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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1897-6-17, Page 7THE GOVERNMENT CAPITULATES TO THE C.P.R. Trade Combines -.The Liberals Rich in Promises Only—The Third Party—Winni- peg and Duluth Itailway Scheme. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ottawa, June 8.--Wit11n the penetra- lia of the Eastern departmental block, where are situate the offices of the Cab- inet there have been many acrimonious discussion in the last few months. It is not many weeks exacta in this correspond- ence, an accoune was given of the efforts of Messrs, Jaffrey and Cox, who repre- sented and were members a a certain British Columbia syndicate, to obtain oontrol of the Crow's Nest Pass. The in- dependent press a Canada believed, and still believes, that the line of railway through this defile in the Rooky Moun- tains, should be constructed by and remain under the control of the Govern- ment of Canada. It was pointed out in thirroorrespondenee that the Government would thus be able to come to an ar- rangement with some competing line whereby the Canadian Pacific railway would be compelled to lower freight rates. The Toronto Globe,onee the jeer- " " nalistio embodiment of rectitude, gave its r earnest support to Messrs. Jaffrey and Cox, who are directors of the Globe 4 Printing Company. • Tholond-trumpeted patriotiem a the paper disappeared and .• the journal became the mouthpiece and advocate d its axart-owners. It denied that there was any deal on foot whereby they were to benefit. The events of the past week have sbown as that, notwith- standing the protests of two Ministers— Messrs. Blair and Mulook—the deal has gone through, for Messrs. Jaffrey and Cox have been successful in getting the C.P.R. the ()barter and bonus voted by the British Columbia legislature to their company, The Administration took its faithful supporters into its confidence first. It was behind closed doors, in the Liberal caucus room, that this announce- ment was made. The British Columbia, ministerialists heard with dismay of the capitulation of the Goverment to Sir William Van Horne and his associates. The terms of the agreement, of course, are all in favor of the C.P.R. Canada is to give the company a $3,680,000 sub- sidy, and 3,460,000 aeres of the richest Mineral land in the Dominion, for build ing 830 miles of line. Of course, the Ad- ministration that bas made this present to the C.P.R. endeavors to convince the people of the Doininiou that they are getting something in return. There is -nothing in this statement. It is provided that other vailways are to be conceded running powers over the line at a rental ,t to be fixed by the Government. On the face of It this may seen like an attenfpt Nee same to safeguard the interests of the people. xat,k, pr - AB a-4111.#9.1' of fact, the Railway Act, ' __passed by E17. Goneervative Government, makes it possible for the. Government to do the same thing in respect of all -rail- ways receiving subsidies from the Dom- inion. More than that, it is not likely that there will be any competing lines, now that the wbole of the Western pert of the Dominion bas been placed under the domination of the C.P.R. Another statement that is made in palliation of the Government's action Is that provision Is made Efor the lowerbag of freight rates. With the tremendous bonus given it, the C.P.R. will be well able to lower the rates on wheat and flour in the west and • on certain other classes of freight in the east of Canada. And, finally, the muRificent Sir William Van Horne con- veys to Canada fifty thousand acres of mineral lands out of the 8,600,000 acres received by his company. The C.P.R. has thus left to it 8,450,000 acres of min- eral lands, 'the $8,630,000 subsidy, and a monopoly which is in every way of more value than that wlaioh it enjoyed before. The western Liberals, as I have said, are enraged at the action of the Administra- tion. They see that their province will have to suffer directly, while the people of older Canada will have the happiness of handing out hard cash in order to aid the C.P.R. in its work of 'bringing the balance sheet even. The men who are entitled to rejoice are, not the Ministers, nor the Liberal party, but Sir William Tan Horne and his associates, and Messrs. Jaffrey and Cox. The Globe's eminence as being an honest newspaper is gone fiirever. The newspaper that George Brown made a power in the land is nor the pooket organ of financiers and fepeeulators. It is no longer a newspaper; nt is an engine whereby the bank ao- -counts of its proprietors may be increased. It may be said that The Globe's editor thought he was doing right. If that is so, how is it that almost eery other Lib- eral newspaper in Canada was in favor of Government construction of the line through the Crow's Nest Pass? The Globe usually leads the Liberal press, but in this campaign it differed frona its minor brothels and, many thought, from the Ministers here in Ottawa. It is no •seeret that the rank and file of the Lib- eral party thought, up to the day of the -announcement, that the Government W011i.d make a great hit and at the same atime do its duty by declining to grant r• the demands of Van Horne, Cox and • , Jaffrey. But the sinister designs of Israel Tarte, who hes become the faithful e'la friend of Van Horne, were successful. Laurier at all times was in favor of fall- • ing in with Van Horne's views if such a ,r a, course could be taken with safety. Blair and Mulook for a time'stood out against • the shameful bartering away of the assets of the nation. And finally, all of these ispra,glat and able statesmen capitu- lated, Van Horne triumphed, and the • people of Canada were condemned to pay tribute to the Government's friend, Sir • William Van Horne. Not a single con- cession has been made to us.' It is a sim- , - pie- ease of inoompetence or worse on the • part of the Government. But the bill is •not yet through Parliainent, and before • the Adaainistratio a shell •call upon its voting madames it the back benches to carry it, the members of the Opposition will make it plain ee the country that the Government has been both negligent • and culpable, Trade Combines. Of all the remarkable clauses in the • Fielding tariff thee is noise that is ' s' a tesseerate .eg arateseessesteentee worthy of being regarded with more sus- picion thanis that concerning trade cella - bines. In a eutshell, this claim provides that, whenever the Cabinet shall be satisfied that a combine exists, ie shall be emposvered to lower the duties on the article or articles concerned so as to make it impossible for the Canadian manufacturer to oonipote with outsiders. Any of us can see very easily that this clause, if it go through Parliament, will be most dangerous to the commercial in- terests of Canada and to the pedpie at large. It will men= the commercial en 'Wrests because, under its provisions, tbe Liberal Government can at will ruin the business of any political enemy, We ell know that combines exist in every coun- try. Statesmen seem to be unable to exs tirpate them. Take our own case; Sup- posing half of the llrans engaged in the manufacture of a certain protected arti- cle enter into a combine. Under the provisions of the clause whiela the astute Fielding has drafted, the Government would be enabled to lower the tariff so as to make the business unprofitable for Canadians to engage in. The culprits would be punished by being ruined, and. the other men engaged in the trade, the men who had declined to enter the com- bine, would be ruined too. The Ministers attempted, the other day, to make Parlia- ment believe that it would be possible to separate the sheep from the goats, and, to let the innooent go free. It could not be done with all the detectives in Canada workbag on any case. That is how the manufacturer would suffer. The people of Canada would suffer melee because the Government would have arrogated to itself a right which Parliament alone should possess. The manufacturers of Canada are to be at the mercy of the Controller of Customs and his colleagues. The clause does not say that on proof of the existence of a combine the Adminis- tration must take notion. The Govern- ment's power is altogether discretionary. A blind man can see the reason of the insertion of this clause. The purists who now sit on the Treasury benches deeire to have the corporations under their thumb. The clause, if passed, will sim- ply give the Admieistration license to levy blackmail, in. order to obtain funds wherewith to corrupt and debauch the People of the Dominion. The Liberals Rion in Promises Only. While the sepporters of the Ministry were wrangling amongst themselves over the terms of the Crow's Nest Pass back - down, the Conservatives, too, met in caucus. In the days when the Liberals were seated at the left of the Speaker it was their custom to contrive ways and xneans, not of aiding the Administration in doing the work of the country, but of harassing the Ministers and prolonging the session. The Coueervatives believe their duty to lie in the direction of in- telligent criticism not of factious oppo- sition. Holing this perfectly correct opinion, the Opposition deckled at the caucus the other day that the Govern - meet should be given every facility for briuging the session to an early close. When the end comes we shall see that the session bas been almost resultless in so far as constructive legislation is con- cerned. The Government's programme, as outlined in the Speech from the Throne at the opening of the session, was comprehensive. Results show the Liberals to have been rich in promises and wanting in fulfilment. The revised Franchise acb, a measure that is in- iquitous enough to suit the most hide- bound Liberal has been dropped for the session. The temperance people of the country, who believed that the Govern- ment would carry out its promise to take a plebiscite on the question of prohibi- tion, find that they have been deceived, and that this measure, the, has been al- lowed to go by the board until next ses- sion. The tariff is still in an amorphous state; not understood even by the men who drafted it. Despite Sir Richard Cart- wright's visit to Hon. Joseph Chamber- lain last autumn, the Ministry do not yet know where they stand in respect of the preferential clause. This week's pro- ceedings have made this fact more evi- dent than ever. Leading members of the Opposition have endeavored vainly to in- duce Mr. Fielding or Sir Richard Cart- wright fa epunciate their belief as to the real meaning and effect of the clause. It is evident that, in addition to Great Britain, more than a score of other na- tions will be eligible for preferential treatment. Even the 'United States, whose rulers declined to enter into reci- procal relations with Canada, will be entitled to enter under the minimum many manufactures of iron, wheat, flour, corn and other articles without giving us anything in return. Our fellow Britishers in the West Indies are large producers of sugar. By the terms d the Fielding tariff this staple is not allowed to come within the preferential schedule. No explanation has yet been made of this anomaly. It is probably one of those "clerical errors" which are as thick in the tariff as plums in a Christmas pud- ding. The corn schedule is another reek of art. Except for the use of distillers this staple is to be given free entry to the country. Distillers are to pay a duty of 7M cents per bushel. Even Mr. Fielding • and Mr. Paterson acknowledged that this enactment will lead to endless trouble and will put a premium oh fraud. Who is to follow the corn from the importer to the consumer after it is brought into the country? And how is Canadian corn to be distinguished from the American article? The Conservative tariff on corn made fraud unneceseary and placed all importers on an equal footing, vehile the farmer was given tbe protection that he 'required. When the new schedule has been in operation for a few ilionths there will be such an out- cry as will command the attention of even the dictators who now believe that they have this country -in fee -simple. The Third Party. • What has the Patron organization come to be? It was incepted by earnest • and honest men. It has passed into the hands of men who seem to look for their personal interest aloe°. When Patron Actanas showed signs of desiring to non - test the Cornwall bye -election he Was induced by J. Leckie Wilson to seinain out of the fight, Consequently Mr. Snetsinger, the Liberal eaediclate, won. Leckie 'Wilson is high in the councils of the Patron organization. He ran against and was beaten by Colonel 1V1oLennan, In Glengarry, la,st June. But Wilson negoti- ated a deal with the Government. He desired the patrotage for Glengarry, and be promised that, if he were given this, he would keep the aspiring Adams out of the field and so =Ire the seat safe for a Liberal. The Govermnent complied, and now Wilson is as good a Libetal as Laurier himself. The time was whets the Patrons believed that they would send a large enough delogatiop to the House of Omannons to allow them to hold the bai- ewe of power. Their wishes were not greeted, and now only four members of esesseragereteettlearr • ••r-•7- •^.- 7.,,jyrTrfr." 7", ' the third party sit in the Lower Honse. And these gentlemen are hand -in -glove with the Government. They attend the Liberal mums, • and, they support the Government straight along. The other night, when Patron Rogers desired to contribute to the debate on the fresh meat clauses of the tariff, and was on his feet prepared to make a speech, Jim Sutherland, the Government whip, called hira off incontinently by the simple method of signalling him to sit down. The most servile Liberal in Parliament could not have obeyed more. quickly. The history of the Patron party in the Legislature of Ontario is about the same. The Mowat Government was not in possession of a majority in the Legis- lature after the election of Jane, '94. The Ieberal-Conservatives and Patrons united equalled in numbers the sup- porters of the Administration. No sooner ik ad the Legislature convened than the Government began to eeduce the Pat- rons from their iudependence. Tee Min- istry were successful, and en every case of a vote an the House on a Governnaent measure have had a majority composed In part of Patrons. We already have had signs that the Hardy Government will soon appeal to the people, and it is 'with this oontest in view that Mr. Whitney has taken the held in Western Ontario. His visit to a part of the province in whieh the young and. able leader is com- paratively unknown is certain to be pro- duotive of much good. With him go some of his most valued lieutenants, who will unite with their leader in showing the electors how the Administration acted in bringing the majority of the Parrons over to their side. Mr. Hardy looks upon the future with no delight. He knows that since his assumption of the leader- ship he has made many mistakes. The •Conmee and Engledue mining deals, whereby faithful henchmen .02 the Gov. ornreient were rewarded by the gift of mineral lands belonging to the people of Ontario, are fresh in the minds of the people. The eleotors ot Ontario know now that the alleged surplus, composed mainly of debts owed by the province; debt contracted by the Mowat GOvern- ruent, means nothing at all. They know that the province is living from hand to mouth. And they will show Mr, Hardy that they can no longer be hoodwinked by sleight-of-hand bookkeeping. Mr. Laurier has pledged himself to give the Hardy Government the support of the Dominion Government in the coming election. Even with these odds against there the Conservatives of Ontario, if they work unitedly, should have a cer- tainty of victory. Winnipeg and Duluth Rahway Schenk°. Of late we have heard little of Green - way's Winnipeg and Duluth railway scheme. The Ottawa Government, I hear, has -an understanding with Van Horne whereby Mr. Greenway is to be refused the subsidy of two millions which he has asked. Tbis understanding was arrived at during the negotations concerning the Crow's Nest Pass charter. All of which shows unmistakably that the C.P.R. owns the Government, body and bones, Cer- tain Ministers are so enraged that resig- nations were talked of, but these rebelli- ous spirits were told that if the Crow's Nest Pass scheme were not endorsed, the whole Government would resign. And, as seven thousand dollars a year are worth having, the gentlemen pocketed their scruples and remained with tlaeir associates. There is now harmony in the Government, but as soon as the facts of this railway deal oome to be known by the people, there will be the opposite of harmony in the country. A Georgia Mule's Queer Appetite. An old Southwest Georgia negro call- ed to one of the laborers in his vineyard: "'You, John Hit's time ter feed dat mule. Give him a couple er fence rails, quick." "He doesn't eat fence rails, does he?" inquired a bystander. "Lewd bless you, yes, sub," replied the old man. "Dat des whets his appe- tite. He use ter blong ter one er dese officeseekers, en he got so hongry stand- in hitched in de sun dat be started on fence rails fer a livin, en now he won't tackle grass tell he's done eat up a string er fence, den he eats oats, or grass, fer dessert. W'y, sub," contin- ued the old roan, "he got loose de yuth er day en took en eat up one whole ga- ble end er Ebeneezer chapel, en w'en we run up on him he wuz 3:Pekin a break fer de pews en de pulpit. Dey wouldn't been much en dat meetin house left ef ever he'd got ter de inside Si' it. Give him dem fence rails, John. He got ter do some hard plowin die mawnin."—Atlanta Constitution. Clever Sim. "I guess Jim can get away for that fishng party all right."' "What makes you think go?" "I was up tie his house last night. His wife used to be an amateur elocu- tionist before they were married, and be asked her to recite. She'll never re- fuse him now. "—Cleveland Plain Deal- er, Caught In the Act. Son (who had been caught reading a dime novel) --Unhand me, tyrant, or there may be blood shed. Father—No, nay son, there will .be nothing more serious than wood shed. Come, that is where the strap hangs. —Princeton Tiger. All She Wanted. The Strong Minded One—My dear child, you ought to join us. You want a vote, don't you? The Pretty One—No-o. I guess a voter will do me. —Cincinnati Commer- cial Tribune. The Absorbing Problem. "How shall I dress tomOrrow?" There are two classes of women Whose minds are eompletely full of that question—frivolous women and evonn Ori in a sleeping car for the first time. —Truth. Don't Shoot! "Have," asked the rooster, "did you celebrate Washington'birthday?" • "I celebrated it ," said the hen proud- ly, "with my little hatch it, "—New York Press. The Nature of the Creature. "'Waiter, it is almost half an hour since I ordered that 'turtle soup." Waiter—Sorry, sin but you know hove slow teettles are. --Tit-Bits. CURTAIN RAISERS, Marie 13ates will play the title part in " The Widow Goldstein," Paul Menifee has joined "Pudd'nhead Wilson" to play Chambers. Fritz Williams will rejoin the Lyceum stook oonmany next season. James O'Neill contemplates a revival of "The Dead 1-feart" next season. Laura Ineene's old boinestead at Fair MINT!), Mass., was beeped to the ground recently, William Courtleigh will be a member of tlse New York Lyeeme stook company next season. Oscar Hammerstein has engaged Bar- oness 131aeo to appear at the Olympia Mu- sic hall, New York, ' Geoffrey Stein svill be a member of the summer stock company at. the Columbia theater, Washington. Emma Maddern will remain a member ef the Girard Avenue theater stock coin- paey at Philiclelphia next season. Felix Morris' contract with Daniel Frola- amen bad a seeolad season to run, but Mr. Morris, it is said, has consented to cancel it. Joseph W. Herbert is writing a new • burlesque, which will be produced at Kos- ter & Bial's in New 'York during the sum- mer. Harry Knight contemplates a revival of his success, "The Aesopian," later entitled "Nydia, the Blind Slave," at Boston next season. The triple comic opera star alliance, con- sisting of Lillian Russell, Della Fox and Jeff Do Angelis, has proved a phenomenal suocess. Fanny Bulkeley bas detained an offer from Augustin Daly for his Englisb tour, Miss Bulkeley will retire from the stage after her marriage in June. A now "'Uncle Tom's Cabin" is the startling bill at a theater in New 'York city. James W. Harkins, Jr., and Edwin Barbour are responsible for it. Frances Hodgson Burnett's play, "A Lady of Quslity," will be produced at Wallack's theater, New rork, next Sep- tember, with Julia Arthur and Frederic.. De Belleville in the ohief roles. IRON AND STEEL. A large part of the finest iron and steel of commerce is made from magnetic ores. A chemical authority states that silicon, as well as carbon, renders iron more fu- sible, The hot blast was introduced into fur- nace use same thne bettween 1882 and 1888. Mullein says the United States produces one-third of the steel manufactured in the world. The Irma deposited by the galvanic bat- tery is grayish white and takes a bea,uti- ful polish, The Bessemer method of manufacturing iron and steel was patented by Henry Bessemer Out 17 and Deo. 5, 1855, and Feb. 12, 1856. The tensile strength of Austrian gun trOTI is 30,000 to 38,000 pounds per square inch, of Russian 27,000 pounds and of Swedisb about 34,000 pounds. Iron is more extensively used in inedie dine than any other mineral substance. There are hundreds of medical prepara- tions of which it forms the principal part; and tbeir number is constantly increasing. In car svheels it is desirable to combine toughness of structure with an intensely hard rolling surface, and to this end the outside surface is sometimes oase hard- ened or made almost as hard as "cola steel." Chemists say that the blood of oxen contains a larger percentage of iron than that of any other creature, and therefore beef is the most nourithipg of anima] food. Pills made of dried bullook's blood have been inanufactured for use in medi- cine. - Until 1780 the smelting of iron was al- ways performed with charcoal, nor was its use wbolly superseded in large foun- dries by coal and coke until 1788, and in- deed in many establishments and for sev- eral kinds of manufactured iron ober- ooal is still employed.—St. Louis Globe - Democrat. PENCIL AND BRUSH. Sir Walter Besant is advocating a plan to make the anniversary. of Shakespeare's birth and death a universal .Anglo-Saxon observance. James Payn has made the grave confes- sion that sense years ago, in his capacity as reader for a London publishing house, he rejected "John Inglesapt." Miss Curtis Smith, who has recently been appointed an art director in Phila- delphia, is said to be one of the cleverest poster artists in Philadelphia. Henri Gervex, the Parisian artist who painted the pictures of the coronation of the czar, has received the Cross of St. Anne of the Second Class. He is at work on a panorama of the coronation. Mr. Ruskin spends several hours a day gardening in a little green, mile -rated place in the middle of a nut wood, which in spring is full of daffodils and cherry blos- soms. Here the professor admits no other toil but his own, and is as proud of his garden as of the great books which bear his name on the title page. HOVVE'S HOMILIES. Sorae people are so polite that they are dishonest. Many a man who thinks be is smart can't prove it. Tbe best people occasionally slip into gossipilag without realizing it. If you want the women to admire a man, tell them that he is fond of hie wife. Go fishing and get rid of it. Every one goes fishing at least once a year and be- comes disgusted. •. Pious men are reminded that if the Lord bears the grace they say at meals, he also hates the comments they make to their wives afterward. A man can't learn any more about women by being eugagecl to them than he can of the taste of candy by looking through a confectioner's window.---Ateh- isms Globe. STATE,' LINES. • A euxious fact about these river floods Is teat tbey never break out in Kentuoky. —Harrisburg Morning, Call. If the examples of New York, Permsyl- yards and • Mississippi aim typical, it am- • pears that abont the worst trouble it state eau suffer is to build it eapitene—Bostou Journal. The claim is reed° for New Eampshito by (nee of its sons that it is the only state of the original. 18 in which no mae over pealsbed ou ite soil by the act of it public enemy of his country other than Indian. LATEST MARKET REPORTS. Toronto, June 14. BREADSTUFFS ETC. Wheat—The bullish Govermnent orop report failed to stimulate values. and prices sagged during the day. Locally values were quite uuchanged, with 'busi- ness quiet. Holders of Ontario wheat are not disposed to sell. They are going on the theory that it will be needed before the new crop comes in. Red wheat, west sold at 69o, and white at 70e. Holders of No. 1 laird, afloat, Fort William, asked 72c, and at Midland 77e, for odd cars. Flour—Quiet. Straight roller, middle freights, is held at $8.50 per bbl. Millfeed—Bran is quoted at 88 to 88.60 at the Western mills, and shorts at 89 to $0.50. • Oatmeal—Car lots of rolled oats, in bags, on track here, are quoted at $2e85 to $e.00, and small lots at 82.95 to $8. Peas--Steacly and unchanged. Car lots, north and west, sold to -day at 89o, and at 400, middle freights. Rye—A few lots outside for sale, but crop being gradually cleaned up. Car lots, middle freights west, offered to -day at 31c and east at Bee. uBckwheat—Nonainal. Barley—Nominal. Corn—Car lots of yellow, Chatham freights, are held at 280. Oats—Car lots of white, north and west, sold to -slay at 20c, and mixed at 19o. PRODUCE. Eggs—There is no change in prices. Choice candled stock, in round lots, brought 90 to -day, and small lots 94 to 9X,c. Poultry—Nominal. Quotations for brigbt stook are: Turkeys, 10 to 110; geese, 8 to 90; chickens, 40 to 60c; and ducks, 50 to 800. • Potatoes—Higher. Car lots on track were wanted to -day at 80e. Dealers quoted 40c for out of store lots. Field Produce --Quotations are; Small lots, out of store, turnips, 200 per hag; parsnips, 400 per bag; and onions, na- tives, $1.50 to $2, and Egyptians, 88.50 per sack. Beans—Hand-pioked white beans bring 65o, less commission, for single bag lots. Round. lots sell at 60c, less comnaission ; common beans sell at 35 to 45o. .Apples—Dealers quote good stook at 2 to 234o for dried, and 4o for evaporated. Baled Hay—Demand for car lots slack. Cars of No. 1 on track here are quoted at $9.50 to 810. No. 2 ,is quoted at $7.50 to $8.50. Dealers quote two -ton lots of No. 1, delivered. at $10.75 to 811. Straw—Nominal. Nothing doing. Car lots of oat straw, on treek, are quoted at $5 to 85.50. DAIRY PRODUCE. Butter—The supply of butter is large, and prices are easy. Sales are made mostly at inside quotations. Only the choicest bring top prices. Pounds now sell at 16 to 17c, o,nd tubs at 16 to 160. Choice dairy, tubs, can be bought at 11 to 114e. Quotations are: Old dairy, tubs, 6c; new dairy, tubs, 11 to 1130; large dairy, rolls, 10 to 11e; small dairy, rolls, choice, 11 to lleac; crearaery, tubs, 15 to 16e; and creamery, lbs„ 16 to 17c. Cheese—Easy. Small lots of fall makes at 11ea to 12c, and new makes at ilea to 90. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON ill, SECOND QUARTER, 114- TERNATIONAL SERIES, JUNE 20. Text of the Lesson, Rona. X1V, 10-21—Mem- ory Verses, ea-el—Gowen Text, Rom. xiv, 21—Cotranentary by Me Ilev. D. sta-rns. 10, "But why dost thou judge thy broths er, 02 why dost thou set at naught thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ." Having made • plain in the first part of this epistle the eh:dull:less of all mere and that while by good works no one can be saved God saves freely for Christ's sake all who receive Hlin, He la tbese closing olia,pters sets forth the life that shoved be lived by elm who are saved. The texeleecy to look .• around us and criticise and judge) others is very great. It is the same spirit that led Simon Peter to aelc, "And what shall is man do?" (John xxi, 21.) To which. our Lord replied: "What is that to thee? Follow thou Ma" In I Cor. iv, 6, we are plainly instructed to "judge nothing be- fore the time until the Lord corue." 11. "For it is written As I live, saftli the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God." This Is from Isa. xlv, 28, and is also quoted in Pixib. 11, 10. Inasmuch as there is but one to be our Judge, for the Father Lath com- mitted all judgment unto the Son (John v, e2) and bath appointed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom Rehab ordained, whom He bath raised from the dead (Acts xvii, 31), it surely becomes .us to bow to Hire In every thought, word and act and let Hie requests and accisions settle everything. 12. "So, then, every one of us shall give account of labnself to God." Every male's work shall be xnade manifest, and every man shall receive his own reward accord- ing to his own labor (I Con iii, 8, 18). The epistle is written to all the beloved of God. in. Rome, called saints, and the apos- tle is calling their attention in this part of the epistle to the handing in of their ac- counts as the Lord's stewards at the judg- ment seat of Christ, where, if I understand it, none but the saints shall appear, Com- pare 1 Thess iv, 16, 17, and 1 Cor, xv, 28, • with Rev. xx, 5, 6. 18. "Lotus not, therefore, judge one an- other any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block or an occa- sion to fall in his brother's way." Only theLord, who can read the thoughts of our hearts, is capable of judging our conduct correctly, "He shall not judge after the sight of His eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of His ears, but with righteous- ness shall He judge (lea. xi, 8, 4). But svhilo we aro in some things to reserve judgment we aro th tag the spirits as to what wo hear taught, for if we bid god - speed to a false teacher we are partaker with Him (I John iv, 1; II John x, 11). 14. "I know and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus thatthore is nothingunelean of itself, but to him that esteemeth anything to be unclean to him it is unclean." The topic especially before the apostle's mind was that of eating or not eating certain kbads of food (verses 2, 8). In another epistle it was that of keeping certain days as well as that of eating and drinking (Col. 11, 16, 17). 15. "But, if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walked thou not charitably, according to love. Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ. died." Love does not say: "I can do as I please. If oth- ers do not like it, that is not my affair. I will not deny myself an innocent enjoy- ment because they do not like it." That is the self in us which talks that way. Love seeketh not her own and endureth all things. "Even Christ pleased not Him- self" (Rom. xv, 3), but ever sought the glory of Gpd and could say, "I do always those things that please Rim," 16. "Let not then your good be evil spo- ken of." One might say that this or that is good for nay health, and I need it, and the dootor prescribes it, and there is noth- ing against it. Well, be it so. Happy is he that oondemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth, but have it to thyself before ad (verse 22), and do not cause others to stumble. 17. "For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but riglateousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost." As one has said, the chief business of the company for whom Christ died is n.ot eating and drinking, but a right relation to God„ our neighbors and ourselves. Peace arid joy come by believing (ohapter xv, 13) --that is, by receiving Him (John i, 12), who iS our righteousness and peace (1 Con i, 30; Eph. ii, 14). All food and raiment neces- sary for us are made sure to us in Him (Math. vi, 31-82). 18. "For he that in these tlaings serveth. Christ is acceptable to God and approved of men." Acceptable or well pleasing to God is the main thing, whether men ap- prove or not. When We please God, the people of God who axe themselves right with God will surely approve. Othersinay condemn. But coesicler Him who endured contradiction of sinners against Himself lest yo 'be weary and faint (Heb. xii, No one can be as well pleasing to God as His Beloved Son, and His treatment from men must be good enough for us (John xv, 18-20). Let us continually "serve the liv- ing ancl true God and wait for His Son frora heaven," =dell will be well (I Thess. i, 9, 10). 19, "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace and things wherewith ono may edify another," not peace at a,ny price, regardless of the right or wrong of it, but the peace which is of God and in fellowship with the Prince of Peace. -Even He said, came not to send peace, but a sword" (Math. xf BO. And Be spoke of trouble even in households for His sake. We are to preach peace, to live peace and to seek the peace even of our enemies, but it must be in fellowthip wieh Christ and never apart from Him, 20. "For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure. But it is evil for him who eatoth with offensa" na verso 15 we had, "Destroy not hen," and here .it is, '`Dosizoy not the work of God," In Bele ii, 10, we read that "we are His svorkumnship." In -what sense can this be destroyed? It cannot refer to the loss of the soul, for no truly saved soul eats ever perish (John x, 27, 28; iii, 16). But as the judgmenteeat of Christ is the place of judging heeo referred to, where only the saints shall appear to be judged for their works as believers, I have no doubt Coe. iii, 14, 15, helps us 'to un- lerseand the destruction here referred to. 21, 'It is geed neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nue anything whereby thy brother sturribleth, or is offeede,d, or is ita.do weak." See also 1 Con Tat 18, WS Is caste lady a very self denying line of lifo mid looks anneeessarily staid, but the whole coestion of our life as Christians is focused in self or Chest, auto myself - or tante Eby,. "T3nto the Lord" is alio only correct motto and covers even o'ur eating and drinking (verse 8 and 1 Con CHEESE MARKETS. Shelbourne, Ont., June 14,—Cheese Board met here to -di 7; 1,850 boxes offered; five buyers present; all sold; 305 to 8 8-16c, 740 at 8 1-16c, balance at 80; market brisk. Next meeting June 25. Perth, Ont.' June 14.—One thousand four hundredboxes of cheese were brought into Perth cheese market to -day, all wbite. All were sold; ruling prices 8 5-8c. Two Montreal buyers present. Irougois, Ont., June 14.—At the Cheese Board to -day 843 colored and 79 white were sold at 8 5-8c, DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Light, lean hogs will be taken by -the local packers at $7, light fats at $6.50, and heavy at $6.25. The demand for pro- visions is good, and prices are firm all along the line. Quotations ars Dry Salted Meats—Long clear bacon, car lots, 74 to 7aeo; ton -lots, 7e4c; case lots, 7a4 to leec; backs, 7;ec. Smoked Meats—Hams, heavy, lleac; naedium,11e; light, 12e; breakfast bacon, 1.10; roll, Sc; backs, 110; picnic, hams, 7c. All meats out of pickle lc less than prices quoted for smoked meats. Lard—Tierces, 6,3/0; tubs, 6o; and nee; compound, 5ys to Sc. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto. June 14.—With the unsold receipts of Saturday and the arrivals here this morning, we had a total of 6 loads on hand at the opening of the market. There was little actual change in the condition of trade; in cattle we had rather more buying for export, but prices were not quotably altered, while perhaps a little more steady for choice. The re- ceipts to -day included 1,100 hogs, 250 sheep and lambs, close on 90 calves, and 15 to 16 milk cows. In butcher cattle trade was quiet, and very good loads were slow of sale at from 8 to 33ako per pound, while for extra choice 83eo was the outside price. Busi- ness was quiet, but about all the stuff of any market value ultimately sold. There was only moderate buying for both Mont- • real and Buffalo. Wheat, white new 00 73: Wheat, red, per bush 00 71 Wheat, goose, per bush00 61 Peas, common, per bush._ 00. 46 Oats, per bush ........ 00 95 Rye, per bush 00 33 Barley, per bush .... . .. 00 26 Ducks, spring, per pair::: 40 80 Chickeneaver pair 30 60 Geese, par lb 08 09 Butter, in 1 -lb. rolls 15 16 Potatoes, per bag.. 30 Eggs, new laid 9 Beans, per 76 85 Beets, per dos 09 10 • Parsnips, per d az 9 10 Apples, per bbl 49 1 60 Hay, timothy 11 00 18 00 Straw, sheaf . • „, 7 00 8 00 Beef, hinds 7 08 Beef, fores . a 4 5 Lambs, carcase, per lb.— 10e . . Weal, per lb. .... .. .. 05 ne elation, per 11) 05 8 Dressed hogs. „ 550 7 00 'UNITED STATES MARKETS, East Buffalo, Jane 14.—Cattle--Re- ee1n1s, 8 ears; market was dull and'sloves with no demand. Veals and, calves—Re- ceipts, 30 to 50 head; market steady, with good to choice ones bringing the top prices, or from $6,50 to $5.75. Hogs— The offerings were liberal, 55 double deokei market quiet, but a • shade te about So decline from Saturday's pricesg Yorkers, $8.62 to 38.65; mixed pacleers' grades, $8.55 to $8,57; medium weights, $8.55; heavy hogs, $8,60 to , roughs, $8 to $3.20. Sheep and lambs— Receipts, 6 care of fresh receipts and about four cars that held over.