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THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1870.
*THE TARIFF AND THE TYPE -
FOUNDERS.
;From the 'Toronto 'branch of • the
deelebrated firm, of';.elootch type -found-
ers, Messrs. Millar* Richard, we have
received a copy of a petition which
'they 'Ineve priuted for distrileution
atone' the printers of Canada, praying
for the removal of the ditties which the
.Finance Minister bas imposed upon all
:printing 'Material nue presses 'coming
-into the eountry. -et. circular Amin-
instr anted 'as to sign the
tpetitiontand forward it to our member
in the House of Commons.. Messrs.
Miller 'is Richart must hitve been en -
.gaged by ' the enemy"—mir member
"-eta catch us in 'a glaring. inoonsist-
eau. They would place us in an awk-
ward positioo. We have always been
etthong the fcireenost in advocating the
-National ,Policy. 'We futly expected
that every Oituatliau industry would be
protected, and. never for .a moment
.entertained any other idea than that
'type -founding would be taken under
the puternal °ere of the Government.
•He is a selfish protectionist who wishes
frpe trade in those commodities in
which he himself deals. If we petition
'against the imposition of ti, duty on
type, M. C. Cameron could make a
very effective weapen of our act,as show.
ing protectionists to be insincere in
the views they advocated. This posi-
tion we have no desire to te placed in
for the benefit of 1i1Iar Ss Richard;
and. while Wishing them every success
which their excellent material merit,
we oannot conscientiously tissiet them
•
in the presett inetance.
The objeot of the N. P.eus we'under-
' stood and .advocated it, Was to foster
• Catedian industrieseand give them the
home market by placing foreign mann:
facterrers "under disabilitiee as respects
retching our markets. That this ob.
eject will be gained, the petition which
we decline to sanction, proves most
= deatly. In Canada we have a.type
eundry which has been gallantly
etruggling for . years •against nnfair
• competition from American' foundries,
.whieh were allowed to send all Itinelie
of triatetial into elanada at a nominal
e duty, and time divide the Canadian
market, whilst' Canadian type going
` into the'denited States ie subjected to a
duty which is equivalent to 81e, per eelteenieg the tell° date -
restrained, The Canadian establish.
ment has an advantage over all com-
petitors in our own market., at least.
Foteign firms will heve to pay the
dnty and carriage before they oat place
their packages ou 'the sheIf. They
°mina add 'thia expense to the preeeut
prioe, because the 'Canadian foundry,
having neither of these items to Tay to
reach the Canadian market, will be
able to undersell them, or otherwise,
redeem their profit& This, we fancy,
is where the shoe pinches Messrs.
Millar et Richard, but we would not
insinuate that their considerate eynepea
thy with the poor peinter which hag
found expression in the petition, may
have been assumed for the 'purpose of c
benefittiug themselves over 'the signa-
tures of others. But we rimy say that'
when we feel thet our iutereets are
going to suffer, we do not think Mes•
ars. M. es R. willte required to warn
us of the danger. The printers of the
country, we believe, are quite compe-
tent totake care of themselves without
being told do an by a firm whose eym.
pathy with teem extends to their own
pockets. En passant, we might pint
Tut chief organ of the Ontario Gov-
ernmeht hes announced that the elec-
tion for the Assembly will take plaee
some tinae in etal,lei The sooner the
better,
ONE of the beet ntenett tthe House is
Mr. McMillian, M. P. ler Etat Middle-
sex. He is making his infinence felt.
He,is not es Mr. Casey we,saiescribed
by the Acloiertiser, a “jsoli-in-thelbie
but speaks only when he can speak With
good effeot, and add to the information
on the question under debate. East
Middlesex has secured a good represen-
tative,
Tne free traders of Canada have de-
'veloped au astonishing amount of loye
for the mother ecountry lately. They
are terribly alarmed least thenew tariff
may 1008013 the connection with Great
Britain. We are Oad to see this motel-
festation oisnxiety.; it'shows that they
repent,their folly in taking annexation-
ist Jones lute Abe cabinet. We hope
they'll stiok to the "old 'flag.'
Tne Seaforth Expositor isindignant
at the comparatively small protection
out that our argument above shows as
'clearly as etnythieg can be shown that which the new tariff affords the agri-
wo were tight in 'contending throngha culturieb. Seeing that our respected
met the 'eampaign thet the •producer,
indeed of the ounsumer, pays the deity
when the articleupon whicleit is to be
producediu the importing noun -
try. We • do not 'anticipate that the
printers will be forced to pay any
higher prices than they have hitherto
paid. The duty, as we have before
observed, ninth° paid before the type
can be offered for sale, and thee it
must be sold as the same price as the
Canadian type sells for. But if the
cousumer-athe printer in this case—
pays the duty, it puzzles us to know
what difference even a 00 ner cent.
impost -would make to M. te R. Sym-
pathy with their customers alone will
do 'told. the Heathen Chiuee. It
'cannot 'injure them ti any way. It
could not cense them to leave the
country, as they by itnplication threat-
en to do. But even should they see
fit to carry their implied threat'into
execution, then the type which they
supply must be sold by some oneelse,
who, undoubtedly. in view of the duty,
would manufacture ib in Canada, thus
affording employment to more U.18/3,
and causing the epread of -so much
more capital—just so ramie, as now
goes to the•United States and Scotland
to pay the workmen who manufacture
for us. Transferring these men to
Canada would not be such an unfortu-
nate circumstance for the Dominion.
It would. prove the moms of the N. P.
The petitien whieh we are urged to
elan indulges in an ungenerous sneer Department, 'and also of the fact that 1 have
at the " small foundry" in Montreal. already attained the age of sixty-five years, to
That it is a small affair is not a fact
contemporary argned throughout the
election campaign that proteetioul
would not increase the price of farm
produce one cent, we don't ee why it
should now kick up a fuss -about the
low duty. But we must remember
times change, and why shoeldn't our
contemporary's opinions change with
them ? He was ab one time an ultra-
protentionist : he left ns he bees his
folly and repents. Weavelcome the re-
turn of the prodigal.
• --se
Tian followiug, whieli we clip from
the Eganville knIbprise, seems to me
to be about as sensible as anything we
ha,veread in a long time about bank-
rupts and. bankrupt laws :
"No doubt amendments to the Bankrupt
Law are required which will remedy the work-
ings of the Act now in force. But we aro of
opinion that the only way to prevent a continu-
ance of the numerous failures which take
place in business is to curtail the system of
credit, which has been carried to excess.
Wholesale houses have been too prone to sell
their goods to young mon commencing busi-
ness without capital or experienee, and who,
consequently in the most of cases, have been
unable to meet their engagements, and failures
have been the result."
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THE following totter was written by
Mr. Lesslie,lode Postmaster in Toronto,
to the Postmaster -General:
Web. 5th, 1879.
beg, in view of my long and I believe
I may say faithful services in the Post -office
ask you to recommend, that 1 may be placed on
that should make any Canadian feel the superannuation list,
I am
proud. The nucalled-for sneer at a , Your obedient servant,
Canadian inetitntion its rather humili- IOSEPlf LBBBLIE, P.M. •
siting to the Canadian people. It 'The request contained therein was
touches their national ' feieling ; it re- complied with; in facethe Postmaster -
minds ns painfully of the feet that the
utipatriotio. policy Of the Government General was powerless to prevent the
In the past has conduced to brieg our inperanuation efeeeretaselie. Yet we
industries to such a low state that they
eau be made the Ilea for the jibes and
sneers of foreign capitalists. It re-
hear the Oppoeition declaring that this
wv.s.a disgrateful job.
amingmnamia.......m.ammasn...•••••••
minds us 'that the " small foundry" Tan 'wriest. advanced and the mast
has-been welleitigh strangled by an
originel free trade paper ...in the west
evil policy ; bnt the petition imbues; ne
with the hope that uuder the enewistated laet week in an article of teanti-
i order of things it will 'tee strengthenedsimplicity, that the fermers were de,
land ere leng hike the promiuent Ptace l'etived by the promises of the protec-
it should occepy among the imporeaut tioni
'steeaud that they bad now roused
I • • • y. e hope
Messrs. Millerdes Richard will see theirl themselves "from their nightmare of
way clear to publishing these eetith
coramon•xense anti reason,b0 a full"— hitt
other comments, as they promised to what followed we have not yet been able
do, if we would exprese 01.11.* opheions 1 to interpot. This original expression
is deeidedly original. The author of
it nedoebtedly wrote it in good faith,
because when he is -attacked with
"common sense and reason" it must
be in his dreams, when he probably
believes it to be it nightmitret Ew nail°
nihil fit. That,ii b8, anyhow.
estA., thus practically shutting out of
''..-their territory all foreign :competition,
netrenetlisning their OW11 matinfectnr-
• ere, and eitesieg the employment of a
• large amount of skilled labor. Anteri-
'ca,r, and Scotch foundries eetab1isbe0
agencies ..in .Cariada, and the money
• they Obtiti.11ea, from Canadian prieters
was sent to their respectivecountries
W -support Yankee • and .Scotele type-
- makers. The field for 'the' Canadiao
enterprise has been circlimbeeribed on
the one hand beeforeigu duties and on
the other • Inhad by tho'fatuoue trade
policy o. our own Government, elio
sew ourindroitriee .stlently throttled,
and yet 'related to raise a hand to their
assistence. • It hee had .no chance to
eetend its hnsinete. Ib is kept nut of
the United States, and. had to seethe
small bite at hometsharedby therrapee
chins sereerietet eagle, It het; been
robbed. by Atteritati greed -and ehattitt
led by fol'eigIivoaibb, nue -hereafter
we liopeeto wee a different State of itit:
' 'We -t hope to " teets '.4tatth'elt1e a.
'rot:later 'Of
1.1•••••••••••••••••••MINISonmeta.. .01.411I
HOW THE MONEY -WENT.
'Among the lednrearreotred for in the
Pnblic Acconnts 0 armittee e•few deys
ago, was one byMr.K1vsrb regardiug
certain expenditares made by Mr. Hugh
Sutherland in the North•weot. In 1870
and .77 Sntherhtnd disbnrsed some
$70,000, and theitems of the ncoonnt
aro of a meet interesting. character.
For instant:0 JOhn },10111111(1 wits Thad
$241, made lip of bitzIey at $8 a -beetle],
1411..1.•••••••avverwm•••6 on. wome...6,
Ma. Jona Baicine nits been asking
theCulouial 'Secretary if the Home Gov-
ernmeht are, propane to allow the Do-
minion Government to car:y the new
tariff into -operation, as it will injnro
son to say Mr, Bright had any selfish
motive in making the above ingeiry.
Nevertheless, we'll riek the treason.
TH4 Globe and other wise journals
are parading the opinions of the Lon-
don 'Aim on tbe new tariff, evhicheays
the Yankees wig " retaliate tariff with
tariff." During the Tast.'fewdlayetthe
Globe and other papers dfthe sanaetkind
have been telling of numerous instenoes
where &Were have added the ainonnt
of the tariff to the prize of their good's.
Tiiis, of course proves to the satisfac-
tion efehose who wish to be satisfied,
thet thee:mummer pays the duty. Ad-
mittinythis 'forth° moment, it strikes
us as very foolish of the Amerieans to
inerease their duties, and thus impose
an additional burden upon their own
people. A.M1 it' they do retaliate, what
'difference is it going "to make to Cana-
dians ? We wou't pay the duty,so what
do we caro? If the Yankees want to
'choke themselves we needn't weep. Of
coursethe Yankees will certainly "re-
taliate" for they are so spiteful thee
they will injure themeolves beoeuse we
have injured ourselves in what W8 fool-
ishly thought was a benefit tous and
an injury to them. We tried to hurt
them and hurt ourselves, and they are
going to get even by 'following our ex-
ample. 'Quite likely.
ONE day last week, our member, Mr.
Bishop, called in at this office. He
pointed out a serious inaccuracy which
has crept into Mr. Jackson's pamphlet,
wherein Mr. Bishop is said to have
received two yeare pay in twelve
months.. This is too 'bad. Mr. B.
says the correct gine is .one year and
ten days, and we,hasten to give him
thetenefit of.the correction. We can-
not allow him to be defrauded of those
ten days, though most people will fail
to see much difference between one
year and ,ten months and one year.
This is the most serious error that
Mr. Bisbee) has been able to find in the
pamphlet, Mr. Jackson, however,
ought to make the amende honorable.
TEE EASTERN QUESTION.
THE annuls OIROULAR—A PROTEST FROM
TEE PORTE, —TEREISTE MILITARY PRE-
' PARAT1ONS.
London, March 25.--:A Vienna de-
spatch says the Russian circular draws
attention to the unreadieess in which
the time 4zed for evaoutiou will prob-
ably find Eestern Roumelia. The air -
cuter suegests that the International
Commission, if supported by a mixed
corpeecould, after completing the con-
stitution, and having it sanctioned by
the Ports, return to Phillippopolis, and
in concert with the Governor appointed
by Turkey, euperintond the introduction
of the Oor.stitution. Front communi-
cations already exchanged between the
powers there seems every probability
of the Itustian proposal being favorably
received by all, except Turkey. Prob-
ably with a view to await the result of
the circular the Ozitreejourney totLiva-
dia has been postponed. !
Vienna, Mare') 25.—It is stated that
the Porte hes.formally protested to the
Powers againstthe Systeme tic exindsiou
of Mahoir)ined.am froreEt Ruu
1 melia brIeulgarians.
Constantinople, Merch 25.—A Turk-
ish man-of-war has been ordered to
• Greece, end others are ordered to' -be in
readiness to follow.
Tirnovadespatch earl 1iGueslio,
• a leading Bulgariatrin hal:haat of Phil-
ippopolis, letatstarted for ithe European
capitals to endeavor to Obtain some
modification of the preeentairangement
for the Goverenteet of Ertstern Rom -Le-
lia. • Ile has been advised to confine
hie efforts to the single point of Recur
g 8.. European Governor for the Pro -
view. This would be a fair comma).
misel. and wonal probably prevent any
serious onterealts.
A despatch Nm
u.:Vienna Bey& Russell,
is strenuously endeavoring to obtain an
alteration of the Trolley of Berlin re-
garding Eatiorn Bulge:ries and a lively
correspondence ie proceeding.
• Athens, March generelly
believed the powers will insist upon a
reetiecation of the frontier, in ecooe.
dance .with the recommendations ofehe
Berlin Congress. 'Athens newspapers
declare that interene disturbaucee aro
inevitable if they.do not.
London., elaeoli: -Vienne 'de-
spateer says -lit is reported that the Res.
dart eirculree is signed hy M. Degiere,
Assistant Miiiisiter of Foreign Affaire,
not 'by :Thine° Gortscbaltoff. This
'would alone ehow that Schouveloffs in.
fittenee Las °nee ..ErlOr0 prevailed at a'
decisiveemoinent.
',A Vienne despech etritee that Prince
Dendohkeff Itorsekoff has apart been
Instrutited -to situp nselese proorastina.
ition. in titlieherhilganian ttAtisetibly, stA
elatdthattebeeziefixedeeeteidtdelut itbeteitki-
petatoes iD rola carrots at $1, bee_ British trade with Canada. The Tory
obaaw," amounts . were teeee Governmeut replied that the Dominion
from the ,Thulson Bay Co., theeitems ,4104. thadidgilt °faelfPvernm" "d
being elate as those Salt at: 250 a howevertinuch they might regret thrill
the ditties have been Increased,eet they
stadia not interfere. Mree10111113right
is aLiberal, in his -own opiuion, and
yet he thinks that Canadians mush Silt-
riiiter' their •own' in tereets savoy time
theydneppen todeoufliet ewith those di
English eootton‘ lords, ,of which John
Bright, remarktible as the io ireumetence
of the coenety the' festive tSetherland
may seem, envie:see tilythappene isto be
and 'hie 8 iitigh ty at, file
fitpsnso f peetvese an a th,&tie4ap. OM, is4Motlill'ILEgfre kitid bfilibertele
op reettel 6f, the'iikttl'IG, dteethealent. eteeenrett.it woulalkcoemillron.
-pound, apples' et '500 a round, flour at
.80e, sitar ate 5fte, timer '.$20 tie bag,
°peer': saltrati $1 a pOtilid, soap at,75c
it box. ',Then then were largo sums for
'canned peetelatsegreeneemees, pears end
selondensed "dent, .thocelete,
•cocoitoriartnalidle 'and other.naidties,
• eh oteing /that in spite ef tho refinetilties
die of April, by which time, if the dee
bate On the constitution isnot oomplete
ed, the election of a Prince must pro. -
coed, and he be left to iutroduce the
constitution.
Loudon, March -26.—A Vienna 01)1c.
respondent says intelligence bee been
received from -Janina that Muklitar .
Pasta has quitted ,Previsa, Tnrkey
willtaks necessaay measures for the de-
fence of Epirus eta Thessaly. Multh-
tar ,Pasha has asked for 40.000 men
and 100 cannon for the loetifieatiou of
the wariothefrentier towns,
!
Departure of the Centralia Party for the
Northwest.
During the past ••few -weeks the meet
prolific topic of oonversation 'in this
seotion, next to the " National Police',"
Las been Manitoba and the great North-
west Territories of the Domivion. Mr,
Thonme Greenway, en his retnen from
an ex.tendedetour in Manitoba last fall,
went through the surroundieg country
lecturing and painting .up with vivid
'colors the advantages possessed for
the poor ,and struggling .man by the
Prairie ,Proviuce. He expatiated on
the richness of its virgin soil, the al -
moat limitless expanse of its area, now
cnoupied only by feathered songsters or
trodden by the 'untamed buffalo or
waited by the eohoes of the prairie
doge howl. All who -could counnaud
the requisite funds, and possessed
brave hearts, were advised to follow
the " course of empire," and
• 'Ving their way to western climes,"
but haviug no wings, they have done
a much more rational thing and taken
the .cars. The excitement was TalSed:;
the news of the riches that awaited the
earnest plodder aud patient worker
et read on the wings of the wind; the
elanitoba fever seized upon the people.;
farms were sold at a sacrifice, sittua.
tions thrown up, and extensive prepara-
tions tnatle on every hand for the he-
gira, from Egypt to the Canaan cif
Canada. . Centralia—the home of Mr.
Greenway—was the headquarters of
the movement. Arrangements were
made to stint on the 25th of the rxion't
for Reck Lake region, about 18 miles
north of the Intereational boundary,
and a brisk trade has been dote by the
merchants of the vicinity of the limas of
goods which would be most useful In
the "groat lone land." On Tuesday
last atilt° a number of wagons, laden
with bedding, pots, pans, kettles, with
here and there a stray article of house-
hold furniture'paesed throtegh Exeter
on the way to Oentrelia. An immense
crowd, nraubering several hundred,
flocked to the little village from tall
parts of the neighboring country to see
the voyageurs off and shower their good
wiehes upon them. .Very few women
went with the party, it being deemed
advisabie to leave the gentler sex be.
hind in oomfertable homes until some
Preparations have been made to receive
them properly in their far-off future
homes. At Centralia the Greenway
party was joined by a large party from
Listowel, Lucknow, Wmgham, and
other places up north. and elsortly after
nineso'cloek the huge train, numbering
24 cars, freight and passenger, wider
charge of Conductor Brown, steamed
out of the station yard amid the in-
tense enthusiasm of the assembled mul-
titude, who crowded the platform and
grounds adjacent, waving handkers
chiefs, shoutiug hums, and bidding a
foud good-bye to those who were going
on the long and toilsome journey to
make their homes here the sun de-
clines. At -London the party was aug-
mented by a few other persons, who
had gone ahead to await their arrival
at that point. • Of the company seveh
were from Exeter, viz..: S. Oke, 8,
Handford, T..HandfordeJ. Creech, W.
Dewe Z. Johns.
When Mr. Greenway was up in Man-
itoba he east his Oy0 upon a coutile Of
totvnehips, ":the fairest in the hied,"
audio these heinteuded . to settle' hie
party, but he has received iuformation
within the last 'few weeks' that the
march ,of eivilization has been faster
even than ho anticipated, and that the
choice hted he had selected. has been
titken up by earlier emigrants whotave
beetegoing iuto the Province all winter
—sethat their final destination is not
yet knewn to the • Centralia pnrty.
They expect te reaoh Emerson by, Sat'
Imlay, and thence they will proceed by
wagon and other conveeance to an
unoccupied district. No doubt they
nig eeperienee many difficettios and
haveeit toilsome, tiresome journey be-
fore they reach their locations ;, brit.
they are borne rip by etrong and 4eope.
fu 1 hettrts, trustiogtlnit the aiffigeltioa
whieh Ties before them are but 11.7atin-
pleasant forerunuers. of brighter 'days
to -come. •
6-1.04-4
n‘fr. Wm. &sett, of Brucefield; has
rented the 'farm he lately purchased
from Mr.edenSberp to Mr, de .0aineron
fir five eyears - at :eae yeaely renta1 oted
eileefes