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'THE TIME A.tausi 22,18its,
QQ'R PLATFORM,
The following Resolution, moved by
Sir John Macdonald in the House of
Commons contains the principle which
the elector' of South Huron, South
Perth and North Middlesex are re -
quitted to support at the coning elec-
tion on the 20th of September t
" That this House is of the opinion
that the welfare of Canada requires the
adoption of a NATIONAL POL,IOY,
which., by rti JUDICIOUS READ-
JUSTMENT OF THE TARIFF will
bene£t e.nd_ foster the A913ic1.41r`13l.L, the
bireiao, the lifextreeoeCnnio and other
interests of the Dominion ; that such a
Policy will retain in Canada, thousands
of our fellow.countryneen, now obliged
to expatriate themselves in search of
the employment denied them at dome,
will restore prosperity to our struggling
industries, now so sadly depressed, will
prevent Canada from. being made a
SACRIFICE MARKET, will encour-
age and develops an active iuterpta-
vincial trade, and moving (as it ought
to dol in ttie direction of a reciprocity
of tariffs with tear neighbors, ao far ae
the varied interests of Canada tua;s de.
mend, will greatly teles to procure for
thi's eauntry eveutut4ly a reciprocity of
trade."
The Motsons I3ank
rTCataPOIRAreP 1tV At'T or I".tat,14, 1 ,,,,T,
r'tr ailxE• $2,000,000, 1tr3c, $400,000.
HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL.
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:
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Money a,ir'ari t,i t;l termer,. en e,} teram, on their
Owl pire'lil 6i rw nate, V.17;64 0:60 or mere geed t'rt-
donee% \,e noon'. r :1n1 +•:1 tis t;r:'urtrt•.
Cnne'ctiona 122:4 t+ x11 sal rat, 44 the 1>ort>traian,
and re'r,u e -s t"l•e>aptly remitted d tet fewest rates of
ex lattiee.
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THURSDAY, i1.G1ST'ett, 1 t
THAT FOItT WILLIAM LAND AND
THE CABINET a�tll.altU S«
Tho Globe of friday last was eeer
vised over a couple of paragraphs which
appeared let oat editorial colutune R
few weeks since, regardiug the salaries
of the members of the Government and
the supposed ownership of land by Mr.
Mackenzie at Fort William, the tera-i
sifts of the Pacifies Railway. Notwith-
standing our `Toronto eontemporary's
asoertiou to the contrary, we assure, it.
there is an impression ahead that the
Premier owns an immense tract of laud
at the point mentioned, and in suspi-
ciensly close ooutiguity to the terminus,
tale geueral opinion being that Mr.
Maokenzie holds hia title thereto
through another poreom. This is the
impression. Whether there is sub-
atantial reason for the suspicion or not
Mr. Mackenzie himself kuowa. 13ut at
all events we do not feel juetifi, d iu
accepting the unsupported ast,ertion of
the Globe that he dogs not own land
there.
donaid received $ ,O00 for ruling the
country in prosperous times while Mr:.
Mr. Maakenzia charges IIs. $8,000 a
year in hard time for running the
country to ruin is absolutely cerreot in
every particular.
THE ELECTIONS.
The date of the elections hasbeen
fixed for the 17111 of September, and
the writs are doubtless in possession of
the several Returning -officers. The
time for work is very short. Yet much
good can be accomplished in that time..
Let the friends of good Government,
whether Reformers and Conservatives,
set to work without a day's delay.
Every man in the Riding should be
seen, and every vote looked after. All
arrangetrents for polling day should be
perfected immediately, so that there
will be no hitch In the programme
when that eventful day arrives. See
to it that gottiiug is overlooked. Tri ke
a leaf out of our opponents' book.
Plan as they plan and execute as they
execute, and no fear need be enter-
tained concerning the result. Cease-
lesa and vigilant we all mast be to the
ens
I IWTEC'T!ON AND .13 .VENUE.
One of the staple arguments of free
tratiers in the present contest is that
protection cannot help but exclude
goods ---dant if at excludes there wilt he
u >thing to raiee roveuue from, and
that direct taxation will then be neces-
sary. Now, a little common same ap
plied to this etatemeut, wh'cb, by the
way, is unsupported by anytbiug saw,
assertion, will stow its absurdity. It
it were true, why is it that those
countries which bare Always protected
themselves have uotbecome bankrupt.
They have not. They are among tin-
niest proepet�otts on earth, Take the
two meet prominent instances, where
protection bad the hardest task before
it. France adopted protection imme-
me.diately after the war. She did not
resort to direct taxattion, and she paid
the enormous flues iwro4ed upon her
by the Germans, and her surplus each
year has been ae.ouishing, notwith
standing that elle has reorganized her
artily at a heavy outlay, built extensive
m;tnufacturea, developed the natural
resources of the country, extended be,
commerce, and enriahetl all classes of
bor people. Up to March fast the re-
ceipts had exceeded tits estimates b}
8,281,000 francs, snaking a surplus of
18,504,000 francs since the commence-
ment of the year. This shows that
France has been very greatly benefitted
by protection.
Look now at the United. States and
observe the effects of high and low
tariffs:
With regard to the salaries of the
Ministers, we did not state that they
had themselves made the increase allu-
ded to. We were aware it was made
by Sir John Macdonald. It was merle
wheu the country was in the most
prosperous era ui its existence ; when
the country could well afford to pay
$5,000 for eminent services, and when
$1,000 was felt no mote than $500 are
now; but we were also aware that the
mo ion to increase the said salaries was
strenuouttlf opposed and denounced by
Mr. Mackenzie in Parlarneut. Ha• ing
opposed it, why slid he not reduce his
salary to the arnonnt paid before the
Salary Bill came into operation ? Why
did he not sh)w himself to have been
actuated by motives of honesty when
opposing that Bill, and not merely
moved by a desire to catch popular
opinion ? i3•'eanse Mr. Mackenzie is
just as willing as any other man to
take all he eau get. And to his greed
he adds the sin of hypnoriry. Consid-
ering the severe depression in the
country singe his accession to power,
considering the lavish promises of
economy :and retrenchment made by
him in every part of the .ce}Intrc, and
considering particularly his hostile atti-
tude towards the salary increase, he
was morally bound to reduce the same
s'ataries when he. acceded to power.
Our statement then that Sir J 'lin )41.ue-
FIVE TRAIte VNDBR rns LOW Deer POLICY.
1817- - ..... .423,747,864.66
1850- ............. 80,668,686.42
1855.....- . 63,025,791;21
1858 41,789,620.95
1861...... 39,582,125.64
Total........t$107,81.4,10 L89
PISS YEARS m(Daa VIE IIIOrr WITTY POLICY.
1864 ... ..............$102,316,152.99
1866 .... 179,046,651.58
1870 194,538,374.44
1871 .... ,..... ,206,270,408.05
1872 21.6,370,286.77
Total........ $898.540,878.S3
197,814,101.8$
Diff. in favor of high tariff $700,726,771.95
Does not this contrast of retenue
under high and low tariffs prove con.
elusively that high tariff causes an in-
crease of revenue, and roust as a result
render the hardtop) of the people light-
er ? The reason is not far to seek.
Protection .makes the conntry prosper
ons. New enterprises are engaged in,
old ones are expanded, and population
increases. The purchasing power of the
country is greatly enhanced, and the
increase in our importations would be
ir, a ratio to correspond with the in-
crease of poiulation and the increase
of purchasing power. This has invati-
ably been the result in other protected
countries, and it should be the saute in
Canada.
NORTH h[IDDLESEX
THE PRODUCER PAYS TEE
DUTY.
Our Seaforth contemporary makes a
last feeble effort in his last issue to
prove that the consumer pays the duty,
but finally is obliged to throw -up the
aponge. Int reply ter our auswer to hie
first article ou the question, he does ne
the honor to say thset we have enuaoi-
ated 'a new idea, viz., that on retail
transaottona the consumer pays the
duty, but on ewholesale purchases the
producer must pry. We must decline
with thanks .the honor of originating
the idea, It has been running through
the whole controversy for the pa'rt year
or more, though it may not have beeti.
espreseed iu wordebefore, The fanner
may rest assured that RE DOE5 PAS' TRF
DUTY on every sheep, borne, cow, peg,
er other animal he sends into the
United States, and every vote cast upon
the supposition thathe does not, will
be given under a wrong impression.
Our contemporary says " the idea is
new one." and with charming rood-
file. " and we are not going to
say whether it is .correct or snot.„
This i3 certainly refreshingly cool ; but
we appreciate the kindness, fur if our
cotem. shoull say it was not correct,
that wt'u}d of course, oomiug from enol,
an eminent authority, eettle the matter
be ond disputa at once. While on thin
question, we would beg to remind our
e"t'ut. that his insinuation that TIM
Trues is evrittcn by outsiders is a piece
of gratuitous impertinence and un-
worthy a respectable team!. If Mr.
Porter does conduct Trtn Thies, as our
ootertl, some weeks ago stated, and as
he again immolated last week, we
should like to kuow what difference
that makes in the weight of our argu-
ments. What we say, and not the
writer, is what the readers of Tui
TRIES are expected to consider. But
WO fan"'y Mr, Porter has enough to do
without attending to the duties of a
newspaper.
1 ..1
OUR WUULLI: I I4 i'IaLU ST3.
Day after day we read in free trade
peelers that the present dulness ancone
wo ,,lets fttcto.riae is owing entirely to
tbei over-proeluction. Thos is untrue.
Theses are not enon la mills of the kind
in the country to meet its requirements.
There ,ni0only onehundredand eighty
setts of woolen ntaranfaotttring cards in
the country. Lea us nay trier° are two
hundred and that they run three !hind.
red dnge in the year and turn ant encu
ono hundred yards of cloth per day, -. a
very high eetinlate as to number, time
and capacity, --the result would be but
six million yards of cloth. This in.
eludes Ilan/leis as wellvs tweeds. Now
there are four million inhabitants in
Canada ; if.tvedivide that eloth among
them there's will be for each man,
woman and child in the Dominion only
me and a helf yarde of cloth ! In the
face of thio, what otan be more absurd
than the ocetentior. that we have too
many milts,of the kind iu the country ?
And is it nut a deplorable circumstance
that in a. country like Canada. with
unrivalled facilides for mauufacturiug,
with her broad lanes and her mighty
rivers, and with plant) of raw material
at very tow prices, we can only boast
of making 1e. yards of cloth for each
Canadian ? .As a nation we should feel
ashamed of this. Out upon a Govern-
ment which says this is right. I.et us
have a policy of protection that will
alter this sad state of affairs, and
enable us to make our own cloths and
keep in the country the money that
t,'eir manufacture would force into cir-
culation.
A recent tour through North Middle-
sex has convinced us that Mr. Cough-
lin's election in that siding is placed
beyond the shadow of a doubt. Every
section of the riding is enthusiastic in
his support. He will carry several'
townships,' notably Biddtilpll and Mc
Gillivray, by larger majorities than they
ever gave. 'Bet we would warn our
Conservative friends to pay no heedto
the dodges that are being used to injure
hitn. Mr, Coughlin will be North Med-
d le ire 'Cie next
id-dleirex's'next Stepresentati{ve...
" LOP OFF THie TRAITOR'S
H7'' A D."
"I will take off my hat and cheer,'
said Mr. Alfred Joues, pointing
to the British ensign which.
proudly waved 013 Citadel hill, "when
"•that :Hag is taken down from the Cit.
"adel." Titis same Mr. Alfred Jones
was some time afterwards elected to
the House of Cremmons. He was made
a member of the Cabinet, and, would
it be believed possible, this man who
had uttered shell di• loyal sentiments
was made MINISTER OF MILITIA,-
elected to n position where he could do
most harm to British connexion. This
man is a member of the Mackenzie
Government. By malting him a Min -
inter of the. Crown they accept a full
share of the .fesponsibility for . this ut-
terance. Can the people sup; ort a
Government which, by allowing him to
hold that position of great respousibil-
it.y, say„ in: effect, "Your speech is en-
"tirely in accord with our feelings on
"the question of the British flag" ?
We hope not.
THE Reformers of South Huron are
"Coon" hunting just now. On erection
day the ativocietes.of good Government
'will tree the '•Coon,"
ELECTION NOTES -READ TEEM CA11t.
FULLY.
lilEl-- Canada enjoys the benefits of a "revenue
tariff." Tier national debt has increased
$44,000 during the last four years. The
United ,States enjoy a protective tariff;, Her
national debt is being decreased by millions of
dollars every year. This is the difference be-
tween free trade and protection.
- In ten years tianada has purchased
8236,000,000 worth more than she hassold-
that is, our expenses have exceeded our re-
ceipts by that amount. Is that prosperity ?
What fernier, what merchant, or what ram of
any calling in life would like to conduct his
business affairs in that way ? Protection will
reverse this state of affairs, but free trade will
perpetuate the evil and culminitto eventually in
national. ruin.
-- According to a Reform paper in Herne
County, reaping machines can be sold for $15
or $20 cheaper iu the 'United States than in
Canada. tinder a e• revenue tariff" our Yan-
kee cousins paid twice as much fora rete- er as
Canadian farmers diel. They have Protection
noir, Does this not prove that protection
cheapens the cost to the cnasurner? Do the
fanners nut wish to see a policy adopted that
will exert such a heave...lel } ulueuee ?
--- In 18111, under a at tern of track --a rev-
euuo taritt---nitro to that which curses Can tan
to -slay, the United States imported 81;6,0ftl;
11110 worth of goods more than they miter ed--
tho country fell b,illiu,i ova much. Melte
proteetiun 111 1877 they reversals the order,
and exported $156,00(I,000 more than the;
imported. This ww1 a clear gain to the coun-
try ; the other was as clearly a loss. Can free
trade in any country show quell a record 2 11
menet. Yet free traders iusist that Protection
will do to Canada what it has ,lever Hone te,
any country -ruin it.
- The Dominion tie"vernmeut Placed a
heavy duty on elnre'titldtl su,:ar, MIL host: the
duty oil relined. 1te'yltlt.Arueric;au refitted
s;igar captured our markets -and the people
who use it know how the quality },n+ detr"ior-
ated sine° Cauaeiian competition hwi beet)
killed; Canaetiatt reliueries have been closed.1
iltuurands of peoples hale been tthrmsu out of
employment, millions of money drawn from
circiiltltiou, and one of the moat imperrtunt in.'I
lustries in the entu,try completely rnuuad.
t ud yet the people are told that they are wisely'
goverued 1 What a mockery of wisdom 11
--- Freo Trade has never been sticeeesful in
any country for' uuy length of lithe. It ie, sure
to choke itself to death. In fact such a thins;
ss Free Trade is an }rnpcesibility while there
is it cut,to,n, became in. any country. it takes
tttl the parties interested to make a bargain.
So it is with Free Trade. One country, say
Canada, nu}, open its ports to the world, while
she may he compelled to pay to enter the ports
of all other countries. Canada then hasn't
free trade; she is paying the poualty of het
own folly 111 placing ltereelf at such a disad-
vantage. The first to adopt free trade is the
first to lose by it, and is certain eventually to
roturo to Protection.
Germany was among the nations which
thought free trade would usher in the milleui-
um. She tried it. Her finances fell, her
industries were depressed, and popular opinion
is now strongly adverse to free trade. They
pay to enter other countries, whiie the same
countries send their products into Germany
duty free. This has proved unsatisfactory,
and Bismarck has taken up protection as part
of the future polioy of the Government. He
thinks Germany has played a losing game too
long. Our German. friends should make a
note of this. If Bismarck has has found free
trade injurious to Germany, then our Getman
readers eannot but see that free trade must be
still more injurious to Canada, a much younger
country.
- In 1841 and 1849 the Uuited States tar-
iffs were very low. What was the result? In
both years the amount of money brought into
the country was only $9,000,000. In 1843 the
tariff was made protective. What was the
result? The importations of gold and silver
were in that ono year $22,000,000, an increase
At the rate of NINETEEN MILLION DOL-
LARS PER ANNUM. What we want in Can-
ada is money and a good market. We have
plenty of commodities to sell, but no money to
buy with. Protection will cause an enormous
amount of money to flow Into this country
through the impetus given to manufacturing
and commercial enterprises. This will be put
in circulation, and the depression which we
all, Reformers and Conservatives alike, feol so
keenly, will be steadily lessened until prosper-
ity again reigns: 'Then let the people look to
self-iuterest, to national pride at national great:
ness, and support .the National Policy, which
will relieve the people from distress and remove
the present widespread feeling of despondency.
- Wo must have protection or annexation
to the United States. If free traders are re-
turned to the next Parliament, the depression
will be intensified, and in time become unbear-
able. Capital will be driven away -there will
be nothing for the people to do; there will be
no Canadian market for the farmer -they will
be entirely at the mercy other countries -they
will flee the country -those who remain will
...become 'poor, miserable starvelings, who, to
pave themselves from utter, and oortainannihi-
lation in the trade contest between the two
co5ntriew, will be forced to ask; say, to -beg for
admission to .'the Union, where they would,
reap the solid advantages protection bestows,
They will have annexation, whatever the con-
ditions the Tanlcees might. impose. They
couldn't help therneelves, It would be Hob..
son's choice -that or nothing. Does any
Briton, docs arty true Canadian, desire to sec
this culmination of all our present evils? If
not, let every Tuan mark his ballot in favor of
the protectionist candidates.
WHO IS £IE ?
The Reform party meet to -day at
Hensel{ to receive Ur. Oreeiiway'a
reFilgtiation and select a man in hie
stead. Who will be he ? We have
heard et'veral names mentioned. Birt
'lo one having any good opinion of
Ixitnself can very well enter the: arena.
Will Mr. ;}I. C, Catnernrt swallow Mr,
Greenways v'mit ? We think he will,
How 'ver, we shall tree. Bat wrhneVor
may be be wily not come witiri'r some
hundreds of votes of being elected.
A.:MTE11CA " COMPETITION.
Free traders. tell the penpte that neer
tndnstries do tint stiffer nom Ai erienr
competition, This is not a fact. There
ie irnmenee amt'nnt of woollen t oo'1(a
brought into Canada from the 1'rriteel
States each year, They enter into corn.
petition with Canadian made al Hetes.
If the same quantity were mannfl►c
tared in Ct3nada a large number of
mills worth' be neeesaary in the conn.
try. In 1877 the imports of woollen
,rends freest the United Staten were as
follows
t:arpete.«................ .8 23.621
Blankets ........» 21 i:14
h
`t'wntals 1+3,,1,
('talllin,, .. , , , , „. , .... »1.17.7111
7,72df
171.1.074
Suretries..«,.,.<.
Total- ......$503.473
OE 3 THE LOW TARIFF HURT
THE 1A1it1ER >
There are many farmers tbrenghnnt
the country who really believe that the I
present duty is not. inj.uri'rua to thein.
Let therm carefully read the annexed
list of impnrtati'218 from the 1.; cited
:hates in 1877,which enterrel into cm -
petition with the Canadian farmer. if
they believe the fitrurea to be incorrect,l
they can verify them 00 reference to
pales 845 to 409, Trade aald NaviMrttiou
returns;
PT.orr9.
516,179 13a>rels of Flour value ..$2,U11.3518
291,243 " 1uuutu,.ern" 878,477
3,lee " Oaturett1 . " 80.19
4,184 "" other meals ... "
GRAINS, ETC
268,486 Bushels iiatley
1077506 " Oats ..
63, l "" P,I and Beech■
8,260,030 " Corn
4,389,0'27 " Whlea�
624 "" ober 'rain....
1,463 Tons HAT and titrnw.....
174,418 Eris, Apples and Peaars,.. '"
AIsIMIAI,S, ETC
8035 Horned Cattle v*1ue... 221,386
1,478 Horses "" 73j700
11,1317 Sheep ?1,817
13,600 Hugs
Lather animals,
10,917 Cutts 13rau
2,707 Galloas Hemp Seed
14,520 " flax Sued
Vegetables e"
65,020 Gallons Cider..
25,833,612 not, fresh
and new Tariff "
Lard
Hops
Cheese
21,536 doz. Eggs
Butter
Preserved Aleuts and
Poultry
1,9•,9 " Rye Flour... ... L 0,560
185,290
014,491
14,405
4,916,756
1349
15,156
203,609
"" 181,093
" ,3,895
10,118
1,340
8.101
10,9,0
6,755
2,19.1,395
3,480
65.1,088
1'2,301
358,785
4,5b0
197,854
87,175
Total s17,009,207
IT is amusing to hear the Seaforth
Expositor saying the advocates of pro-
tection are insincere, and only using
the cry for ad captanelctm purpne es.
Let us point him to three equally im-
portant personages in his own party
who are not sincere, and ask hintto
say whether of not he is not ntensnrin.�
other people's corn in his own bushel.
Inljn'imi.s, Hon. bl. Laurier, when r,
member of the Quebec Lea"islatere, was
one of the warmeet advocates of protec-
tion in Canada. In a certeln speech,
which,we saw reproduced in Le Nor'renu
Monde a few months since, he drew a
faithful picture of the very evils we now
suffer from as the result of inadegua'e
protraction. But a danger of the party's
overthrow made him a proselyte. Then
there is Mr. Chaelton. In the seance)
of 1876 he mads the best speech in hia
Part lam enta y career, and completely
routed the foes of protection. His nt-
terances on the same question since the
exigencies of 1 is party made him a free
trader have been vapid, vain and point-
less' and in marked contrast to leis
speech when conscience ruled his mind.
And last, but, as we' in oourtesy oft.ern
say, .not least, there is the oleeer editor
of the Expositor. Many a readable ar-'
jfele appeared from his pen when by
was a good protectionist. Then he
and Mr. Greenway were at loggerheads.
Now they are in accord. No wonder'
that. his writing is ` pointless. But he
i shouldn't talk of inoonsistenoy in. other: