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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1887-2-3, Page 4grim ° ; e er mos. UFEB. 3rd, 1887. T.k'IP N, P. AT HOME. It has, indeed, been a feeble but ri persistant cry of the Reform press and leaders during the past number of years, tli(it the country was more ,pros, porous under Reform rule than under Conservative government ; and that pro- tection was detrimental to the interests of the country rather than ti benefit, injur- ing the poorer class while the few mann- faoturers fattened thereby. Manufactur- ing is not carried on to any great eitent in Exeter, but we would give our readers the amount of business done exclisively for the Northwest by Messrs. W. H, Ver- ity & Son, founders and machinists, dur• ins the eight years of National Policy. 1880, to the amount of $2,500 1881 " " 46 443,000. 1882 " " 44 " 4,500 1Q883 " `` " " 5,500 1884 46 44 44 • " 7, 930 188 44 44 5 415,800 1886 " " "4 8,813 Or a total of $38,043 Win le agricultural Implements to the above amount were shipped from Exeter to Manitoba during the eight years of Sir John Macdonald's reign, not a farthing's worth was sent from this place during the Mackenzie:regime, or that period for which we had freetrade. The people may ask why these articles could not have been manu- factured then ? Simply because the imple- ments were sent in from large manufac- tories of the United States free of duty, and placed upon our Markets at prices that could not be competed with by our manufacturers, who were then working on a vastly smaller scale. We may safely say that all implements now sold in Manitoba are of Canadian manufacture. The trade is kept at house, and so is the labor. All of which is attributable to the N. P. Itis rather strangethatwe are to allow the Yankees to glut our markets with their manufactures. It weans that we are to help pay their labor, while we do not receive one cent in return; and if goods of the same class were to be sent to the United States, a heavy duty would be imposed. In all fairness then, why does Mr. Blake wish to remove the National Policy ? Its is said the manufacturers only, are benefitted, This is not the case, the public at large are benefitted. The manufacturer of these articles, in ad clition to supplying the local trade, gives ackl tional employment, Which means Mtn iii .h y spent in Exeter. And if it were not that those articles were manu- factured in Exeter but imported from The U. S , the additional hands would not be required here. The farmer is also great- . ly benefitted as will be seen in another column. Electors, which are we to have: Free Trade or Protection ? Vote for the Protectionists, Sharp and Coughlin. We support Mr. Sharp because he has independence of mind, and will not be led about by his party, as Mr. Trow was duringthe debate on the Riel question. Mr. Trow voted that it was absolutely wrong tohang Riel. Electors, is he a man in whom you can confide ? THE Prohibitionists have just scored a signal victory in Michigan. On Thurs- day last, the Senate, now in session at Lansing, declared in favour of the sub- mission of a Prohibition amendment. The resolution was carried by a vote of 22 to 10. Sit. CHARLES TUPPER has again whipped himself into the traces. On Thursday last he entered the Dominion Cabinet as Finance Minister, resigning the High Commissioner - ship in England, and will contest Cumber- land, his former constituency, in the present election. The news will be read with plea- sure, as Sir Charles is one of the most able men that ever sst iu parliament, and as a Finance Minister has no equal—including Sir Richard in the calculation. Wenn has been received at Ottawa that the Government, in response to an appeal to the mother country, has just received as- surance from. the Imperial authorities that men-of-war will be dispatched to the Mari- time Provinces in the spring for the purpose of co-operating with Canadian cruisers in the enforcement of the fishery protective ser- vice. The promise of the English Govern. ment created great satisfaction in official circles, and indicates that .American vessels will be more rigidly excluded from our waters ringing the next seasonthan it the past. Tan Edmunds Bili has passed the United States Senate by a vote of 46 to 1. This bill, which has been discussed agreat deal 'since its introduction by Senator Edmunds; .is designed as a retaliatory measure to be used by the President; against Canada. The hill has its origin in the fisheries dispute between the two countries. In the event of Canada seiz- ing, on charge of violating our fisting laws, any more American fishing vessels found within three miles of the American shores, it will become the duty of the President to enforce the Edmunds bill. It gives him power to prevent any beat from entering United States ports, and to deny the' entry into the .United States of any Canadian salt or fresh fish. The passmg of such abi11 is proof positive that the Canadian •Government is justified in its course, from a legalpoint of view. While the American Government shuts our fish out from the market, we pre- -Mime they will be the losers, their sup1ply of fish will exhaust, rind the Canadians will find a market elsewhere, We have the bcst side upon which to work, and the Americana are aware of the fact. Vote for Sir John Alacdonalci, who fights ten is bitter end for Canadian rights, GIVE US HONEST ST Cl IrTIC1SM, 1 lila CAUSE. Grit orators and newspaper writeas ere in the habit of stating that the debt of. the Dominion is tree hundred Wil :on dollars; and they have repeated the fie - tion so often that they have conte to be- lieve it themselves. For the purpose of disabusing the minds of those) who have been misled by these wildstatements, we shall make an attempt to place the ques- tion before our readers in such a niasiuer that it cannot be misunderstood, When Confederation was agreed upon it became a condition that all Provincial debts then existing should be transferred to the new Doininiori. Acoorctiagly the following amounts were transferred in 1867 Upper and Lower Canada, ..., $62,500,000 Nova Scotia, 8,000,000 New Brunswick, 7,000,000 877,500,000 It will occur to the reader that the Conservative party cannot be held responsible for the above debts, as they existed before confederation. But this is not all. The 'following Pro- yinoial debts were also transferred to the Dominion subsequently:— Nova Scotia, in 1869 81,186,756 Manitoba, in 1870 472,090 B. Columbia in 1871 . , .1,660,20 Prince Edward Island, in 1873....4,927,060 $8,252,106 A re -adjustment of debt was again ask- ed for by the Provinces, with the result that further Provincial debts were as- sumed as follows :— A11 Provinces in 1873„ $13,386,989 " " 1884, 7,172,297 $20,559,286 If we add together the different ac- counts transferred from Provincial to Dominion ledgers we find the following as the total amount by which the Domin- ion has lessened Provincial debt, and fur which, it stands to reason, the Dominion Government should not be held account- able by the politicians :— Assumed in 1867, $77,500,000 Assumed from '69 to '73,. 8,252,106 Assnmed from '73 to '84,. 20,559,286 $106,311,392 Is it honest to hold the Conservative party responsible for the above debts which they never created, and which have been merely taken over by then be- cause they could consolidate them and pay a lower rate of interest than would be charged the Provinces ? Yet the Grit party seek tie hold therm a,c9nuntable, Such is their honest mode of warfare. Let us examine further. The total debt, including the above sums, is :— Total Provincial debts,. $106,571,785 Assumed by Dominion,. 106,311,392 $90,260,393 This shows that there has been con- tracted of purply Dominion debts ninety million dollars in round figures, and all criticism of the respective administrations which have held power in the Dominion should be based on those figures. Pursuing our investigations fur her we fluid that 840,000,000 of this ninety millions was contracted during the time Hon. Alex. Mackenzie was in power. This would leave fifty millions contracted by the Conservative party, which is altogether a different state of affairs to that represented by the Grits, who would like to have the people to believe the amount is three hundred. millions. But it happens that the Grit party are re- sponsible for about $10,000,000 of this fifty millions, for during the time Sir R. Cart- wright was Finance Minister he had deficits amounting to $4,500,000 in all. He also lost $4,800,000 in the Eeglish money mar- kets, when he sold our bonds at 87 cents on the dollar. These sums, amounting to $9,- 300,000, had to be made good by the .Con- servativh party, and were added to the pub- lic debt. ' Of the remaining fifty minions we ask the people if it was not well spent, seeing that we have public works which cost $147,340,697 ? The conclusion sensible people will arrive at after reading and digesting the facts here above stated is that it is to be regretted that the Dominion was under Grit rule, even for so short a term as five years, during which they involved the country in forty million dollars debt, while the Conservatives in four- teen years incurred debts of only forty mil- lions. The electors who wish their country well will hardly vote to hand over the man- agement of their affairs a second time to men who, from 1873 to 1878, showed themselves so stupid and incompetent. Every man in Huron Perth and Middlesex should vote for Reith, Sharp and Coughlin. Before the National Policy was inaugurated the windows of our merchants were full of American cottons, while now the goods can scarcely be found on our markets. Canadian cottons are substituted, Mr. Sharp is a believer in the Na- tional Policy. That Riel, the prince mover in the late rebellion, was the Instigator thereof there isnot a shadow of doubt. It was he who had the grieveneo, not the half-breeds, and in order to compel the iunoeent breeds to ally with kiln in his domande of the Govern- merit, Ire used mean and unscrupulous tae. tics. By deception he won the confidence of many of the leaders,who in a like manner athered into the fold the rank and file. They were led to believe that they were to become exclusive possessors of the North- west. It was upon these grounds that the late rebellion was inaugurated, not ill-treat- ment to the Indians end half-breeds, es the. Reformers would fain .have the people be- hove, The half-breed claims, with very few exceptions, were kept straight, Of 31 half-breeds of the Lake Qn'Appelle district who petitioned the Government in 1874 for land, sixteen had received scrip or land in Manitoba, six did not prove their claims, and nine received scrip certificates from the commissioner appointed in 1885. Of 147 residents of the Prince Albert settlement $6 had ebteiued their scrip in Manitoba, 71 did not prove their claims, and 40 received scrip from the commissioner, There were 276 half-breeds living in the vicinity of the Cypress Hills, who petitioned, and of these 101 bad obtained thein scrip in Manitoba, 161 did not prove their claims and 14 ob tallied scrip from the commission. Of 17 settlers at 117anitoba village who petitioned, five had obtained their scrip in Manitoba; four did not prove their claims cod eight received their scrip faom the commission. Of 115 settlers at Fort Qu'Appelle who pe- titioned, a.7 had reeeived scrip in Manitoba, 14 did not prove their claims and 44 obtain- ed scrip from the commission. In Septem- ber, 1882, Gabriel Dumont and 45 others, mostly French half-breeds, settled on the west batik of theSaskatchewan, in the Pring Al pert district, petitioned the Government, and of those, 36 had obtained scrip in Man- itoba and 10 did not prove their claims. From St. Louis de Langevin a petition was presented, signed by 32 half-breeds, and of these 24 had obtained their scrip in Mani- toba and eight did not prove their claims. Another petition from Fort Qu'Appelle bore 44 siguatures, and of these persons '10 had obtained scrip iu Manitoba, three did not prove their claims, and eleven obtained scrip from the commission. The rising, it will be remembered, was confined to the half-breeds of St. Laurient and St. Louis de Langevin, of whom 78 had petitioned the Government for scrip under the Act of 1879, and of these no less than 60 had ob- tained their scrip in Manitoba, and were en- titled to nothing, and could legally receive no other treatment than that accorded to other settlers in the North-west. This dis- poses of the alleged half-breed claims, and is sufficient proof that the uprising was caused by Riel, and Riel alone. And why he should not have been hanged is a mystery. He was perfectly sane during, and previous to the rebellion, and his murderous acts were done for self-aggrandisement. Riel Ives a man ui "reat intelligence and quick perception, ane any One considering his case fairly, could not but say he was properly dealt with. Had the sentence not been car- ried out, the effect on the Nerth-west would have been most disastrous, Among the English population of the North-west the feeling was more intense than among any other class, that Riel ought, in justice to society, to be hanged. Had he not received the punishment he deserved, those settlers who hailed from the Old Country would have written to their friends, and by what they said would deter others from coming to settle in the North-west, while others, then in the Northwest, would have left. The people wonld never consent that the brave volunteers who had endured such hardships for the country, should allow all their work to be undone by permitting the chief factor in the rebellion to escape his just deserts. It now rests with the elec- tors of South Perth to proclaim whether they will be represented by a loyal or disloyal citizen. Cesenieei four per cent. securities are quoted on foreign exchange at a premium. S Does this look like being on the verge of bankruptcy as the Grit oracles say. A voice for the National Policy means to clemaucl that the products of foreign pau- per labor shall be kept out of Canada ; a vote against the National Policy means that these products shall come into a restricted competition with Canadian labor. Are our Canadian laws against criminals to be respected, or are they to become defeasible ? Mr. Jas. Trow, by a vote on the Riel question, demonstrated that he did not believe in Canadian laws, Vote for 1 . F. Sharp, who is a loyal Canadian. an upright and straightforward gentleman, and a person who will make a first class I egieIator. rT has been stated, ostensibly for the, perp ,seof diverting votes from Mr, Coughlin, that ;d1:r, Slianoy is a Conservative. This is ;reoneone aad we counsel the electors nit to be deluded. Mr. Shipley is the' nnmfnee of the Reform Convention, and is contesting the Riding in the interests of the Reform party, as he did in 1882, against Mr. Coughlin. Vote for the Conservative nominee, who is a Conservative; and a true one, No Greenway about him. THE Conservative Association in St. Marys have opened rooms and are now mak- ing an active canvass in behalf of Mr. Sharp, .who is developing wonderful strengh, and promises to redeem the Riding on election day. The prospects are that South Perth will be represented in the next Parliament by a resident of the lidding. POLITICALLY the House of Commons, just dissolved, stood as follows : C L, Ontario 54 38 Quebec 48 17 Nova Scotia 16 5 New Brunswick 9 7 Prince Edward Island. , . - , 3 3 Manitoba 3 2 British Columbia,... 6 0 Total 139 72 Conservative majority 67. I-1 „)W T ' ROBS TUB FARMER,EAT GIFT SALE It has been, the persistent habit of the Reform press to maintain that by protec- tion, the Canadian farmer is being coni' pietely ray, he having to pay more for every article recpured for his daily house- ' hold stn s lies under the tariff than 1 1 if1 lain he for Clearu Out All Winter Goods. rnerly paid under the Free Trade policy of the Refornparty. To show that this charge which the Reform press brings Valuable /Pp resi/i_/ vf%Away.ay the N. P., is groundless, we subjoin a list Having' a few pieces of MEDIUM and HEAVY DRESS of prices, paid by the frrrner for neves- GOODS left consisting al ft series during Reform and Conservative , FOR THIRTY DAYS There can be nothing more cer- tain than that if our industries are killed off by the one-sided free trade policy of a Government, other manufacturers will have us completely at their mercy, and will be able to exact from us any price they may demand. There is a preventative in returning to power the Government of Sir. John Macdonald. Vote for Sharp and Coughlin. Mx. JAMES Tiaow, the Reform candidate for South Perth, together with sixteen others, voted for Mr. Landry's motion ; or that it was deci:ledly wrong to hang Riel, clearly demonstrating that he (Mr. Trow) believed the murderer and archtrai- tor Riel, to be a martyr antler. man who, for the acts he had perpetrated, should be honor- ed rather than condemned, Mr. Trow cannot deny this, his name appears uport the re- cords. Electors, ponder, and if, after a fair deliberation, you concur with Mr. Trow's, sentiments that Riel was a martyr, and an unjustly punished persoiiage,.;rceord your vote for him ; and if not, vote for Mr. Sh.wrp, an honest, upright and patriotic gentleman, --one who believes' that our laws with reference to murder, should be admin- istered with rigour, alike to all national - ties, none favored more than another. This demands serious consideration, from the fact that Mr. Trow has betrayed his trust. He must have either been sincere in his vote or clivi it as a mere metier of form. If the former, he deserves censure, ifthe latter, he deserves it doubly; he exhibited that he was there only as a voting -machine, to be led by the nose by Mr. Blake, And if he would vote recklessly on this matter, what are we to expect of him on other matters of public ,importance ? Vote for a man who is pos- sesseli(of.some stability. rule ram TnADL. Gray cottons per yd., White " s' c c Prints It ce Flannels 44 L4 Tweeds " !e Tess per lb. Sugar, common, 10 lb, for. Sugar, white, 8 lb, " Syrups, per gallon PROTECTION. GSVhiray te cottons" per yd,, " " Prints s, Flannels " 44 Tweeds " " Tees per lb., Sugar, common, 16tol8lbs. for $100 to 00 Sugar, white 13 to 14 " " 100 to 00 Syrups per gallon 30 to 75 It will be seen by the above compari- son that the fernier is not being `robbed,' but on the other hand greatly benefitted by the N. P. He actually saves from 25 to 38 per cent. under Protection. And in the face of these facts, the Reform press will howl and try impress upon the minds of the innocent that they are being desperately treated and robbed. They also claim that the National Policy does not provide for the farmer a home market for his grain, as was promised ; that he does not get a bettor price for his pro- duce than he did under Free Tracie. AU these statements are without foundation ; but notwithstanding that it has been proven to them they still persist iu urg- ing the statements down people's throats. Take the question of providing a home market. The following figures taken from the trade and navigation returns for the last fourteen years, gives. the total quantity of grain of all kinds, and grain products, entered for consumption, which of course show the amount of foreign grain and grain products consum- ed by the people of Canada, in place of grain and grain products grown by the farriers of Canada, Let us examine the figures :•- Sununary of the quantity of grain of iii kinds and products of grain, entered for consumption in Canada from 1873 to 1886 inclusive. Year ending 30th June. 7c, to 121. 10 to 15 12 to 15 45 to 50 100 to 150 58 to 150 8100 to 00 100 to 00 75 to 100 5 to 10 7 to 10 7 to 10 25 to 45 65 to 100 25 to 50 1878 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 Plow. and Meal, bbls. 521,937 504,676 618,586 524,577 845,511 544,781 535,392 Total for 7 years Free Tracie 4,095,460 1850 275,232 3881 376,783 1882 307,956 1883 396,448 18S4 661,600 1885 664,516 1886 326,798 Total for 7 years Protection 3,009,333 Total for Free Trade period 4,095,460 41,929,432 Total for Pro- tection period 3,009,333 15.006,105 Grain of all kinds, bush, 7,712,422 6,491,169 4,330,691 4,941,935 8,467,138 7,138,360 5,847, 717 44,929,432 1,789,564 2,218,808 2,260,439 1,892,829 2,078,859 2,156,047 2,009,559 15,006,105 Reduction un- der Protection 1,086,127 29,923,326 The 1,086,127 barrels of flour and wheat would be equiva- lent in grain 5,430,635 Making the total excess in bush. 35,353,962 Now what does this show ? It shows that under theNationalPolicy 35,353,962 bushels of Canadian grain have taken the place of that number of bushels which under the Free Trade policy, we import- ed from the United States. It shows that for the last seven years the farmers of Canada have had a home market for 5,000,000 bushels of grain a year, which, under the Reform regime, we purchased from the Yankees, and which we will again have to buy from them if Mr. Blake and his crew were returned to power. It shows that instead of furnishing employ- ment for American farmers, and putting money into their pockets, the. National Policy furnished employment for Can- adian farriers, and put money in their pockets. It shows that the cry of the failure of the National Policy to provide a home market for agriculture is false, and that instead of injuring the farmer the National Policy has proved an in- estimable benefit to him, The Canadian farmer leas not lost his reasoning, and, therefore, he is not likely to entertain any such contention of the Reform fea- therheads, that the National Policy has failed to give him a home market, when he sees with little perception that in seven years it has excluded 35,000,000 of American grain and made room for that quantity of Canadian produce. Of the two enemies choose the least injurioi fel and vote for Sharp and Coughlin, on the 22nd inst. In the fourteen years the Conservatives have been 111 power the total surpluses have amounted to $30.167,- 551. During the four years of Reform rule the total defi- cits amounted to $5,426,959. Electors which kind of Gov ernment do you prefer --thrid; of surpluses and prosperity, t p y' or that of deficits and hard times ? Messrs. Coughlin and Sharp support the govi er.nrrlent of <surpluses. 3 Pieces French all wool in Brown, Brone, and Garnet, at 40c. 2,Piecee French all wool in Cardinal and Myrtle, at 45c. 3 Pieces all wool Futile, in Navy,Black and Brown, , at 50o. 3 Pieces, Prune, Bronze and Burgundy, at 55c. 2 Pieces all wool canvass cloth,in Bronze and Brow at 66c. • Anyone buying 12 yds. or more of any of above 11 get 5 per ceent, off for cash and the choice of the fo owing, given in free 10 yds, of light or dark print ; 1 pair $1 corsets ; 10 yds. of check or stripe wincey ; 1 large lamp with shade ; 7 yds, best cotton shirting ; 1 sett glassware and 1 doz. nappies 1 doz. goblets ; 5 yds. good cottonade ; 10 yds. best grey cotton ; 1 doz, cups and sliucers ; 2 lbs. our 50c. tea ; 1 beautifull silk handkerchief ; or in buying 25 yds. or more of above goods ; 1 complete sett stone china dishes, 44 pieces. Also a Present of more or less value given to the purchas- er bf 12 yds. of any of our Dress Goods. Startling Reduc- tions in Tweeds, Overcoats, Caps, Mantle Cloths, Furs, and All Winter Goods, both in ladies and gents' wear. We are bound to reduce stock, so come and see what we will give you. No humbug, we always do as we advertise. Re- member for Thirty Days, you Get This Chance. Come Early for the choice, both of goods as well as to presents. EXETER, - ONTARIO. OTE IT 1 DON'T FOliGET PC In order to accommodate our rapidly increasing business we have had to Enlarge Our Premises, and now have room to show the B T £Q =V`";a STOCI Os fardware, Tinware, Stoves, Etc _:jr.l.°LTOWN :- ---((oo)) If you want a STOVE OF ANY I{IND, we can supply you and guarantee Prices Right sr - If you intend building, Call and Get Our Prices for NAILS, LOOKS, HINGES, PAINTS, "" OILS, LEAD, EAVETROUGHING, ETC., Ir WILL Per You. If you want TINWARE, COPPERWARE, or Anything in That Line, y Strike the Right Spot when yon call at BISSETT If yen want STQVE COAL, BLACKSMITH COAL, SCALES, SPADES, SHOVELS FORKS, MACHINE, AMERICAN on CANADIAN COAL OIL, CISTERN on WELL • PUMPS, (snort), you will strike Rock Bottom Prices at 18 8 :E '1-' 13 :, ®S _ SOMETHING VALUABLE. -- Would inform the public that he has just received a large stock of Fresh G-roceries, Fruits, dcnfectionery, Biscuits, Oysters, Siscoes & Hac:dies. —Also Full Lines of— Pipes, Tobaccos, Cigars & Cigarettes. illa 'INTER GODS ECRU. C. SOUTHCOTT & SON Have just opened their Fall and Winter Purchases of Consisting of some of the Finest Pattern Goods to be had anywhere. —11 YOU*UIS ) [— A'Suit ma, ,e from these .cod.:, .,�, the Latest Styles g Y AND AT EXCEEDING LOW RATES, GIVE VE US A CALL. , O. SOUTHCOTT and SON, the Exeter Clothiers. 1