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MAY 30, 1878
THE TARIFF.
1SfRe COL/WS GREAT SPERM ON THE If
MEAL POLICY'.
(Continued from last week;.;
It is claimed that free trade is the
adopted theory in England, and very
great capital ihi made from that. My
sees ou of be own markets. In 1842,
the date, of her fleet tariff Reform mea-
sure, the total amount of customs reve-
nue derived from articles manufactured
in England was less than seven and a
half per cent. of the total duties levied
by customs, so that the importation of
articles coining into competition with
English ltuanufaetures in the home
Lon, friend the. Minister of the Interior, market, was practically of no oonse-
nodded very approvingly alien 1 said queues whatever to the English menu -
that free trade watt Claimed by the free facturers as a class, I except the do-
trtxda se hooie generally as the mile of ties upon silk goods, concerning which
the cola er ' policyEngland.I will speak in a moment. The 'mew).
the commercial . otic of If . .
m clef policy of England ie salon of higher customs duties would
tree trade, I do not understand the therefore have done the manufacturers
weaning of terms. It is net free trade ; ver.y little good, even if duties had
is the sense of being reciprocal trade been prohibitory.
with any other Country. I believe that . ix 1853, MMR. oeeesTONIa CONTINUES elm
this boasted free trade of England,of
which we have heard so much, is the
tenet ingenious, the most thorough and
the facet effective system: of protection
teat ever was initiated on the lace of
tLe earth.
produce into the Uuited .States decreas-
ed from $21,825,703 in 1867 to, $16,-
833,517 in 1876. Did be know that
during the whole decennial period from
1867 to 1878, the exhorts from the
United States to great.I3ritain increased
at the rate of 85 per cent.,while the
imports of British home produce to the
United States, though never above half
the value of the exports, decreased at
the rate of 25 per coat ? The hon.
member for Centre Toronto in a speech
whish was very much admired for the
clearness with which he made his
points, declared that Canadians 'vele
suffering from depression b conse-
quence of the diminution in circulation.
That because the discounts had dimin-
ished iu two or three years 10 per cent.,
TECT1QN TO SIDS MANUFACTURES. thio shrinkage of currency produced
.'.a late ae 1858, eleveu years after such a startling affect on taecouutry as
the country was supposed to have eta. to accout►t, in the lion. member's mind,
barked on a fres trade policy, Mr. for mucl, of the depression. But did
01 d 1 t t k ff h d hon. geutl.tmel when consideriug the
uestion of Protection across the lines
ies on silk, because he would not cause ' q ,
distress among the operatives in the speak in that manner? Did they at -
^!sl _ TuADE let 1r:D(',LA i is h'ROFEGr1J. ' tribute the present condition of the
ax 13tsttcxel>,• i tjillt ichdnatry. Thera lune a howl all
Yes, it is protective, and I will en- over the world. England was preach- United States to the exptrusion of cir-
deavar. to et/Millet) toy ekepticalfrieuds I! tug tree trade for the United States °illation Aud discounts the creation of
that it is an effective vacua of protein and Frauce, caulthose countries asked all irredeemable currency, the era of
tie!,, mid ae such--dueigned to protect why, if free trade was so wise a policy, inflation and !.high prices and of specto
teed foster the manufactnrine iudune the barbell! Gouernmeut retained a
trlee of i nbleud and to give thein the tiuty '4 15 1". cent. °u silk, But they
taul,resniacy of the world.. When and ; adhered to it even after they bad been
why was the present system is Eng- derided by the world ; Mr. Gladstone
la.icl ietrodueed, and how hes it work-; adhered co it in 1858, and it was not
ed out ice results ? l'ngiand never I until later that EUglttnd took the duty
dreamed of (rite tra le-'-•althetlgh Adam ` from the only article really protected
smith had taught and written about it, ! by her tariff, namely silk. Tliis was
and others, his diaciptes, had advoeat- the only article In which English nom -
uw tt--•until she had built up seauufae• ufac.urers had competition. The effect
turing industries whicli were so efii- ! of the removal of duties on silts was
tient that they supplied the eutire
*owe market, so that no foreign nation
could go lute Euglaud and compete
with nor ou her o,,sa ground. Thou
tLe vomited, to go abroad and litenopo-
lrze the markets of the] world. If she
wasted to protect an iudustry, how
could she Jo it Not by the 'ropes" -
thee of further duties, because that
would net amount to anything. How,
then, could she protect her industries sh
She could not do it by the iwpositi in
of high tarid's, because they would be
wttgatuty ; Out she did it by reldneieg
the cost to the manufacturer, by tak-
i/lg off the duties ou the raw lnaterr:al
.cud ou the food, so that labor and raw
material would become cheaper ; and
to that pokey her hnauufactnrors aro
indebted fair tll:ir present position. I
tuaihittuu that the removal of duties
from raw material, and the imposition
of cut toula dutieb upon manufactured
erutlttets, ate ellunlly measures of pro-
tection. Whim the proteetionibts were
asking the Fioauco Miuister to protect.
the sugar iutt,rebts of this country,--
wheu they repieocnted that it was en
the verge of peril, uuloss they did some.
thing for its relief, they told the Gov-
ernment that this might be done iu
aria of two woes, either by a higher' to convince the shouse and the country
duty on refitted sug;ar, or by reducing that agriculturists had been unprosper-
the duty ou the raw material. Either taus in the Uuited States, for the reason
et those nheane was protective, ani the that their exports were less during the
latter method would have given that 1 protection than dnringthe free trade
industry the greatest advantage it I period ? He selected the period from
could have iu competitionwith the 1860 to 1870. !las hon. members n ,
markets of the world. The great ob- recollection of what occurred in the
jest should be to foster and protect our
industries, and to give them every ad-
vantage which the Legislature of the
country could possibly afford them.
ENGLAND'S P 'LICY DESIGNED TO FOSTER
AND PROTECT MANUFACTURES
AND COMMERCE.
The vaunted free trade policy of
''uglancl is essentially a selfish policy.
I do not say that offensively. but it is
a national policy in the interests of the
nation and designed to give her supie-
mctey in manufactures and, commerce
all over the world—designed to foster
and protect and build the dominant
industry of the world. The legislature
dict all that it could do. They met the
uoudition squarely in the face and said
that by legislation they could hells this
industry, give. it an advantage its the
world and lighten the burden that rest-
ed on i'. That was what England, in
her wisdom, had done from national
cousidcrati n s ; from the same princi-
ples that prompted us to endeavor to
build up our industries by legislation.
Those interested in the en lir trade
wouid have been eoutanl Utile Fitn ar.ce
Minister had taken a lesson in prole°.
tion fruit England's policy. and les-
sened the duties .ou thei, raw materials,
and thereby saved them and the oonu
ti from the loss of an irnp.)rttint iu-
dut•try. Sugar heti lite. is the key to a
trade with the West Ts.tlies iu our
nlattnfteturea, lumber and farm pro-
ducts. and the blow which t:treck it
down inflicted a serious injury moll one million min being taken from Lite
these ether interests as tve1l. When l iirdustriea of the ooutitry ? Does the
Lngiani adopted this policy of so-called i lion. geetlemaen forget that during that
tree trade, she had already gone as fttr period the waste was far in excess of
as she could in the other direetittu.- lie tactual consumption ? The lion.
We kitciw that befrrre 1842 the policy gentleman WM, fully aware when giving
of England bac! been •1. most rigidly those figures to the house that if lie
protective one. Slte , had even gone h,td taken another deca1e, resoling
the let tnhi of prohibiting, the expurte- petit t•.orne of those fliaaetroni years, it
lion ofi elliner'y. Prohibition of, would have told an, entirely different
machinery f.n the rnat,ufa'tlure 'of flax
had been uontiuued long rafter the'pas•
sage if the free trade 'Acts.; 1 siald it
was. not in thepower of •England to as -
Wont of tuaduess, I might say. the
direet result of that most inordinate
overissue and the consequent depree-
sien that must naturally be felt in re•
turning to the normal oondition ? All
the i11s that have tefallen Canada could
be accounted for on that theory, but
when they deme to consider the troubles
that bare befallen the United States, it
was Protection alone that had brought
all ills upon that country 1 Speaking
that while the iwportatioua iu MO ofthe United States, we have heard
were 16 millions; in 1861 they ran ora highly colored accounts from several
to 2'3 millions, and have eine° reached hon. gentlemen lie to the condition of
60 millions yearly. The removal or tha the iuduetnes of Haat country. The
duties brought disaster. The bowie hon. the Finance Minister read to the
market was flooded with foreign silks, Homo the other day from a document
uutuerous manufacturers of silk fades. ' sigued by the Governor of the Stele of
thousands of silk operatives were New York about the great dlstreaa ; it
thrawai out of employment, and cast l was frill of glittering generalities. Now,
aaliee prosperous industry was largelyif I did not think 1 was able t'! throw j
prostrated. That was the record of souse light on the, condition of the In -
England as a free trade country. dastriees of the rented States, by read-
ing t'1rAr.LTut1's SPCCIM. MEM/ ing what I am about to read, 1 would
This hon. gentleman attem Itetl to , not trouble the House to listen, but 1.
l; 1 have information from a source which
=wince the chantry that agrieal'ure all will recognize as trustworthy.
head been u !prosperous in the Uuitedxi se:t�tivztxt°t;A. y
States by rt'asnn of the high proteetive
duties which had been adopted there.
And how did he test it ? 1iuw did he
ettehnpt to matte the point that the
farmers bad been iujured by the nro-
tective policy of the United States ?
Dill he give instances of the s ties of
Fenn )+rodnee during that period ? N.►.
Ile made the qu aatity of products ex.
ported from the conutry a teat of the
pror.pc•rity within the country, not
stating any particular; as to the prices
—a factor which he seems to think ie
of no importance. What period did
did the hon. gentleman select in order
JOHN SOLRAN,
Ras last commenced, business one half mita
West of Dashwood, and is prepared to. ocean
Clocks, Watches and Sewing Machines. Um-
brellas repaired and Organs and lfelediaus at-
tended to. Time in want of his services
should givshirn a call before goii.g away from
home, °ltnrges moderate and entiresatiafae.
tion guaranteed.
DO NOT BEAD TITS.
raving received a lot of now maehinery, I
would inform the farmers of the sur-
rounding confit*. that I am prepared to menu-
faeture all kinds of Horse Rakes, Barley
Forks, Grain Cradles. Smiths, etc, and having
secured tile services of a:' first-class Turner, 1
urn prepared to do
ALL FINDS OF TURNING
on the shortest notice, and for style and sriee
I defy competition. Always on hand a first-
class stock of Fork and Shovel Handles. Mill
half a mile south of Exeter.ACOT
�t7 T
A. CO TEL 1 ..
]AII TING t
PAINTING
I 3, KITCIiING
United States from 1860 to 1870 ?
Does the hon. gentleman think that
hon. members in the House and the
people in the country have forgotten
that during that decade there had been
a (Aril war in the United States ? Dose.
he think they have forgotten that dur-
ing part of that period the cotton ex-
port, whielh formed the principal article
of general export, had been almost nil ?
Does he forget there was a desolate
south, and t'eat instead of billions of
pounds of cotton being exported, only
six million pounds were exported. for
instance, in the year 1863, and that it
dropped to an infinitesimal amount ?
Does h. forget that fnr'years and years
the great productive region for exports
tsrir excellence, the exporting region of
the enti'•e Union, was desolate and
blotted out entirely as an exporting
section ? Does he forget further, that
not only did the exports of the great
Staple, cotton, practically cease, but
when the war terminated there was a
desolate country in, the south, and that
for years afterwards the agricultural
prndacte of the West, the wheat and
Indian corn of the Western States, had
to be sent into that poverty-stricken
and starving country to feed the people,
and that much of the corn which, in
its natural coarse, would seek the Eu-
ropean market, was taken down to feed
the snntll ? D. es the hon. member
forget he great waste and destruction
of war, and the destitution caused by
story. Ike well knew that in 1867 the
exports of the United States were .$41;-
046,034, end.. ran up in the following
nine years of the pi•0teotinni t period
Old those industries by the imposition until it reached. $75,899,008 in 1876
of untie becuuse she already bad pos- and that .the itnpults. of British horne
LEGAL
Is prepared to do all kfnda of
HousePaiuting, Paper -lion g ug
Whitening,.Ce.
at reasonable prices and punctually..
.1. Kirt:tlltt*, 11auj st
Exeter,
A T TIIE_._ ..
Standard a
S(ash/Door =Bind
PI A 0 '1' It r,
fs enlist nutty kept on band. all kinds of building
utaterf al 1'loet'hng hard Atttl euf4. Siang :doultt-
at a &Q.. bulb elti•tht• Plauing Ji.:eiug one `'t uretug
promptly Attends,' to,
BUILDINGS CON'1'R AC /ED FOR.
Ctntl anti-4setton g1lnrantee:l. As we bare en
liana a large ei ick atdzy tee d vr. ,ao teal etre of
satisfying tttcse Vito racy give us a call.
It OSS TIROS. d; TAYLOR.
AitDING IA 1R,DING,.0 W111T1''...
Dtui•iat'rs, AttOriit8, Sultcitnre, beth•
atanc're, 25. tt., 8:c.
111,17tt'e•-1 u'irso:4'S B1OCR, Water treet,
iidly'H.
IOU% 1`a.11Anntcn, 13.W.IIAMit NO. Ii,A L.Wnir
ALCM.ISON
Itarristoin. Att,trneys, Nolieitnrs tic.
Money to T,oan On Rr41 !:state.
i artcou'aBlock,r:xeter.
• MoDIARMID, B,A.,
Rte ttlt1STER,NOTARY, CONVEYANCER,
LUC,t,:T.0N T.
1.VIESSItS. JONES a4 MIUSt.•1tIP
Oarriatars, A itorneys•ut-law, $olicitern
u*ocery, Couvevaueers, Commissioners iuD.It
hat 'Votaries Public, t, 1iarv'e
C. S.JONES, W. C. MOSCRIP.
Or to on-itnttou's mock. Watoret.,r,Ilfary's.
ISM
MEDICAL
9'HEOPIIILUS ST. V. HUTCHIN
i. SON, B. M. 3f. D. Graduate of the Universi-
ties of Buffalo, Now York, and Trinity College,
Toronto. Member of the College of Physicians
and Surgeons of onttu i.o. Residence, Exeter.
DR. Ii YND;<fAN.--CORONER FOR
the County of Huron. Office, next door to
Afr.I. Carling's store, Exeter.
J W.-.ltOWNING, M. D. M. (1.
8, Graduate victoria U niversity Office
and residence, Do., .ion bah ratury Exeter
I- C. MOORRE. M. D. C. M.
.L U • Graduate of aioGill University, Montreal
Office and residence, Exeter, Ont. 0 ice 1 ours -
Ste to a. m and 7 to 10 n. m
IRVING, Gil ADULT (JNI.
fJ VGRSITY Trinity College Member Col tege
Puyeieians and surgeons Ont., ?fisee liirkton.
HOTELS
‘TESTERN HOTEL, GRAND BEND.—
This Hotel has been leased for a term of
years, and hits been nicely fitted up. Every con-
venience for cemmercial travellers. The best
brands of liquors mud cigars at the bar, Good
hostler in attendance.
01311ISTIAN HPRRTLRIB, Prop.
Grand Bend, May .8rd, 1878. sm.
11 NT'.RAL JiOTE?.,, OREDITON
J —Wm. Baker proprietor. This Hotel has
been newly furnished :and fitted up in Hrst-class
style. Large and convenient Show Booms for
Commercial Travellers ; boat of liquor and cigars
at the liar. Attentive liostlers always on hand,
Al 21-3m. WILLIAM' BAKER.
'j
A.NSION
.NSION HOUSE, HENSALL,
INA. King et., east 'side of the railway. This
Note, has recently ohange.1 hoods, and is well fur-
nished throughout. Excellent table.. Every at-
tention paid to travollers. Good stabling. The
voryy�Lost brands of l.quor at the bar. RICHARD
REYNOLDS, Prop. 151. 18-3m.
Cl. e.NGED HANDS.—The under.
signedhavina routed the Dufferin.Hon se,Cen-
tralla, for a term, it will betonnd a a-st-olass ho-
tel, with every accommodation t ,r the travelling
public, Convenient to the Station. Good Liquor
and cigars at the bar. Attentive hontlers.
1921v. . JAncga Cern,
N O'TIOf..
apOOMMOMINOMMIS
Court of Revision.
TOWNSHIP OF USBOIINE.
, The court of Revision for the Township of Us -
b orue,for the pupfRo of hoa>ing appeals tlgainat
the assessment roll of 1878 wihl bo hcld to the
Township Hall; Eliotci11o,
ON SATURDAY,`JUNE 1st, 1878,
at Ton o'clock a.m. Parties interested will gov-
arn themselves accordingly.
N, J. CLARK, -Clerk.
FeiEli? -51
-flat ^w;, pitta
1'loaer hecde fa for
Al E iikis.1't s rz1. 1d for
S title. The sews, 'rrmbe
acts,
it I(n. ttge Flortal
work with colored plate, 10e., it ith either of the
Abov' piet.a'.',Ni hcr41>s. two year I fret,. These of-
afu nit bona li•tt ttu.l the Set -1.6 tit t -Idris. being
1Irtol Inc „t.l: t oitelneetill to try client. Ad,lre8e
.I,Re dr RQchC ter N.Y.
I... Nt1U1 Tars 1' rrar.....,
1 )Ut^l(IN(i1IAat'8 ow BI.lAOI{SMITH
,,1 slok is still going, Mr. 8. Rockingham
tesirestorrtnrn his tiincero
thauku to iti:a - name, rnua
vat Inte, .v h o ,' have support
eti ban in the i , ltaa't. ,aa d
would intituute that, having
rscitvvrad (roti -,; :b• ..�- his Iona 51.-
50 88.10 intends " in tut'ire, to
to tithe charge of the horse-nheeing department
himself. Amt tabor work done in the very best
style and at the lowest rata's,.
S. BUCKINGHAM..
Eseter,Dec.1s,1877.
HENS ALL COOPER SIIOP.
-�0
W. VA.N VALK N73UBGH,
COOPER WORK OF ALL BINDS,
ItiCLUDING CISTERNS,
(of which be mcticos it apt.vielity). MUTTER
TU112 cheaper than ever. Repairing, promptly
and uently done. Shop --mock street directly
west of Lite station. Give him n call.
Witt. YANVALKENBURGI3.
Hansall, May 8, 1818. 3m.
Exeter North
FLOUR and GRIST MILL,
Being in gond working order gives every nccomo-
dation possible in gristiug and flouring. Flour
and mill feed delivered to parties leaving their
orders before coo o'clock at J. BELL'S Bakery, or
O'IIYRN E & CO'S, or at mill, same day.
—0—
TERMS (CASH.
.I'ENWtltiCIC,
EXETER. P O.
The GREAT REMEDY for
C.) C.)1=1.3P1r3iLlENC .
ALL:A.N"S ANTI -FAT.
1.4 mriiy vegetabit an•l perreottp tunnies,. It nMs
upon the rand ht the stotunch, prevoneind its l o1u (
cnnvertol lulu Lit. 'l t'ii in :�rrord,ntCc with d
rw Una , It will reduce r.6 pennon from two to ave
pound. per ,leek.
•t otpideiiee Is not only a disease Itself, but the
harbinger or otters:, do wrote iflppocrutes two
thous tad yctars ago, and what was tine then is none
Chu Ir•ss ao to -da t
sold I,p drus tlsts or sent, by express, upon re-
eelptnf�Sl.G11. l darter -dozen 14.00. Address,,,
BOTANIC MEDICINE • CO.,
• Proprietors, Beefafa,-X. Z
The Ship Grocery
TEAS, COFFEE,
SUGAR,
and
All GrooerieS
FRIG S F -I and NEW
at the same prices as other stores.
PROT'UCI: TARE2; IN ESCIIANGE.'
T t 0 3A.00 ESTOPE
Choice Tobacco
and Cigars
�w
of the very best bxrzsds.
C.AP . CEO, ZEE
Agent for Great 'Western Steamship
Lino, New York and Bristol, England
direct.
LIME for SALE.
Ou and after MONDAY,
;,nth lust., we will keep the
Bea eliville Lime for sale at
26 .E TTS PER zuslirar
special rates to parties using
large quantities.
MO NET TO LOAN' ON FARM PKOPEHT£•,.
Mortgages Bought and h'tleirriage
Licenses issted.
013Y R NE & CO.
ifsiRDit'.fl*: ZH .iI.I:I;S,
EXETER.
ALLAN LIN.E1 OF
Royal mail Steamships.
ips.
SIIOIST SEA PASS IGE, Eragolly, courOW'r.
(Inc. i.1 Cho tlr t.ela.ra, full•1.nrerr,t ('lvdvt.amiit
steamships of tie abort., cintitiuetrtl emit -wally
for thenavtgtstiou of the Atlautit averaging from.
3It:e1 to 4,20n tont. CUCrvluS tho Minutia/1anti
United Suites mails, will; leave tushes: overy ant•
urday for tart -moot and 1,onlundrrry and for
Glasgow every'rhur:itbay. Parties wishing to send
for there trauda in England can obtain tickets at
low rates- Intermediate nut steerage r'avventte i
at lowraten. Sttumura%ave Quebt'r in; folluwe t
Moravian. .. :hitt.
Portwian tsi,
scale ntavfuu eith
Polynost,m • Unix
Sarmnatiaan..., .'tut!
Circassian -ran
For Tickets and every Information. apply to
CAPT. G. KEMP, Exeter.
May
Jona
to
THE FALLAN1 WINTER TRADE
C. SOuthoctt t$c SOM •
TAI'LOR.S and CLOTIiIE)tS,,
Take ploasureto it form the tun a1itantiof Excite -
add surrounding country. that they have jus
ope.ied out an excellent assortment of
'o'eeds, f_'oa.fiantgs, Testings etc:,
on the latest styles andpatterns,and fool asaureir
that iutue matter ofnlotuthg, they eau snit the'
mostfastidiou s tastes.
A number n3 Wanxer F Sewing. Machine
will besold at asaoridce to clean out stock
THE
LONDON aha ONTARIO
INVESTMENT SOCIETY.
Capital - S2,00O,000,
Parties requiring, money ecu. obtain advances•
on approved town/ or farm property, at lowest.
rates. The above is it Lenden,England Com-
pany. For further nartiodlmrs, apply to
ROBER'%PFCKAR», Agent.
May 17; tf, Exeter Ont..
NEW MACHINE SHOP.
Will,ia Kitching
Wishes to informs the pubiio that ho is rbettels
precured to repair all kinds of
Sewing Machines, Watchers
Clocks, Guns, cue., than any
other person in the country, as
his charges are moderate, and
he guarantees to give Satisfac-
tion.
1
NEW
BOOT d SHOE S,MOP
IN OREDITON."
Next Door to Bakers Rotel. Parties waiting:
first-claaa `cork willfind it to their advantage to.,
call before leaving their orders elsewhere. Only
first-olass material used. Sawed work a speciality..
Repairing iitoniptly attendod to
O13RI$TOIiBPB.RAU.
Croditon, Maximp 7„. ANS. - v