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2TruRsIM r 19, 1900.
OUR OTTAWA LETTER.
0004WA, April 7th,—The debate nixie
the budget has made some prodreee this
week and more than one Important
s es0h en oath side has been contributed
thereto. The principal result of the
debate eq far hat been to draw the lines.
of demarkation very clearly between the
trade polioics of the two political parties.
The Government's policy is clearly defira
ed —et tarriff seemed iu
part by a substantial preferential reduo
tion upon British imports, whereby its
promises of reduced taxation are fully
redeemed and inter imperial trade en-
couraged and developed ; the Opposition
policy is no oonoeseion to Great Britain
unlese at leaeb an equal concession is
made to Canada in return, This has
been very appropriately stigmatized as
"The pound of flesh policy." Ib is an
exemplifioabion of the old Tory principle
eo boldly enunciated by Sir John Mao.
donald and the Mail newspaper 20 years
ago, but carefully hiden away since. "If
British oenneotion ie imperilled by our.
trade policy (N. P.) so much the worse
for British oonneotion."
WHERE THE FAI01E11 BENEFITS.
The contention that the farmers of
Canada have experienced no relief in
taxation throngh the new tariff was pretty
thoroughly destroyed by Mr. Paterson in
his budget a eeoh. Indian corn, binder
twine, barbed fencing wire, and cream
separators are now admitted free. The
quantities imported • would have paid
under the old tariff nearly a million dol-
lars. There were redactions in the duties
on many articles used by farmers, inolud-
ingprongedforks,hay tedders,rakes,
scythes, sp-ides and shovels, tresher
and separators, and other portable
machines, stoves, axes, saws, tools of all
kinds: and coal oil. On woollens there
has been a saving of 9441,000, on cotton,
$1011,000, on iron and steel manufactures,
9850,000.
The foot of r is that the
the a matt a
speech of the Minister of Customs, cre-
ated an impression in quarters where it
was least expected. The Toronto Tele-
gram for instance is not noted for ire
susceptibility to soand Grit argument,
buteven it is constrained to observe
"Sir Charles Topper's 'argument would
be more presentable at this moment if it
had not been doomed to assault by Hon.
William Paterson. He knows the Depart•
men1 of Customs as intimately as the
Liberal platform of 1898, and when he
chose to his some of Sir Charles' mathe-
matical oaluulations with choice chunks
of the customs returns the impact was
usually a Ministerial success."
THE TARN WILL STILL ion.
As is well known to all who have fol-
lowed the tariff controversy at all, one of
the ridioalous fallacies to which the
Tories have strenuously adhered in spite
of all evidence to the contrary bas been
that while in England attending the
Jubilee festivities of 1897, Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain made a proposition to the
Colonial Premiers which involved the
adoption of the prinoiple of mutual pre
ference of preferential trade to the
colonies, and that Sir Wilfrid Laurier
declined the proposal. This of course
has been domed repeatedly on both sides
of the Atlantic, and Mr. Chamberlain
himself ha:: taken the trouble to point
out the absurdity of such a statement,
inasmuch, as apart from every other con-
sideration, he had no power or authority
to make any such proposition, but Can
adian Tories even the Federal leaders,—
Messrs. Tapper, Foster and Clarke Wel-
laoe,—with talkative irresponsibility,
keep repeating the foolish yarn. The
other night in the Imperial House the
Colonial Secretary again referred to it
and once more gave it unqualified de
nial, though in terms of 111. -concealed con-
tempt for the folly of those who originat-
ed the fabrication. He said "I have
never done anything of the Bort. It is
one of those mistakes of whioh I am Bo
largely the victim and which perhaps it
would hardly be worth while to contra-
dict until the oocasion becomes urgent."
But Sir Charles and his echoes will
repeat the yarn again. See if they don't i
Souraeea'e amendment led to, and the
manner in whioh ,fro elleeharged the
doable duty of defending his Govern.
menta =tree Of aotiee and of winnin0
the House to Praotical Unanimity, is the
moot powerful and eloquent eulogium
thatcould, have been pronounced upon
his patriotic' and convincing address,
The Premier of Canada has passed
through a trying time ; much bee been
said and written that for the dignity of
the country had better never have been
published, the people whom he loves, and
of whom he is the foremost representa•:
five, had been traduced and goaded to
the verge of rupture ; be himself had
been the butt of every so called loyalist,
who thought his pen sharp enough te.
indite a venomoue tooth en the ragged
linea of disloyalty, Lite the large,a, loyal.al.
hearted man that he is, and as now he i
universally admitted to be, he bore all
with fortitude and manly forbearance ;
he bided his time and when it Dame, it
did not find him wanting,"
A OTRATHCONA-MEMORIAL.
The splendid patriotism of Canada's
High Commissioner will find a lasting
memorial in the hearts of her people and
in the history of the Empire, but it is
nevertheless /eminently fitting that a
suitable testimonial to that appreciation
and regard which all feel should find a
permanent expression at the Capital.
To that end it has been deoided to place
a white marble bust of Lord Strathcona
in the Library of Parliament, and
Hamilton McCarthy, R. 0. A., is now en-
gaged in executing the work.
THIS I8 NO GALLERY PLAY.
When the "Fair wages" resolution,
introduced to the House by Mr. Mulock
and referred to in my letter a couple of
weeks ago, has been approved and orysba-
lized into law, it is evident that the Gov-
ernment will not lose much time in mak-
ing it effective. It is not an academic
resolution trotted out just before a gen-
eral election to make good campaign
material, and to dangle before the work-
ing man of the country in the hope of
conning his vote. It is straight business
with the Government in this,=as in every
thing else they have undertaken ; and
already in anticipation of the proposition
becoming inoorporated in the laws of the
country the maohinery for putting it into
immediate operation is being organized.
One of the best known and most repre-
sentative labor men of the country, D. J.
O'Donoghue, of Toronto, has been placed
in charge of the special work of seeing
that the provisions of the new law are
properly carried out and no one acquaint-
ed with that gentleman, especially no
labor man in any part of Canada, will
suppose for a moment that there will be
any failure to carry through the provis-
ions of the actin the spirit as well as in
the letter. The Government is proving
to be the kind of a "workingman's friend"
that the workingmen himself can and
does appreoiate.
5111 WILFRID AND THE EMPIRE.
A good sized volume might be compiled
of the newspaper and platform comments
that have been made not only here and
in other portions of the empire bat
throughout the oivilibed world, upon that
historical speech by Sir Wilfrid Laurier
upon the Bourassa resolution some four
weeks ago. It is no exaggeration to state
for years b anystates-
mannot many yea as
man in the empire created Finch an am -
pression as was produced by that one half
hour effort. This is a bold statement but
I make it deliberately, mid without fear
of eneeessful contradiction.
Such a 0omplioation of comment and
,otltieieni would make exceedingly inter-
esting reading. Here is a brief clipping
from the Catholic Register, for example,
whih shou•d be
Imaged by everybody
y
regardless of personal predohctf:ans. "11
Would seem" Saye the writer "as if Sir
Wilfrid had reserved all hie latent forge
for the supreme Moment whioh Mr,
A CHATTY LETTER
FROM MANILA, P. 1.
°eery any load, /tit the laud le ail few, nos
where m018 then 8 feeb above hlglr water, 1
cx0ept along tha tope of rive
long are
proaehes have 1144 to be butib to eaeb 01
Wen bIldgee whioh age about 19 10eb °lean
eboYe high orator,
The etdewalke of the city are the wee-
s4r of all boboldera, ]Oven es Yle001110, rhe
prtneipal busluees street 0f the new Written
of the city, there le noire 01 ib 6 feet front
building line to curb 40411100 01 it barely
wide 5900411 for two to Walk abreast or pees
eossyeniently, while in the walled city 0911•
dittoes are words i1or the lower wlndews 0f
the better elaae if bousee have fumy grille
wpr$ to protect their lower wiudowe, a¢4
generally itprole0t0 oat into the street a
foot or more just where a person's head
would naturally some into v,oleut oontapb
with it uulees ivabebipg far game suet thing
to "05ur.. Soma of the pew0papel•0 rained a
howl about that Bort of thing and asked
that an order be published00mpelllug their
rewire,' but the ladroue element 1e still too
relax any 1n
ean8
m u' evidence to Y
u0 r
h
t preserving r e f
0 1 e8 y l P T G
x g P Y
F
N
in n re
Some of f resinot O the atburbs a
really magnificent 11511intheir ri out m 'polsi 1eut0
rtaircaoe but amb, tied eiholnoors of
mahogany,
ebmat bio, tiled bulla, floors of
the rich cabinet 005roswoodhit and others of
rho l ioh s cabinet weeds wh peen
are plentifol
e,
fu all the fade of are aeon oV.—not v0,
furniture redo of the sono houses
o the
uoerewwhile
are found even in the lthatoI! 05 the
poor, 8800 aiddoors ften ac' sod six
that in mart
Dimeseoe tour and carry
oe ung six boa are
nos°teary to Derry bhe weight. In buiRhuq
bridges we bays used dry seasoned timers
6 ft, x 81t, ASS inch. which took 8 of us to.
put en u bull cart and for flooring planks
111ft. x 12 ft, x 75 inch. which required 5 to
needle o0uvenieutly. But to go bank to the
houses. Inlaid floors and mosaics are not
looking even iu the country towns, while
eyerywbere the walla are decorated with'
panels, some by the best Spanish musters,
though lots of it is crude enough, Iu
the suburbs the houses of the latter
oleos have epueioue grounds in front,
laid out =eh as your lawns are, with
broad drives covered with shells gathered
from the beach. The front of the balid•
ing generally has a portico under wbioh
le the main entrance to the house and
under whioh the drive goes so that one
eau get in and out of the carriage with.
out going into the,rain. Flower beds bre
not much in evidence but lots of different
varieties of flowering trees are set out in
the
rounds many
of whioh emit a very
fragrant perfume,
In 'these honses the
ground floor ie not used for living pm,
poee8 as a rule, though aometimee an
office or reoeptioe room may be there,
but the living rooms are always upstairs,
and are all of generous size with lofty
catnap. The ire
usual
e to which the
lower part of the house is put ie to keep
the harness in—rho stabling doorietiug
senerelly of an open shed. Pianos are to
be found everywhere and appear to be
the favorite musical instrument. In a
tramp of between 850 and 400 miles
through this island they were the only
kind of noise producer I saw except or.
dinauoe. Nona were of American or
British make but seemed pretty well di-
vided between makes of French, German,
Austrian and Spanish firma.
Yours reepeotfully,
OLIVER SMITH,
Co. "B" Batt. Engre.
Manila, P. I.
Manila, Feh 20th, 1900.
(Jontinued next week.)
To the 165 Her of THE P000: '
tins—I have been asked more than onoo
to write a letter to THE Poen eo that my
numerousfriends in and around Bru0se10
ut t is to be
may know of m whereabouts, a what
have here. and what this coiot, bl which we
havecwredent an from the ial Span. table of
5.
decadent and toeios 1 Philippines,
pines, is.
My fleett le the transport
s art 'Olty plata, ra•
arrivedwas steaming
while the tr h eW. "City 1 .Para.
was that it seemed down ver W eakea tO Llsv b-
oat ETb it how bleak and uninvit-
ing.
range ing. The dayloll was showery and the th rage
of seemeds whioh rune dg desolate,
with the coder
gray nd- desolate tate udder
a
g Y
shadow of the clouds and through the ram
Its was August 10th, 'Bf and the rainy w a k at
was getting in some of its finest work at
that
We sighted
ted Corregidor Island, about
is in
P. the edtra ea to a the Buy, at ubort 8 p.
ch and steamed is Grande
the Northern
manual, past
Cavite,
h re a on the Spanish
maps, past the
re all that—justremains
fewvisiblestumps
abovesthe waters of the hay—just nsls- a
taw 55001 Admiral and a few iount his
the fleet of with Admiral
alAlontejoDewe previous n his
eeb8— n oh A t lesson
to by's boasters.fleet A Mut
itt,'911-au object leered t¢ ovisop AUo818
5 p• m. we anchored, having made the
trip info San Francisco in 28 days includ-
ing a stop of 4 days at Honolulu E. I. The
piece chosen for anchorage was about 11
miles from shore, outside the uncompleted
breakwater, whioh had been intend ed by
the Spaniards to enclose a harbor for the
protection of shipping from the fury of the
typb,.o,s, which. at times blow with tenet°
10050 and frequently cause large lose of life
and property. From where we lay we had
a fine view of part of the old city, the
tenets and the comet lino o1 the bay South-
ward. By climbing the rigging a large part
of the plain which euelooe the 'city on the
E. and S. was visible—when the rain would
give us an opportunity. We were kept
abroad until Aug, 18th, the Quartermaster's
Department being inadequately impelled
with means for getting men end supplies
inshore That time has passed however, and
now that branch of the Army eau meet alt
domande on its resources promptly, so that
soldiers — natural born kickers—have so
much !belese to g•umble at. The Rio Pasig
divides the olty tato two main parte, and
numerous canals nuc these into smelter por-
tions 00 that a large number of bridges
have to be kept in repair. Fortunately
there are no draw or swing bridges to inter-
rupt traffic. Phe emit which do business
on the waterways of the oily do not require
that- hridees shall be very high above wat..0
for them to pane under as they consist only
of cascoes—rude funk like affairs without
matte and propelled by poles, banooes—a
Kat of exaggerated canoe, very wallow
flat bottomed affair also propelled by poles,
and small Steam launches whose smoke
pipes are binged e0 that they fold backward
and permit the boats' passage under very
low bridges. The lower stretch o1 the river,
below Puerto Espana, is about 20 feet deep
and 500 feet wide and always presents a
very animated and crowded 00000. At the
present time the entire dietetic° from
mouth to the bridge is lined with coastwise
steamers and sailing vessele,lylagg two and
three abreact and gangs of Chinese and
native coolies are busily at work unloading
and loading those next the quay. But
though the Pesig gives berthing armommo.
dation to 00 many vessels it does not 11e00 -
1y suffice. ,None of the big transports or
vessels plytug between Indian or Auatraliau
or Japanese ports are able to get at the
quay so have to awing at anchor and dis-
charge their cargo into caseose and send
their passengers ashore in launches l and
since eo many porta in this and other islands
have been opened to trade with this city
the large quantity of produce of all kinds
awaiting shipment here, the accammoda..
Hove will be still more meagre and will call
for the early completion of the harbor, the
projected go downs or warehouses and dock
railway. During the Spanish regime the
commerce of these islands was estimated at
about S12i500,000, but from present ap-
pearances it will not be long before that
sum will not do mach more than represent
a single month's butineso. Alen who esem
to know do no hesitate to declare that this
port will rival Liverpool in tbo lifetime of
men now existing. Certainly the opportun-
ity is here, and, ori bhout a doubt, Amerioau e
are capable of Booing and grasping it,
and pushing it to Be utmost extent.
T be Pasig rum very rapidly so that whoa
the tide is rising, the current is always
rnnniug down stream, and is always fresh
on top, though, doubtless, salty enough at
the bottum Its course is only about 28 or
8emileo, and from source—Laguna de Bay,
whioh it drains, to mouth is the moet for-.
tepee I ever sow, nowhere ie there 0110 hall
mile of it strai0bt away, and the Hammel
twists about in the most unexpected places
add the strangest manlier, sometimes crime
in by the bask on the Muer side of a onrve
then almost Straight aarons to the other
bank and eo on all the way. Laguna de B ly
is a shallow irregularly shaped body of
water not over 4 or 5 miles across any.
where mud about 00 Guilts in greatest
ldugth,draining a considerable portion of
the central plain.
EI Puerto Beeline, or Bridge of Spain is
the oldest bridge in the islands, having
been commenced in 1027 and Rotobod about
1000, 11 hoc twine been eelmrged, the last
time about 80 years ago, and tiow it has
become incapable of doing all that le re
gutted of a bringe at that particular spot
and is uuderguing a third enlargement
Which will make the roadway the entire
width 01 the structure as it now is an d the
wants will be put out beyond so that
pedeetrlane will not have to go into the
roadway to get past the one in'front. The
hesnew oneshare are
to be over: feet til hewide
Original
foundatOus ofthebridge are fai11 iu use
though they have been enlarged to meet
greater dommede and are built of the v01-
eanie atone found everywhere in the arab!.
pelage, It is very Form and 1Ight enough
to float until it b0comee soaked, while the
wooden pportion of the structure would mina
if put into water, About lmile further up
stream a suepenslon bridge spans the river
but It -i0 Very offerout iron any. I have
ever seen in Amerloa. It is s1 shaky that a
single pedestrian waldng rapidly over 1t
causes it to Vibrate lu ati alarming manner,
Con eortring this bridge a ,tory fa told to tea
effeob that when it was mitring completion
116 architect m 0tbliousl disappeared, in
t r p
Y Y N
fact was liseeretlytion (noosed the c'1 order to vroo
vent 11 the sober* of the work le overt
elan to the koala
b An°dt i tune above It
15 an iron trertlo befog° of light sad graoo•
tut proportlone though 010084 .00ough to
FLAX !
Cameron Bros.
Have a limited number of bushels of the
BEST DTI 60/1 SEED for farmers in the
vicinity of Crunbrook who intend raising
Flax during the naming season, which they
are prepared to deliver in quantities to suit
flax growers.
Seed can be got at theOranbrook Flax
Mill at 51.50 per heel el. Order early and
secure a supply. For flax grown from Ghia
seed
$10.00 PER TON
will be paid, if of good growth, harvested in
as soon as fly for and
d at the flax mill
ta"wa will rent a number of good sod
fields for the purpose. of growing flax.
CAMERON BROS.,
Proprietors Creabrooli Flax 51111.
HURON
POULTRY
YAR D.
ALF. BAEKER,
Proprietor, Brussels, Ont.
Barred, Buff and
White Docks.
Eggs and Fowl for sale
in season.
Eggs $1 00 per setting.
Ir Correspondence Solicited.
85 0m
S411NCLES
Kreonetad le 182 Mlles North of illoem'
fentein,108 South of Johannesburg, and
209 South of Pretoria. It hoe a poptlla-
tion of 840 and is located on the Valsoh
elven It is ee far from the, Seer base
that the ressmblanoe to Magerefon'
teiu is hordly liltsty to be lost eight of by
Lord Roberta. 'the Brltieh can get be.
did
behind Od the o nfesat Kroonetad at Megerefonte no, they
ing along the line of the Vont river from
Fourteen Strtama, North of ii.,onbrrlay,
or from Natal via Laing'e 1`7ek, or meed
by Zululand.
British Columbia
Red Cedar Shiuglet.
AND- —
North Shore
Pixie and Cedar
FOR SALE AT THIS
Brussels Planing JVIills
Also Doors and Saab of all Pat
terns on band or made to order
at Short Notice.
Estimates Furnished for all
kinds of iiiuildinge. Workman.
ship and Material Guaranteed.
P. AME N'r
Sharpies Cream.
Separator..
WANTED -Ab once a
1
reliable manwith horse an
rp
i
,,
to Bell the Sharples CreamSepar-
ator in the Township of Grey.
The Sharples has no equal,
and wherever introduced is easy to
t1 sell.
A pnehing man can earn a
goodincome•—Will pay Salary or
Commission,
Write at once for partionlars,
W. L.. OUIMETTE,
LONDESBORO', ONT.
TheBusiness
ontario
Listowel College.
EQUAL TQ ANY IN QNrivelo.
A thorough, complete end praotioal train-
ing in all branobea of Commercial work,
at considerably lose than regular rates,
Feem apply
fli information pry
Iloents Of College over Coat Ofllso.
L. HARTT,
LISTOv1HLi 5'IbIN01PAL,
Worts
Worts
• Skate grinding attended to
with neatness and dispatch.
I also Sharpen Horse Clippers, Sole.
enre,bread knives and other edged thole
in up to date style.
. Saw Gumming and Filing attended
to in a Workmanlike manner. Rattle.
faction assured.
FRED. ADAMS,
Shop on M111 Street, BRUSSELS.
Do You allt
To Buy Clieaply ?
IF SO, WE CAN •
ACCOMMODATE YOU
Prices, you know, have gone up, but
that will not prevent us from selling
goods to you at Old Prices. We can do
this because we anticipated a rising mar-
ket and placed our orders early.
Men's Suits that would now cost you in
any other store $16, $18 and $20,
we are selling at $14, $16 and $18.
To save $2 is worth something to
you. It cannot be done every day, but
on every suit you buy from us you will
save from $1 to $3. Money saved, you
know, is money earned, therefore you
will earn money by buying your Clothing
from us.
E. C. & Son,
Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters and
Gents' Furnishers.
IF
YOU
WANT
A
GOOD
PAINT
TRY
IT.
THE
SHERWIN- WILLIAMS
PANT
COVERS THE EART H
ROSS,
.A.rath 19, 1900„
THE 1.EAQ,INQ
PLO THI RR.
BOYS'
CLOTHING
•4.
D. 0, ROSS' Bnye' Clothing is not the
kind sold by meet Clothing Stone and by the Dry
Goods and Department litotes—it's not the port that
ie pot together ea cheaply as possible by the sweater
prooese—pieeee don't come here for that kind.
If you want honestly made, artistically tailored
gametes for year boys, we are at youreervioe, and
at lower prices than other stores will eel! you,
Bring a'ong your little fellow who has never had
to to,
auitaldwe will imolitt
o the Queen'e t wl h.
aR
QUR STOCK EMBRACES.
THE FOLLOWING 1
Double•bressbed 2•garment Boys' Middy Suite,
Knee Pant Suite, ` Boys' Knee Pante,
8 Garment Knee Pant Suite, Boys' Long Trogeore,
Boys' All•wool Reefers, Boys' and Young Men's.
Boys' Junior Suite, Back Smite,
Boys' Sailor Suite,
1We also oetry a nine line of boys' White and.
Colored Shirts. Collars and Tiee in all sizes from
12 to 14.
D. C. ROSS,
Clothier and Furnisher.
iihout
tVie` erre showing the very best $1
Kid Gloves in the trade. Blank
with two largo dome fasteners, with blackand also white silk
stitehed hacks, 6 sizes to
7i.
Colors—All the new shades of Tans, Modes
and Greys,
s
r
with two large dome fasteners, and silk stitched backs to
match, sizes 6 to 71.
If you want the best value for your money be sure and get
the Albertine Kid Gloves at $1.00 per pair.
Crompton Corsets.
We keep a full line of the Crompton Corsets in the
Up-to-date" at 500 ; "Thelma" at 75e ; "Quebeh" at 95e ;
Victoria at $1.00 ; "Magnetic" and "Zatisi" at $1.25.
Also Childs' Waists and Misses' Corsets.
A. Strachan.
Ewan & Innes
Although the season was not
X one of the best for the sale of Cutters
and Sleighs, we have sold 13 Cutters,
12 sets of Sleighs and in connection
with the above steles we have dis-
posed of
a6
15 Sets of Ilaruess.
Our Harness cannot be surpassed
in Quality and Price. We deal with
a firm established in 1867 and they
don't put out any Harness but hand
sewed. We have a few Cutters to
sell yet and if Low Prices will clear
them out we are determined to make
a clearance. Come and see what
we have.
Carriage Builders.
ROSS'
FLOUR
MILL .
Best Brads of
Is the best place to get your
Gristing done. We have
the best Chopping rig in the
County and we are satisfy-
ing everybody. who comes.
First-class Flour in
Exchange for
Good Wheat.
Manitoba Flour for sale, as welt' As Ontario Flour'
of first quality, and our popular Mixed Flour gives
great satisfaction. It makes an excellent family Flour.'
Oatmeal and all kinds of Mill Feed
Always on hand.
Best Dry A merican Corn;
Oats /liken in Exchange
fora
Oatmeal, ,
A
�Las� '
t MILL STREET, BRUSSELS, •