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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1894-7-19, Page 4THE SANDERS & DYER, '£'top, TSCTRSDAY, JULY 19th, 1894, AN OBJECT LESSON, The farming man has Dour had a chance, by actual experience, to ascer- tain how the Grit free trade theory works in practice, For fifteen years the Grit free traders have been preaeh- ing to the farmers of Canada that they were suffering severely from the impo ;sitiou of a protective tariff, The farm• ers were told that the duty' was added to the price, no matter whether the ar- ticle was imported or made in Canada On the face' of it there is some ground for saying that the duty is added. to the prive when the article is imported, and the duty is actually paid. But in practice that is frequcutly not the case But the Grit free traders have always insisted that the Canadian Lnanttfac- turer took full benefit of the protective duty, and fixed the price of his wares at the east of production. plus the usu- al profit, plus the whole of the protec- tive duty. Take agricultural iml le. relents for example. If it cost 850 to In'Lke a mowing machine, and the usu- al profit was $10, the manufacturer ad del the dut3-, 05 per cent, and me de the farmer pay $43 for the machine "The farmer was told that the villainous government thus end bled the highway robber of a manufacturer to put into his pocket $14 of the poor farmer's money—that the government had lic ensed the highwayman to rob the vic- tim, to that extent. And there were farmers who, by reason of reading such statements for fifteen years began to belieye that they were actually true. It so happens that the manufactur- ing of agricultural implements in Can- ada is largely in the hands of Grit gentlemen ; that the "robbers" are most. ly of the Grit persuasion. These gentle- man sought to aid their party by pro fessing to be anxious for a reduction of duty. They boldly asserted that they were not at all afraid of American competition; that Canadian manufac Curers and Canadian workman could (told their own against any in the world and that they, the manufacturers,were extremely anxious for the abolition of the protective tariff that they might. be put upon a proper footing for com- peting with the manufacturers of the whole wide world. This sounded very big, and the sharp manufacturers,find- ing that Grit papers were anxious to print the bluff, in order to make politi- cal capital against the government, coutinued to blow, and as a conse quence rejoiced in the advantages of much free advertising. Now it so happens that Canadian manufacturers and Canadian work men can and do make even a better article of agricultural implements than the Yankees make. This fact has been fully proved at the Paris exposition, at the Chicago World's fair, and wber• ever and whenever the agricultural implements of the two countries have come into competition with each other Now if the better Canadian machine was sold in Canada as cheaply as the worst American machine could be, there wasn't much to complain of. But the Grit free traders insisted that Ca- nadian machinery was sold at higher rates here, than the American ma- chinery was sold on the other side, A commission of farmers inyesti;;ated and discovered—proved be and the shadow of a doubt—that the better Canadian. article was sold here at a cheaper rate than the poorer American machine in the United States. That was a sad blow to the Grit free trader. But he rallic,d, and returned to his old story that the Canadian farm er paid the whole duty—paid 35 per cent too much for his machinery. To oblige the Grit free trader, and by way off experiment, the Dominion govern- znent, some months ago, reduced the duty from 35 per emit to 20 per cent. Where then were the yaliant Grit ag- ricultural machine makers who wanted absolute free trade and a chance to fight the world on eyen terms? They all rushed with one accord to Ottawa and pi.otested loudly against the reduction of 15 per cent! They got down on their knees and begged the govern - meta to restore the duty to the old lig- me! The braye fellows who wanted the whole 35 par cent thrown off were in consternation at a reduction of 15 per cent! Which to an impartial obser- 'e'er was very fanny and very Instruc- tive. But the government decided to carry out the experiment, and resisted the demands of those who had once been "highwaymen,",but who now were beggare, And here is where the object lesson to t"her fa tn er comes in, If what the Grit free traders have been preaehing for 15 years. were true; if it were true that the Canadian manufacture' added the duty.to the price, the price of Ca- nadian -made implements would, in- stantly the change was made in the tardy, have fallen 15 per cent. But has it? No. The farmer pays for his implements now exactly what be paid trader the higher tariff, and exactly what he would pay if the' duty were wiped out altogether, It is sometimes worth while to tinker with the tariti in order that the people may learn from objeot lessons such as the one set forth here, COLONIAL CONFERENCE. Among the moat important events that have transpired since the era of Confederation, was the recent Inter colonial conference held at Ottawa. Ttis groat gathering of delegates from the yarious Colonies of the Empire oc- eupied several days, during which most important psactical suggestions were made and resolutions arrived at for promoting closer coiuinercial rola tions between the mother country and the Colonies. There was substantial unity of sentiment in regard to closer trade relations, and the one prevailing sentiment shared in by all the dele. gates was Imperial unity. Two fea- tures of the Conference, on which there was perfect unanimity of sentiment, were the approval of the scheme for a fast Atlantic service and also the pro- posal to connect Canada with Austral in by submarine cable. In respect to the former, the House of Commons have sanctioned the Government offer of a subsidy of $750,000 a year for a term of twenty years—and, as Mr. Huddart the contractor very properly put the case, this means the utilizing of the Canadian Pacific Railway as the great highway tor Imperial and Colonial purposes, both in time of peace and war. It means the opening up over Canadian territory of an immense de velopement of trade and commerce "to and from all parts of Europe, Australia New Zealand, China and Japan, to the Hawaian islands and to India around the world." All this will giye to Can ada superior commercial advantages oyer other American lines It is con- fidently expected that the Imperia government will guarantee its quota of subsidy for the transmission of mails and generally for the developement of trade between the motherland and her colonies. As it is, the latest fiscal re- turns show that for the last six months the imports into Great Britain from Canada have increased, as compared with 1893,' by £694,665 sterling—or nearly three million, five hundred thousand dollars currency! The re- cent discussions of the Intercolouial Conference at Ottawa will have the effect of advertising Canada as the most important appanage of the British Crown. As Sir Chas. Tupper remarked iu one of his speeches in England, Can- ada will be regarded by the Australian and Cape Colony delegates as an "ob- ject" lesson for study, and will prove an important factor in the working out of. Australian Confederation, Prendergast Hanged, Cidcago July 13th.—Prendergast the murderer of Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chicago, was hanged at 11.40 He died game. It was nearly midnight when Prendergast lay down oa the couch prepared for him. Five minutes later he was sound asleep. Chancellor Muldoon, of the Cathedral of the Holy Name, and Father Barry called at three o'clock, but Prendergast was still sleep ing soundly, and he was not disturbed. At 6.10 he awoke with a start. The death watch gave hire a cheerful greet- ing, but he was in a surly mood, and did not immediately respond. He slow- ly dressed himself in a suit of black clothes that had been brought to him by his brother yesterday afternoon The execution was devoid of incident, for the assassin went to his death Like an ox going to the shambles. Up to the last moment the hope of interposi tion from some sorce or another did not desert him. The (Iron fell at 1148. Prendergast's neck was apparently broken. The prisoner was trifle weak and unsteady when h's arms were being pinioned. He looked calmly out on the assembled crowd before him. Jailer Morris placed the rope around his neck the white cap on his head, and Pren dergast had taken his last look on earth: An instant later his body shot downward, the head twisted to one side and hung, slowly swaying back and forth. At 11.57e nine minutes after the trap was spruug. Prendergast was announced dead. The assassin made no audible sound from the time he left his coli. He was dissuaded by Sheriff Gilbert in his dctertnivation to make a speech. At 11.58 Jailer licrr'is loos ened the anchored ends of the r'opo,and the shrouded coriso was slowly lowered and laid 111 a coffin standing under neath the platform. the face of the dead was not badly distorted. Kincardine: The family of the late A.n6 u,s Matheson,whose mysterious dis- appearance from Kinpatdine some mouths ago is still unsolved, were pre- sentedi wr,h 'tsubscription . of 130 to- wards defraying their expenses incur- red in efforts to find the body, Do Not Kill Them. "No decent person who knows the value of birds that sing, whether their notes be harsh or sweet voiced, will ever kill a singing bird," said a natur. alist. "Thousands of birds that are of inestimable value to the farnier'as well as to the town dweller: who grows fruit or keeps- a garden are slaughtered ruthlessly every year, "The farmer, the gardener and the fruit grower should know more about the birds that nest and sing and flit about their premises, for then they would descend and protect them and in time have them back iu something like their old time numbers and variety How often nowadays, does -one see the saucy, rich voiced, nervous little wren? A few days ago it was seen and heard everywhere, but it must be a favored locality that it visits now. Yet the little wren was a most rayenous de- yourer of the pestiferous and destruct- ive cutworm of the gardens and did great work toward lessening the dam- age done by the pest of the soil. The bright little blue bird clears the air and the ground of 'thousauds of codlin moths and cankerworms during the season. "The crow blackbird has no peace at the bands of matt' yet a flock of them in a short time will clear a newly planted field of all its hosts of destruct- ive larve that the plough turns up. i'ho great American crow itself would do the same thin,;' if it wasn't for the inevitable man with a gun that just wants the crow to try it once. Neither the blackbird nor the crow cares as much for corn as it does for grubs, and if farmers would scatter corn about their fields instead of putting up scare- crows and the like those misunderstood birds would never pull up a hill of his planting. The chances are anyhow that if the agriculturalist will take the trouble to examine a hill of young corn that he charges the crow with pulling up he will find that it was eut off by a gr ub of sonic kind, and that the crow was simply mining for the grub, not the corn. "The robin, it cannot be denied, is a sore trial to the man who has fruit trees and bushes, but if he could only bring himself to stop . and think how many thousands of ravaging insects that aro the especial enemies of his trees and bushes that the robin des- troys, both before the fruit has ripened and for weeks after it has gone, he would not begrudge the bird the few quarts of cherries or berries that it lev- ies on as partial satisfaction of the debt the grower owes him. The same may be said of other thrushes—for the rob- in is a thrush—the cherry birds, orioles blue -jays and many other birds of the class. These birds never levy tribute on grain or seeds, but they do the fann- er untold benefit. "The climbing birds are the different varieties of woodpeckers, and they are constantly befriending growing things. Whenever a woodpecker is heard tap- ping on a tree, it is the deathknell of the lame of some destructive insect. Yet it is not au uncommon thing to see the very person for whore this bird is industriously at work following with his gun the bird's red head from tree to tree until the opportunity comes for hire to send a load of shot iuto the un- suspecting feathered philantrophist. It is a pet belief among farmers that the woodpecker kills the tree it works on, and that he is working for that very purpose. It is a fact that the common little sapsucker does injure trees, but the wood -pecker never does. Quite the contrary. The white -breasted nut hatch and the little gray creeper—so generally confounded with the sap sucker—live exclusiuely on tree in• sects, yet the nut hatch is in bad re- pute among many farmers because they believe it kills their bees. "The meadow lark is another bird that has little peace on any one's land, for there is a mistaken notion abroad that he is a game hird. He is game in the quality of being alert and hard to get a shot at, but he is no more entitled to be so classified than the flicker or high -holder is. The meadow lark is a constant feeder on underground larva; and whenever he is disturbed he is simply driven away from active work in ridding the ground of the worst kind of farm pests. The blue jay may be said to be indirectly an enemy to the farmer as well as a friend, for it has the bad habit of destroying the eggs of other birds that do only good. "If there is one bird that the farmer. loves to do all in his power to extermi- nate more than he does the crow, un- less it he the hawk, that bird id the owl. He can't be brought to the be- lief that if it were not for the owls and the hawks his fields would be overrun and burrowed by field nice to such an extent that his crops would be in per- petual danger; that owls, while out mousing, feed on myriads of night fly- ing moths and beetles, thus preventing the laying of millions of millions of the eggs of these insects, and that they not only keep the field mice down, but lessen the number of domestic mice and rats about barns and outhouses to an extent that a small army of the most vigilant cats could not surpass As to the hawk.. the farmer remembers that on some occasion- one carried off a chicken for him, and therefore the fact, that the big soarine, bird daily kills many field tniee, grasshoppers, snakes, lizards, beetles and other vermin can- not be set up in its defense. The pro- portion of hawks or owls that kill chicken is small cotnpared with those who keep down the deadly enemies of thofa rrner's crops."—Exchange, • Ise Merton: John Kennedy, met with a serious aceident on Saturday. He was helping to draw in hay and was driving the horses attached to the hely fork when the rope broke and swung back and struck him on the side of the . head,stunninglura. It was not until o u ctrl Sunday morning that he regained con- sciousness Ile is new able to sit up. Saved Her Life Surgicail Operations and Beat Medical Treatment Failed An Almost Miraculous Cure by Hood's Sarsaparilla. F Atkinson's Furniture Ware. rooms is the cheapest and best place in the 'County to buy Fur- niture. . . . Chioago, Illinois. "C. 1. Hoocl & Co., Lowell, Mass.: "Beginning in February, '02, I was very sick (or two months. Slowly I got better but was •ontiued to my bed. A physician said I had a Pelvic Abscess in My Side, After an operation I did not improve, the ab- scess continuing to discharge even more freely than before, Io two months time throe opera - Ions were performed and tubes inserted to carry ti the impurities, but all in vain, Finally it s d','ed that my lie depended upon another •i'eration and that I muat be removed to the rospitai. About three weeks previous to this b Id noticed an ;advertisement in tile Daily e t'where Hood's ;:t:rrsaparilla-had ni ct a boy somewhat similarly afrlicteel in irfnton,N 7, and 1c eitled tgine it a trial. t hen Die lime c . ciao i upon f•,r rte to go to the .,i rt' l arrived l le, d. been taking hood's Sar- saparilla about tyro weeks. I Was Cott in g Ratter end the abscess had already began to discharge .ess freely. l felt stronger and lied a terrible rpitetito, Previus to this I had given up to die. Mien i had tai.•ca the second bottle I was able n sit up and accordingly I was not taken to the 'rospital and the Dual operation was deferred. iir'w I have taken six bottles and the abscess •e entirely 1raled. I tun well and go every :; here. 7ly irietels think It ie a miracle to have r•• re:not. d to then again so healthy and even :,,unser hileeks than before my sickness. 1 Feer Better Than Ever I did in my life and weigh over 130 pounds, the !waviest in my lite. I do a big day's work and in gaining in strength every day. My mother worried and worked herself almost sick in car- -lig for me. Shelia since taken Hood's Sarsa p::rilla and it has done her much good. We praise Hood's Sarsaparilla to everybody, for 1 Know It Saved My Life. lam 27 years old, and a stranger to look at me now would not think I ever had a day's sick- ness. Even the doctors are surprised at the success of Hood's Sarsaparilla in my case. Mother and myself continuo to take the medi- ood'ssparllia a tires eine regularly and we earnestly recommend Hood's Sarsaparilla." Mas. Noel.= WENDT, 008 West Eighteenth Street, Chicago, Illinois. Corroborates the Above. C. I. Hood S Co., Lowell, Mass.: "Dear Sirs : —I am a drug clerk and have sold Mrs. Mollie Wendt many bottles of Hood's Sar- saparilla and can certify that she was cured by thighte Street, Chi BILLER -BECK, 030 West Hood's Pills cure liver ills, jaundice, bil- iousness, sick headache and constipation. 25c. His Dyspepsia Cured. In. ono. READ. Duan SIRg,— I write you to say that for some time I had been suffering from acute indiges- tion or dyspepsia, and of course felt very great incon- venience from same in my general busi- ness. I thereupon decided to try Bur- dock Blood Bitters, and after taking two bottles I found I was quite another lean, for B. B. CURED ME. I have also used it for my wife and family, and have found it the best thing they can take, and from past experience I have every pleasure in strongly recom- mending B. B. B. to all my friends. I write you because I think that it should be generally known what B.B.B. can accomplish in cases of indigestion. GEORGE BEAD, Sherbrooke, Que. Bayfield: DnATII or MRs. EDWAIRDS. It is our painful duty this week to re- cord the death of Mrs. H. F. Edwards, wife of one of our merchants, which oc- curred on the 9th inst. The sad event' was not wholly unexpected as the de- rBicyeles9 t� A first-class Bed -room Suite for only $9 and every thing else in comparison. All goods guaranteed to - be my own make, of first-class dry material, nothing but best hard lumber used. Lumber and Wood Taken in exchange for Furniture, Wire Mattresses. The only place in town where you can buy the Patent Dominion Nickle-Plated Wire Mattress,—war• ranted not to rust. tkins Loidma's C l c MER SAL LIVERY. First-class Rigs and Horses Orders left at Hawkshaw's Hotel, or at the Livery Stabie,(Christe's old Stand) will receive prompt at- tention. . . . . . . Terms 1 Reasonable Telephone Connection W. G. Bissett's Livery :First Class Horses and Rigs. SPECIAL RATES WITH COMMERIAL MEN. Orders left at BissettBros.'Hardwate Store, will receive prompt attention. TERMS - REASONABLE A TRIAL SOLICITED. W. G. BISSETT C. LUTZ, PROP Fanson's Block Exeter. Family Receipts - and Prescriptions, Carefully prepared. A complete stock of drugs, patent medicines, Drug- gists' supplies, perfumes; toilet soaps, hair brushes, tooth brushes, combs and all articles to be found in a first-class Drug Store. DR. C. LUTZ, Druggist. ceased had been ill for some months previous, and her death was looked for at any time. Mrs. Edwards was a na• tive of Wales, having been born there on October 2Gth, 1826, and had lived in Bayfield fur some seven years, previous to which she resided in Strathroy. Ser- vice was conducted on Tuesday cyen- ing by Rev. J. T. Kerrin, of Trinity church, at which a largo number of friends attended. The funeral took place to Brucelield station, on Wednes- day morning at 6 o'clock, thence to Strathroy cemetery where Rev. F. G. Newton, formerly of Bayfield, officiated at the perfor'mance of the last funeral rites Mrs, Edwards leaves a husband and one son to mourn her loss. .m Clinton: Last Tuesday, while car- rying brick on a scaffold for R. Iles wood at Iiariock, 13th con., Martin O'Donnell was precipi to ted some twerve or fifteen feet to the ground, breaking a small bone at the elbow of the right arra. Owing to swelling the injured member could not be set until Satur- day and was very painful all last week. Moray. IIo'rr8r Blluitren.— On Wednesday night of last week fire broke out in the hotel owned eiid conducted by Mr. Amos Goodman, and before help arrived on the scene the building was enveloped in flames and was soon ''educed to ash n'e es to „ ,, her with a lot of the contents. The fire orgiriated from it defective chimney, - -. LeAsee Sewing Machines, Baby Carriages And Musical Instruments. We are the only firm who make a specialty of the above named goods and therefore claim that we can give the people of Exeter. and vicinity,— Greater Bargains! Greater Choice ! Lowest 'rices. ! ! ! The latest and newest at- tachments for all our goods can be had by calling at oar ware.rooms,—One door north Dr. Lutz's drug store PERKIJ1 & 0 n, L J. 1 a ate EXETER - ONTARIO Has now in stock kw ©CIDS.. IN THE FOLLOWING LINES: West of England Suitings and Trou erings, Scotch Tweed Suitings and Trouser ings. French and English Worsted Cloth All made up in the Latest Style, at best Rates. A. J SELL Furniture! Furniture? ! Furniture 111 We have moved back to our old store again and have the finest stock of Parlor, Bedroom and Din- ingroom Furniture in the town, at prices that can- not be beaten. Elegant new bamboo goods just coming in. . • , , See our beautiful new warerooms, We are bound to sell if good goods nicely displayed at very low prices will clo it. S. GIDLE SON, ODD FELLOW'S Block Exacr Luiuiber The undersigned wishes to inform the general public that he keeps constantly in stock all kinds of building material, dressed and un- dressed lumber , B. O. Red, Ontario, High Land and Pine Shingles. . . Special notice is drawn to B. C. Red Cedar which is acknowledged. to be the most durable timber that grows; especially for shing' les, 36 to 40 years. . It is said by those know, that they will from 36 to 40 years in climatA. , Jam Willis, who last any Lumbo r Mcrcha>.t,