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ZEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Feb. 14, 1890.
The French Language.
Mr. McCarthy's Bill, to abolish the
official use of the French language in
the Northwest territories, is causing the
politicians, now assembled in Parliament
at Ottawa, a good deal of agony. It
came up for its second reading on Wed-
nesday, and the discussion was rurther
postponed until yesterday. The situ-
ation et that time is thus delineated by
the Glebe's despateh: " Mr. Davin
moved his amendment relegating the
question to the Legislative Assembly of
the Territory with the proviso that it.
shall not be dealt with until a general
election in the Territory. Mr. Beausoliel
offeredan amendment to the amendment,
declaring for the continuance of the dual
language system. The Metes have bolt-
ed, the French Liberals may join them,
and no one can tell what the outcome
may be."
The Central Farmers' Institute.
, The annual meeting of the Central
Farmers' Institute was held in Toronto
last week and was largely attended by
repreeentatives from all parts of the
Province. A variety of important sub-
jects was discussed and resolutions
bearing on them adopted. The most
important resolutioo of the series was
that relating to tariff reform. It is evi-
dent from this that the farmers of the
Province are at last waking up to a true
sense of their position, and that they
ha.ve discovered what is required to im-
prove it. This resohition flatly charges
the customs tariff with responsibility
for making dear what the farmer is com-
pelled to buy, ,for making poSsible the
notorious "combines," and for aggravat-
ing the bad results of agricultural de-
pression, and then embodies a point
blank request that the Dominion Gov-
ernment should take steps to have' the
duties reduced on artieles of prime
necessity, such as iron, steel, coal, cot.
ton, woollens, rubbers, sugars, corn and
salt. The delegates carried this resolu-
tion lay a majority of 70 to 4, many of
the Conservatives who in previous years
were most prominent in thwarting the
effort to secure such an expression of
opinion, being now amongst its most
outspoken supporters. . The meeting
also refused to join the millers in asking
for an additional duty on flour, but in-
stead passed a resolution by a very
large rnaiority asking that " wheat and
wheat products he placed 0)2 the free
list." The Cerumittee on Agricultural
Depression, and the causes thereof, sub-
mitted the following report which was
unanimously adopted :
That the agricultural industries of
this province are severely depressed no
onef will deny who ia at all acquainted.
with the condition of the agricultural
interests- at this time. Your committee
believe that the- chief causes of that
depression are : (a) Comparative tail -
are in the _staple grain crops of the
country, caused by unfavorable seasons
and low prices for the products of the
farm. (b) Discrimination in freight
rates by our great railway corporations
against the Canadian farmer, who - pro-
vided a larger portion of the funds to
build these roads, and in favor of the
American shippers, who have no claim
upon those corporations for such pecuni-
ary advantages. (c) Heavy and, in
many cases, exorbitant rates of interest
for the use of money whilst the farming
industry would only give a. return of
about three per cent. upon _the capital
invested. (d) Large sums of Eastern
money have been invested,in our North-
west Territories for which little or no
return has yet 'been received, and the
residents of the Eastern provinces are
at the present time paying large sums
annually as interest on that invested
capital. (e) Excessive taxation levied
to meet the expenditure required in
opening up our Western provinces, and
to meet the payment of interest upon
our ever-increasing public indebtedness,
this taxation being ievied, in onany in-
sitan,ces, in a manner vrhich. is very un-
justto the agricultural interests of this
cauntry. (f) A tendency on the part
of the farmer and his family to live a
little beyond their present means, while
living in hopes of future prosperity.
REMEDIES SUGGESTED.
AS tO the proper remedy for any or
all af these.causes, opinione may diffet
to a wide eatent, but your committee
believe that the following auggestions
are along the line in which, at least, a
measure of relief might be, obtained : (a)
Free entrance to the markets where our
farm products have to be disposed of,
and your committee would strongly ad-
vise -that in future all legielation in re-
gard to import daties'he in the direction
of lowering these duties. (b) Your
committee would insist upon the inipor-
tant necessity of the appointment of a
Board of Commissioners for thesregula-
tion of railway freight rates, or some
other effeetive means being taken by the
Don -Anion Government to Rrevent the
disctimination in rates under which we
are suffering. (c) Careful and econornie
cal management of public funds by our
public officials, as well as strict economy
ley the individual.
This report contains food for profit -
able reflection. It ,points out very
clearly the true causes for the disabili-
ties under te' Teich the farmers now labor
, ,
and ss clearly lays down the remedies.
Indeed, it might well have gone further
in this latter direction, and have pointed
to many of the savings iwhioh should be
effected in the managetnent of public
funds. It might have advised the aboli-
tion of the Senate ; the discontinuance
of bonuses to useless railways and other
public works ; the cutting dpwn of vice-
regal expenditures ; the abolition of the
Lieu tenan t -G overn or 's public residence ;
the repeal of the useless Dominion _Fran-
chise Act, and many other similar waste-
ful expenditures which consume an-
nually more money than the entire bar-
ley procitici of the Province amounts to,
and which, tf cut off, would aid materi-
ally in relieving farmers of their present
burdens. However, the Institute has
gone a good wax in the right direction,
aud if the farmers of the country only
back them up we will soon have a new
era in public affairs and it will not be so
necessary for the " individual to prac-
tise strict economy." There is no doubt
but strict economy on the part of the
individual is a very good thing, but
there is little use in the individual
economizing if his savings are persistent-
ly squandered in such extravagances as
we have indicated by those we have
placed in authority.
smonommommosaumimesms
The Orange Incorporation Bill.
The Bill for the incorporation of the
Orange order passed its second reading
in the House of Commons at Ottawa on
-Monday last. Contrary to general ex-
pectatien it received a majarity of sixteen
votes and was paised without discussion,
the only person who spoke being Mr. N.
Clarke Wallace, the mover of the bill.
An unusually large number of the mem-
bers, however, were absent, and it is
doubtful if it would have had such a
large majority in a full house. It was
confidently expected it, would have
caused a long and acrimonious discus-
sion, and the division came on ratherem-
expectedly, which may account in soroe
measure for the large number of ab-
sentees. The vote was a mixed one,
some Reformers voting for the
bill, and some Conservatives voting
.
against it. Of the 1 members of
the Government who voted for the bill
were Sir John Macdonald, Mr. Bow—ell,
i
Mr. Foster, Mr. Tuppere Mr.; Dewdney
and Mr. Carling. Mr. IChapleau and
Mr, Colby were absent and all the
others voied against it. The Liberals
from Ontario who oted fer the bill
were, Mr. Armstrong Middlegex ; Mr.
1,
Barron, Victoria ;„ Mr. Burdett% Has-
se
tinge; ; Mr. Charlton, Notfolk ; Dr. Mc-
Donald, Huron ; Dr. Platt, Prince Ed-
ward ; Mr. Rowand, Bruce ; Mr. Suth-
erland, Oxford, and Mr. Waldie, Halton.
It is now 'likely the bill will become law
if thn machinery is not put 'into opera-
tion to kill it in the Senate.' ,
, 1
A good deal of dissatisfaction is felt
by friends of the Order at the nature of
the bill now before Parliament. It is
widely different from that presented by
Mr. John White a few Years ago, and
which was then voted down. The pres-
ent bill provides for the! incorporation
of the Association, not as a Protestant
or religious organization, but as a mu-
tual benefit and life insurance Associa-
tion of the same nature as the Foresters,
Odclfellows and other similar mutual aid
societies. The Huntingdon Gleaner, a
staunch Protestant and Equal Rights
paper, in the Province of Quebec,strongt
ly opposes this bill, because, as it cor-
rectly says : " The sole moral value of
" incorporation to the Orange Associa-
" tion lay in the recognition which, in-
-" corporation would give te its principle].
" But that recognition Orange principles
" do not secure by this bill, which, in
" fact, studiously keeps them in the
" background." The object of the pro-
moters of the bilI in secUring incorpo-
ration in this way is , best known to
themsalves, but it looksis very much as
if they were more desirous of securing
incorporation in name rether than in\
reality, and that the present mode was
adopted to ease those members of Par-
liament who could not afford to offend
either the Orangemen or ' the Catholics.
However, if the Orangemen are satisfiedl
with what has been done for them oth-
1
era need not complain. Incorporation,
even under the present Act, althoegh it
entirely eschews the principles 'of the
order, will be of advantage to it in the
way of facilitating its operations just
the same as incorporation would be ad-
vantageous to any other mutual benefit
society ; it will be of benefit to the or-
der in a business point of view.
THE DUNBAS BANNER remarks : " The
Canadltan hen is doing her duty like s
little man.' The official statistics- show
that during 1889, Canada exported over
fourteen million dozen eggs, amounting
to $2.150,510 in value. Canada shotild
abelish the beaver as the national em-
blem and put the hen in his place. The
beaver is supposed to be the emblem of
industry but he cannot compare with
the modern and painstaking hen. Neith-
er can the baldheaded American eagle
put on any airs over the Canadian hen,
for while the Canadian hen is busy all
the time the American eagle does noth-
ing but perch up on the constitution and
blink its eyes at the British lion. The
people of Canada should; be proud of
their Shanghais and Brahmapootras,and
instead of erecting statues to deceased
politicians they should put up a monu-
ment to perpetuate the virtues of the
Canadian hen. She is a credit to her
species." All our contemporary says
about the Canadian hen. is quite true.
But he might have farther remarked
that this entire export of hen fruit went
to the United States, in which country
there isa free market for Canadian eggs,
and that our Panadian product has in-
creased more than four fold since the
American duty on eggs was, .abolished.
If we had free access to the same mar-
ket for other Canadian agricultural pro-
ducts, we might fairly expect a pro-
portionate incrase. This Shows what
an immense bpefit Unrestrieted Reci-
procity would be to the Canadian far-
mer, and through him to eve0 other in-
terest dependent upon him.
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GRIP, in discussing the quarrel be-
tween the big Toronto papers makes the
following good point which we especially
recommend to those who take their' po-
litical ideas from the Empire. It says :
Meanwhile, it is instructive, interest-
ing and amusting to see how beautifully
and unconscibusly the Empire has given
the lie to all the stuff it has been writing
since its first issue against Reciprocity.
With the monotonous drone character-
istic of a hand organ it has all along
been declaring that Reciprocity is the
sure rood to Annexation, and therefore,
even though it might best° the material
advantage of Canada, no truly loyal
person could possibly favor it. Nowt
the charge against Mr. Farrer is that he
sought to prevent Reciprocity, so that
Annexation might be brought about,and
the Empire sent a Commissioner all the
way to Washington to substantiote this
charge, if possible and, as the editor
now triumphantly asserts, he has
established it ! Henceforth, then, it is
not disloyal to agitate_ for Reciprocity,
which, the Empire being witness, is
just what • the Liberals have alwaye
_claimed—the surest bulwark against
Annexation.
• FROM THE CAPITAL
, (From Our Own Corresptindent.)
OrrAwA, February llth, 1890t
After the usual delay etarliament
seems to be entering' upon the active
work of the session. The several com-
mittees 'of the Corninccus have begun
work, private legislation is being pushed
forward, and the beginning of night sit-
ting shows that the legislators have,.
metaphorically speaking, got into their
working clothes.
The beginning of „the week was mark-
ed by a piece of sad intelligence which
visibly depressed the spirit of Parlia-
ment. The death of Senator John Mac-
donald, of Toronto, called out a most
heartyeand universal expression of . re-
gret. It.is not often that the death of
a legislator is felt to be such a loss as
was the case in Senator Macdonald's
death., A unique feature of the refer-
ences to the sad event in their assemb-
lige by his colleagues was the speech of
Senator Ifowlan, who expressed a sense
of personal gratitude to the departed
because of the fact that Mr. Macdonald
had visited and cared for' him (Senator
Howlan) when lie was very sick on one
occasion. This death makes another
vacant chair in.the Senate. There is
but little speculation as to Mr. Macdon-
ald's successor. The Government shows
but little activity in choosing Senators
to fill places already vacant, but it seems
to be agreed that the two vacancies in
Quebec will be filled by Hon L. R.
Masson, ex -Lieutenant -Governor and
M. P. A. Landry, ex -M. P.. respective-
ly, and that the late J. B. Plumb's; chair
will be filled by the appointment of Mr.
Maclaren the Perth lumber king. The
Senate is 'handieapped very seriously by
the absence through illness of its talent-
ed - and experienced leader, Hon. J. J.
C. Abbott. The leadership is, tempor-
arily in the hands of Hon. Frank
Smith, who' in business affairs has
proven himsey an able, far-sighted men.
But he is utterly unsuited for the task
of leading -a great legislative body, and
if, as is feared, Senator Abbott's illness
is likely to prove a prelonged one it will
be necessary to appoint some person to
fill his place. Mr. C. J. Rykerte the
present M. P. for Lincoln, is said to be
pressing his claims to the place .very
earnestly, but such an appointment
would not be particularly popular with
the Senate and would involve the Gov-
ernment in the trouble of a new election
in Lincoln where Unrestricted Reci-
procity is a decidedly strong card.
' Old To -morrow," as the Premier is
called, has this matter still under con-
sideration.1
In the ComMons there ia a good deal
of interest in what is already before the
House, as well as in what is to come.
In thie connection it may be worth
while to dispose of one subject which
will not come up this session—the Pro-
hibition question. A caucus of the
Legislative Committee to the Dominion
Alliance was held on Thursday. Every
Prohibitionist in Parliament, it appears,
is a member of this Committee whether
he belongs to the Alliance or not so
that the caucus was practically a meet-
ing of members who bad voted in favor'
of the Scott Act. Mr. Fisher, of Brom%
as well as some others, urged that a
resolution in favor of Prohibition should -
be introduced - this , year, as had been
"decided upon by theAlliance at Toronto.
rhere was strong opinion on the other
side, and those on that side urged the
inexpediency from a temperance stand-
point of risking a defeat. This view
prevailed, and thus the Legisletive Coin-
mittee of the Alliance virtually over-
ruled the decision of the Alliance, a
rather strange itate of affairs.
Connected more or less with this
question of temperance is the question
of the rebate of duty on cern giten o
distillers. This has always been a sore
point` with many, and it has alrea y
afforded one strong debate this session,
while another phase of it proniises to et -
tract eqhal attention next week. The
position ts this : When a distiller im-
ports corn, pays the duty on it, mauo-
factures the corn into spirits add ex-
ports those spirits he ie entitled to get
back the duty he has paid on the
ground that only goods conettmed in
Canada should be made to contribute to
Canadian taxes. But when a farmer
t
s a, •
imports corn, pays the duty on it, feeds
it to cattle, and exports the ca ttle, he gets
no rebate. It is unfair to discriminate
against any industry in favor of any
other: But when the whisky -maker is ad-
mitted to a benefit which is denied to
the farmers such an anomaly appears as
must strike every honest man as ab-
surd. Dr. Landerkin, of Grey, who
called attention to this matter last year,
moved again on Monday last that the
farmers should have the rebate as well
as the distillers. There was a hot and
heavy debate on the subject. The mo-
tion came to a vote in a very slimly at-
tended house, only 124 votes being re-
corded out of 215. While many were
kept away by engagements which they
could not break, it is fair to suppose
that a nember of Government support-
ers were just as glad that they did not
have to face the music. The result was
a majoritY of only sixteen for the Gov-
ernment, a very good opening vote in-
deed from the standpoint of the Oppo-
sition. Not succeeding in placing the
farmer on the plane of advantage with
the distiller the Opposition have moved
to take away the distiller's bonus, by
abolishing the rebate on corn. Mr.
Kirkpatrick, a Government supporter,
also gave notice of a similar motion,
thinking perhaps to forestall Mr. Lau-
rier. But the Opposition leader played
his cards well, and has kept the advan-
tage which he first obtained. Mr.
Kirkpatrick will be obliged either to
swallow his words or vote for a resolu-
tion declaring want of confidence in the
Government. This will be even a hard-
er vote than the other for many Gov-
ernment supporters to face, for the pro-
hibitionists among them will hardly
care to vote money into the distillers'
pockets. The debate on this resolution
is expected to come up on Tuesday.
Another debate of great interest was
that oo the Franchise Act. This meas-
ure seems to have earned the cordial de-
testation of everybody who takes an
active part in politics on either side, for
it involves all alike in trouble and ex-
pense,. while it adds woefully to the
charge on the public treasury. 1 13ut
party bonds are strong, and even those
mernbers of the House who will tell you in
private that the measure is an imposi-
tion and a fraud will stand by it in the
'House for the sake of the Premier who
seems to be wedded to this pet measure
of his. The ball was set rolling by Dr.
Wilson, of Elgin, Who moved a resolu-
-tion declaring that it was best to re-
vert to the system of using the Provin-
cial lists. Among those who spoke was
Dr. McDonald, of Huron, who spoke, as
usual, forcibly and to the point. One
of the most notable speeches of the ses•
don was that by Mr. Laurier on this
question. He presented in Masterly
fashionthe strong argument against the
act, its expense, its cumberousness, its
ineffectiveness in producing a full and
accurate voters' list and its interference
with the federal principle under which
each Province should be allowed to send
its delegation to the House of Commons
on any frandhise preferred by the peo-
ple. Another notable speech was that
of Mr. Mitchell, who, when the. bill was
up in 1885, had sppported the principle
of the Commons controlling its own
franchise, while condemning the de-
tails of the measure, and who now de-
clared that the object ions to the act and
to the unfair way in which it was used
were so great that the principle was not
worth the sacrifice involved. For this
reason he placed himself among the
eupporters of Dr. Wilson's motion. This
de bate is not yet concluded. It may
come up again on Monday.
Tlaere are two days in the week de-
voted to Government business. Both of
these have been spent in the main, -in
the consideration of the estimates. The
opposition have taken advantage of the
opportunity to make a fierce onslaught
on perhaps the least defensible part of
the expenses —the " contingencies " as
they are called, of the several depart-
ments. By rights the ,expenses which
cannot be definitely estimated for should
be very small. But as a matter of fact
each department demands from ten to
twenty thousand dollars as a Sort of
general account to be spent at the plea-
sure of the minister and his subordin-
ates. , The result is expenditures which
may look all right at the time they are
made but which, when put down in
black and white and looked at from a
distance of a few moaths, seem utterly
indefensible. For instance, it
would appear that Sir Adolphe
Caron, the Minister of Militia,
spent over $900 in travelling
during the last financial year. Allow
the Minister $10 a day, which is a very
good rate, and it is found that the hon-
orable gentleman must be "on the road"
three months in a ye*. Sir Adolphe
does not do so much traveling in the
public interest, Then it appears that
Sir JohnoMacilonald spends $900 and
more in cab hire. There is not a cab-
man in Ottawa but will undertake to
drive the venerable Premier six hours a
day every working day in the year for
that sum. Then again, every depart-
ment has a fine reading room of its own
and spends from $300 to $700 in sub-
scriptions ,tO newspapers, Cenadian,
British and American. A funny feature
of this discussion was the speech of the
Premier about his own expenditure for
cabs. He declared that so long as he
was Premier the public must pay his
cab fares. He had tried to salve money
last summer by sometimes riding in a
bus but now that winter was on these
vehicles were too cold for his feet, and
. was now using a cab. This kind of
talk disarmed the Opposition, and but
little was said about cabs. The debate
is laid over however, 'and Mr. McMul-
len, of Wellington, who feels strongly
about these smell extravagances, which
he regards as petty pilfering, be
heard from. Young Mr. Tupper, who
by the grace of his father occupies the
position of Minister - of Marine, proved
himself a chip off the old block, but only
a chip. 'During the first day's debate
he laid on the table a statement of con-
tingencies, purportiog to show that the
Mackenzie GovernMent had spent more
for newepaper advertising and subscrip-
tions than the present administration,
But he had failed to take account of
large expenditures for advertising which
uoder the present government are
charged under special heads and do not
appear as contingencies. At the time
•Mr. Mills deolared his belief that the
statement was misleading and, when
the debate was resumed on Friday, he
pointed out host Mr. Tupper's; compari-
son was no comparison at all, and if a
fair statentint were - made it would
tell heavily against the present min-
istry. Young Mr. Tupper. did his best
to show that his statement was right
in form and effect, but he was badly
•
overmatched by the facts, and by strong
Opposition debaters, and was compelled
to give up the fight in the end. The
father Tupper came in for a raking over
also. There is a vote of $2,000 to him
as High Commissioner to meet contitt-
gent expenses. But it WW1 shown that
all possible bontingencies were met by
special votes; and that this $2,000 *as
simply an addition to Sir Charles Tup-
per's salary. The item was voted all
right, but not without strong objection
by the Opposition. There was a very
amusing scene in the House on Friday
evening, when Sir Adolphe Caron tat
his temper over criticisms of his trav-
elling expensies, and acted like an angry
school boy. was only under the im-
perative whi pered orders of the Pre-
mier that he , at last apologised to Dr.
Wilson, of Elgin, for an o ensive word
he used in sp1saking of tha gentleman.
Sir John M cdonald wa
very °much
afraid that ir Adolphe would make
some irretriekable blunder, but by good
luck he stopited just short of that point.
Sir Adolphe hi in the bad books of even
the militia of the country, so much so
that though the Rifle and Artillery As-
sociations met in one of the Committee
roome, he did not venture to. atterid.
The belief is that he viae afraid of open
and not too kindly criticism of his ad-
ministration.
While on this subject of criticising
public expenditures, at least a mention
must be made of the fact that the Pubt
lin Accounts Committee will investigate
the expenditure at Rideau Hall, the
residence of the Governor General.
There seem to!be gardeners, carpenters,
laborere, and others almost ad libitum
employed about, this place. The Gov-
ernor General cannot approve this
wholesele waste. It is probable that
Government or personal influences have
been allowed little by little to swell the
list of employes Until the place has be-
come a centre of scandalons extravagance.
There is greet interest attaching to
the forthcoming votes ou the Orange In-
corporation Bill and Mr. McCarthy's
measure, for abolishing the dual lan-
guage system in the Northwest. The
Orange Bill ie made as inoffensive in
form as possible and many members
who voted against it before will proba-
bly support it this time. Mr. Davin has
proposed an .amendment to Mr. Me -
i
Carthy's bill, which if carried, will leave
the whole mjatter of arranging the
language que tion to the Northwest
Council, aftera vote by the people. 0
is probable that this compromise will
carry.
The Ont rio Legislature.
From ou own Correspondent.
RONTO, February lith, 1890
- The first we k in the fourth end in all
human probabi ity,the last session of the
sixth Legislatu e of Ontario has not been
marked by any striking event. In fact
since the short and sharp debate on the
" address in r ply," the only glimmer
of interest attaching to the proceediogs
has been such a may be taken out of
prognostication and conjeatures. These,
however, are very numerous, and some-
times very hum roue, ranging •from the
surmise that th government will hold
another session in the fall, which may
be classed Among the wildest of impos-
sibilities and the tolerably safe prediction
that the ge ,ieral;election will come off this
year. Just whet time of the year it will
happen affords the ground most fruit-
ful in guess a d wonderment, but the
secret is one:of those which the Govern-
ment keeps ost successfullY. Dates
ranging all the way from the beginning
knows which to select. It remains a
of April to he end of December are
suggested, bu . he is a wipe mari who
fact, however, that those most interest-
ed, namely the members of the House,
and those on the Government side of
the House Mainly, seem to evince a
preference for a date that must follow
quickly uponithe closing of the session.
Fifteen-mit:flute sessions have been the
order of the day hitherto, and there has
been little in them to aford food for
discussion. The Opposition have shown
no _signs of fight, and the Government
has done nothing to provoke them. To
tell thetruth it takes a good deal of
provocation from the Government to
make them fight to any extent. Mean-
time, they have promised to make at
-least one fight, that for the ballot for
the election of Separate School trustees.
It is odd to see the same men now the
self -constituted champions of a denomi-
nation which they detest, and again the
deadly and uncompromising antagonists
of the same denomination. In one
breath they.urge that the priests and
laity of the Roman Catholic church are
in entire harmony, forrn in fact a com-
plete unit, for the destruction off the
peade of the country, and in the next
they claim that priests andpeople are at
" loggerheads " one with another, and
that the laity require the help of the
Protestants to give them freedom. In
the same moment, in other words, they
claim that Roman Catholics have far
too much influence, and in the next they
claim that they are the victime of an
outrageous system of oppression, which
prevents their having any influence at
all. Mr. Mackenzie in the concise and
logical speech in which he moved
the address in reply to the Speech
from - the Throne put in a nut-
shell the case of the Roman Catho-
lics so far as the ballot question and the
amendments to the Separate School Act
are concerned. If the Roman Catholic
priests are so much at variance with the
Roman Catholic laity as the Opposition
insists, and as they must be to afford
any ground for the argument of the
Opposition, how is it that none but
members of the Opposition have been
able to detect those differences. The
truth appears to be,. as Mr. Mackenzie
pointed out, that the Roman Catholic
laity eloes not in any case feel aggrieved
or oppressed,but is in Petfect unison with
its pastorate, and that its members
neither complain at the absence of the
ballot or objectl to the maintaining of
the Separate Sdhool Act. It is under-
stood, however, that the Government
intends to bring in a Bill on the ballot
question, the perpose of which has not
been made known to the Press. The Op-
position, intend, too, to make as vigor-
ous a fight as they can over some minor
points tei connection with the question
of French in the schools of Eastern On-
tario. Their main position here has
been cut away from under their feet,
and it is hard to say on what, or how
they will establitth their slender foot-
hold' for attack.
The committees have: been struck
and will go to work right away. The
first speaker's dinner will be held Wed-
nesday of this week, and night sessions
may be counted on next week.
News of the Week. ,
GOOD OFFER.— Duluth, Minnesota,
offers $10,000 for a professional regatta
to be rowed this summer.
MORMONS DEFEATED.—The Gentiles
defeated the Mormons in the municipal
elections of Salt Lake City on Monday.
HEAVY SNOW IN MEXICO. —Thera
has been a heavy fall of snow in parts
of Mexico, and the weather is bitterly
cold.
OPENING THE SIOUX RESERVATION. —
The President has signed the proclam-
ation opening the Sioux reservation in
South Dakota.
,
GRAND RECEPTION.— Six thousand
people attended the reception to Rev.
Dr. Talmage at Brooklyn, New York,
on Thursday night of last week.
VALUABLE CASE.—Frank M. Clark, a.
Chicagp lawyer, _has commenced pro-
ceedings to recover $2,000,000 worth
of property in D uth.
1
DR. TALMAGE NEW Cieuuceroa-The
corner stone of v. Dr. Talmage's new
tabernacle in Brooklyn, was leid op
Monday last.
JOHN BRIGHT'S SISTER DEAD.—Mrs.,
Lucas, a sister of John Bright, and an
agitator and speaker in the cause of
Temperance, is dead in England.
To BE TORN DOWN. —The Grand Pa-
cific hotel in Chicago has been sold for
$400,000, and is to be torn down and
replaced by better paying property.
' NOT TO BE TEMPTED. —Mr. Gladstone
has again refused an offer made by a
firm of Am9rica.n publishers of £6,000
yearly for everything be writes for the
puDblEiFeAULTING CASHIER. — Elias H.
.
Berd, cashier of the Lincoln National
Bank at Lincoln, Pennsylvania, is said
to be a defaulter to the amount of
$25,000.
STORM ON THE VIRGINIA COAST.—The
storm on Saturday played havoc among
the oyster boats of Norfolk, Virginia, a
number of which went fo the bottom.
It is siippesed twenty lives were lost.
WISHES TO RETIRE.—Prinee Bistnerck
says he needs relief from official bur-
dens, and expresses his intention to
transfer Prussian affairs to younger
shoulders.
GOOD OFFER. --MT. arnegie, the -iron
millionaire, has promised- to spend $1,-
000,000 for a Central Free Library and
branches for Pittsburg," Pennsylvania,
provided the city will maintain them.
DID NOT PASS.—The Bill authorizing
the construction of a bridge acrosa the
river at Detroit was reported adversely
in the United States -Senate, and is in-
definitely postponed.
SNOW AND FLOOD.—SlIOW blockades
and floods are causing immense damage
in Oregon and Washington Territory,
and snow elides on the mountains con-
tinue to an enormous extent.
SENSIBLE DECB.EE.—The Pope has
issued a decree empowering the bishops
in all Countries recently visited by the
influenza to absolve the faithful from
fasting until further notice.
TERRIBLE MINE EXPLOSION.— One
hundred and fifty bodies have been re-
covered from the mine in Monmouth-
shire, England, where the terrible ex-
plosion took place on Thursday of last
week, and it is believed 190 perished. -
INDIANS THREATENED.—Grave fears
are entertained by the settlers of San
Juan county, New Mexico, over the de-
monstrations of the Navajo Indians. The
trouble is owing to a ranchman named
John Cox killing a Navajo.
FA.TAL EXPLOSION.—An explosion oc-
curred:in the buildings of the St. Paul,
Minnesota, Gaslight Company on Satur-
day night, resulting in the death of
Daniel Desmond and the injury of Mar-
tin Curran,.Christopher. Conley, Mich-
ael Mahoney and J. Simons.,
SLATE KING DEAD. — Hugh W.
_Hughes, the slate king, died at his
home in Granville, New York, on Sat-
urday, aged 53 years. Hughes came to
America from Wales while a youth and
built up one of the largest industries in
teofing slate in the United States. He
was very wealthy. .
, THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILLION LOST.
—Great damage has been done by the
Los Angeles river, California. It has
changed its courae at almost a right
angle just south of the city limits, and
after crossiog the country for six miles
empties into the old San Gabriel river.
The inundation covers a large area.
A large number of orange, walnut, lemon
and other orchards are almost , ruined.
Growing crops in its course are
completely destroyed. The total dam-
age in that locality is $750,000.
Huron Notes.
Mr. Christopher Stewart, of, the
Nile, an old and highly respected resi-
dent of the township of Colborne, died
last week.
—Mr. John Hawkshaw, of Exeter
has sold his handsome black stallion te;
Meesrs. Crawford and Seber, of Ains-
vsorth, Iowa, for a handsome sum.
---t-Miss J. E. Oliver, formerly insist-
ent in Goderich High School, has been
appointed principal of the intermediate
School at Carberry, Manitoba.
---Mra. O'Neil, of Kingsbridge, Ash-
field Township, having become insane,
has been sent to the London Insane
Asylum for treatment.
—Mr. Soldan has sold his farm in the
township of Hay to Mr. Wm. Colwell
for $4,200. Mr, Soldan has purchased
a property in Zurich and intends going
there to live.
—Business is booming at the salt
block of Gray, Young & Sperling in
Wingham. Since the 10th of last month
upwards of 40 car loads of salt have
been shipped.
—The farm of Mr. W. Lobb, being lot
76, on the Maitland concession, Gode-
rich township, near Holmesville, has
been sold to Mr. Thomas Churchill for
the sum of $3,600.
—The Goderich High School Board
have asked the town council for a grant
of $3,0004i—enable them to convert the
High School into a Collegiate Institute.
—Mr. Samuel Brown, of Hallett, met
with an unfortunate accident on Satur-
day. His horse ran away, and the re-
sult was that he had one of his arms
broken in two places.
—The Exeter grist mill was sold on
Tuesday of lost week, under power of
mortgage, at the instance of the Mol -
son's Bank, to Mr. Brown, of the town
of Simcoe, for $5,000. There were sev-
eral bidders but offers were slow, there
being some difficulty apparent over the
water privilege in connection with the
mill, and which no doubt ,deterred Oth-
ers from participating in the bidding.
Mr. Brown, the purchaser, is a man of
FEBRUARY 14, 1890.
means and.energy, and a practical mill-
er. He will at once remodel it for the
roller process. The landed property of
30 acres, contained in the same mortgage
was not sold.
—Mr. Alexander Davie who has -been
1. respected resident of Exeter for sev-
eral years died in that village on Thurs-
day of last week, after a lingering ill-
ness, having reached the age of 75
years.
—Mr. James Davis has been engaged
by Blyth Council for a salary of $65 a
year to act as bell ringer,town constable,
poundkeeper and caretaker of the fire
hall. The salary is certainly not exor-
bitant.
—Mr. W. Patterson died at the real':
dence of his father, 2nd concession of
Howick, last week, from a relapse of la
grippe. He was a most promising young
min and much sympathy is felt for his
parents and friends.
—One night last week Mr. Garret
Noble, of the 3rd concession of Hullett,
had a quantity of oats stolen from his
granary. The thief unlocked the door;
helped himself, and was considerate
enough to close the door after him. 4
—On Monday night of last week
thieves visited the premises of Mr.Wm.
Wood, Exeter, 'and stripped the clothes
line, which contained the washing for
the past two weeks, not a single article
being left.
—It seems a settled fact that the erec-
tion of a,new town hall -frn Wingharn,
over which hag been a good deal of
squabbling, ie to be gone on with at
once. The ground was staked out for
it on the market square on Tuesday last
week.
—At a meeting of the Council of the
township of Turnberry held last week
at Bluevale, dlr. J. S. McTavish was re-
appointed assessor. He has filled that
office for several years and appears to
have given good satisfaction.
—A son of Mr. S. Gray, of llullett
township, aged about 14 years, had his
leg broken the other day. He and his
brother were playing football, when one
tripped over the other, and the second
one, falling on the first one's leg, broke
it above the ankle.
— A petition is in circulation in Gode-
rich township to be presented to the
council at its next meeting, asking that
no tax collector be appointed for this
year but that instead the taxes be made
payable at the Trea.surer's office. It ill
being very generally signed.
— Dr. Sloan, of Blyth, has been nom-
inated by the Huron Medical Associa-
tion, t'or the Medical Council, in
1oppoodon to Dr. McArthur, of Lon-
don. We are glad to learn that Dr.
Sloan's chances of election are excellent.
He would make a valuable and worthy
representatives -
—A Wingham correspondent says :
In talking to a farmer the other day we
were informed that -two-thirds of the
fall wheat 'is already a total failure,
owing to exposure to the frost. He also
stated that the clover plant -was suffer-
ing equally as much- from the same
cause.
—What might have been an unfortun-
ate affair occurred at the Blyth station
Saturday afternoon. Rev. Mr. Me-
Lean's pony became frightened as
the 4.15 train steamed in, and it made
a break, the result being that the car-
riage needs considerable repairing. 'For-
tunately no person was hurt.
—A heavg thunder storm passed over
Wingham Tuesday afternoon of last
week. The rain came down in torrents,
and hailstones as large as marbles (small
size) flew around in all directions. This
is something very strange for this part
of the country in February. Both sides
of the front street had perfect little
creeks going for a short time.
—The following have been appointed
license commissioners by the Ontario
Government : Huron South, —Robert
Spier, Peter Douglas, David Walker.
Huron East --Thomas Gibson George
Fortune, George Murdie. In Vi7'est Hu-
ron the commissioners are the same as
before.
----Miss Mary Ann Vale, of Exeter
North, who has been ill for some time
of consumption, died on Wednee-
day of hust week. She was aged '22
years. Until joining the Salvation
Army, the deceased was apparently a
healthy girl, but it seems that from ex-
posure incident to army work, she con-
tracted consumption, and gradually
grew worse until death.
—The Goderich Signal of last week
says : We are pleased to learn that the
report from Montana last week that a
wealthy ranchman named Thomas El-
liott was frozen to death at Big Forks,
near Helena Montana, does not refer
to Hon. T. Elliott, formerly of GOd-
erich township. A telegram to Mr. R.
McLean brought the intelligence that
Mr. Elliott is still in the land of the
living.
—Mr. Fred W. Goodwin, late fore-
man in the Times office, Wingham, died
on Saturday,the let inst. The deceased
was prostrated with the influenza, of
which he seemed to be recovering, when
he caught cold, which developed into
bronchitis, from Which he died. He
had been but ehort time in Wingham,
and leaves a wife and small family, who
have the sympathy of the whole com-
munity in their bereavement.
- —The Clinton New Eta is told that a
farmer residing out of that town Was
coming along the other day, with his
wife in the buggy, when they were
alarmed by the small of burning cloth,
and a hurried investigation disclosed
the fact that the farmer's pipe, which
had been placed in one of hie pockets
shortly before, had set fire to his over-
coat and burned it so badly that he had
to buy a new one.
—At a meeting of the Usborne toWn-
ship Board of Health recently held the
Sanitary Inspector was instructed to
visit, about the first of June of the pres-
ent year, the different schoolhouses and
premises slaughter houses, cheese and
butter iactories in the municipality,
Make a thorough examination thereof,
and report the results of his visits to the
Secretary, who shall, if deemed neces-
sary, call asneeting of the Board to con -
eider the same.
—The many friends in this cauntst of
Rev. Rho Ferguson, formerly of Brus-
sels, but for some years pester of the
Highland Presbyterian church, Denver,
Colorado, will regret to learn that he has
been compelled to resign his charge there
on account of ill health. In referring to
his resignation a Denver papier says :
As a. mark of esteem the people of his
church tendered him a farewell recep-
tion at his residence the other evening.
Mr. Mills was the speaker of the even-
ing and reviewed the work of the past
two years. He stated that Mr. Fergu-
son had found the church in a most de-
plorable condition, with scarcely twenty
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IFEBOTIABY 14, 1890.
active members, in debt, dependent on
the Mission Board and divided In' pure
pose. Thal in two years the member-
ship had increased s. full hundred. The
swell irt now free from debt and self
eapportiog, and will be able to sapped
one of the best ministers in the city.
the Mills concluded his speech by pre -
*seating to Mr. Ferguson a, gold -headed
eane, to Mrs. Ferguson two silver ser-'
vice plates, and to Miss Fannie McCon-
nell verf handsome plush miniature
case. Refreshments were served and
regrets and kind wishes were mutually
and profusely extended,
Farmers and Farming,.
The question arises, What is a farm-
er? One astute ohserver describes e
odcaanndmaa,kequaarcteorrd,
Is: sffin 1 1r dr:h-aw: roisyldali esdn lkae;:eapPw8eA nurti rtshehlenotaguhwttecoorhierne tr e rwe as it t, i lab gu t two ra n' I Itili
interest every day thadtestehreibbe:lhainineeltsi;
orkets without seeking in
, tePeuris;locwellil hwis line of businese. The
most of wood sellers and the people 01
Seaforth will agree that the first is -cor-
rect, and any person seeing the attend,
mice of farmers at the late Creamery
Association in Seaforth or the Daire
Asling"ecatoi°tilhiinnk St hter altaftotret ismtigr uhet a Ite . ihn '
Seaforth, on the last day of the Cream
ery Association meeting, there weri
hundreds of farmers on the streets ant'
in the hotels, and only about half I
dozen- went to hear those men whole
they were paying $50 for a lecture. Tho
- same at Stratford. They paid Hoare'
S50 for each place, and other men the
same, and if farmers would act on thei
advice it would be worth thousands o
dollars in McKillop alone, Hoard says
his best nia,n in eleven years ineremei
the profit of his cows from 192 pound;
of butter to 308 pounds , on an averag;
of thirty cows. Now, the cowi of thi
- township give no more milk or butter at
an average than they did. fifteen year
I ago. In Wisconsin they draw the milkt
' the creamery and separate the cream
giving eighty per cent. back in skin
milk. McPherson Made $70 per cow ot
thirty cows, giving 6,000 pounde each i
300 days, and making 308 ' pounds a0
butter and 4,800 pounds of skim milk
or an average of 20 lbs of milk a . de;
and one pound of butter a day. ,i,lor
one will see the average is not so high
It is milking the length of time tha
- gives the profit, and the feed the aeons
Butter here at 16c would give $49.1
and at 70 per gallon for cheese $4‘,
With the Centrifuge Machine there wil
be three-quarters of a pound more e
butter to one hundred pounds of MB
thaMnr.bylisoealirdinsgliys peas sown fourincht
, .
deep will produce nearly double th
erop that they will if sown in the mitts
way. He sciws his garden peas ten Di
ehes deep. How many farmers eve
tried it ? Of course the soil must be.fin
and to be fine requires cultivatioi
Professor B,oberts,of Cornell Uitiversiti
N. Y., says he took an old worn en
clay farm in 1887, and by ,finely - po
Yerizing the _soil without any manint
doubled the crop in 1888 ; by still mal
ing it finer by rolling and herrowit
it added one third. more in 1889, and x
125 acres he kept 40 cattle and 28 hors
and this year had 2,500 bushels
grain, what a , met can do in Ne
e
York he can 0 m McKillop. Farme
will tell you , hat the land IIIUSt 4
lumpy for fall wheat so that the fro
will pulverize it There was au& a fie
within a mile of Seaforth last year, tl
worst crop in the township. Profess
Roberts also says, put manure out 1
grass or fall wheat and spread in sprin
put all out on -ploWed land at
cultivate ; harrow, roll, then soi
NatPre teaches us the leaves of tre
always lie on the tot, of the so
and see the prodigons -crop of wood
produces, which will take more su
Aimee out of the soil than a -crop
cereals every year. ' The chief "reason
aummer fallow gives a better crop th
other land is because it is better pi
— verized, not on account of a -year's re
Suppose grocers, merchants, print(
and hotelekeepers were to manage th
business as the farmers, not learn an
thing about it, and spend a day or
every week out in the country around
hotel, how long would they prospe
Farmers have not time they will 1
you, to care for stock or 'brush them ;
°attend Farmers' Institutes,or Dairyme
AssociatiOns, but they can find time a
money to go to. political meetinge
gatherings to hear the Jesuits score/
or blessed, and will read any politi
debate, but will not go five miles toil
or debate any question relating to .
farm ; and all the debating clubs in '
'county discuss political questions, wl
how to grow the most peas or petal
or get the most milk front the milk
machine is of more importanee than
the other questions in the county. I
cannot find three men in a townehipv
can tell how much milk or butter a e
will give, or any test he has ever m
on the farm ill any way. I will e
other questions of importance at
eheese meeting on February 19th, I
_ hope I may incite some farmers to
prove or try to learn.
JoHNiC. Moundeon
I:Tsborne Insurance COMpa
The annual meeting of the Usbo
and Ilibbert Mutual Fire Insure
Company was held in Gardiner's h
Farquhar, on Monday, • Ifebruary
As usual there was a large represei
tion of members present and all coin
a deep int•erest in. the Welfare of
Company. The President, D. Mit&
Esq., occupied the chair, and ope
the meeting ley alluding to the faot 1
while the Company had been very
ceseful during the past, that it never
in a more prosperous condition that
the present time. Heoongratulated
Members on this state of affairs,
hoped. the Company might *dill coot]
to prosper, The minutes of last am
meeting eind the minettes of ail the,
rectors' meetings held during the I
were read and adopted. The finals
auditors' report was then submit
'which showed the following rest'
Policies new and renewed taken du
bust year 407, covering risks to
amount oe$607,585, which is -securei
premium notes to the amount of 1
940.41, making a total of 1,560 poi
now in force covering -HAS al11411113
to $2,324,3i0, which are eecured
premium notes to the amount of 1
438.88. The assets of the Compani
as follows Cash on hand, $191
bank deposit, $344.86 ; uncolleoted
east:mute $284.76 ; residue of prey
notes, 47,958.82. Total assets,
782.22. cost -of management for