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THURSDAY, MAY 80, 1878.
SOt'T11 Ht'RO\'S !
REFORM GUNVENTIUN FOR
SOUTH, HURON.
MR. GREE,NWA.Y TO BE SAGR1-
FICED.
(Slaeci..1 tel aplt to the Times.)
Clinton, May 29.
At a Couvetion of the lieforners of
South Huron, weld in Clinton today,
which was remarkable lot the absence
of the leading representative men of
the riling, Tboinas Greenway, the
Benedict Arnold of South Huron, wt's
chosen as Mr. Maekeuzie's candidate.
• :ail:atl:;r'fui Mtr11L"
More anon,
•
WHA.P A. CONTRAST 1
Poe of the ehiet planks in the plat
form of the M:ae:teazie party when it"
eppoaiti'an was economy. Let ne brett1y
ace haw their profes:eons in this re.
speer tallied with their practices when.
they obtaiued control of the expeudi.
ture.
In 1672.8, minder the " extravagant
Administration of Sir him Macdonald.
it coat $508,000 to collect $18,058,000
of castlum3 revenue, and Mr. Macken-
zie deuoun:ed this ae the wildist ex.
traragave••. But under the " wont nu -
ear system he introduced it cants
721,000 to culled $12,560 000, or
$158,000 more to collect $497,000 less.
And yet Mr. 1liaclteuzie calls thi>i
Reform. What do the people call it.?
In 1872.8 there were 100 perilous ou
the superannuation list, Involving a
Bost to the people of $58,0t)0. In
1876-7 there were 269, or 109 more,
and the cost is $101,0n0, an incroaxe
in four years of $51,000. Mr. 1lac-
kenzie always opposed superaunna•
tine when he wan in Opposition. Are
thiipeople, who have to pay for all this,
prepared to sanction such Reform ?
In 1872-8 87,000 immigrants were
brought from Europe to Gamma at a
cost of $287,000, or $7.76 per head;
-but under the blessed " ecouomy" of
Mr. Maekenzie's system, 7,700 were
obtained last year, at a cost of $854,e
4)00, or $47 per head. Is this that
Reform the people expected when they
placed Mr. Mackenzie iu power ? Is
this economy ?
In 18728 it cost only $8.80 to cal-
lect each $100 of excise revenue, but
under the " economical. " administra-
lion of Mr. Mackenzie each $100 col -
lasted posts $4.25 ! And yet Mr. Mac
zenzie • asks the Reform party to sad
this is Reform. Will they say so ?
In 1872-8, when the Ottawa depart-
ments were so crowded with Tory
clerks and messeugers that it was no
uncommon tbiug for Mr. Mackenzie to
see them falling over one another in
the passages, Civil Government cost
$750,000. He has ref,rm.•d all that
yew, and it costs only $812,000. Tui
l
is another specimen of the style of
economy which has Marked . Mr. Mac-
kenzie's administration in every depart-
ment of the public service. Are Re-
formers willing they this extravagauce
should be continued ? If not, than
vote against the Government widen
persists in wasting the funds of the
Doulieinn, in spite of thou oft -repeated
promises that they, would cut down the
eapeoditnre, and 'in the face of ex-
tretltocieltression and a vastly decreased
y.:
l'eva?nlie'
In 1872 3 pensions coat the country
$41;000. This wets called corruption
by Mr, Mackenzie, who deolered the
men receiving the. different sums com-
pri-ing,this amount were pensioned to
snake room 'for friends who had assisted
Sir, John in elgctinng. ; Bet .mark the
o'nutreet., M .Mackenzie has swollen
this. Amount to the enornioua coin of
$.112,000 --more then doubted in four
years, Now, looking at. these figures,
which can be verified by the public
aeoouuts, printed under the supervi-
sion of the Government, can the pepple
longer eal3 this a Reform Administra-
tion widish now rules and is sucking the
life -blood of our young Dominion ?
Can they continue to support men who
have ebown themselves to be utterly
regardless of every principle of economy
and retrenchment—who have broken
their most solemn promises, violated
the. rtlost sacred pledges of Ibielity to
the itatereste of the people, and over-
whelmed our young Dominion iu an
ocean of national debt ? As Canadi-
ante who should value the interests of
Canada far, far above the petty tri-
umphs of a political party, we ask the
people if they will support these men
and assist there in perpetuatieg the
rintoua extravagance that has prevailed
at Ottawa during the past five rears
We believe they will not. We hope
uot. 1'i & believe the vast majority of
the people love their Gauntry too well
to uphol.t this Government auy longer.
In the words of Sir. Waiter Scott :
" Lives there a man with seri so dean,
whe never t hila-t•l1 hulk ,zit :
Ttiis is3 my t*;va, my native lauds"
leaders who have misled them. The
i'll aekenzieGovernnent have misled the
Reform party, and we greatly mistake
the spirit of the intelligent, thinking
So.1cbmen of the country, the back-
bone of the party, if they stultify
themselves by supporting men who
have deceived them. The Governtuent
promised economy, but have practised
the wildest extravagance ; they have,
in fact, been praying ducks and drakes
with the looney of the country. This
is contrary to Reform principles and
contrary to their most sacred pledges
to the people : therefore they have
abandoned Reform; but the individual
members of the party _remain Reformers
by opposing those whose practices are
diametrically opt osed to their promises.
Orw Clinte.n totem. is getting dee-
perate and wild. It says Mr. Porter'e
argumeute are not worth cnneideriug,
and proceeds to i' empsi'iar" them in a
two militant fruits. Oh, Censietenoy,
thou art a jewel, But this is not the
worst feature in our cotetu. llo d,i-rin't
develop an inordinate affinity for truth.
For instance, in attempting to eon -
Once the farmer that lla i, not injured
ANOTHER, CHALLENGE. IIthe cotopetition of American matte
in our 'markets, which. by the way,
The editor of the Cliutun Sem Era 1 enter Canada free, while eonrs pay 20
has eltalleuged Mr. furter to public per cent. to enter the United States, he
discaseiou in Clinton. Mr. Porter he' resorts to the bald expedient of Haying
batter work on hand. put if Mr. that Canada toes not import any cattle
Helloes rt?itily desires to appear in pub. from the United States. This is an
lie, the are happy to sayate are maRiia,'* ert,tr. in polite language. The trade
Plt
lend luavig.ttiou rel urns of the pet four
urraugetneute to have ilium acee1nloaat• rears clow that there eutered Connie,
a,
1'1 a have a fii'teett•year old b ty in ,«,r e rornpiort, during that period,
the office, who bae read the eba:teriste 23d,001 head, which, yveregine their
and the at iticisum of Mr. 1 .rter's speech , value ae $25 each, represents $5,774,-
1145 whish should go Into the a ecitet
in a perallt:l collet:at, and thinks he is „f (.'ttaall'te e.tttie reliers. we a*k
able to meet air. Holmes. Ile does not itne fe nner% if they do tett need protect.
tacit bion to carne to Exeter, but will ; lien.
meet hitt! anywhere—say 1rucefield. Tut; most -- erseninthingWO have
Mr. Potter couldn't tient the alai-
. read in a long time ie an ar idle in
lent s, ; he flits for higher game. lbia lata avet'u's CiilgOU AV Era, in which
challenge remakes open for ten days by 4,
the cluck. sue editor challenges Mx. P •rter to a
public (Remission of free trade and pro.
Advices front North Middleest•x state tcetioal. Mr. lt,trter to go to Cltnt.au to
that Mr. T. Coughlin is baeeeeding in accept the challenge. This i', wouriet•
his canvass beyond the most snug- fully kind. Seeing that lir. Porter
uiue araticipatious of Ins friends. It is was itt Clinton haat week, that the tele
merely a (lncstion of how large Ilia oma tor watt at the meeting at.d was pressed
I,
jority wilt be, We hope oar•,ja fends in by a friend to til untidier Mr. Porter,
the ri.liug will nee every shirt and and that Mr. Puler invited ,ens o.ea to
leave no stone unturned to send that reply to him, this challenge tent!'+ very
majority away np among the hundreds. well. It reminds us of an in ignificitut
rnoligrel laud--exenst- the bimite--beti k •
Ton Toronto &kegler., a Reform lug at the heels of a lase and noble
journal, speaking of the nomination of mastiff, which disdsiue to retaliate no.
Mr. Robert Hay, the furniture roams -1 til patieiiao ceases to be it virtue, whoa
lecturer, for Centre Termite, in the be turns --but finds the small dog
C.anservative interest, says :---" We re- turning tail, only to renew his barking
gard the nomination of Mr, Hay with whet the martin c.tolly wales away.
favor because he is a rigid opponent of Ent no one pays any attention to the
the the senseless and unpatriotic, doe -New Kra—he is like the used -up, blind,
and toothiest) old house -dog ; he cannot
bite, and can scarcely lurk..
trines of free trade. Onr industries
have suffered long enough front our
present tariff regulations."
ELECTORS, Reform, as practised by
the Ottawa Government, menus au in-
ereaeed taxation in three years of about
four mdliona of dollars and an annual
deficit in the Dominion Treasury of
from one and a halt to two millions of
dollars. Since the present Govern.
mint's accession to poser, four years
ago, the public debt of the Dominion
has been increased $88,000.03011 Are
the Reformers of the country,who were
told and bslieved that an era of econo-
my would be inangurated muter the
Maekenzie ..1ministratiou, willing to
daneti.m this extraveganoe ?
A 000TAIN newspaper last week pub-
iis'sed a latter in its e.,rreepondence
column which the editor was too cow-
ardly to take the responsibilityfor,tttough
he wrote it, and in this precious epistle
it is said that at the Grand Bend meet-
ing Mr. Porter indulged in the grossest
persoualities toward Mr. Greenway and
descended to the most virulent vitnper-
ation. Tliis is an absolute, unqualfied
falsehood. That is not Mr. Porter's
style of discussing polities, as the peo-
ple, even honorable oppoueuts, wher-
ever he has spoken will testify. Mr.
Porter is conducting his oampeign iu a
very gentleinanly way, oind does not
stoop to ,apply such insulting 'epithets
as . fool," liar," &c„ to,thuse who
differ from him in opinion. He endea-
vors to make politics resuectable.
Ir requires co siderable, moral cour-
age fora man to separate himself from
apolitioal party with which he has
been in harmony during 'a lifetime,
But when a party, instead of closely
following the line its leaders laid down
for its guidance, goes contrary to every
principle, the people only do them-
selves justice by voting :,against diose:
lx the election about to be held, the
issue of the most vital moment deee
not rest on the principles of either
party, but it is this, "Shall we allow
our fsrulcrs. our laborers, our me-
chanics and our manufacturers to be
ruined and driven from the country by
the insane policy of the 14I tckenzie Aaf-
miatistrati'on ? What difference is it
to us as Canadians which panty dis-
penses the patronage at their command
if they rule us wisely and well—look to
our every interest and show them•
selves alive to our necessities ? 1Cs
all one to us. But the contrast be-
tween the years of Conservative Gov-
ernment and those iu which Mr. Mae
keuzie controlled the treasury is appal-
ling. It 'cannot he said that we are
governed well now, when every body
knows that the country, which was as
prosperous as any under the sun five
years ago, is now sinking to ruin. This
sounds hard, but it is true. who does
not feet the change ? Who does not
Lvi ami for better tines ? Who does not
sigh for those days gone by, when
money was plentiful, wages high, and
work for all ? The people should
therefore divest themselves of all •party
feeling, consider the position of the
country, study their own iuterosts, as
separate from party interests, • and vote
for the glen whose policy is really, in
their opinion, best calculated to benefit
the country. If cnuvinoed that the
present depression will be removed by
sustaining a one•sided free trade pol-
icy, Hien the people should vote accord-
ingly. But if their . reasorri0g tells
them that a chane of policy is neoes-
sery to benefit the 'country,' then it is
their duty to sustain Yuen who have
promised'to legislate and• do away with
the Present anomalies of. trade which.
undoubtedly are the paramount pause of
t our national, ills. "
[ t . FURTER )N EXETE ,
On Monday evening last, the eighth
of a series of meetings in South B.uron
by 11 Tr, Porter, the Conservative noun.
nee. was field in Exeter, in r1r. E.
Drew's hall. The meeting was opened
at 8 o'clock, at which hour the hall
was comfortably filled ; and while Mr,
Porter proceeded with his speech, the
people poured into the hall until it eras
crammed to the door, and numbers
lied to be turned away. 111r, f:. Carling
ocouplei the chair, and in a few words
introduced Mr. Porter. Without pre-
tending to give anything like a verb le
Vim report of the vena excellent speech,
for which we could not find room, we
shall present as succinctly as possible
the chief arguments he used against
Protection. He commenced by stating
that slanders led been uttered agaitrst
himself, but he intended avoiding any-
thing of the kind, nor wouid be dig in
the political graveyard of past history.
hot would confine himself to the lirilit•
issues of the day. Protection iv avast
moment and importance, and ninon 11
depends the future of Canal:). lt'i'h
nut tt eve waiolel nitre poverty,be depend-
ent ninon others and insipltifcant and
would eventually bo absorbed into the
tufted States. Agriculture lie dectar
eft to bo the basis of l•roeperity ; whom
that was prosperous, fill Dor Varied in
telests were prestlerou , and under fres
trade the iutereats of the egricultueiets
were tanguiahiug. They were deprived
of a hew market for their ptoduoe,
and ibis could he only given Iritn by
}luihling nit manufacturing cities in the
oo'intry, aetd preventing f' reign come*.
titi
on. Under the proem. 51144111 ale
fel rosy Was v01111101(41 to send his )art*
duct% to other cortlitlies and pity » ,longe
nti i, tvitik thee pro
'liceland aof oursea ue1gcarrbL)agenrK was aIJowed to
enter this country and displace a large
quantity of Canadian produce. This
the speaker contended should be cos.
Bunted at home. If the Canadietne
have .nore titan can be commuted here,
they could then septi it away, but what
we do require should be all taorght
from the Canadian farmers. The
tariff nn wheat was 21} Eentte 15.1•14115i4-
61,
erhio.lt-
al, bariey, 1:3 (milt ; Corti, 10 craw ;
wheat flour, 20 per cont. ; oaf meal. 1;
17Pot per lb, ; otitic'. en per cent, anil it
was very trifnir that the Ann;icsu,
41(14 hl he a Inwr11 to send ail them
'men oditiee free of duty into the Ca.
na den 'Market in eempt Brian With flit'
thin:Lliat farmer. .A Gari state of nf•
wee eetetea s -hen we Imported 4)5 Much
as we exported, aR WO may` cin. Mt.
Porter torah the years '74, '75, '70, e77
and avernaing the imports and exports
on the undermentioned articles fume'.
them to be as folinave : uhettt, 8l"r,331..
alg7 hueltelc imported as ammo 23,
770.724 bushels expected, and taking
the onat of irnnseert rt 20 conte pe
bushel, which he allowed was a moa
estimate, the Cltnad au Termer+, on
wheat alone, yield out, $4.750,000
This they lost thruigb the commit
tion of foreign wheat. Than as to
wheat flour, aurinf the fouryears nun -
tinned, we importel $1,087.119 worth,
while we exported $1,580,475. This
flour was not sontin to be ground and
thence forwarded b . other markets, as
the farmers were bid, but it entered
the country for lctual consumption,
displacing that vat amount of Cantt-
diotn wheat flour, mon which the Ca -
fanner lint to pay the duty.
200,000 bnshels tnnnally were con.
sumed in the Godwiell mill, while the
farmers of the nighbo:hoed bad tt•
pay to transport heir wheat and leave
the American what to supply Cenatli-
an eestomers. Ir the v.rticle of Indian
corn, which enterd into competition
with our own waste grains, and forced
them to seek anotier market, we fin -
Ported to the vaht of $20,906.660, and
exported to the viae of $10,87,810,
while in oats, we nported to the value
of $8,274,n00. Thepeaker here cited
an in- tance where, large importation
of American oat had reduotsd the
price 10 cents pebbushel, The price
had been 50 cent, and itfell to 40
cents, and yet peole said that Atue,i-
can competition lid rot injure the
farmer. The gnetion of who pays the
duty was taken ultand it was clearly
demonstrated tlaabrtien we import any
article which we ennot produce, such
as tea, we are at to mercy of the sell-
er, and pay the du,, bet when we.iln-
port any article wieb can be produced
here. the seller in to pay the duty.
Sir. John Maicdontil's illustration was
given. If a man owns two hundred
acres of land,one Ibndred on each side
of the boundary Ti'p between Canada
and the United .Sttes, and grows 500
bushels of barleyon each hundred
acres, and sells tt barley iu an Am
erican market at .1 per bushel, the
500. bushels grow on the •Catiadian
side would realize.: the owner $75 or
15 per cent. less len that grown on
the Ameeican.,fartx .M'r. Porter thee
alluded.to„the deettion praetieed.upon
the people:at ,, Fettle by Hon. , David
Mills,; when 1h41rxtitgoted figures,: and
. sonde a.vsry bad n of. simple'divisien..
He Hien shclp edytttt protecstion,pro- &c, elua.noed not be, for 1ifL091•0Z01a1L, `
tads by in stanch” butter end eltt?ese, the gieatnervine toliio;l, rhl1 remove the`pri=
rf;`ary ceruse tonetlie s steal• and ami
to the protective tariff. Of cheese, we
import annually only $12,000 worth,
while we export over $8.000,000 worth;
and this has growp to be •out of the
moat important industries of the coun-
try, and the price winch we pay for
the article proves dict protection, be-
cause of . home oompetitiou, does not
enhance the value of Any itrtiele.
Proteotion to manufactures Was next
ventilated, This would be beneficial
to all classes, and the farmer as well es
others.
{Owing to the !ergo amount of space
occupied by ofher tea's% -roil matter, the
renmaiuder of the speech ie unavoidab-
ly left over thrid next week.]
THE CANDIDATE t.
TRE CHOICE OF TUE CONTENTION.
W. F AN SON has received
the uitauiznous vote of the la-
dies for having the largest, beuit
and cheapest stock: of boots and
shoes in ton. Prluzella boots
at &i cents a pair, the cheapest
ever heard of. Call and see
thezlz. Large stock of :first-class
hartiess ou hand. ,�(, (\((�f
W. i XS N
NSOI.VI.XT ACT Ob' 1875 AND
.11t1.\rani'* d3ii3.
jevic
James 1 oNabb an. Ins .vent
Tenders will lie meet .L 1' the under igae+1 un-
til the
t'ui."1ITI.1;1T11 DAN O1 -1 d NEXT.
1'..r the following I?raI I rt. of the. sa d•1-�-dvetot,
n+lutt,4 :–last e;uluf.t.relso l,undivil rat t•., iiay.
1., ui rl,aat t•a,t a t t4.* %.tail„- ei 1'tt• cr. to the
t .1fut� Oat Huron (orL+ar it cited 1 i014c,m:t-421,
t -u40.0. it,a. lift!: et Litt tote. rip Lara 11 tt•i-:.1.. tad•
b+'alit+r o.:., the 1 .';anal:;1 u;.rd Twining
eterted tlitre m, the nineni ,•1C tlu.rlau. nasi ail
Net: Ir l'u -of dill. rated 1;.:.li'i oz. Vela rr1Q-
tug tier ttv.luri i auafio:... t i stoat.
tar Ln11+lin:: ta4 a MVA1etd/r fire UC:arm stew
8.1 in f,'- -1 n+•tru..t (0441"r. vita• atfw .is au ex.
,-suint optc?rtninkt tor cult-ara;ttfa tat is yr+•:frith,
iv:4.11 so tit, to n1Yer 0410 Aatily 44' .T-tlai.. far
esseee1 tau ! fa, t, rai,' .-Irl l- to
i r;+it' t Aiil.t liar. lr,..igtaca, towel'. {tttt.
Exeter ..144y 3; ,. 2-.r'.�.�•t
N
The C0-,-a'te of the eeunty of ninon will meet
in tato (UV: cot ttou to rice i+-su (It t t t ,•ti, 011
.,.0 .1,.c1 1, ; td 1t .r. m it •,t 0 -,ri{-cit p. to
1'..11 1 a l*AStsif:*, Coll 1 1
liu,lt tali. 31:,ti Attire,
hereby
forbid ally
•4-01l't'3lav0 ' rerVaia 240 n1:! 110. years` Itari0arat
11 .11 • in tut t1:B11e, ab t aaaii Itut lel• P.hrea, 4ltl,'
Art uUe duets reettar..-4 0y Uer. ou or aster ar td
1441'. :Lt+.1.it `iii \Lt,li.
slay. flay .2 40,1s7'..
LA.li,li, taonmIni-.,i,no-r, It r-
4�>t ansa•. 1,:840,. nu.l f.t>,in snout. iritis.--
4ast.1.3urte,.talioyat 4I.: , i' Cut. i. twit:ewe
it1.11!1, ilensat,, at cry Monday.
,)Itil'r1i'L PUN1.IS to loan at tl per
Coot.
i' OIL"TAG �`S IOUCeII':l'.
! 1UNVEr. NC;f:NG --- D, 1s, Malrt-
�+ gayer, %Viii.., dal, drat4Ln on reasonable tarsus
R. A.BBOJ'Tit. D.S„li.lt.C.D.S.
tinuluate o1itoyalCoilege of
DENTAL SURGEONS.
°Oleo in Pauaon oBtock---Elliteoldstand, Exeter.
.f"10R SALE. --A, FRAME HOUSE
cad two Lots on Ann Street, l;xeter. The
bolus is storey 4011 a 1101.1` bi-;h, Smote, nett, an i
ental 8 eight irsrge ronws. Stable 41.41 ether eon-
veliencos o0 Liao ,rernisus. A number of young.
trust trite = en theta. Appig to
tl )NAW Tarr.ois, Fxetor•.
't�TILLAGE LOT FOR SALE.—VIL-
tagolots ,o.172 North of the oil W'osie}art
C0ureh will be sold at a banish' and on mason;
able terms. vorla.0rt” cularsarpii to
WunIaaz Si•.ealrv,Crrditon,
or to
R. Iltsscrrx, Exeter.
White
(successors to G. B. Smith)
Beim Large Wholesale Buyers,
As well as Large Retail Buyers,
Are enabled to secure adaantages that aro not
possible otherwise,
—:o:—
The difficulty experienced in handling goods 1s
the accumulation of unsaleable stock, and the fre-
quent drop in pricee before stocks ore sold. The
mode adopted by us avoids all snob difficulties,
—to:—
BEING
:o:—
niam - PART OP A
LARGE WHOLESALE Fhb%
Andbuying from the fountain head of production;
we:hrtve a living stream of Now Fresh geode
pouring iu and pouring out all the time.
Parties who want the. Newest floods
should see f,ur stock. Parties wbo
want the closest figures should
Bee our prices, and /mattes
who want to save mon-
ey eau do '1 by buy-
ing what tarty
tvatat at
VIIIri�� & CO3.
successor,, to G. '13. Smelt.
THOUGHTS OF SPRING
and its effects are often, af`er the rigours et a
Canadian 'winter, anything brit pleasant, from
the fact of so many p. ople going to their daily
avocations without zest or spirit, but like the
veriest slave driven by the diens of neoessityr
It' is because. the maohipeo.y, so to speak, Qf the
Human Jody has become clogged, after being
stuffed with carbon, bearingfats necessary to
ivithtitand a'viuter in a clitoral, like Canada.
In the spring, the individual suffers from head-
ache,
dyspepsias irritablfty,ef the nervous rye-
tem, biliou,nea;s, depression of spirits, lassitude
y , remove
which controls theome market. Owing'i..impurities "from tie blood