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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1892-11-24, Page 4sk Sles Ia••ER,,Props, CI.I SDAY, NQVI 24th 1892 i JU} ENI:L,1 DELTZvQUEN'TS, For some years :t number of able and philanthropical gentlemen ]fail,e been earnestly preasiug tlie Ontario govern- ment to do something for juvenile de- linbueuts• Our present system is one eminently ealculated toeducatechild' ren to crime. It is based upon the ekl, cruel notion that crime calls for vin. lict,ine punishment. IIappii;y, the. Sorb:] is receiving better ideas on the subject. Meir still hold that society roust be protected against evil•doers; but Hwy coulee to hold to the theory that the protection necessary involves the ii,liietion of pain A, criminal who -z. n o can -ho turned into an honest man is of more value to the coiriniunity than one eolith:mod and hardened into his ways by brutal treatment. We have: no son, timeetal tears to shed .over the deiiber• ate ill -doer who suffers thea inevitable consequencesof his acts. Society; must be protected, if it becomes necessary to' imprison 1iim,or every puthim to death: he must not complain. ' But it is maul.. feat that iio more punishment should be inflicted upon him than is necessary to secure the end in view, It has 'been said that most •: criminals are iucatablo of reformation and that they are rat her eiacotuaged in crime by kindness than weaned from. it. , We doubt that. But, however, it may be with adults. It certainly is not true with children. They can be educated into honest ways;. . but they certainly will not be so edu- cated under one present system. Boys caught•in the com;ri2isslon of petty of fences are put behind the bars before trial, and is too many cases are sent back to the common jails after convie• tion to associate with older offenders andtake new lessons in crime. What is needed is an industrial school in which children may be . confined, and in ,which they will receive" instruction in the common branches of education, in morals and in other use of tools. Is it not creditable to this province that children may be reclaimed and become t;tseful'citiLens rather than be premitted to drift down that fatal pathway -which is only to easy for tender feet: It may be said that the work here indicated, is one which should fall upon the munici- palities. But a moment's reflection will show that it is•one which individ- iia] 'municipalities cannot conduct with economy or with reasonable pros• pacts of. success. Schools of the find here referred to should be large insti. tutions in which specially traited teachers should be employed, and in which the children could be graded ac- cording to their ages and the nature of their oifenes. The pros -ince has al ready taken a:step in the right direct- ion by establishing the reformatory at Penetanguishine, It shoaald . take the next step of providing at some conven dent point, for children whose offenses do not call for their imprisonment at the reformatory, but who nevertheless come under the censure of the law. If the proyince cannot afford one or more industrial schools Iet the government establish the schools and require the municipalities to pay for the maintain - once Of the inmates, IMPERIAL FEDERATION. r l . r ral at in r- e 1: Whatever opinion's . may be: ente tained as to the feasibility of Impear' Federation, there can be no doubt th the Dominion of Canada is coining for a full share of netice in the moths land as well as in other countries: Th visit last year to this country of Co Vincent C.13', and M. P. for ,Sheffield, and the recent discussion of federation and theUnited Empire Trade ' before. the British Chambers of Commerce,- have tended to bring Canada to the front and to advertise her resources be fore the commercial world. More re- cently, the able speech of the Tion. 14Ir. Foster, Canadian Minister of Finance, delivered in Englund before the Feder: ation League in the presence of many distinguished persons, has thoroughly Inpressed the British public with the importance of Imperial Union While differences Of opinion as to the basis of Federation have hitherto operated in delaying a practical scheme of action,. we observe by latest cablgram stoat 11 plan is shortly to be submitted to the Fedora tion League in London contain. iliac an outline of certain details sub- mitted ant- approved by the provision, el Cowici.l. Briefly stated the r, rrpurt proposes a federal OOtlncil consisting of repreSezitattives from Canada and the athet• Colo:lies, together with the Prithe 1Minister,of England and certain fotllf r •r I1 Prominent imbibers Of the Xtnper la! Cabirtet• The main principle fn. r volved in the proposed Council is un- animity of senUnieut �tmoug its mem bels i;i dealing with foreign nations, This is so far se good, And Canada has to thank its High Commissioner for the measure of progress already Wined towards a definite scheme of federation, The que,etion of a prefer ential tarriff to be arranged between the United Kingdom ;and the Colonies is what most materially concerns this Domizii.on, and this feature of federat- ion has so far met with general ap. proval lir high quarters, although the Cobden elements stili rinds its warm ad voeates, Lord Salisbury has spoken out ver decidedly in favor of a pre ferential tariff for the Empire; and ac• cording to the present appearance, the time is not distant Then the ex Prem • ier and Mr. Balfoar, the Conservative leader in the House of Commons, will resume the reins of government and' adopt a policy which will be beneficial alike to Britain, in her present com- mercial depression, and the Colonies whose interests are more or less bound up in. Imperial union. THE UNITED STATES FARMER Tho United States farmer is "almost ruined." Such, at least, is the opinion of a writer in the Nineteenth Ce who must surely be unaware t high an authority as Sir Riebard Cart- wright has frequently stated that the only salvation for the fanner of Can- ada is to be found in a system of conti- nental free trade, which would giye him the same marlet,provide him with the same tariffregulations, afford him the same privileges of taxation, and give him practically the same system of government as the American farm- er has had for a hundred years past, and which, according to Mr. Maitland,. has made hien "sick unto death." But the statement stands, and the writer endeavors to prove it. He .had. not the object lesson before him of the recent elections, whish, if they prove anything, show that a vast number of farmers in the United States are de- plorably discontented and miserably poor, in spite of having possessed for a long period that many miilioned market of which we have heard so much upon �n Canadian i platforms. atforms. Mr. .Maitland points out to his English aud- ience, that the American farmer pays no rent, whieh is true only in a quali- fied sense, because the number of ten- ants is daily and yearly increasing, but that ;he pays a much' worse thing—interest `on his mortgage "In every State of the Union mort "gages are increasing with amazing rapidity.. Yet they cannot keep pace ,with the necessities: of the farmer, and ordinary lenders are beginning to fight shy of farming land as an investment. The rnort„agee exacts usurious inter est as a rule, and, if not paid promptly, as is too often the ease, it runs at com- pound interest, until a new loan is made and finally the mortgage has to be foreclosed, The writer of the article was appar- ently unable or unwilling to gips fig ures, but the New York World has re- cently furnished a table compiled from the census returns which will be suf- ficiently convincing as to the truthful- ness of his statements along . the . line: Mortgages Mortgages Increase States recorded recorded of; 1889 Alabama 10 1880 in 1889 over 1850 Iowa S;2 610,501 .� 18,419,149 $10,80$,815 Illinois 28,906,447 50,902,370 21,996,923 76,929 137,761,456 81,485,572 Kansas 18,425.285' 86,082,244 87,456,950 Nebraska 94,373,585 A5,087,550 13,713,684 ,0,915.7 0 37,772,965 Missouri 21,142,989 80,9x5,794 5(i,77i>,997 An increase of 4260,000,000 in nine years for seven agricultural states, Statisticians have also estimated from the general census : results that the private indebtedness of the people,:se cured on real `estate alone amounts to 8,000,000,000, a sum far in advance of the increase in` population or wealth. And the New York World says very truly that: "`This enormous burden is bearing. its natural fruit, Thu pressure of debt is 'Ioreing the people to part with their homes au farms, Froin a home -mini - log, free .wed i1,uepetldeut people tiidy are surebeing 1\ converted t 1 ere • dzto r t it 2 tet t ant holding people The land is pass' into the hands of large fielders," No wQudor that ,American farm- er first migrated westward, and is now moving ipi•thward into' Canada in search of better opportunities and less burd..usorne conditions,— 6'mpbe, The annexation meetine• announced by Mr, h A. MacDonald for 'Thursda;y, night last in Toronto, was attended, beside the reporters, by one man only and he wasn't an atnnexationist. The. Torontopapers that have been firing big guns at the "movement" will per haps be able to see, now, that they have been wasting ammunation, F Public 'School Teachers, .rhe Tuptls' Work front Nelrools of tills l0°spenturate, '1'he teachers of Nest Huron are re- quested to assist in preparing a collect• jou of pupils' work from the, schools of' tills inspectorate an accordance with he following' circular issued by. the Education Department. The quality 1 the work done in our schools is such hat 1 srn satisfied - a very creditable collection may be sent from West Hue on. Each School should begin the. vork at once, and prepare as many writing, drawing and' boot: keeping books acid speeitmcns as possible. Be sure the specimens are of the sizes named. Send the best work done to me not later than February lst,so that I may forward thein to the Depart- ment in time. JNO. ELGIN Tore, Public Goderich, Nova 19th, 1899001 Inspeetor. 0 t ntury, r hat so i A CIRCULAR TO INSPECTORS AND ?DAGGERS. DAAR SIa,—I am directed by the acting Minister of Education to invite the. co operation of inspectors and teachers in the preparation of a col- lection of pupils' work from the schools of Ontario, to be exhibited at the World's -.Columbian Exhibition, to bo held in Chicago 1893, To keep up the reputation which the educational ex- hibits from the provinces have already achieved in England, France and the United States, it is desirable to make rly Ails'. old er, na er, inch ng he 7; of e, fps be ld in m- rs k, ho t h e f y .P el the exhibit as attractive and as fai representative as possible of the pup ordinary school work. For the ordinary exercises it wo be well: to haye white foolscappap such as is generally used at eal. tions; for writing, large letter pap and for specimens of drawing, incl ing map drawing, ordinary drawl, paper. will be the most suitable, t sizes being 8} by 11 inches, 11 by 1 or 17 by_ 22 inches.. At the foot each specimen the name of pupil, ag form and school should be given. SI' for the purpose, if required, will furnished by the Department. A list of such specimens as wou fairly illustrate what is being done our schools is annexed. It is reco mended that public school teache send specimens of their pupils' wor thus prepared, to their. inspector, w will make a selection of the five bes of each kind, and forward them to thi Department The principal of eac high school and collegiate Institut will in like manner send an exhibit o the work of his students. In this' wa there will be afforded an opportunit of showing the best work of kind don in each public school inspectorate,. and in each high`. school and collegiate in- stitute. It is desirable that the writen exercises should include specimens ee each subject taken up, and may be se lccted from answers from "pupi,s at an examination. Special care may be tak- regarding the specimens in drawing, map drawing, etc, provided the . work is executed by the pupils. The specimens should be' sent to this Department, by the` inspector or hip.•h school principal,not later than the 15th of February, in order to allow time for any necessary framing or binding in. book form' before being sent to Chicago Yours truly, ,TONIN MILL AR, Education Department, Deputy Minister Noy. 3rd, 1892. LIST OP SUBJT7CTs. 1. Kindergarten Work; 2. Writing—.Copybooks. " Specimens of writing. 3. Book•lteeping—,Sets of Books. " —Commercial forms PRIZE PUZZLE. E. IVO PRRZ S FOR STUPID Pl1rl 'LIS. ' ifeer,. f SPANISH' P TUX;QR4AQ es PANIOsU RZM]SDY,Aeasily, quickly and A GuAn4nwatinspecific for Fits and Nearai5ia,hfyste Hysteria, D3zzine s, Convlsions, Nervous Prostration caused by" the use o l Tobacco or , Alcohol. le hol. Loss ,g5 Power in either Sex, Involuntary Losses caused \\, , r indalgenee, We guarantee six boxes to cure anyca refund the money. $r a box. 6 boxes for $S. Addre s p'. S. e lei Sefand u A1, r>~A uslti; Co,. Detroit, Mica. s R n pan. roes Oft8 AN yah �ediGlP,B ,For sine alp l•xetex, by .1. W. Brownint;-: .sold bq druggists. iioilr o :11714 5: 11.1 t,„� 4 oMmil li firfr,"afiF•R,vrfitl�il o ,s �;,'F� At nigh is always a trouble, and it i often an entile1y utmecessaty trouble zZ Pirtle Da iS IL! Errrl fs rept in the house. A few drops of this old remedy in a Hale sweet. ened water or milk, brings prompt relief. Sold everywhere. Have you seen the New. BIG ,BOTTLE Did Price 25 Cent 4. Drawing—Books. " -Specimens of. free haad, object drawing, indus- trial designs, etc. --Maps, plain and colored, raised maps --putting on papier macho, ou slates, or card -board. 5, Specimen g p pages showul exercises, p n or answer papers in the various subjects of the high or public school course. 6. Natural science—Specimens of plants; woods, birds; etc. 7. Photographs -Buildings, grounds, laboratories, Gymnasiums, etc. 8; Miscellaneous—Any special work. ofthe pupils, as apparatus, etc. T ,anidet all Blow a 21Za sten ROBT. . BO �'Y w` 0 • Still takes the lead in the Furn- iture business. I am too busyurn- to call on people in need of .furniture, but please drop in mywarerooms a .d I will ti and and see n y stock y n � suit you in this'line. Qrdered work neatly done on, �' skaort®st notice. Remember 1 have also a handsome line, of Undertaking Goods always on hand. Y Any calls in this line Will be promptly tl satis- faction 1 p y attended to and guaranteed every time, Stand next Molson's Bank. e•q•� �y y� ROST. ° lSd• 1C3Oltt( Fi. When in need of a FALL SUIT R' a Mr ma CALL ON BERT. KNIGHT, The Clothier, Who gives the best satisfac- tion obtainable in the village. '19��1ITS• He also has a STONE,—In Usborne on the 17th zest., the wife of Edward Stone, of a son. Bleep.—At Greenway' on 6th inst., the wife of Thos Bell of a son. Cook.-lu Dashwood on 15th inst., the In his quarters; wife of Philip Cook of a daughter. Over F. J. Knight's Grocer SIINS'.nR.-1n Usborne, on the 19th Store, inst,, the wife of Robt Skinuer of s daughter. WILsole.—Fairfield, on 22nd dist., the' wife of Relit. Wilson of a son. C��ice aNk to Ze1Q�t from Your. Patronage Solicited. BERT. CF'T:Y(P'r 6flt7� ETRE. A complete stock of Pure and Reliable Drugs ALWAYS REPT. PUirjt ilIONC14031 f JJr11i$t's I� liss At right and reasonable prices. Prescriptions ° and Family Rooeits Carefully Prepared. Wi&i's 0011011OnPoi&Ir the best in the market. C. LITTZ, PROP. gyp. � �,p{,� 6i 1 4 f�. • �q R t, T S4A. President of the United States, Great excitement prevails. But the exeitem.ent is not half sogreat by low prices at as that caused 9 Having purchased the Furniture W I wish to inform th a1 erooms and Factory lately occupied b own e people of Exeter and surrounding noun p 3 .Aced in my Show Rooms,'a first-class stock b country, that. Y have just ]aced i ocl� offurniture----nay make. p n REMEMBER, c , These are not factor made`o 1�: pieces the but, �, Y goods, that you buyone day next, are ;guaranteed to be of first-class Y and they fall the strongest filst class da:•y material possible manner and of the latest designs andand put together in the lowest. �, finish, with prices- lower than work receives my prompt attention. T� 1y�son W. Andrew's Old Stand 2 doors North Town Hall; Exeter. 11-lomel They ';ill Celtic1 TJ;!eJ� NI CeincI Prom, alb. the Sider©ad s- rind. Concessions to ,Un Vit}Lw "ieJ V �, C by �„� •'....px lin the above sketch Six Paces are to be Pound.) illeptbprietorsof Tut 11u,uiq Finan; 81o8ru Will I ivtiafref,•CCaag U Very best make (valued at $'it,O),to the person who can first lirigltt g iaonb, oft e At .._71, for the Second cnrrectanswer, sA On tower> •drob :, crvat(i afj,dai.Co+t for the thi rd Cerreet 're , r. A Solid Gold Walton for' each of , eti (va swe s, $fA Tori Dollar Geld Piece tor, the next three correct a.ti»wer's, the next ttvti correct answers,• A i'very 3oCteStant i8 to cut out the Wilms, and make a ei'os4 with a load p send same to 10'1%1th ten three cent fibilfii f(e Stamps kir 80 cents tri silvernihil on the six Saces and Soh to The 1 itc}ics Mule 1Gi'0Yitiil,q,. which 7s thy, best ladies: riblic SVc will+;rive rxi the bet ten reri'eet nn )for three mentals su})nn,1 n Valuable prize, will 3thhe bbl answers received each a handsome Canada. ine£ q am , and prizen have been will altiled wen to ever peisoo' who is xble to answer n a the 'l1e, rerflde Dire • w Every prize in thist receive first t ra i Be sure and ansti�es to.r1 y reliable enefose�3 0 csnts,'and von m a fatttrfiitly hlvaresr Oitp' boubas �tdddrea6 (11) tartlet Reran littytiahhl.v, 10:tKurt; Fit.. liar o4. �i'.,eces. _ may rece +'e n valuable prize for volar .ThePhe envelope wallah Cbttt ti' ewer the h ebu$ correctly until Silty enve • hs eorrcet onSw,er heaving .. i in order r n first postmark rug received. s rin..l,maik _r . • .�. full ,. syr - t,o _ tilt are competition �. Made alta d L I P on ill b Of Loves, Hardware, Tinware, Paints, Oils, Class. In fact, everything in the Stock—which is fist-class—will be sold at a Bargain. POSITIVELY AT AND BELOW COST.. Having tn.chased, at the , low rate of`4J 'Cela s' ondollar, • the della], The LARCE EIa RUP i STOOK e will fox. the .ext C Y � Slaughter the .Goods, Gr00C1S; If you require e anything in our hue buy b qatOnceandfor save murrey, xlevel, before Fere, llissctt's Old Stand, Exeter, 5 Cly bargains oferecI