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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1900-5-10, Page 4i. TAR ilHOO.SSLS POST Ci b,e 4 1M1413ar10 gat3i. THURSDAY, 11f4•17 1,0, 1000, DR. M IODONALD, M, P., ON THE BUDGET. Dr, MaoDonald said that he wag tlred Of hearing that story, that the Liberal party had no fixed principles• filtatee• men might speak differently on one day from what they did the pravioue day, owing to a (Mange in conditions, witbout rendering themeelvee liable to a (Marge of tnooneletanoy by doing so. That wan the position of the Liberalparty, who, eight or ten yeara ago, favored reeiprooity with the United States, wbioh then' gave us our largest market, but nooditione had now phapged, The McKinley apd Ding. ley note bad, by prohibiting the entry of Canadian products into the United States (tensed our trade to be diverted to Great Britain, and the opening up of the mar. trete there. •Therefore the advantages which would -accrue from reciprocity were not now nearly so great ae would have been the cane at that time. It was therefore reasonable that the Liberal party should change its views. Dr. MacDonald then took up the queetion of imminra• tion. Tbere are, he said, 000,000,000 aoree of land in the West capable of eel). porting 0 population of 25,000,000, but np to the time this Government took office but little has been done to fill up this vast oonntry. Mr. Bitten had taken np the subject with vigor, and excellent results had been obtained, He had em• ployed oapable agents, who were acquain- ted with the country and the needa of those who settled there. The result of the vigoroaa polioy of planing before the people of Europe and the United States the advantages offered them in Canada, by leotaree and in literature wbioh con- tained, not piutaeee of fighting Indiana and Mise Canada in her blanket and snow shoes, ae in the pamphlets iesued by the Immigration Department under the Coneervative Government, but of smiling landscapes, with fertile farms and grain it luxurious growth, with herds of thriving oattle—the result of this en- lightened policy, which planed before the proepeotive settler vieione of a fertile country and pleasant homes, with loxur- lent crops, had been a large inoreaee in the immigration into Manitoba and the Northwest. The area of eoil under culti- vation in 1898, Dr, MaoDooald 'said, was 1,011,305 aoree, whioh had inoreaeed to 1,492,085 in 1899, showing an increase of 480,680 acres in one year, or 32 per vent. Not less than 10,000 farmers :had gone into Manitoba and the Northwest during the peat year, It was the duty of the Government to people that vast country in the future with thrifty and industri- ous settlers, bringing as many as possible from the mother country. He pointed oat, however, that owing to the compara- tively email number of agrionitnriets in Great Britain no large number of settlers oonld be expeoted from that country, and the Department of Immigration would therefore be compelled to look elsewhere. The 30,000 farmers in Manitoba in 1899 produced an average of produce for sale of $750 each, and the knowledge of this fact was helping to induce settlers to oome in. Dr. MacDonald regretted that Parliament had not voted a larger sum for immigration in order to enable the government to oarry me even more vigor. ons policy than was possible under the appropriation now made. ei1TI0I'sMe OF IMOIIORANTO. Replying to the oritioiams of the Gov eroment by the Opposition for having brought in the Galioians and Doukho• burs, whom they contended, were unde- sirable immigrants, Dr. MacDonald re- called the opposition formerly raised to the Mennonites, who had assimilated very largely to Oanadiao habits and one. tome, having abandoned to a large extent the village system and their peouliar bah. ite, and beoome most thrifty, induetri- oue and proeperoue °itizees. There was a great similarity between the Mennon- ites and the Doukhobors and there was every reason to believe that they would beoome as good oitizene as the Mennon• iter had proved themeelvee to be. They were, acoording to Mr. Stevenson, the British Consul at Batoum, "the beet agri- culturists in Russia, thrifty, steady, law- abiding and have by their good behavior, diligence, honesty and hard work brought nothing but prosperity to the barren dis- tricts of Reeds, in wbioh they were set. tled." Count Tolstoi aleo wrote to Prof. Mayor that "they lived the moat chaste family life, they adapted themeelvee to any climate conditions and would send their children to the public schools, pro. vided they were not obliged to receive religions instruction there." J. G. Colmer, Seoretary of the High Commis. eioner,'also wrote that "they were skilled agrioultariete, and if they came to Can. aria would prove euooeseful eettlere." Lord Btrathoona wrote to the game effect. Tbe Government had not, however, as- sisted these people to come to Canada ; they paid their own transportation, but the bonus usually paid to steamship agents for booking immigrants had been paid to a oommittee to expend for their benefit when they landed here. Replying to tbe chargee that the Government bad brought the Galioiane to Canada and that they were undesirable settlers, Dr. MacDonald pointed out that the immi- gration of these people oommenoed under and was encouraged by the Coneervative Government, and Sir Charles Tupper when High Oommieeioner bad reported "that the immigration of each a class of people would be of great importance to the people of this country and they Gould be highly reoomtnended not only by him but by others who have knowledge of them," The official reports of the progress made by these people in Canada had fully jnetified the prediction of Sir Charles Tupper, who subeequently in 1893, in his annual report said: "There is no doubt that the settlements of Ger.. mane, Soandineviane, Austrians and Galioiane are increasing, and that this class of immigration is of a most eatie• factory oharaoter." This testimony, he contended, fully jnetified the department in giving these people land. BETTER RESULTS UNDER TEE LIBERALS, A oomparieoa of expenditure, Dr, Mao. Donald said, showed that better results had beanprodooed by the policy of the Liberal Government than by that of their predeoesenrs. From '81. to '90 the ex. penditure for immigration under the late Government wad 38,075,000, for -whiob a total of 086,177 people were aaid to have been brought into the country. If the annual natural inbome be -added to this number chore ehonld have been an in• orease of 1,495,677 in the population, but he oeneas of '91 ehowed an inoreaee of 378,000 only, leaving 1,010,000 to be an, ooupted for, Dr, MacDonald drew the inforenee that the returns were incorrect and that the eettlern did not Dome into Canada to ON,. Some light was thrown upon the matter by an editorial ORM- ment (f a Conservative paper in the Northwest, wbioh said e.t the time "that the trails were worn bare with people go. ing to the, United Staten," Under the Liberal Government all this had been °hanged• The Mail and Empire in its editorial oolumne some months ago aaid; "There in now a change, Not only is the exodus ()topped, but Manitoba and the Northwest are begriming filled up by the meet desirable (lase of Bottlers, puttee. larly from Great Britain and United States, whose people are more in iter. mony with Canadian euatoms," ate, The arrivals from the United States in 1899 numbered 11,949 ; from the United King. dom, 10,660 ; Donithobore, 7,350 1 Gallo Jane, 0,700 ; Germano, 780 ; Scandium viane, 1,926 ; Freeeh and B dgiane and other nationalities, 0,159, making a total of 44,548, Re compared with 31,900 in 1898, an increase of 12,643 in one year, or 40 per cent. This result was brought about by the enlightened policy of this Govern ment. Daring the last three years of Coneervative rule the total number of immigrants ooming into Canada was 58,• 130, an average of 32,163 aunoally for the first three years of Liberal rule, or 40 329 more immigrants in three years of Liberal rule than in the last Three years of Conee,vative rule, an inoreaee of 72 per Dent. The numbers of homeeteede taken op in the last four years were 1,867, 2,406, 4,848 and 8,689, a large in oreaee each year, but the inoreaee in the number of Canadians who took op home steads was atilt greater, the figuree being for the last four years 570, 708, 1,634 and ,2,154. Qf the net entries in the last three years of Conservative role there were 4,974 and in the first three years of Liberal rule 12,820, an inoreaee of 154 per vent , not counting the 2,000 Doukho• bore. A COMPARISON OF EXPENDITURES. The coat of immigration from 1685 to 1896, 12 years, under Coneervative rule, was $2,639,248, a yearly average of $219,- 707. The total homestead entries for the same period was 36,969, and the ()epee'. lotions 12,565, or one in every three. That is to say, a large number went in there who were foroed by the homestead regulations to go elsewhere. The aver- age cost was $110 for every net home• stead entry in the twelve years. The coat for the last three years was 3645,600, an average of 321,483 ; total entries, 13,- 021 ; oancellatioos, 1,291, or one in every eleven against one in every three under the Coneervetivee. The net homestead entries were 12,226, an average ooet of $22 one fifth the coat under the Conservatives. The Government policy was another evi• derma that it ie the Liberal party and not the Coneervative party that posseesee the genius of Government. OUR OTTAWA LETTER. cognizanoo of the petition of the Roman Catholic ratepayers to the chairman and members of the Winnipeg 1•'ublio School Board, to have their schools taken over by the said board ; he Mae aleo taken oogniaanee of the report of the proosed• Inge which took plaoe when the said petition was presented to the Board and especially of the following statements trade by the petitioners ;—"We are noting as the laity, Weloome' with the best of good feeling, We feel that there le 0, school law that we van fairly tall( ad• vantage of.; and that by having a good, friendly feeling that we van overcome some of the dhlioeltiee. This le absolute ly a proposition from the laity, the Catholic ratepayers ; but is would be acceptable to the clergy on the linea pro. posed?' the Prime Minister is more than ever of the opinion that the Manito• ba sohool queetion has beau eettled in a manner to do to the Catholive of that Province the fullest and most complete justice that was possible under esiating oiroumetaucee, especially as it appears that the Roman Catholive are willing to take advantage of the new law, and only ask to have it liberally administered by the provinoial authorities, a demand in which all good citizens will heartily von our." OTmwi, May 7th.—Tbe business of parliamentary obstruction is, in these latter days, reduced to 0 fine art, and Tory members of the House of Commons are showing themselves past masters therein. The good old system of patting up members to talk against time—"repre- sentatives" like the redoubtable Mr. Davin for instance, who, with phenomenal physical staying power can occupy five or six hours in reading extracts in prose and poetry from all and every source—i5 now considered clumsy and out of date or possibly, ae we are so near a general election, it to thought unwise to make it too apparent to the country that a delib- erate attempt is being made to hamper the progress of publio business ; but a no less effective means has been hit upon and is being worked for all there in in it. Day after day advantage is taken of the technical privilege of moving the adjourn• meat of the House for the purpose of starting a debate on some utterly unim• portant anbjeot, for which there is not a shadow of excuse to claim urgency. DELMERATE ORBTRUOTION. The House has been in embus' seseion less then sixty days, and on at least half these the Opposition have consumed a large part of the afternoon session, and more than once the night session as well, in these purposeless and quite inexcusable dieoussione. One afternoon was taken up with discussing newspaper rumors of trouble over the selection of recipients for commissions in the Imperial Army ; another by an attack upon the Minister of Public Works for alleged utterances made by him in Europe but of which therm was no possible means available of obtaining corroboration or refutation ; a third in a squabble over the delay in the work of the printing bureau in getting out parliamentary documents ; and so on through every variety of conceivable sub. jecta, some of which might have been worth a simple interrogation occupying, say, five minutes, some not worth notio ing at all, and none in any sense meriting the time and attention given to them by Oppoeition members, who for some reason apparently sufficient in their estimation, are determined to do everything in their power to delay the progress of publio business. MANITOBA'S SCHOOLS. An interesting echo of the old Manitoba school controversy, now happily almost forgotten, was heard in the House on Monday, when Mr. Dugas, the Conser- vative member for Montoalm, Que,, called attention to a meeting between the Winnipeg Public Sobool Board and a deputation of Roman Catholic citizens, to discuss a proposition from the latter for the taking over of the Catholic schools of Winnipeg by the Pablio School Board. Having read a lengthy report of the pro. ceedinge on that °contemn Mr. Dugas inquired whether the Prime Minister still considered that full justice bad been done the Catholics in Manitoba in settling the school question. Considerable sur. prise was felt by the members of the House that such a question ehonld be asked under the oircumetanoee, for the report—taken from a Conservative paper —gave every indication of the moat Dom• plate confidence and satisfaotion of the representative Catholic gentlemen of the deputation in the justice of the law, EVERYBODY 8ATI8PIRD. Sir Wilfrid'( reply was brief, and to the point, and even Conservative members Were constrained to admit that it was most obviously borne out by the facie ea set forth in the report. The Premier aaid i—"The Priwe Minister has taken nominal- NEW ONTARIO. Very much has been done during the pest year to develop the resources of New Ontario, and to open for settlement vast trade of country 10 this province North and West of the portion now occupied. The progress made in this direction is primarily the result of private enterprise, aided to a reasonable degree by Govern. mental assistance. The result of (molt aesistanoe thus far has been so satisfac- tory that it is the intention of the Pro- vincial Government to do yet more dur• tag the present Beason. The sum of $40,000 has been planed in the estimates for the exploration of that portion of Ontario lying North of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is intended to send out ten or eleven exploring parties, be. ginning at the Quebec boundary on the East, and extending ae far West as Rat Portage and the Manitoba boundary. Each party will have a certain territory to Dover. Operations will begin early in June and continue until about the middle of October. Each party will be placed in charge of a thoroughly qualified provin- cial land surveyor and will inolude a geologist and a practical agriculturist. Careful investigations will be made of every portion of the territory, with ref• erence to its agrioultural, mineral and forest wealth, and of the location of all heights of land, rivers, lakes, eta. A special report of the results of these ex- peditions will be compiled and submitted to the Legielature next session, mune FOR J0131f BOLL. The splendid work of the Dominion Agricultural Department in making Canadian products known in the Old Country and in improving the facilities by which the Canadian producer is en. abled to reach the British market, have always been ably and intelligently sup. plemented by the Ontario Legislature, and now an effort is to be made to devel- op a demand for Canadian grapes in England. This is a line of agriculture in which Hon. Mr. Dryden has considerable faith. Last year a small balance of an- other vote in the estimates was expended fn this way with encouraging results •Our grapes ripen at a season which will not conflict with the European article, and we have hundreds of tons of the best to dispose of ; and as Canadian goods have a sympathetic ear in England now, itis felt that the experiment is worth trying. An effort will doubtless be made to secure good arraugements with leading English firma, a feature to which Hon. Mr. Dryden promises to give his personal attention. Ata Meeting Of the Downie township Connell it wee decided to give permiselen to the Perth Cinder Path Aesooiation 10 build a cinder path on the Aide of the road from Stratford to Mitchell, To Save lie• Child From frightful disfigurement Mrs. biennia Galleger, of La Grange, Ga., ap- plied Buckler's Arnica Salve to great sores on her bead and facie, and writes quiok cure exceeded all her hopes. It works wonders in Sores, Bruises, Skin Eruptions, Cute, Borns, Scalds and Piles. 25o. Cure guaranteed by G. A. Dead. man, druggist. Hon Thoe., Mrs. and Miss Ballantyne, of Stratford returned Thursday night from a month's visit to Hot Springs, Arkansas. Tbe girl students of 131. Mary's Col- legiate Institute have re oommenoed their daily noon drill, marching through the town and then baok to the sohool. The Stratford friends of Thomas Mc. Pherson will be p'sased to hear that he bee passed his 8rd year exams. with 8rd class honors in French, at the recent McGill University examinations. The Whyte Packing Co., Mitchell, are shipping the remainder of their pork stook to the old Country market. They are also teaming the machinery and 'some of the building to Stratford so that in a abort time it will be a business of the past. "tFRANCESCO."' Toloo, 1110iiteouL1N, Prior.' This wall pied }wee wUl 1,1,e the fol- lowing route for the season of 1900 :— Monday, willleave hie own stable, 13ruseele, and go North 40 2nd line, Morris, then Weet to Chas. Forrest's for 000n ; thonee Wast via Browntown to the B.uevaie hotel for night, Tuesday, will prooeed along the 4th line,Turnberry, to D. Mo'I'avieb'e for noon; thence South to Robb. Hamilton's for night. Wednes- day, will proceed South to 2nd con„ Grey, then East to Edward Bryan's for noon ; thence ria MoAllister'e road to Adam Turnbull's, 7th von„ for night. Thugs. day, will proceed East through Ethel, than South to 9th con„ then Emelt to '12bos, Steveneon'e for noon ; thenoe to, the 12th von, of Grey, and Weet to, Peter Baker's, Cranbrook, for might. Friday, will proceed South to the 17th non., then West to Alex. Buchanan's for 0000 ; thenoe West to Jno. Sbortreed's, 9th line, Morrie, for night. Saturday, will pro• teed to tbe 8th line, Morrie, to—for noon ; thence to his own stable where he will remain until the following Monday. "BURSAR" THOS. maseasrxN, nor, Monday will leave his own stab e, Brea. eels, and prnoeed North to 1. 1 con., Morrie, thea Weet to Lather Pepper's for noon ; tbe,,oe via let von. to B uevale Rotel for night. Tuesday will proceed North to M r, Yeo'e, Turnberry, for noon ; thence South, then East to Mr. Wheeler's, 2nd von. of Grey, for eight, Wednesday will proceed to the 6th line to Peter Mo. Attbur'e for uoou ; thenoe by 8th line to his own stable for night. Thursday will prooeed to Richard Cardiff's, lot 10, von 14:, Grey, for noon ; thenoe 1,1 miles East and 11 miles South to Hugh Stewart's, 16th von., for night. Frid-ty will proceed. via Walton to T. Nolan's, Hallett, for noon ; thence North to Peter MoNabb's, lot 16, 6th line, Morris, for night. Sat• urday, will prooeed to hie own stable where he will remain uo'il the following Monday morning. "ROYAL •BUTEMAN." Roo R' PRIDHAM, PeoroioTone. Monday will leave his own etab'e, Walton, and proceed to Jae. Elliott's, von. 9, Grey, for noon ; thenoe 2,j; miles East, then North to Abram Biehop's for night. Tuesday will prooeed West to Duncan Taylor's, ann. 4, for noon ; thenoe West to Milton MoVety's, eon. 2, Mot rig, for night. Wednesday will proceed West to Wm. Iebieler'e, con. 2, Morrie, for noon ; thenoe Weet to Wingbam gravel road, then to Zetland to Gavin Wilson's for'night. Thursday will prooeed to Peter Leaver'., von. 11, East Wawanosh for nc on ; thence to Geo.Rooinson'e con. 10, for night. Friday will proceed to David Co ,k's, von. 6, East Wawanosb, for noon ; thence to Robert Nesbitt'(, 7th line, Morrie, for night. Saturday will prooeed to Donald MoLean'e, 7th line, for noon; thence to hie own stable where he will remain until the following Monday morning. BUGGIES 1 .1\14y* 0 1000 We have a numt er now ready and ars getting up 55 Buggies f. r this season. Now ie your time. If you want an A 1 Boggy call et the COBER CARRIAGE FACTORY. —"*"'rETH EL, where you will get the very BEST and as (beep ae the best oan be got. We also have Wagons and Half Trnoke, with any size tires that may be required. Field Rollers and other articles too numerous to mention. Rimming wheels, repairing, re - trimming and re painting promptly attended to. Be aura end give tie a call and see what we have before buying elsewhere. Jiio. Caber, Ethel. J, DI Rim's Shoes Always ie Stook, Seaso��Vle Shoes Livingston & Co. Bavealimltotlguanbitynflloet Dutch Bead far farmersInLha vlofaity Of ilcomi a who intend raleing Flax during the coming sea- aon.wliloli tatty aro prepared to deliver le'. 'at W cult FILM growers,. Oen bo got tit the Plussele ?nag Mill. Seed given oat at 51.60 Cor bushel and o0 the nmol towns, Ae the 8eaaoa ie well advanced orders should be pent is at ono(, 1'00 l''lax 80001* from bhia seed $10.00 PER TON will be paid, lief good growth,. harvested fie proper mamma, and delivarod at the Nun Minas soon ae dt for threshlue, N. B.—farmers are strongly advised to cow their Flax on good land, well plowed and harrowed, not on low laude, and the Yield will be from a ton to ton and a half more per acre, Flax grown on low laud- will not grow there to give. the weight, P. ['OKI, LIV1NGSTON & Co.. Afauager., Proprietors, Spectacles spec a of a Substantial, Neat, Attrac- tive Appearance are what we are show- ing for the Spring trade, and the prices are such that we have them to suit your purse if it be heavy or light. We ask you to kindly call and ex- amine them and compare values. Harness Department. iy, For 30 days We offer you Special Bargains in Single Harness, all our own make. A full stock of Trunks, Satchels, Sweat Pads, Collars, &c., at prices that cannot be surpassed, Repairs in Collars, Harness, Boots and Shoes promptly attended to. Ii. C. - ichards. —01` ALL HINDS— Fitted to Correct all Failures of Eyesight, and your Eyes tented FREE by latest Optical methods at Division Court Office, BRUSSELS. The Standard Bank of Canada. Money Orders For amounts of Fifty Dollars and under issued by this Bank, payable at par at any ()bartered Bank in Canada, with the exception of Branobee in the Yahoo Die. trioti RATES r Under $10 $10 to 20 20 to 30 30 to 50 . $0.08 0.10 0.12 0.14 J. N. GORDON, Agent, ttIIUS' ELh FLAX Cameron Bros, Have a limited number of bushel's of the 13I*BT 0171'010 SEED for farmer's in the vicinity of Oraohrook who intend raising Flax during the coming sensor'. which they are prepared to deliver in quantities to suit flax growers. ro o k Flax Seed c1. be got at the Or o e Milt e a sU per bFool. Order froly and secure a supply. For flax grown from this seed $10.00 PER TON will be paid, if of good growth, harvested in proper mown, and delivered at the flax mill as soon an At for threshing. ta-We will rent a number of good sod fields for the purpose of growing flax. CAMERON BROS., Proprietors Cranbrooh Flat 01111. HURON POULTRY YARD._ ALF. BAEKER, Proprietor, Brussels, Ont. Barred, Buff and White nook. Eggs and Fowl for sale in season. Eggs $1.00 per setting. Correspondence Solicited. se•8ui SHINGLES British Col um Iola, Red Cedar Shingles ANA• -- North Shore Pine and Cedar FOR SALE Ar Talo Brussels Planing dills Also Door() and Saeh of all pat terns on hand or made to order at Short Notice, Having made a largo addition to my 11aoksmith Shop 1 am in .a bettor position than ever to attend to my Customers, forvortaCXXX Tiff oan ne17 work or repairs, it prices inch on httlid All li t both the lowest. General Blacksmithing llin IN. all lines es will be e prompt ly n t- ttucd to as usual a d satisfac- tion guaranteed. I have made n specialty of Horse Shoei�.t 118 line for years, and have an horses that interfere, over -reach or troubled with you a Y bad foci, bring chow to me, I will relieve or euro' them in lees than throe months or will make no charge. • I am prepared to supply the above at the W'a ons (ScBuggies''lowest g _ _---- very prices, and best quality, either of my own snake or from the largest Factories in the Dominion. Thanking my numerous customers for their very liberal support in the past, and hoping by strict atteutioo to business and satisfactoryprioee, to secure a oontiuuanoe of the Brune. All Spring Goods at Old Prices at.... Agent for Parker's Dye Works. 0000, NEW BUFFALO ra,C,T ALL STEEL 01 ana.BW. " SECTIONAL SPRING OWN vvunATO E'S. The Universal Favorite I\ oxon Disc Harrow, (OUT -THIO W,) The only Diso Harrow that has adjnet able pressure (prinks. This feature is invaluable on hard or uneven ground, Ne,r Sectional Cultivator Spring Tooth (8ttei with grain nod groes sowing attaohmeote if daelrod) with reversible pointe, also tbiet'e cult is if ordered. The *1*1*1' 01 draft, best working and most easily °peme ed Cultivator ma, u factored. The teeth work directly under the este and 'within the wheel line. Acs the New Spring Lift.. (1 1'11THI18 lCELEBRATED oxoli BPI ilk Sleet t�ll eater S Spring I'resanre Our 01.1 tellable HOOSIER Drilla are s0 well and favorably known that they speak for themselves. There are now over 60,000 in use among the farmers of this cotint ry. We invite the closeet inspeotion of our Farm Implements and Machinery whioh we are manufaoturing for the coming season. In addition to the above we call special attention to our New Ytctorin Binder NO, 14 oxford Clipper I''r011t-cut ,!towel', also our patent Spring nod Spike Harrows and Friotion and Ratohet Dump Rakes. It will amply repay all intending parohaeere to see our lines before planing their orders elsewhere. Send for our New 0000 Catalogue. JOHN LONG, THE NOXON CO, Limited, AGENT. INGERSOLL, ONT. IF .YOU WANT A 0-001) PAINT TRY IT, 'ice \Vi1li 11 Estimates 11nrniobed for all kinds of Buildings, Workman. sbipkand Material Gnaronteod, P. AMEN T, • lir ��i lei ►.•