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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1878-8-22, Page 4• 4 '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. Joan AI et sue, 1're'c',rent. Hoe. Ttl e''IA`. it'ot ,flue, af.P. - i rce•2'r",., F. WeLet hear lrle,ata , Esq., - e erase AI. messes, Fit... - - - - . fuen c.or: + ;rater Ielratarsits IiF•\liT e. nRE i'I% - AI1`z'+<37:R. Iett+°res: tm:ere=Z pH thlgiSitt, Gal coot cerre'n.y draft%tent htauotsold. Suellen Eseitangrbought : awl mist I mets To FAI MEI`y. 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. k.xeter.atigust 1Jth.1'4", t;•ru 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: