7. Representatives of r he T«-
rltons' Uoyenmeat hive male' animal pal
reenters to Ottawa to press upon the Gov,
moment of Dead. the 0.oessit v ot granting
lase and equitable fioanolal •e.let•omi fee
too . .oily. dmleutr•tloo of local •ffaln sea d res British Columbia to the extent of
1e the Terrltortee-all to no ay.tl. $100.000 annually, to relmbo"e her for .
The gestates might pertinently be asked : rocky strip of land doo.trd by that Prov
le • coe0try of snob magoldmot pro. Ina to the budding of the Canadian Pa -
portions, but 000tainin( • population olflo Railroad. As Ohre .re the only Prov -
of poly 150,000 souk, is It right that • ems. loose enterleg Coofeder•tloo •nbeeguent
true of Proviaotal sandlot should be to the British North America Aot, 1867, It
teetered late, at the present time, tIndio. remains an Incontrovertible fact that the
all future gsoa•tlooe and mho millions who original polloy of the Government has lase
will 0o, taboo's Ihaee piatni! Wold le punned throughout with respect to frog•
sot be better to remain seat present until • nodal ownership ot public hods
But with what reply will the Territorial
Government be confronted when asking that
the owoenhip of publto lands be • primary
moodiness ot any °egotistio°a looking to
wards Provinotal statue for the West ?
Simply 1 hat the 1)omi mho Government
bought these lands from the Hodson Ray
Co., for the peltry sum of $300.000, and
they must be retained by the Dominion tor
the rommoe weal of Canaria Rat did the
Canadian Government buy thee. lands or
simply quiet the olaime of the Hudson Bey
Go.? And Is the ownership of them tate,'
le the 1)omininn l,oy.rnment! Io the first
Parllomeot of C.o.do, 1867, subsequent to
the passing of the Brit eh North Amenna
Aot, In • petition sent to the Qosen. praying
that Report's Lend be added to Caned.,
the following clams cocoa : "Her Majesty
under the authority of the Rupert's Land
Aar. 1868, sooepted • surrender from the
(loveroor and Company of Adventurer" of
Esglsnd, trading into Hotlaoo'. Bay. of all
the lands, territories, nghte, prtvtl.ge.,
liberties, Irssobl.a,powersand anthorltlee,"
and Her M•jmey's Government replied to
I'rinoe Edward ld.od, v'a , $30,000 nIvo prayer In the following plana of Ian
Keoondly, a per oaplt. grant of 'ahoy British North America Aot. 1870 "Where
sent. --'n IIs of the right of the Panelio« ea le Durum*** of ►he -owe" fated io tb•
Queen by the .f Id Aota, Her M•jsty,
by sod with the adobes of Her own Honar-
able Prlyj Council, ordered mad decant.'
that from and alta the fiftieth day of July,
10470, Rupert's land sod the North Waters
Territory ahold be admitted into and be•
come part of the Domloton of Canada, and
(voted power and authority to the Parll%-
ment of Can.ds to legislate for the future
anglers •n4 gond government et the Terrl-
tories,".nd again by the Britoil' North
America Aot, 1871, the Canadian Oovero•
moot was "g1Yso power from time le time
to woke provision tor the ediriatstratinl,
pewee, order and good government of any
territory not for the time heart 'minded In
any Provinoe."
And these are the only obtuse. open
whish Ibe 1)omioloe (lnvernme01. bases its
claim to the ownership of the public) Inds
of the N W. T. Theta is • vast dig/winos
between 'prnprletory rights' and 'legisla-
tive jnriadtetloe.' If the Dominion Govern-
ment notaries only legislative joridtot100
and get proprietary rights over the N. W. T.,
then may nes a jastuMsble Maim be made
by the Territories, when seekteg Provincial
recognition, for the entire ownership and
theta' of yobbo lands within Its borders!
And. 'nether, may not • well founded claim
be mods for compensation for the 25,-
000,000 aortae of toddle and given by the
tamales Government to enatdlcm the (: P.
R.t and for less scenting to she Territories
through the perp.re.l eoemptien frnm tax
.floe of "The Canadian P00410 Hallway,
and the stations and eaten grounds, work -
theme, buil/Inge, arra and ether property,
rolling stook and •ppurtoeanfaregaired and
need for the nans0ruetlnn and working there-
of, and the espial stook et the oemptey."
and the almost perp.tesl eramptlen from
taxation of the land grant to the above
monelened Compeey ! This le no small
arena' between the sggregate amount of debt
so allowed and that sot0aDy aaumed. It will
be readily conoeded that as alis T•nlori«
bee beau peyinr bar share of liquidating
toes publto debt* and u the Dominion bas
assumed no debt for the Territories, or paid
interest oo any equivalent thereto. a "trona
plea will be made by the Territories whoa
e«ktog Pro•Ioo1•I'tending for Dome equi-
table settlement of title source of revenue.
And fourthly, the control by the Prey -
loos of Its public lands to be admiout•red
by them as • soma of revenue. It w111 be
no dittijult task to show abet the latter has
always been an okoowledgd poltov by the
Domloloo Government. Stroh was the be-
lief of the lathers of Confederation. Ser
John A. McDonald thus rape«« It (tee
('ofwleretlon Debates, page 40) : "It w111
be seen that the Local leg.ebturee bays the
control of ell loo•I work. ; and it is a nat-
ter of greet Importance and oats of the obl•f
• • t t Federal talon and of
d an « of h•
Local Legislatures, the! each Province w111
have the power end mean. o1 developing its
own resources, and •Idlog It" own promos.
alter ata own feebloo end 10 Its own way."
Mr. Galt thus Oboe himself on record : "It
w.Il be observed thea in the plan proposed
than are attain aurae of loel revenue,
reserved to the Iooel governments, arising
from territorial domain, land*, mines. oto.
In the ease of Uaode, • leas sum will be
received from these resource, but It may
be that some o1 them, socb as the Muolol•
pal Lova Fond, w111 beoome exhausted to
coon: of time. W. may, however, plan.
jest oowbdenoe to the development of our
own resouraa sod report" to thee belief that
we shell Sod In oar territorial domain, our
rateable none. and our fertile lend., addl.
teemed soothes of revenue far beyond the
requirements of our public seryloe."
Hos. (lee Brow. Jlkewla refers to the
same topic : "Each Province 1. to bete
Margo of Its own Crows lands, Crown aim•
bar and Crowe minaret., sed will he hoe to
teke such steps for derelopioc them as each
deem" beet." But the British North Ameri-
ca
meryoa Aot, 1867, tea. 109, Is quite explicit
"All land*, mise•, mineral., and royalties
belonging to the several l'royino. of Co-
ed., Nova Yost!• and N•w Bruoswlck at
the Colon and all sums teen dos or pay
able for such lands, mines, mineral., or
royaltlea shall b•loog to the several Prot -
loose of Ceterl•, Quebec, Novo Soothe and
New Bruoewiok, on which the mine are
.410.1s or arise, .sbleeI to hey trust exist-
ing to respect the:eot and to any Interest
other than that of the Previews to the
saute.in 1873. when Prioos Edward
lilted federated, an annual grant of $45.000
was flood for all time to Dome, because bat
Province had no public land. A.alo, In
1870, Manitoba we. granted • pupate.'
annual ■ualdy of $100.000 In lieu of public
land*. Further, the Dominion Government
greater popaluloa will warrant such • step
tsing taken! Be all means, yea, if • sob
slily
will be granted oommen.orote with the
nada of the Taritorl«. All meets have
been tried ; no sorb subsidy has been
granted, hence the eee-wrty for nesting
I'ronooul sate"
1'.kle( as promisee thole no alternative
remuoe but to the for Provincial sts0dl.a.
We are enameled with two problem.: First.
What should be the bails of that annual
eobsldy granted to the sew Province or
l'rovinoee? 8•000d, What would to an
equitable •djustmea' with reepot to the
robots lands, and what arrears are duo the
Territorles ea pantie laude, given to om
p.,,l.., and the exemption from taxation of
these land., wblob hoe been a direct Inn to
the people Ilvlog In these Territories!
Regarding the forma, the Health North
America Aot makes the fallowing prowls
Ion. for Proviso's' revenues ; First, an an
nu.l grant fro ►b. Dominloo Treasury for
the support e' government. The maximum
amount paid for this parpo. 1. 1.oetvd be
Cetera vie $80 000 • and thetninimum by
to collect their ewe ouetome duties-ln the
mute of Ontario and Quitso to be rsckoeed
0i the popaluloa of 1861 (that of the
former beteg 1.396.091,and the Ist'er,1,111,-
566) ; in the sus of the rem•inine Prot
laces, to he reckood oo population as
Mown by demonist sons, until the marl
mum is malted oo whieb the per reale
grant stn be drawn ; v.z , 400,000 'eels
Noah se •gre.moot would work an evident
Naito. to the Wooten( Province', When
we consider the possibilities of their hieing
the home. of montane .1 people. it is apt
parse! that 400,000 should not be the maxi
mum oo weloh the per espies grant maid
be drawn
Thirdly, the Dominion (lovernmene .s-
eemed the publto debt of *soh Proylnes,
Neutered Is developing the resources and
opening up of the 0.001,7, The nature of
these dehte 1a beat explained by Hon. A T.
Gott (see Coelederetlon Debate.). Mr. Galt
asii : "it is neo.«erg for as to reviser the
liabilities of oath Provio,•s, the reasons why
they were Incurred, the ohjate wbioh hats
been 5011531 in do ng so, the Hoes. will
sot f•11 to remark that the same pollee
bed animated the lorislaturee of all the
Provieae., or perhaps i should speak mon
ecantt7 In syle/ them of Canada ((mobs
seri (mtari° today). New Brnnewlna and
Nnve Anetls The peblle,Aebt of •11 these
I'rovlenee ha, with some .111018 ezo.p-
tleos,hrse lsuerred fee pabllo Is.prev..tosts
let.seded to develop the resources of the
enenery, to &stem% Immirratlen and wealth
to their reepentive s11Ma, t0 oheapae tea
means whereby the predoets of their farms
sore to be takes to market, and to refers
the end of freight of articles "think eater
tersely Into the eo0enmplios e1 their Into
baste." This ohms* aloe made provision for
equalis's/ the puhhe debt of arab Proviso.,
seamed by the Domlelaw, by the peyote.%
te mks Provisoes of flys permit U0..07 ail- matter ; .gay 10.)11 Imprnysmenl dl.3r1ot,
'fiery school enema to We Nerthw•et I fools ia i3o hood alma gate us birth. Our
scheme le to establish • Gaverninent that
w111 seek 'o turn the tide el Surep•oo tint
(redo. Into than northers bait of the
American cootiotutt - that will strive to
develop 1t• moat weird resouro« - and
that w111 sodeovor to maintain liberty sod
fiesta* and Christianity throughout the
lead Tna wtole great suds of this Loafed•
oration may not be retained to the bastions
of many who now hear me. We Imagine
not that mob • etruotuto mild be baht la •
mouth or In • year. What we purpose
sow is In lay the foundation of the striae
tore -to sat an motion the government ma•
°binary that will one day, we trust, extend
from the Atlantic to the Pacific."
Territories le tallug 1ta11 mere heavily to
pay the lose le.ultl•g from these vamp
tithe.
Havlog dlsoused the money sad land
grant, leo us out turn our •Oteetioe
to bow that eha0g• of status may be effect
ed. There are tour probat,be alternatives an
dealing wito the future statue of the Terri-
tories.
errytorla. First scud preferably, • uunttuu•eloe
t1f eztstloe 000dittuos with • greatly amp
minted subsidy uuul suoh time se s but
5ulent populattuo would w0116n1 the taking
of • redioal step toward Provincial rights.
Secondly, the oreatiou of all that aerial
lying tetween Manitoba and British l.'oluw-
b!a-iuuluding the Distrc s of Aafniboio,
Saka'.obewao, Alberta and Athabasca -in-
to one Immense Pruvtuue. Thirdly, a00 1 -
&tion of the severe part of rhes. d strmot.
to Manitoba, and the .reotloo of the re-
mainder luso • Waters Provinoe; fourthly.
divalent of the abate mentioned dl.trluts
Into two Provlaoe..
The first of these propositions may be
bauiahed from our maidens view o1 prevtoua
statsmeata that "all means have been tried ;
no such suosidy ban beep granted-hes«
the oeoesslty for seeking Provincial status."
Tbat of the wooed 1. not so easily die
polled. Premier Hwltaiu lase 000vloted
himself to • oolioy of "Coo Previous " by
repeated atatemente upon the public plat
form ; but great and serious diiiioulties al-
ready present tbemnlyee to such • .ol,1.100
-from the writer's new point --and es
time programa these will invariably become
more alarming, not only making for dieoord
within the limas of math Provlaoe but
orealt0g • strife between It and the rat of
Canada.
Let us follow thio policy to Ito logical
ooaotasio0. Tr. tarot obetaole to be met
would be the difficulty of •dmtui.tertng
from one mitre the alleles of such • brood
.re.. Tno.s distrtots lying mors remote
from the oal•tt.l must of ooeulty lack that
oboe supervision by the beads of depart-
ments which le required. The system of
loalllmpruyemsot •t present 11 euper•Ised
from Regina. Self goveroise mugtolp.11-
ties are few ; county government does
001 exist ; local improvement direction'
are taxed directly from the capital. What
will this mean who. the settlement of the
country has multiplied the needs of local
lmprovemeut ! The tnevitsbl• result will
be Cha breaking down of our present
cheap and etfioleot "yearn of Improvement,
by its own weight, and the substitution of
• more cumbersome, expensive and burden-
some system .kin to that of Ontario. On
chs other hand, t1 two Provinces' were creat-
ed, It is •pper.nt that two capitals would
always be 10 slower touch with the outlying
distrtots ; becoe • more efftolent supervlsloo
of loo&1 Imorotemeot, and therefore • coo-
tlouanoe of • °heap and ethoi,nt system.
Another great objotlon to the one Prov-
inces of Interestsince scheme b the y
orbiting between the Euiter0 and Western
parte of the Northwest. The East le, and
w111 ooUnue to be, • mixed fat ming 0000 -
try, while the .N set l., sod will mentions to
be, • rauchiog sod tooting onautry. The
tate G, M. Dawson, head of the t.opograph•
loaf survey for (;,,,d., says io his reports
to the Government, 0000srolog Athaboo•
sod pert. of Alberts, that It gives promise
of bavlog the greatest petroleum fields In
the world. Coal, iron, copper and gold
have •Ireodv been bland. It well require
vast mums of money In brldgtog deep river
gores, to building spur railroads before
these mines an be developed. Now, might
there not be room for jealousy on the part
.1 the F:atern half of the Territories If the
Provincial Government spent large Sums of
money In oauung these mines to be devel-
oped, while Lob little Is needed to develop
her reeourcee ot iertiUty of oil' Agin,
expensive Irrigation works would be oar•
hennery on aoou01 of the light ratolal! 10
the Weston hall to make It yield grain,
which would be another source of discon-
tent. further, the natural outlet for the
cattle, dairy produota and grain of the
western district is British Columb a, while
th• 041111.41111 distriot hope. to bed an outlet
for Its grain, cattle, mutton sod dairy pied -
nos by way of Fort Churchill sod Hudson
Bay to Etrope. Would then sot be resod
for dtsa.tlibotioo of the Weetern part It the
Provincial Uovernmen► should ex peed
moneys la budding • railroad be Hudson
flay, and sabstdtziog a line of steamers to
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