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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1893-4-27, Page 4;a' "I SANDERS & DYER, Props• ' f 0131/A, APRIL 2Ythi 1893 POINTERS FO11' TETE PEOPLE, We make r% apology, for not giving "Dur readers a few of the More salient points in the address delivered by the Minister of Trade and Commerce at the recent Kingston banquet. Because a great deal of misconception exists in the minds of many electors, ou the sub ject, especially of the tariff, for waut of better knowledge. And it is well when a ljr(iininent politician like Dalton Mc- Carthy chooses for private or personal reasons to abandon his pddicy of a life- time, nncl throw himself into the arms of the Opposition, that members of goy- ereinent should give to the public a fair statement of facts and figures to guide them towards a. proper judgment 'We have no hesitation in saying,' that if eloe ors would only take the trouble of reading and digesting the statistics and arguments furnished by the Fi- nance Minister iu his late Budget Speech, or the platform address of Ilon• Maekeuzie Bowel., there is no fear for whom they will record their votes. But to speak of the point—the ..sinister of Trade and Commerce emphasized Damon;;• other things) the following particulars: - 1. That according to Dalton Mc- Ca.thy's own admission the present Government, ever since they have been in power have advocated and practically adopted " tariff reform "— as the following figures will prove. In 1878, when the Conserve,tives came in to power trade was in a most depressed condition and heavy deficits were roll' ing up—to meet which loans had to be negotiated in England at ruinous rates of discount. Since the accession Sir John Macdonald;and his friends to office, the policy of protection has built up nativeint'aistries, the num- ber of employes has vastly increased and the volume of wages has been larger by hundreds of thousands of dollars than in 1878. 2. That the Conservative Govern- ment has neutralized the power of "combines" in trade, either by putting articles on the free list or lowering the tariff to such an Cextent as to make combines comparatively harmless But St is wrong to suppose that combina tions in trade are the neceesar a result of a protective policy—because they exist in free -trade England as well as under the high protective system of the United States. 3. That such was the extent of tar iff reform carried out by the Conserve,. Live Government that taxation, so far from being on the increase, was ma- terially reduced by their policy—as the following figures will proye: In 189a the customs duties collected were $1,200,000 less than in 1882; $2,500,000 less than 1883: $200,000,000 less than in 1887; and $3,500,000 less than in 1890! Figures are given to show a total saving by the present administra tion in twelve years of its existence of $123,773,357 on these seven articles of consumption alone, yiz: tea, coffee, ram], tin, sugar, bill stamps, and news. papers. Besides, 113 articles have been placed on the free list since 1878. 4. That whereas, under the tariff of Sir Richard Cartwright, the poor man's tea and coffee paid the same amount of duty as the rich man paid on higher brands,—now, owing to the removal of specific duties, those same articles are admitted absolutely free when import ed direct from the countries where grown and produced. 5: That as a revenue has to be raised to carry on the public business of the country —in the Construction of necessary public works—that - p b c works revenao is now largely raised as anindirect tax, en imported goods which partake of the character of luxuries -such as wines, spirts, oils, tobacco, silks and satins &e, thus making those who can best afford t..contribute to the public burden,wbile easing the poorer ;classes. 6• That, while much has been said as to how lotig a protective tariff should' lie kept in o eratian, of i people shoo.d remember that in the United States a high scale of protection has been in fence for 40 years and there is no like bihood of the Cleveland administration' rr-irrgg a sweeping r�d i t aril, 1. � p „ c uc.t o . on their. carrff They could not; afford to do it. Theii, whatwasthe result of a hostile tariff inthe United States of from 40 to 75 ,per cent, whet: in Canada in 1878 tbe'dttty et the Same kind of rnanu acture was only . 17 pee emit? Why �p Canada was merle a''durnping grated' S s i I1 rl lus'd• du 1. n'n tore of . p to c o rt d menu 'future of Yankee goods.. 7: That the British and trot the Ateericati market is the more natural stsd.triost profitable for our farrnere, 'Why?., Because the neighboring re-:� public. produces in large quantities nearly everything we Can produce;- and because the l7.5. fareters got less for their agricultural products , than the Catiadiau fariuer. What do the figures show coieerating our exports Go Great Britain and the U. S. respoetiee ly? They show that whereas in 1808 the U. S. had taken eQ.31 per cent, -- the trend of trade, awing to the Main ley tariff and otleet causes, made our exports in 1852 to the United States to reach only 16,78 per cent as against 77.28 per cent to Creat Britain. 8 Another point on which the Opposi tion condemned the government policy relates to the refining and price of sugar in Canada, as compared frith prices in the United States, Will it be believed that according to a tabulated state gent kept for each month in 1892, for seven months of that year granulated sugar was'cheaper in' Montreal than in New York? This disposes of the Con- tention by some that the manufactur- ors and refiners have been enriched at the expense of the people; 13y the en couragement given them under the N. P., Halifax and Montreal refiners have been able to dispose of large shipments of sugar to the United States last year, after paying thee'extra American duty! The remainder of Hon. Mr : Bowell's address was occupied with references to Dalton MCCarthy's charge of:base— correcting certain statements made by that,gentlemanonithe public platform in regards to Sir John Macdonald in the Riel matter, and also on the Jesuit Estates, bill; on both of which the Min ister of Trade and Commerce ;gave a flat contradiction to assertions publicly made by the member for North Simcoe. THE MARTER BILL• A great many people in Ontario de sire a law which shall absolutely pro- hibit the manufacturer and sale of in- toxicating liquors: Such,a law cannot be had because the Dominion parlia- ment is the only power that can make it; and a majority of the members of the Dominion parliament, having re gard to the opinion of their constitu ents, will not vote for prohibition. The Ontario legislature cannot pass a prohibitory measure; but it has the power to regulate and restrict the sale of liquor. Mr. Marter histhere- fore, introduced a bill to forbid the sale of liquor. It, is a good scheme, because it is calculated: to remove the evils of the drinking customs of society, while respecting the liberty of the individual. A great part of the intemperance which prevails in America is due to the treat- ing custom wish is found in every part of Canada and the United States. The man who, alone, might take one drinks will take several when in company with others in a bar -room. Somebody asks him to drink, and he feels in hon- or bound to ask that somebody to drink with him in return. And so he drinks more than he intended, more than he desires, and more than is good for him, eyen from the point of view of the moderato drinker. If the barrooms could be closed, a great proportion of the evil of drinking would be removed At the same time no injustice would be done, because eyery man would be at liberty to haye liquor at his own house, and to be his own judge of the quantity he would consume. This bill would satisfy all who believe it is nut. immoral to drink moderately, except. those whose interests would Suffer by. the closing of the barrooms. And we presume it will not be seriously pre tended that the interests of the 100 cit- izens who hold tavern 1leenses should outweigh those of the 10,000 who do not. The bill will not satisfy extreme prohibitionists, since it does not go so far as they think it 'Ought to go.,But surely, even the extreme prohibitionists will not refuse to accept, or even to ad- vocate, a measure of temperance be cause it does not give them everything they want. They will riot refuse to travel half way toward prohibition be- cause the vehicle in which they, Runi- ey dons not .over the whole distance. A good many professed prohibition- iste will of course, oppose Mr. Matter's bill because it threatens embarrassment to Sir Oliver Mowat. The Ontario gov element is now sustained in power largely by the coerced support of the license holder's, !'hare are matey pro- hibitionists ro-hrlitionisis who are Reformers first and prohibitionists next. ,They would tether go to the polis ie eompany with thehe ense holders they effect to dispise than. in opposition to them. These men will i look with coldness upon the proposal to close the barrooms, They are eloquent in denouncing the rise of liquor in any form as "the sum of affil villainies," but they are not willing to do acs+ay with any y pant of fire surn of all villainies, if the doing away will injure or cmbar• rasa their political friend. They would oppose prohibition stlen if they thotfg'ht it, were attatuable, 'Their btisieess is to shout E somethingr they think Will never be gailled,,110t to work for sonic- tiling which eau be gained.. The. Mowat goyerotrieiil will oppose the Marten bill. .The opposition will manifest itself in various ivatys and the direction of ,Sir Oliver will not be eyi. eyideint to the general p iblie, Some instrument like Mr. Spence will be put. up to drawet herring accioss the traek or to try toburro the measure, But the people of Canada will watch ', the vote in the legislature on Mr. Matter's bill with a great deal of interest. Those Who desire 'genuine temperance will vote for it: those who desire the 'bar- roorns to be kept open in order that they Array be a source of political strongth to Sir Oliver Mowat, will vote; against it News' of the Week, in Brief. Winnipeg fears a: freshet., Peterboro' assizes opened' Monday. Presque Isle bao is now clear of ice Storm signals are displayed on the lake. A million whitefish fry were placed. in, Hamilton bay. Seeding has commenced in some parts of. Manitoba.' A receiver has been appointed for the Maryland Steel Company. The Freeman brothers of Chatham will be tried in London in October. The westeru coal agents have re duced the pricy; 50 cents per tan Tho Pennsylvania Steel Company has gone into the hands of a reeeiver, Sir John Abbott's health is improv ing, though the ex•premierkeeps to his bed. Rev. Wm. Bevan, of Mount Forest has been elected rural dean of Welling ton. L D. McLean, Ottawa, has been elected grand chief of the Sons of Scot- land, The Earl of Derby is suffering from heart disease and his condition causes an xiety. The Marquis, of Salisbury gave a re- ception to the Ulster delegates in Lon- don, Monday. The Telephone newspaper of Water loo has been absorbed by the Berlin Daily Record. The demands at the Ottawa Experi mental Farm for seed grain have ex- ceeded the supply Frost and snow has dine considew-- able damage in the western states within the last week. Rohle and Pallister, two murderers under sentence of death, have escaped from Sing Sing prison. The deputy jailer at Maysville, Ky•, was knocked senseless on Saturday and seven prisoners escaped. Mr Sandison, the bonanza farmer of Brandon, Man., has started to put in a crop of 7,000 acres of wheat. At Grand Forks, Dakota, the water is 43 feet above the low water mark and many basements are flooded. Great preparations are being made at Rome for the coming 25th annivers- ary of King Humbert's marriage. Half a million dollars is the estimat ed loss to the oyster men along the Con neet:eut coast by Thursday's storms. Niagara town expects to haye the glare of electric lights by May 20th, work haying been begun to that end. The big whaleback steamer Pills bury, of 1 oledo, is sunk in Lake Erie near Turtle island light. No particu- lars. Mr. A. E. Dixon,of Peterboro' has pre- sented that town with theo acres of timber land, to be used as a public park. Rey. R J. M. Glassford will be in- ducted to the pastorate of Chambers' church, Guelph, on May 4th, at 2 o clock. The publishers of The Canada Reyue Montreal, have instituted an action for $50,000 damages against Archbishop Fa bre. Premier Fielding has intimated and it is the policy of the Nova Scotia Gov- ernment to abolish the Legislative. Council Miss Galt, daughter of Sir A. T. Galt ensign in the Salvation Army, has ar- rived at Ottawa to take charge of the corps there. The annual opening of the Ontario Society of. Artists' took place Monday night at the art gallery on King street west Toronto, The immigrants to Manitoba and the Northwest since January 1 have tak en iii with them $600,000' worth of stock and effects. Two thousand Cubans in Mexico are thoroughly organized and ready to de part for Chili when called upon to wage war agairidt Spanish rule. The sever teeth annual meeting of the Women's Missionary society of fres byterian church, Western district, was held at London, last week. Steamships arriving at New York report terrific storms along the coast, York I New d New Jersey the stomia was 1110 severest in years. The Bank of Hamilton will not no dept United States silver certificates or treasury notes under the issue of 1890 on deposit, but only for collection. A Vancouver de. na.tch says Mr. Ii. A. Massey, of 'i'oronto, has promised to give $10,000 toward_ s the B. C. Metho- dist college shortly to be erected' there: Y Robt. Essop, of Crt,emore,. Crit,- was p , carried over the fells in the Shatwauuaga river, Parry Sound district, Oon Tuesday :lly evening., was employed by the Beck Lumbter Company, and while try, int); to break a join '• of logs fell into the 1%'ater, ((11(1 c vacs rl:rre 'iedO r° the falls, r OV et ssip, e as 25 years old., Carloads of French Oanac.rans are re. o, 1 •nL 1 t theI1'laLl • a�tl d ri � from u o ttt, tet Gt �t d England I the New Ln„land states 1 hey «til now tuns to, the Canadian North•west,: The apple crop of north west Nis souri and north eastern Kansas will, it is said, be an altuost total failure ow ing to frost on Thursday: night, April 2nd. The hill to prohibt combinations form ed to advance the price of necessaries of life has passed the New York 'state assembly, and now goes to the gover- nor. The marriage of Prince Ferdinand, roller of Bulgaria, and, the .Princess' Marie Louise, daughter of the duke of Parma, took place last week, at Flor once, The elections throughout Illinois on Tuesday were mainly on the saloon and anti saloon question, and the wets have the best of it in the state as a whole. The steamer Vega, which arrived at New York Wednesday night from Lis• bon, brought 00 ourawg outaang and a block mandrils puruhasedby American showmen. The North German Lloyds propose to establish a new line of ships between New York and Bremen for freight and immigrants. No cabin passengers will he carried' The Long fought long lockout which the New York clothing manufactures began against their cutters has been practically settled and work will be re sullied at once. - Hamilton license commissioners met and were waited upon by a large tem perance delegation. Chairman Proctor anuounced that no new licenses will be granted this year. A meeting of builders and contract- ors was held at Niagara FalIs,N. Y. last week to :,aal:e steps to keep Canadian contractors from crossing the river and securing contracts. The Canadian Order of Foresters have. organized 14 courts since August. The Society has now on hand, deposited• with the government and its banks the sum of $238,631.71. , At Brockville last evening Charles Luckey was acquitted of the charge of murdering his father, but was immed iately re arrested on the charge of murdering Mrs Luckey. The stockholders of the Pullman Pal- ace Car Company at their annual meet ing decided to increase the L'apital stock 20 per cent. A quarterly diyidend of 2 per cent. was declared. An extra of The Canada Gazette con tains an order is council making reg- ulations for the disinfection of the tug gage of immigrants entering Canada by way of St. Lawrence. At St- Catherines last . week Frede- riok Smith, an old man, was sentenced to two years in penitentiary for at- tempted criminal assult on an eight year•aid daughter of Wm. Tremble.. A deputation from the. Manxfautur, ers' association waited on the pro'lin dial government Monday, and asked that the Dominion duty and bounty on pig iron be supplemented by a bonus of $2_ a ton. The clause prohibiting the sale of drugs by general merchants has been remoyed from the bill now before the legislature to amend the pharmacy act and the bill as amended was Monday referred to a select committee. A new explosive salted Maximete has been successfully 'tested at Harlem an ounce of which is said to be equal to a pound of dynamite. The explo sive is the invention of Hudson Maxim, is smokeless and will not freeze. A cyclone wrecked the jail and court house and the Methodist church. at Lyndon, Kansas, oa Tuesday night and one man was ki'led, In Osage and su- burbs 100 buildings were destroyed and some 20 people badly injured. At a meeting of the directors of the North Perth Agricultural Society, a; motion to strike out the general put- pose horse class from the prize list was unamiously adopted. In view of the fact that the country is over stocked with horses which on account of their inferior size are unsaleable, the direct, ors hops by their action to encourage in some degree the breeding of snore marketable horseflesh. Free Trip to Chicago. Separate W -O -R -L -D -:i F -A -I -R and use the letters to spell as many words as you can by, using the letters as many times' as you wish, either backwards or forwards, but not use the same letter in ranking any one word more times than it appears in "World's Fair." It is said severity -five 'small English words can be spelled correctly frons the ton letter3 contained in '•World's Fair." ' Exam- ple:—Wad, waif, soar, idol, etc. If youare good at word -making you can secure a d 111,E. ; trip to the World's T'air and return. as The Scott Seed Company will pay all ex- penses, iucludiug R, R. fare, hotel bills, ad- missions to the Columbian Exhibition and $50.00 in cash for iuoidenhal expenses, to the tarot person able to make seventy' words from the letters contained in"World's Fair," es above. They will also give a 1Mlttt1tt dk` to the World's Fair and return with $25.00 for incidental expenses; to the Bret Person sending misty words as above" They will also give a 10.11t5ici ran' to the World',, Fair and return (without cash ,for icnidontatlexpeusos) to the first person send- ing iifty•i'hve words, To the first rstperson sending fifty w o rds will be given $50.00 in cash towards paying cxpenae3 to the World's Fairto •the first sodding fort' words will be given $25,00 in cash towards paying expenses to the World's Fair, to Walt of the first five persons solid. jug ihtl.•i,y-five words will be given j10.00 in cash,and to molt of the first n s oldi n g tiy weldh will be given $5.00 in cash. Ortly one prize win US awarded to t,b a same person Write your name on list of words (» timbered) anti enclose the same post-paid; with tete throe -cont stamps for a largo 1iaekage of our O'Itoiee English Cottage cete- `len Seeds. 1, .Chis coinbin.t;aon includes the latest and moot popular Exig1t1i flotvers of encllees Var- ieties (sago ;Ls will be contained in the. elaborate exhibit of English flowers int the._ World's Fair. This •Woi•1c1's Fair" Contest will bo care - fatly and, conscientiously conducted solely for the Iittrposc of intro(luoin" our business., You wilt reeeivc the I17(adf#`i35 C value Ilowoi• scads ever offered awl if you aro able to' snake a good lieu of words and answer promptly you will have a first -cities o ppor- tuLntvtoscoursafree trip fro aa yoiigeJoshes lav 4,i.leat 5O alert retuui. Of ale o and We aro spending rL large amount '4V i g g1 and want tpstarrt, aur 'trade this cease i, nd w i your, trr.att order. 'Yogi wild bo more that grafi(te,lilli thi, s+ onIt. ' ,,slid to•ciay, aril'�` aLctrtxese'l��ai(lt!}.0mB.6l''llraii�'sG('i9� TOi oiii3O, Chuiada, ON SENTRY DUTY , `'' a I' of It will guard you securely frons disease YOU Have a Very Bad Cough, he Suffering From Lung Troubles, Have Lost Flesh Through illness, lire Threatened With Cousulaption1 IT WILL Chis That Cough, Heal Your Lungs, Put Flesh On Your Bones, Prevent Consumption. SMALL & LARGE BOTTLES SOl;. & $1.00. IT IS VERY PLEASANT TO TAKE. Ask for and be sure you get the " D, & L. Emulsion." Rev. Wm. Neilson McVicker, of Holy Trinity church, Philadelphia, has been nuamimously agreed upon by the Broad church conference of Episcopal isms as their candidate for bishop of Massachusetts to succeed the late Phil- lips Brooks: Arthur Askey, aged 13 got caught in a belt at Harrison's saw mill in Nor- wood ou Saturday and was whirled arouud the shafting and badly mang- led. He may recover, through his left arm is ba.dly broken and his left knee is out of joint. The Brantford police raided a barn where a cock fight was in progress on 'Monday night. There was a scene of great confusion and desperate 'efforts to escape. About 25 names were se- cured, as well as the paraphernalia and the birds. Charles McNarin, living near Rock- ford, Ill., on Monday night put all his cattle and other stock into his baro and set it on fire. Then he locked him- self in his house and blew his brains out with a shotgun. Thirty-eight head of cattle and six horses were burned. The national flower of Greece is the violet;Egypt, the lotus; England the rose; France, the fleur-de-lif; Germany the corn -flower; Ireland the shamrock: Italy, the lily; Saxony. the mignotte; Scotland, the thistle; Spain, the pome granate; Wales, the leek. Canada has a national tree, the sugar maple as has also Rz usia, the linden. All vessel 'owners are now on the move getting their vessels ready for the season, and.have made the follow' ing appointments: Sephie, Capt. Jas Greeu; Ontario, having been sold to Capts. Spence and Grenville, will be commanded by Capt. F. Grenville; Tod man, Capt. A Lawson; Carter, Capt, Hugh McKinnon; Kolfage, Capt. John McDonald; str. Jones, Capt. McAuley; str. Jas. Clark, Capt.' Chapman; tug Sea King, Jas, 'Inkstei ; tug Sea Queen, Norman McDonald. tug Clucas, Mal - Donald; tug'Seabold, Peter Wyle; tug Orcadia, John Cragie; tug Sea Gull Donald McKay. Men's, Boy's . and Children's Hair cut- in the latest style, Lathes' Knots, Bangs and Switches made to order. Ea 9..F I H, Barber, AGENT FOR TI.IE— PARISIAN' STEAM LAUNDRY. The Fashionable utter and Fitter. As I are the only CUTTER and FITTER in town who has visitedthe large cities in the 'United States this Spring, fain therefore the best able to fit you in The Proper Style. aie 9 When yon have boughtit the material forY our Spring and Sulnmei' coat come to me and get fitted. Gentlemen, Before you buy your Suit, m- t.;. SpringSuIE,, come tit o my shop and get e ost cd (1T- STYLES KNIGTT HT , The l aahioiable Cutter and rater, Ht?d•. N N• HARMLESS HEADACHE PoW In RS ogre ¢zeyA o uu wac* t se(i: to pore eaery thin5',but is apZyheali- aches. :i'r•y theta. to wit/ cost but dG cents for a box coca they a,"9 Iearnadess. They are nota Cathartic ENTRAL--- SHAVING' --PARLOR.; EXETER, ONTARIO. A Hastings, Prop. Every attention paid to Ladies'and Children � d s s Hair Cutting. A. eating's READ AND LEARN. That our Planing Mill, Sash Door &Blind Factory is fittedupwith the latest improve ments. We are prepared to do planing and matching, band and scrollsawrng turning moulding; grooving and all kinds of mach- ine work on shortest notice. In our LUMBER YARD you will find a large and well assorted stock of all kinds of building materials. Pine and hemlock lure- berdressed and not dressed. See our stock of x x,ancl x x x Pine Shingles manufactured by the best makers in Ontario. We also have a large stook of A 1 Cedar Shingles which, are excellent value. No.1 Pine Lath con- stantly in Stock We have a large stock of barn sash which we can furnish with or without glass. Wo are fitted up with mach- inery s achinerys Yecially adapted for making all kinds of Tanks and Oisterns;whieh we can furnish to our customers on short notice. We show something new in this line for watering cat- tle in the ffeld or barnyard. Our celebrated Baking Cabinet is still at- tracting much attention, and giving entire satisfaction whenever used. Call and examine the above named stock, all of which will be sold at lowest prices ROSS & TAYLOR, Main St., Exeter The Cheapest and Best Place in Town To get your Boots and Shoes mended, is at GEO. MANSON'S! Just a few more pairs of those Men's cheap - Hepburn Shoes and La- dies' Dongola Kids left. GEO.#111#60fly 1!'e�t Door South f P s 0 o to�ice a THING o ® SNELL, alfa: at- EXETER - ONTARIO Has now in stock titttil:111 and Willtir IN THE FOLLOWING LINES: West of England Suitings and Trott erings, Scotch Tweed Suitings and Trouser Ings: French and English Worsted Cloth All made up in the Latest Style, a't best Rates. �.. J. SWELL C.��Ad4 DRt1 STOflE. A complete p , e s t deli of Puy8and 6I1I Dr S .� LWAYS ' T EFT. 1teiit 001 11 C _ , 5 1 AtPr. right re son• a rxble ricesi and Family Receipts s Carefully Prepared. I1j�q'3 Oottgitiell ow1er the best in t..e market, '" `� y6"d'iV'd. inr� „ tr L l JL Li;