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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1896-4-24, Page 6e. dir'A".r. BRVVSS.E • has been advantage of by the Ilam• Y , : x :: o tfle taken agogues of all Agee to forward their own Selfish ends at t to expellee of their suffer• ----10 rvurdellim••---• ing tolleW Senntry,yfuofl. Such an upper• trinity offered fn 0anada to 8$70, '77 and BVERY FRIDAY IIIOBNING '79, when the bed haevicets of thetas yowl) tin time fortiiletearly mails) at had created the inevitable distress amongst the urban olase 'that always Sol lows such a calafnity, end they were promised relief at the expellee of out farmon, wlio in spite of the bad harva9te were still well•to-do. To obtain this re lief !rem the farmers many ecltemee have lead Olei.r day in the °purse of time, from swooping down on them with, an armed force and carrying, off everything IP sight, greatly in vogue during theclarkages, and more roceutly in India under the old cempauy, to the more modern insidious and consequently, more effective method of taxing everything the farmer must buy for tlfe benefit of those. who make these things, Tilie scheme is known as N. P., whiolt really means • National Piracy, though it le supposed to stand • Sor "NatioualPolioy," What . makes tbie Scheme a prima favorite in new countries where the farmers till their own land, is the fact that it enables a few who control the Government, to turn the land the farmers seem to own into hard oath with. out arousing the suspicion of the owners. It is estimated. that siucs 1870 40% of the value of the farm lauds it Canada have been transmuted into forms of wealth that pander to the„desires and is now owned by thebonoficiots under this eye - tem of National Piracy. In the U, S. 00% of the value of the farm lands have been so transmuted, their tariff was ranch higher than ours, (52% of their farmers are not subservient rent paying tenants). In France, where the thrill is still higher, (since 1870) tens of thousands of farms have passed into the hands of these National piratical politician, and the erstwhile owners are still wondering how it happened, They know they were not extravagant or lazy, did not buy top bug- gies or organs or send too many of their sous to High school and College as the protectionists tell them they did, yet the farms they bought with their blood are gone and they are again subservient ten- ants as they were before the revolution. This transmutation of farm land values is only one of the many evils that follow the introductionsof this s tem of n a Y National Pirac • in anycountry.It discourges thextensin oftagri- oulture (as piracy on the high seas checks the sxteasion of a commercial navy) the base of all our activities, and at the same time forces the people Into cities, where they must depend on the farmers' sur. plus. This soon oreates artificially the same results that a toilful) of crops are known to produce, intensified by the growth of uuwieldly fortunes and the slow extermination of the yeoman farm - ere (from '81 to '01 we increased our urban class 89% and decreased the num- ber of mu: farmers 9000). The steadily increasing poverty and crime (an infal- lible sign of retrogression) we see in all countries (including our own) that sub- ject themselves to this species of slavery or are subjected to it by their rulers, as in China, Russia and Spain, should warn us against its continuance here, if we would escape the evils the teeming mil- lions of these three countries ere known to be suffering. H. Waseirtexoo, Ottawa. ,Title Feet” Stettin I'ublldillfil; nallser Tunonnn0X Ilio., Bnvssnrs, Ori, Tnnxle'or Sen0Onlr nit,—One, dollars year, in. advance, Tbufdate to w tab every eubeoriptlon is paid i0 denoted by the date en the address label. Anyn0Tra1No ltATnt.—Tile following retee will be charged to those wile advertise by the year:— spoon 1 1 air: i s ale, 10 mo One Qolumn ., ..... . $20.00 090.90 520;00, Balt ' 80,00 0000 19.00 carter " 20.00 10.00 8.00 0$ " 5,00 0 2VO d, 0 I i, lylghtb � ..,,.,. � Bignt ciente per line for :fret iosortlotf, and' three cents per lino for each subeoiluent 1n- sertion. All advertisements measured as Nonpareil. -12 lines to the 1noh, Business 00rae,01213 lines and under, 50 per annum. Adyertieemeute without specific) direct• tioue, will be inserted until forbid, cud. charged accordingly. .[ustructione to oheug0 er ttlsoontinue an advertisement must be left at the counting_ room of TI1E 0000 note later than Tuesday of each week This is imperattye, W. 1[1. X E11a#, Editor and Proprietor, Revenue Tariff vs. the N. P. To the Editor of Tun Posy, Than Sm, -Since Noah and his sons stepped one of the ark with God's bless- ing and His command to be fruitful and replenish the earth, communities have grown much as we see them growiug to- day in all newly settled districts, and though it is 4244 years since the flood but a small portion of the earth has so far been replenished, and search where we may through the records 00 the past or examine the condition of the peoples of the present, we find the greatest suffering where population is decreasing and the least where increase is most rapid. First oome the farmers, then the village and as d6 the town. ' the area of cultivation u oaten and city. As the village in the early stage was the result of tillage, so aro the villages, towns and cities of the world of to -day the result of the extension and continuation of tillage. Protectionists imagine this divine order of development can be reversed if men like Sir Chas. Tupper are given a free hand, and the villages, towns and cities be made the 0ause of tillage, not the result. The ut- ter failure of protection to realize the ex- pectations of its advocates in this or any country where it has been tried, illustrat. es the futility, not to say presumption, of even a Tupper trying to Improve this im. mutable law of the Creator. On the other hand the predictions of the advo- cates of a revenue tariff have always been fulfilled beyond the expectations of the most eanguine,for they are based on the belief that this Divine order of develop- ment is unchangeable. Farmers in a state of freedom sell their surplus products only, therefore the members of the community who can de- vote their time to other employments (the urban class) must be limited in num. bei by the amount of this surplus, either produced in their own or some other country 05 countries they trade with. The larger this surplus the better for the farmer (if free), and the greater will be the number who can devote themselves to other employments. The proof that the urban class (who generally live in villages, towns or cities) are limited in number by the amount of the farmers' surplus, lies in the fact that a failure of crops is always followed by a large num- ber of this class being thrown out of em- ployment, our case in 1870, '77 and '78, after the bad harvests of those years and what is knotty as a trade depression de- veloped. The number of the urban class have up to this point been increased from year to year, to produce stocks to be ex- changed for the now anticipated and hitherto steadily increasing surplus of the farmers. When this surplus from any cause is reduced instead of increased as hitherto, it is easy to understand why in the cities men are without wort( and starving, with the elevators bursting with grain and the warehouses packed with stocks. The stooks were accumulated in anticipation of the farmers' demands, which never materialized owing to the failure of crops • the food was stored to supply the woekmen's wants, who, owing to the partial cessation of the usual effect- ive demand from the farmers, are thrown out of work and now have no wages to buy the food provided for them. It is this accumulation of stock and food dur- ing a period of trade depression that gives rise to the popular notion that over pro - (Motion causes the depression, when it clearly arises from cessation of produc- tion on the farm, either in our own or some other country with which we trade. It is obvious that unless some farmers somewhere in the world produced more than enough for themselves and with whom we had the privilege of trading, we of the villages, towns and cities would all have to go farming, and this is exactly what some of us do during times of de- pression unless we prefer to steel, starve or beg. (Recent statistics indicate a marked movement of population from the urban to the rural districts of the U. S. during the last depression there.) To obtain a share of the farmers' surplus being the incentive for production is vil- lages, towns and cities, a partial cessation of the usual average production on the farm must necessarily check produotion all along the line, and thus cense the trade depression with all its ghastly suffering. Well understood causes for partial cessation of production on the farm are drought, storms, pestilence and war, over which little or no control can be exercised. The main cense (not so well understood) in all ages bas been corrupt Governments (over which we in Canada have control) who have never scrupled on one pretence or another to rob the farm- ers for whose security in the peaceful pursuit of their honorable calling,and the moue possession of the fruits of their labor, all Governments exist, and who in tarn pay, or are the canoe of them being paid, all the expenses of Government, under any system of taxation. History confirms the statement that progress is slow or rapid according to the degree of security the farmere of the Community enjoy in the peaceful poeseesion of the fruits of their labor at the hands of the Government they pay to protect them. The trade depression that must overtake the urban clime of all countries at times, A largo inoetjng was held i0 the Court 1 lienee for alto purpose of forming a bowl, int{ 1100001114911, when lbofollowing noose. tine Was appointed for 1999 ;--Dr. W. a, I', Hoimos, ,Prod, ; Dr, a, R. Shannon, Viae -Fred ; 13, S1. Reynolds, Sego Treas. i D, llic0ormiek and I7, .Qampion, DAoou• live Committee. Memborehip fee for the 0 090000 bas been Owlet( at 92, erode rich. Gulls in large numbers arrived in the harbor last week. Lighthouse keeper Campbell is again making morning and evening trips to the end of the North pier. AT. G. Cameron was crown prosecutor at the sitting of the High Court of Justine held last week in Walkerton. Organist Cuff, of St. George's has pur• chased the property on North-st so long owned by the late Major Henry Coolc. The collectors, are still at work trying to raise enough money to move the Mait- land house to the proposed location over the harbor hill. Captain Baxter is already getting boats and boat bouao in order. The cap- tain'a new bridge to:the island i0 a great improvement on the see -saw one of last season. At the recent meeting of the Educa- tional Society in Toronto, H. I. Strang was elected to the presidency of the Col- legiate and High school department of the organization. The following are the ofboers of the Heron Lacrosse Club for the year 1800 : Hon. president, M. 0. Cameron • hon. vioe•pres., J. T. Garrow president, J. J. Walsh ; 1 vi et oe rte. ' p , Chas. Reid Bud vice.prea., Wm. Thompson ; captain, Jno. Hall • secretary, D. Johnston treasurer, Harry Watson ; committee of management, Wm. Blackford, chairman, Wm. Thompson, Ohas. Heid, G. L. Allan and the captain and secretary. The annual meeting of the Goderich Curling and Skating Aasooiation was held in the Court House, a large number of etookholders being present. Theeleot- ed officers for the current year are :— Hon. peen., Sheriff Gibbous ; hon. vice - presto., J. T. Garrow, M. P. P., Joseph Williams ; pres., Jas. Clark ; vice.pree., A. MoD. Allan ; directors, D. C. Strach- an, Dr. Holmes, F. Jordan, W. L. Hort. on, W. A. Oolborne, W. H. Murney, M. Nieholeon, Dudley Holmes, W. T. 'Welsh ; secy., 0. A. Humber ; areas., R. S. Williams. Committee of mamma - in ent, Dudley Hol mea,t chairman, A. MOD. Allan, C. A. Humber, D.C. Strath. an. The Citizen's Committee of Gcderich propose having a public banquet in the curling and skating rink, on Tuesday, May 1'2010. The intention is to make the town known far end wide, so that the gathering will be a gigantic advertise- ment. We are informed that the leading journalists of Toronto, Detroit, London, and other points will beapeoiallyinvited ; that a special train will be run by the G. T. It• from Stratford, and that railroad and eteamboat companies will be repre- sented. The tickets will be placed at 91.00. The other day while A. M. Polley was near the Albion block, he notined that the One wall that had been left atanding was swaying with the wind, and he in- stantly gave a shout that made the wel- kin ring, and what Was conaiderably bet- ter, oaused the men who were working below it to speed to places of safety. Hardly had the employees got out of range before the immense wall was in the oellsrin a thousand pienes, and those who bad had go close a call thought they bad never heard so sweet a sound as Po1- ley'e 10;40 call, At the tire° of the enol. dent there was a strong Southerly breeze, and the wall laving been weakened by taking down the South.et angle, there wag nothing to countered the force of the wind. i .cB i11op, Poen or rant. 3Atlne Sco'fi,—loam 9nrprise and regret watt felt 00 friday morning, April 10110, on 00 becoming known that Mrs, Ja000 Scott, jr., of Rox- boro, had, that morning, passed away, 111'rs. Scott had been oonfined'abottt twelve Jaye previously, bat seamed to be getting along remarkably well and on Tuesday evening previous to her death was able to take tea with the family, That night, however, she became soddenly ill, and, despite all that medical skill could do for her, the ocntiuued to grow rapidly worse until Friday morning, when ale paseed away. " She was a young woman, being 27 years of age, and bad only been mar- ried about eighteen menthe. She was a daughter of John Ofmpbell, of MOIIiliop, and was a remarkably clever and a000ns- pliahed lady. ' Previous to her marriage ale was engaged for several years as a school teacher, and was very onooesaful and popular in that palling. • She was mull and deservedly beloved by all who know her. She has been removed from a true and loving husband, an infant daughter, and a pleasant home in which ebe was.sarrounded by every comfort that ..thoughtful care could devise. But such are the uncertainties of life, and the Mountable ways of an all wine Provid. enoe. The sincerest sympathy that human heart can bestow will be extended to Mr. Sootb in this the hour of the meet severe bereavement which can befall a man in thin life ; to the aged parents, and to the numerous relatives and friends. The remains were interred in the Mait- landband cemetery on Monday, and the funeral was the largest seen in this vicfn. ity for many years. ]Exeter. Rev. 00. W. Hunt preached for the last time in the Trivltt Memorial ohuroh Senility evening. Ross & Taylor have o lust completed a large dry kiln with a capacity of over 10,000 fent of lumber. L. T. Gill, M. D., who recently passed his final medical examinations, . is now practising in Gibaonburg, Ohio. A charity concert was rendered in the Town Hall, on Monday evening, under the auspices of the Royal Templare of Temperance. During the past two weeks A. Q. Bo - bier has shipped a number of carloads of turnips to Chicago, to be used by the in- habitants of tbat city. Chas. Snell, er., found a five•dollar gold piece in bis office. The owner, wbo imagined he had only lost a Yankee oent, was afterwards found and seemed highly gratified. A dog kennel at the rear of Carling Bros.' store took fire from some old rub- bish that was being burned in the bank yard and before noticed the fire had made considerable bead way. The suit entered by Mrs. McKenzie, of East Williams, against the G. T. R. Co. for loss sustained through the death of her husband while walking on the track near Luoan Junction, has been settled by Ole Company giving her 9300. Mrs. Wm. Rodd met with rather a painful accident recently. She was go. ing out in the -yard when soddenly she was thrown off her balance by a gust of wind and in the fall sprained her ankle so badly as to entirely lose the use of her foot. And to 940 still more to the un- fortunate affair Mr. Rodd is lying in a helpless condition and not expected to re. cover. The semiannual meeting of the teach• ere of West Huron will be held in the Public school, Exeter, on Friday and. Saturday. 22nd and 23rd of May, begin• ning on Friday, at 10 a. m. LI addition o the usual program, Professor Francis Joseph Brown, President of the Delearte College of Oratory, Toronto, bas been en: aged for the occasion. 2 Albert Peek, a Preston moulder, lost one of his eyes by molten metal spurting into it. A convention of the Boards of Trade of Quebec, meeting in Montreal, passed resolutions favoring preferential duties throughout the empire, but opposing Im- perial federation. HEART DISEASE RELIEVED rx 30 MIN• IITE9.—A11 cases of organic or sympathetic heart disease relieved in 80 minutes and gninkly oared, by Dr. Agnew's Oure for the Heart. One dose °envineae. Sold by G. A. Deadman. Spring is full of terrors to all whose constitution is not able to resist the eud- don changes of temperature and other insalabrities of the season. To put the eystem in coodition to overcome these evils, nothing is so effective as Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Take it now. BIIEIIrIATIa1I CURED ref n Dar. -South American Rheumatic Cure for Ebeuma. tism and Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days. Its antiou upon the eyeballs is remarkable and mysterious. It re- moves at angio the cause and the disease immediately disappears. The first dose greatly benefits. 70 cents. Warranted by G. A, Deadman. OATAen mIInELIEyED IN 10 50 00 tIINIITES.— One short puff of the breath through the Blower, supplied with each bottle of Dr. Agnew's Catarrah Powder, diffuses this Powder over the surface of the nasal passages. Painless and delightful to use, it relieves inetantly, eni permanent- ly cures Catarrah. Hay Fever, Colds, Headaoh e, Sore Throat, Tonsilitis and Deafness 60 ciente at G. A.'Deadreau's. X. G. Richardson Is prepared to clo all kinds of wont in his line. Good Workmanship and Good Fits Guaranteed. LATEST STYLES. Suits made for $4 and upwards.. ► 'Shop over 1[cUowad'd Store. Q S 'u, ALup eon,. 0 htaken Amny you"Irs and their deryor'sivePillsd tb0for hosta 10' sults favorom uhnlr us 1220, For Stomach and Liver troubles and for the onro of headache caused by these derangements, Ayer'e Pillscannot he equaled. They are easy to bake, and Are the Best ell -round family medleine I have ever . known."—Airs, lOT.t Joltssow, Des Rider , Ave., New York Qty. Agent for Parkers Dye Works. BARGAIN HUNTERS WILL BN WRLL 10141141.$BD WIT18 01018 NIIW ST008 OP Dress Goods We have Pine Lines to anleot from, he Staple Dry Goods, Ribbons, Laces, &o„ we take no back seat eith- er for Quality or Price. Our q l:cery Departmsnt Always contains a choice end well kept stook of the neoeeearles for the household. Por good Tecta, Qoffeeo and Spices we lead. Some people may blow harder but we out•wind them when it comes to BARGAIN GIVING. Your Patronage Solicited. J. C. SKENE AYER'S PILLS Highest Awards at World's Fair. , AJer'sSers•sctpetralrey'oa•t;teblood. TAKE THE BEET 26 eta., 60 pts. and 81.00 Bottle. One cont a dose. druggists. guarantee by all It le sold on n It aures Ieolpient Oonaumption and 10 the best cough and Croup pure, $ohl by JA5. SON, Draelat, Brussels. Know What You Clew ,A,Patrt 24, 1896 House Painting, Paper flanging, alson11n1ng, 86C, Spring House Cleaning Time is here and we are ready to at-„ tend to Paper Hanging, Kttlso- mining and Painting n a prompt business like style. All work done in fb workman- like manner at a moderate charge. Orders left at the stores of W. H. McCracken or Wilton & Turn- bull 'will receive prompt''atten• tion. The patronage of the public solicited. Estimates cheerfully furnished. BRUSSELS. ILTON & TURNBULL SIRING IS 'COMING And will Bring with it the Suar �kvi� Se�sou! We are prepared for it with a full supply of Sap Buckets and Spiles ALSO SAP PANS MADE TO ORDER AT REASONABLE PRICES A. Limited number of Spray Pumps for Spraying apple trees and small fruits. Call and Sas hada and Oat Prices. WILTON & TURNBULL. Is free from the injurious coloring. The more you use of It the better you like it. THE GEO. E. TVC$ETT ds SON Co.. LTD. HAMILTON, ONT. ell J Well What ! "Well I went the other day and took my parents to. BRUS— SELS and while there we strolled up to H. R. Breer'S PROTEAN!. STUDIO, and had our Pictures talceo, and my parents are so delight. ed that they had the luck to go least that "Grim Monster, Death. should come along and gather them in. !Opportunities once lost can never bo recalled. Always Welcome at the 01d Reliable Photograph Studio. H. R BREWER SMITH BLOCt, Aa OmJSLEY, Real Estate 86 Loan Agent, - Brussels. Money to Loan on Farm Secur- ity at the Lowest Irate of Interest. Money Loaned on Notes and good Notes Discounted. Sale Notes a Specialty. Fire et Life Insurance Written. Special Attention given to . CONVEYANCING. A. COUSLEY Office over Deadman & McCnll's Store, BRUSSELS. Commencing Saturday, April lith and following week, we beg to announce our Spring Dress Goods Opening, when we will snake a special display of the different lines we carry in stock, among which will be found the best value in the , market,, in Staple and also the Latest Novelties and Newest Styles in Fancy Dress Goods. We Respectfully invite the Ladies to favor us with an Inspection. - We are sole Agents in Brussels for the Standard Patterns, a full stock of which we always keep on hand. These patterns are quickly growing in favor. They ensure a perfect fit, are the latest Styles, superior to other patterns and are about half the price. -;,ii Monthly Standard Pattern Sheets given away Free. �'�"'„ A.STRACH N. Established 1871 C C] co Eu. lv m Pt ly bb Vo5m 0 00 0 11 r 0 0 The Policy Contract issued by this Association is perfection itself, UNCONDITIONAL, ACCUMULATIVE, AND AUTOMATICALLY NON -FORFEITABLE. It leaves nothing further to be desired. Rates and full infor- mation furnished on application. W. . ICE11.11, ,Agent, Brussels.