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THURSDAY, JUNE 0, 1878.
¥1+ SSRS. PQBTBR AND GREEN.
WAY,
The people had an opportunity on
Friday evening last at Crediton of list.
ening to the two oaudidatea for P*rlie-
tntentary henore, Mr, Putter"* speech
was admitted ort all asides t) be without
of American commerce under protea,
tion, was one of the weakest be uaed..
This calamity which has befallen our
neighbors he atwributed altogether to
the working of protection, because ahie
decline occurred during a protective
period. Now, we will not lay the -blame
altogether upon free trade, though that
evil syatern of trade had considerable to
do therewith. But the decline eau be
nomad f r Brom the following e nsu
(1) the dire destruotiop of the civil
war,, (2) the devaatation wrought oli:
their commerce by Southern privateers,
exception the ablest exposition of any sent had to p payan enormous fur Ar•e1 Ea ala 3
ale tioir eV" heard 1R OretlttoP, nay' t
y the fact that the United States da not,
in South Huron, Mr, Greeuway, al- protect their merchant marine. They alt
though a clever man, was as at mere low oonrpetrtitaa in their currying trade,
puppet in lits halide, and shrank into ad aa.a result a certaiu awount of it
is . done b y
vessels carrying foreign
iusi ulaeance before his elcVeut "d
flags. These were the only pointe 11,1 [r;
wetl•direeted arguments. The agmpa- u Greenway attempted to make. He did
thtes of the meeting were unquestion-
ably in fever of Mr, Porter at the open -
8
iu of tris address, ata 4 at lie clone the
loud eppitteee which greeted hire prate
Rd beyond the shadow of a doubt that
the°au:dience were 2tIntost en Manse with
hire ou the great trade quaatioa.. Mr.
Greenway, we edinit, spoke well, as
well oe we ever heard him, but he had
the wrong sitleof the slueaitiou, howev-
er, and though he presented the faro
able parts very forcibly, he matte
headway against the sentiment iu favor
oZ protection. The worn.out aaasertion
of free trrelera tat Liverpool governs,
our giaiu market and will continue to
do se f'arined the bailie of ail his argn.
meat trout beginning to end. But it is
to preveut Livwepo,*I controlling our
market i t a areal* that protection ie rt -
quired, The trade and navigation re-
turned show that we import a iergo am-
ount of wheat eery year, This meet
drive exactly the eauie amount fro'n
the Calaatlittu market which rnust of ne
oestity had a msrket in Liverpool, and
if the Craveroneent plaice a duty withal
article eo that the Ceoa>,dittta fernier will
kayo no competition tu the donne intuit -
et, Liverpool caa,not eentrul the p.zce
of wheat in Centel a. TLie smelliest
of any place controlling the prise of
the whole world is trashy. It id free
trade which permits anV place to ex.
ercise each potent influence. Outside
of the, Mr. Groan hay's aipdtluh wee
mule up aaf words. Ha premised that
protection to antallufacture•i meant mo.
nopoly and a large increaxo of prices
io the articles protected. and took ad
vantage of the present low prises to
ask the people if they wete diesatti,faatl
thereat -if they were displeased be-
came they haat to pay a timsaller price
than formerly, T1 make thi t of any
service be would require (1) to shots
that the low prices in the arttclett hs•
eyaenti•sned wa4 the result of free taaale,
and (2) to prove that ander preteetioa.
they would be i is •eased in price. This
no roan can dn. But the lowness of
price is to a lstrge extent due to the
oollanse of trade, which occurred ,in
the United States a few years ago ;aud
as to protection ineteaaieg the price,
a, Iet u; consider that propoai ion. At pres-
ent, t e articles be apecified are made
in 'other conntl ies. and before they can
teach here they have to, pay not only a
certain profit to every mat whose
handl they pails through, but a large
freight aud a duty beside. U.taler pro -
teed'!), they would be made bere,antl
Mr. Greenw.ty will not venture to say
that the to tnnfitcturer,with the market,
to himself, would require all those it-
ems 0? expense we have meutionsd. ay
necessary todiataet traa•t•tportntiou, acid
the manufacturer`s profit besides. His
referenoa to coal oil was unfortuuate.
It brings oat protninerltly that portinn
of the Opposition's auatiouel • policy
which proposes not to raise the duty.
all round, blit to lower it when neve a -
nary. Ttie policy of the Government
was to retain the coal nil ditty, itt spite.
of all attempts to have it taken off ; so
d.termioed was their potiuy in thin re•
stpeet than when a member of the Opto
i3itinn, deotn'•i. +idols adnt.y :inexpedient,
nuneceeetrytaul isijurions, m•:vod for
the rrnn v-il or the duty, the Govern•
rnent 3o I their followers to a mast v, t-
agtaioat the motion, and the people
were fte.cedto pay $1,200,000 more
fi then they lent a right to pay f.tr their
,,,.coal nit.. The p t'iev c:f the Govern-
.. went is blind, fattu•►uy ; that of the 0p•
jtRytti.til. takes into cotasialeratiort the
enrtditinn of....every thine. ;fuel itt in-
tended for flee benefit of: the penlile a..
!stare. If :t duty on. any tarp icle iii i ajnri-
one, •off it Domes. Another ,.oink. which
•bd .ounsi.14red very etroug, the deelitit
►
not attempt to ref ite 1,ir. Porter'serg,
uuiente. He could not, and perforce'
allowed thorn to remain firmly 'i.m-
planted in the wide of the electors.
Hie appeal for sympathy iu a trezn.
ulons tone which ,night do good in a
rovival meeting and were he euxag.
ed itt a !natter work, were unworthy the
man. Tttey were altogether initialled
for, and the fact Chet be almost cried
bect%ttaesome one had told him be
should not wall some one glee a friend,
Shows how hopeless his ovuee must ap.
it to hituself. Let us hear no more
of that kind of thing at all events. It
babyish.
HAitD UP FOR A. CANDIDATE.
The mnob.texed gaeetion has at
been settled, and Thos. fGreeuway,
le preaeztt mitt -representative of Sa0tb
um, tleeke the euffragee of the neo.
ale in the interest of the Reform party.
Teinnoraz ntactaatar. le was ea hard pill
to swallow, and many a wry ince was
rued° in the effort to gulp it down.
Some curious scenes were enacted at
the Convention. The delegatee were an
it. u favor of 'A-. Oeuerou, and only
no epted IIr. Greenway when they
could not prevail upon JIr. Cameron to
accept the nomination immediately,
se that the candidate is the dernier
resort of the part}• -.a state of Weirs
which must be highly gratifying to
alae candidate and the I arty upou whom
he has been thrust.
The Reform organs m the county are
lab reit•g frantically in Mr. Grseuway's
1 terest and, like the .lost boy in the
,woods, whistlltlg ouergeticelly to keep
their courage op ; but of this they and
al who favor hien may rest assured,
he w,ll be beaten by a majority twice as
large as any that ever was rolled tip
*goblet hrw.
Between Iter. Greenway and Stir.
C.tmerou there is al, wide will. ever-wid•
euiy•g breach. 'iLr.. Greeuway does all
in his power to injure iter. Cameron,
while Mr. Cameron recognizes and re.
ciltrneates the service by using all his
iulivanee to irreparably damage Mr.
Greenway in the opininn of the Reform
early. ter. Greeuway openly declares
Ar. Caalneron to b t Ins enemy, and even.
charges him with circulating a false-
hood about' him -that he sold himself
to the R'form party. Would Mr.
Carnoron dare to circulate this story if
it were untrue ? A ►d vet we have
these two worthies promising to do all
in their power to assist each other in
the coming contest. They each know
the hullo.vuess of the other's preten-
sions, and Mr. Greenway tit leatst,does
n it !hesitate to snake tbie .kuowledte
public. Arcades ante,,
Mr. Gteenway no doubt expects to
receive the entire Reform aud a. portion
of the Conservative vute: Iu bo 11 ex-
peatatioiis we are absolutely coraatiu he
will•baa wofully dittappointed. Neithe.
of the parties loves treachery, and pro-
minent Refor,nere profess the utmost
:iibliorrence of conduct that has forever
blackened Mr. Green way's. cliaractel
an the eyes of all holiest men aud sunk
him to the lowest depth., of infamy and
ahatn•.. Nu good Con servative;ave"feel
inured, east vote for a matt , whot is 60
t.gt to every sense of non,t, So b.•1.1 iu
tItt shame as to tall the Reform Con-
vention, in effect, that he 'sought taut
c tnfidence of Lite Conservatise party
orly that lie mieht betray them ; for a
man who sells body stud mind to their
clpponente; for cue who has placed Ir :a
signature to documents promising that,
if allowed to be elected unopposed, he
would support diose who"lhad beets his
,'apponeots, and
baselybetra
y these who
had been his fast as", faithful
friends
through the darkness of laig:continued
ill-ftertttne. 'The baseness of hie trench-<
eryis without a parallel .it; she ,politica'
et any country. Compared writli z
David Glse*`a offence pale* into • tiaig
:'uifiostre. Mr. Greeuway standoesloaa
and, unapproachable in meannoeJs anis,
ehatne. Upon the Conservstiyeparty
ha has oast a deep insult, and they owe
it to their honor to forever drive _from
political life the person who 89 basely
betrayed the sacred truat they reposed
in .hien.
But the Reformers of the riding,
those whoo value Personal honor and
integrity far beyond the exigencies t*ztd
interests of a party, must feel keenly'
sense of their humiliation 1u baying a
traitor thrust upou thein. 'What a bit.
ter pill they have to swallow i Sow
the stomach moat revolt at its recep-
tion t -They bought the marl at ear
nu°h °r foot, as they
buy
aat aait.
basewoad, and what confidence, we task
them, 04R the ► have of the man ? .Ue
has admitted his sale to some persons,
and denies it to others; but not one in
a hundred be&ievoa his denial. He has.
told a Conservative friend teat be sold'
himself, and that be did it in the hope
of recouping hiteaelf for the money he
bee loot in previous elections ; and we
have been solemnly assured by the moat
resectable man in the Re'orm party
that the sale took place, The same
story has been told by a certain judge,.
and why does Mr. Greenway not take
the only course an innocent man would
pursue at all hazards, challenge those
persona to make good their assertions
ur withdraw the slander and apologize ?
In the fao of the evidence which
nrovett Ur. Greenway to be an aban
clonedman, who would *tell himself and
deceive his pre: ant supporters at the
first opportauity, we think all electors,
of ever .arad* of politics, should unite
to teach thea ante that traitors are
despised.
A SILLY CRITICISM,
Our Seaforth cotem, tykes` exception
to the suppositious example we gave in
our issue of a couple of weeks -ago to
show that the (lanadian pays the duty
on cattle entering the United States,
and itt kind enough to characterize the
arguments deduced therefrom as "un-.
mitigated bosh." Before considering
the counter arguments it advances with
the air of supreme authority that is the
necessary accompaniment to self onn-
ceit, allow use to remark that we shall
not call the writer of the liana eriti•
°ism either a ,a iiaar,'t " rogne," dor
.' fool," as he is in the habit of galling
othertt. Qnr friend cannot help his
infirmities of intellect, and deserves.
our pity rather than our reproaches.
In the first place the example was only
need, for the purpose of making plait•
who pays the duty, and the idea that
this or any other town could impose
restrie'ions of the icitd mentioned and
force such a result as our cotetn. nu
fairly draws from our example, never
entered our head. 'We quite agree
with hint that the buyers would have to
»a vatnonse the ranch*, or, in plain
English, leave the town ; but thi• fact
floes not eeetroy the argument that, if
such a'sttate of things conhi be estali,
liahed in any town, the seller and not
the putc'.iatser would have to pay the
duty. The comparison of a town so
situated and the United States is a fair
one. The farmers in the case of the
United States and Canada are not as
fortunately situated tt reespeet of con•
tignity or other markets as the farmers
would be in the instance we gave. They
have only the United States, Canada
and Great Britain, and the cost to
them of sending their cattle to England
wa.uld equal the duty they have to pay
to send their •.cattle info the United
States ; so that the farmer in this in
stance cannot choose any number of
tnstrketa 'with the same-fncilities of
"eaching them as the (dimer could in
the ot.se to which our oaten. takes
exception. If, as our °Deem. says, the
Americans must buy Canadian _meat,
we take it as a foregone conclneinn that
the lowering of the American tariff, or
a reciprocity of tariff.:, would result itt
an ltdditiou to the price of Canadian
cattls,in the United Stistes. We won
der the writer.,ofthe oriticis'i.n'we allude
to hal not beat, taken in hand by the
doctors after writing such, arrant, von -
sense.
WE are glad to notice aoard in the
Blyth Ileview.from Mr. P. Kelly, con
tradio log the assertion cif • the Laudon
Advertiser ,batt• ltd had teelgnett the
candidature., for •West flnr n.: Ma, l had a huger bonze war;" fo'r aue iitd.
Kelly ill sure' -of election, and weeld be I ducts,"
foolish to resign.
'Ig the editor of our Clinton cotem:
gets offettdedett our renearinteheshould
retnezdbiii':who th1eN' the first stone..
We do not pare to enter into personali-
ties durznjt,be tteotion ; it is unpleaee.
ant to,u$, bdt tlufs . we would say, we
shall. remonstrate;agatuet stfoll'si mis-
ekeikaatraowhetz.'direoted against u8,
and if that it not rfufi'toieut wee hall let
our friends of the;preelt in the County
of Huron ,pee, that wp can cut their feel-
ings. The rnn't disgraceful epithets
have been hurled et ne by it certain pa-
per, and we hovelforborne to retaliate
in ithaal, and e#i tit cwiz.do so when pa,
hence ceasess trop,* a virtue.
Tux Reform candidate: at Crediton
--bow' flattered Reformers rand' feel l-
attached great weight to an extract he
read from a report of the Governor of
New York, and , wl►2ah he tried to be -
there ehowed Prateetiut to be injurious
to a country. The language of the ex-
tract proved the Governor to be an out -
arid -out free trader, ttrimy and itndieaot.
ubly wedded to the vagarioe of free
trade. I heaver, be contented himself
with vague and glittering- genorslities.
He did not enalytie the condition of the
State. Io this respect it presents a
strikingly unfavorable courser with
the report of the Governor of Massa
°husetts, which gives. a careful and.
complete nialysis of the trade of that
State, and shows that every judustry
bas heeu atetdiltc.atrezigtheaung while
Canadian industries have been going to
the wall. This report will be found sat
page 6, ill itir. Colby'a speech. Let
those who heard the New York Gover-
nor'e report read for themselves the
analytic report of the Governor of M'ac-
eachusetts, One is aftutcy picture ;
the other a fair represeuiation al the
actual condition of trade,
Ia is a mistaken ilea that protection
to martnfactnrers increases the price to
the farmer. It has not done so in the
United Stator, and will not here. The
following figures are well worth eonsid.
oration by the farmers, as they dispel
such zllusory ideas as free traders would
Rice then thein to believe. In the
United States ander a 1,'tr taanfi'iu 1857,
and' c high tariff in 1875, the fulleeiolr
,prises ,tiler! in the articles placed bef,•re
them
1857.' 1875.
Csiieoes, per yard ..... , . $ .12* 8 .08
D.daiues, do . .... . ....... .25 ,15
Common Alpacas .73 .35
Fitter, do, 1.00 .40
Cont. Wool. Cloth 1.00 .60
Botter, do. 1,25 .75
Bast, do. .... 1.50 • 1.20
Shawls ... , . , 12.00 8,00
Cottop print cloth .08 .4i
Knitted under shirts1.25 .50
This certainly ought to convince the
farmers that protection will not in.
crease the price, but will lower it, .for
the cost of transportation and the prof
its el' middlemen are saved. But now
let us compare the prices of grain ial
1860 uuier low tariff, and 1870 ander
protective tariff:
1860. 1870.
Wheat, per bushel .118 81.28
Flour, par barrel.... 5.61 6.11
Indian Meal. °... ... 3.40 4.00
Wool .87i : .05
The average price of flour from 1849 to
1861, dui -jug -the free.ltradeperiod. was
was $16.07 , frotn 1,861, .ti) 1874, nude,
rigid protection, it:. wiot_ $7.33. It will
this be seen that protection has bene-
fitted the farmers of the United States,
and if it works well for them, it must
work well for us.
AT Crediton, among other z,on epee,
Mr. Greeltway-•the Reform . candidate
-•pouli-pooped and laughed to scorn
the idea that the Americans wanted our
market. 1f they couldsecure four mil-
lions of purchasers, they would be a
much less shrewd people than they are
generally taken to be, if they did not
intake the attempt,. To show Mr.
Gieeuway Jtud others who profess to
think with hila in this particular, that
the Atltea'icstwdo desire our trade, and
that they da frame their policy with the
purp.'se of catching it and excluding
our products from the markets of their
ownu eouttiy; wo shall take• a witness
frotn amongst oor''neighbors. •The
New York Post', a paling free trade
organ, says :t _'6By 'unh devices as the
drawback on sugar, and by a rigid ex;
elusion of many of Canada's products,
tvo have uncl,nesttouably ci'ifsliled Oise or
twoofher in'lusiries, and have dine her
commerce more injury than we lave
suf ered•in return, how -such as we have
Now, Canada is the aaaiaiti u alluded'
to. and it 'cannot be denied that allow
-
lug their Products toe ter this eouctry
free crake* (#airada •atte umoh her home
market e* ie'eny State_in the Uuion.
And again the Philadel$ in .ledger eayn;
"AMer'ieau enterprise seems to be
reaching, its. shah#a beyond the borders
of the Statpq, ' Agazu, we hear of the
success of Clarke Betvea & Co., one of
our most proniinitt"'bridge firms, i0-
wading the Dominion of Canada, and
capturing orttere"for:!► large number of
wrought iron bridges;: