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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1890-04-04, Page 4z 4 THE HURON EXPOSITOR. • - APRIL 4, 1890. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS tar The figure between the parenthesis after each line denotee the page of the paper on which the advertisement will be found. jersey Bull—John Hannah. (6) Robe Found—George Hill. (5) Bull for Sale—R. McKeei (6) Mortgage Sale—Manning & Scott. (6), Money Lost—Oscar AnnoRandalt. (6) Notice to Debtors—George Hill. (5) For Sale or to Rent—A. Cardno (8) Notice—Andrew Govenlock. (8) Situation Wanted—Expositor Office. (6) Ontario Mutual Live Stock Insurance Co. (6) Farrel to Rent—Wm. Morrison. (6) To Rent—Sainuel Wallace. (5) Millinery Opening—Wm. Pickard.. (8) Entertainment—Methodist Church. (8) Lecture—John R. Clarke. (8) Removed—Miss Muldrew. (8) Music Circle Notice. (8) , Wide Awake—D. Lothrop Co. (8) Football Club Meeting-. (8) - House for Sale—Mrs. Friel. (5) Millinery—D. S. Faust, (8) Dental Card. -Dr. Belden. (5) Bull for Sale—John Reid. (6) Millinery Opening—E. fifeFaul. (8) Notice of Visit—Dr. Washington. (6) Wall Paper, &c.—C. W. Papst. (5) A Straight Tip—R. Down. (5) Millinery Opening—Hoffman & Co. (5) - itron xpositor. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, April 4, 1890 Can We Do Without hern ? "The Ways and Means Comniittee of the United States Congress have pre- pared, a schedule of articles on which an increased duty will be levied on entry to the States. The increases proposed are significant, and would seem to be for the most part prohibitory as affecting Canadian products. The people of Can- ada are not alarmed ; we can be inde- pendent of our Southern neighbors and seek other fields. There is always a demand for barley in England and since Canada will soon furnish a good sample of the two -rowed variety, the seed of which is now being supplied farmers by the Government, we will in any event seek the English Market. There is also a constant demand in England for dairy products, for horses and cattle, which Canada can supply. We are always on the alert for new markets, and just now there is a movement on foot to enlarge Canada's trade with the West India Islands. Canada is too great, too pros- perous, and too enterprising a country to be retarded by any unneighborly acts of the so -styled Americans, who themselves would auffer by the cessation of inter- courae between the two peoples." The above extract is from the Exeter Times of last Week, and as it is a very ‘ fair sample of the nonsense which the Conservative press generally put forth on this subject it is deserving of some notice, Our contemporary is correct in saying that the increases proposed are for the moat part prohibitory as affect- ing Canadian products. It might also ha.ve said further that if this proposition of the Ways and Means Committee is adopted by Congress, of which there _ seems to be every probability, the mar- ket we now have in the United. States for our farm products will be practically closed against us, but for all this, our contemporary thinks the people of Can- ada are not alarmed! Well, if they are not we think they ought to be, as we shall presently show. It further thinks we can be independent of our Southern neighbors. Yes, how very in- dependent we can be. Surely those who talk in this way must be ignorant of the facts. Do they know that nearly two- thirds of our foreign trade is with the .United Sates? Last year the total for- eign trade of Ontario was $69,381,833, and of this $47,942,714 was with the United States. Ontario last year ex- ported products to the amount of $27,- 089,014 and of this amount $23,030,469 worth went to the United States. Or, in other words, we sold of our products in the United States, to within a little over four million dollars' worth, as much as we sold to all other countries in the world, Great Britain included. Yet, with these facts before them, if they like to look them up, these reckless journalists tell us that we are inde- pendent of our Southern neighbors and that we have .no occasion for alarm at the prospect of being shut out of that market. We are further told that "there is alwaye a demand for our barley in Eng- land." Yes, last year we sold in Eng- land barley to the value of $1,988, and we sold to the United States barley to the amount of $6,329,502, and still in the face of these figures we are told that we can afford to let the American market go and depend upon the English. It iii tree that if we succeed in raising two -rowed barley that will be heavy enough to meet the requirements a the English market, we will be less depend- ent upon the Americans for a market for our barley than we are now, but that, as yet, is only an experiment, and even should it prove successful, of which there is considerable doubt, we -would be all the better of having both d markets. We aril also told that there is i a demand in England for our - horses. True, we sent to Great Britain last year horses to the value of $3,400, while we sent to the United tates horses to the value of $1,202,731.? We fancy our On- tario farmers wohld hardly care to ex- change the American horse market for that of Great Britain yet a while. But, to crown all; we are further told that "just now there ie a movement on foot to enlarge Canada's trade with the West India Islands." So there is. We have been trying for years to build up a trade there ; we have subsidised steamers to carry freight there at low rates and adopte& various other costly expedients, and what have they all amounted to? Last year our exports to the West Inh dies, all told, amounted to the enormous sem of $27,181, leas than the expense incurred for the same period in trying to cultivate that market, whiler we to the United States, without any couragement, except what natureaff products to the value of over tw three milliondollars ; and had n not been interfered with by charges, it is fair to assume that trade would have been very much er. It will bereadily seen from figures, which we have taken *from Trade .and Navigation returns,that of these expedients, or all of them together, will amount te much fo as asubstitute for the United S market, yvhich some, in their ignor or stupidity,affect to so despisme ,We believe that there is cause, at present time, for the most serious al As most of our readers know by experi the country is now in anything buta perous condition, and if we lose largest and best market it is not plea to contemplate what the result wil Last year Ontario sold of her princ farm products to the United States twelve million dollars worth.' -The lowing are some of the items : Bar $6,329,502; Eggs, $1,544,974; Hor $1,202,731; Hides, $294,287; W $199,306 ; Apples, . $179,247; Bea $400,967; Peas, $305,510; Malt, $1 183; Sheep, $686,865; Poultry, $79,3 Now, on all these, and many other p ducts of the farm, it is proposed to m than double' the present duties, wh will practically 'eXclude them from American market. Should this be do where will we find a markt for o horses, our eggs, our poulttjy, she beans, and the other numerous articl Certainly not in England or the W India Islands, as these have all be tried and proved a failure. The rhs will be, we will either have to stop p clueing these animals and articles, or will have to sell them at `ii loss. Take cents off the present pricie of eggs ; $ off each horse; 20 cents off each bosh of barley, and so on in like proporti ( throughout the whole list, and see ho much profit will be left, and what t loss will be each year to. the farmers this country. Each farmer can figure for himself, and then he can judge as to whether or not there ie eause for alarm and if we can be independent of our Southern neighbors. sold en- ords, enty- attire tariff the larg- these the none put r us tates ance the arm. once pros - our sant I be.. ipil over fol - ley, sem ool, 05,- 38.. ro- ore ich the ne, ur ep, es? est en ult ro- we 5 20 el on he of it No doubt many will be prepared to ask: What are our Canadian author- ities doing to meet this threatened dan- ger? We shall endeavor to show. While the Ways and Means Committee of the American Congress have reported in favor of the imposition of these prohi- bitory duties, another committee equal- ly important have reported in favor of what has now become known as the Hitt resolution. That resolution is so aptly and ' so briefly explained by a Washington cor- respondent of an American paper, that we give his words as follows: "This "resolution, which was drawn by Mr. " Hitt, simply extends an invitation to "the Canadians to extend one to us to "go into reciprocity, and provides, that "when the Canadians conclude to go in - "to this business the president shall ap- " point three commissioners to treat with "the Canadian government." Which of these reports, the one extending to Canadians an invitation to enter into ne- gotiations with them for reciprocity in trade, or the one practically prohibiting trade between the two countries, will -be a dopted by Congress it is impossible to say. That either one will be adopted is ahnost certain, and it is quite possible that both will be. Should both be adopted the Americans will simply be saying to us that they are willing to trade with us as neighbors on fair and equal terms, if we are agreeable to this neighborly proposition, but if not we may accept the alternative and find a bet- ter market for ourselves if. we can. Thus far the Canadian Government does not showany disposition to meet the Amer- icans half way. On the, _ con- trary, one would be led to suppose from the Finance Minister's recent Bud- get Speech and the additional turn he proposes to give the N. P. crank by levying new duties and increasing taxa- tion, that the Government are disposed to set the Americans at defiance and prefer bolstering up a few Canadian manufacturers to retaining the American markets for the Canadian fanners. But, although this is the present attitude of our Government, there is no certainty that they will retain it very long. They have been known before now to pot on a bold fade one day and to eat humble pie the next. In fact their whole course with the Americans (has een one of bluff and back down. They put an export duty on saw logs, and when the Ameri- cans threatened to put R. prohibitory duty on lurnber they backed down and removed the duty on logs. They put a duty on fruits and shrubs, but as soon as the Americans threatened to retaliate they ate their own words and repealed the duty. They are very bold now, but eo soon as the screws are put on in the shape of prohibitory American duties, they will belie their former record if they do not become as meek as mice and once more grovel in the dust at the feet of Brother Jonathan. The peculiarities of the Canadian Govern- ment are evidently quite- well under- stood at the American capital, and the elnewd politicians there seem to • know how to bring them to the wretch every time. The danger is that they may get tired repeating the operation, and permit us to rest under the squeez- ing process longer than would be good for us. The better way, if our Government could be inchiced to take it, would be to ask the American Government to nego- tiate with us for reciprocal trade. It is quite evident that we can not get along very well without their market. We are the smallest country, and we ,are more dependent upon them than they are on us, and the first advance might come from our aide without sipy loss of dignity on our part. Were suCh a proposition made there le no doubt but it would he favorably met. If not, we would not be any worse off than we are now, and we would know for a certainty the pdaition we occupy. Such a counie would not be so ,humili- ating or so derogatory to our interests as the one our Government ere now pursuing of holding out as long as they dure and then surrendering piece meal. They should get Reciprocity at once or find out definitely that it cannot be got. They would do this were it not for the fear of offending a few manufacturers who might possibly withdraw from them their political support. The far- mers, however, are far more numerous and more powerful, if they like to use their power, than the manufacturers, aikd old Sir John always yields' to the superior power rather than step down and out. The reason that he has -thus far held to the manufacturers, although the weaker power, is because the farm- ers have been divided aud have failed to show their strength, whereas the manu- facturers have been united and in earn- est. Let the farmers unite and show 'him that they want Reciprocity and must have it, and the old man will soon drop the manufacturers and capitulate to the farmers. If the tariff recommend- ations of the ways and means eoinmittee are adopted by the American Congress it will have a strong tendency to stiffen up the -Canadian farmer, and probably in this way may do good by forcing him to look after his own interests or starve. FROM THE CAPITAL. (From Our Own Correspendent.) OTTAWA, March 31th,i1.890. The Budget Speech has been delivered at last, and the discussion upon it is still in progress. The circumstances under which Mr. Foster's long expected lucubration was at last presented were unique in the history of the annals of the Canadian Parliament. To explain the 'case properly it will be necessary to &Jibe& and talk about something else before the Budget is dealt With. Parliament met on Wednesday last after the recess lasting from the Eriday befdre. It was expected that nothing of importance would be done On the first day of resuming the session, consequent- ly many members did not file an appear- ance until the evening, while a very considerable number put off their com- ing until the following day. The House went into Committee of Supply and went patiently and quietly to work upon the estimates. At length some time in the "wee sma' ;hours" the esti- mates for servites in ,connection with immigration came up. The Opposition patiently discussed a number of these items, but when it came to the subject of the European agencies, they declined to continue the discussion on the ground that Sir -Oblides Tupper's report as High Cominissioner, showing what these agents had done for the salaries'granted them last year, was not before the House, mid that it would be unreason- able to vete the money without informa- tion as to what was done with that for- merly voted for the same service. The Premier, Sir John Macdonald, whose tact is second nature, was absent, and the ,House was under the awkward leadership of Sir Hector Langevin, assisted by Mr. Bowell. Those gentle- men wanted the items passed, and they 'virtually informed the Opposition that they must pass them before the mechani-1 cal majority would be allowed to vote the adjournment of the 'House. This, as Mr. . Casey aptly pointed out, meant simply the extortion of money under threat of physical torture, and bullying of this kind is enough to rouse the fighting blood of even such a good-natured Oppositionias that of the House of Commons, and, under the able leadership of Mt. Pat- erson, they declared that they would sooner sit through the night than vote items under compulsion. Langevin and Bowell were '„,bull-headed enough to in- sist upon their point. Consequently the House continued its sitting and the Op- positionists opened a vigorous campaign of talking against time. Hours went on and the morning light began to sift dovin through the glass roof of the cham- ber, discovering a lot of sleepy and tired, but still determined men. Mr. Casey talked, and Mr. McMullen and Mr. Wilson, of Elgin, and Mr. Pater- son and Mr. Mulock and Mr. Davies, of Prince Edward Island, and Dr. Lander - kin. These even poked up Mr. Sproule, one of the most cantankerous Tories in the House to occupy a quarter_ of an hour. And Mr. Weldon, of St. John, spoke also, and Mr. Fisher. Then Mr. Paterson tackled it again, and it looked as if there was to be another effort by each man. But by this time the day was well advanced, and some members who had gone home in serene confidence of an adjournment, began to turn up. Mr. Charlton made a neat speech, and Mr, Armstrong appealed for an ad- journment. Mr. Laurier did the same thing, but without avail. Then the speeches against time recommenced,and Mr. Lister, Mr. Cook and others took the floor for a time. The morning had passed and lunch time was approaching. With lunch time came the Premier, fresh and radiant from a pleasant, rest- ful night at home. He reopened nego- tiations for adjournment, managed to get some formal concessions from the Opposition to let his friends down easy, but leaving the questi% prac- tically as it was before, and agreed to adjourn, And so at one o'clock in the afternoon the House rose, those mem- bers whe had been up all night looking exceedingly "rooky," as the poet hat It. A fine preparation this for t : Budget. The House met in good order three O'clock, notwithstanding, whie was a tactical blunder on the part of the Opposition, for it Was a practical admis- (don either that the Government hada right to call upon them for twenty-four hours' work a day or that they had only been playing for the twelve hours peree- ceding. Mr. Foster got on his ft early and made •one of the shortest Budget speeches on record as well as one cf the most momentous. He open• ed with the usual snug declaration that the past year had been a prosperous one. " Taking all in all," he said, "we have passed a year in Canada in which want hasbeen practically unknown, in which labor has been well employed and has found -good remuneration," Mr. Foster speaks from the fullness of appreciation natural to a man who has a salary of $8,000 a year with three months holi- days in the summer. He showed a total income for the year ending 30th June, 1889, of $38,782,870, of which $30,603,522 were from customs and ex- cise, in other words from taxation. So lately as 1881 only$23,942,138 was rais- ed in this way. The expenditure was $36,917,834, so that Mr. Foster spoke with the greatest pleasure of a surplus of $1,865,035, apparently forgetful of the fact that this ineent that he had simply taken from the people that much money which even this extravagant Government did not know' how to ex- pend. For the year now in progress— to end 30th June next—Mr. Foster estimated a revenue of no leas than $39,- 200,000 or a fraction less than the enormous total of forty million dollars. The 'expenditure he estimated at $36,500,000 so that as the result of the year's operations he will have no less than $2,700,000 in hand which mightas well have been left in the pockets of the people. The public debt he announced at $237,000,000, and he expressed the hope in view of the surpluses he had announc- ed that he would be able to begin the reduction of this amount. For the year to begin before next session and to end on 30th June, 1891, he estimates a re- venue of $39,200,000 as against an ex- penditure of $36,700,090, leaving a sur- plus of $2,500,000. Great as were the changes expected in the tariff, it is safe to Bey that those proposed by Mr. Foster were greater. Three years ago Sir Charles Tupper made a notable re -arrangement in the hope -of galvanizing the iron industry nto life. But iron declined to galvan- ze, and there is a poorer outlook for mining and smelting now than there was before. This tariff is -manifestly directed oward the farmer.' The effort is not to o anything for the farmer, but to try o make the farmer believe that some- hing is being done for him. The mil. ers get 25 cents a barrel more on flour, nd the effort will be to convince the armers that this means an increased rice for wheat. The duty on mess pork s raised from one cent to a cent and a alf per pound, and salted and fresh meats areiraised from one and two cents he present rates of duty, to 3 cents, ried lard is raised from two cents to hree cents, and untried lard hem lt ents to 2 cents. Li % a cattle, hogs- and heep are increased by from twenty to hirty per cent. Then seed corn for nailage purposes is admitted free. Of ourse these increases will raise trouble mong the Maritime Province people ho_consume more flour, pork and meat han they produce, and in order to head hem off the duties on cornmeal and °lasses are reduced. There are many ther minor changes intended to affect is, that or the other industry. But r. Foster is very far from having satis- ed the people, for already deputations O arriving to- beg and pray for other anges or for the rescinding of those roposed. The trouble over the tariff ✓ _this year, is by no. means settled et. Sir Richard Cartwright's reply to Mr. oster was briefer than usual, but not se effective. He devoted himself ainly to two points—the relations of anada with the United States and the sition of _the Canadian farmer. He welt witho eplendid effect upon the lly of the Government in provoking teliation on the part of the United ates, and showed how disastrous ould be the effect upon Canada if O McKinley resolutions now before e House of Representatives are opted, with their increased duties on es, barley and horses. In relation 'to e farmers' condition, he gave some artling figures, showing the mortgage debtednese and the decrease of land lues throughout agricultural Ontario. hen some supported" of the Govern- ent denied the accuracy of his figures challenged the Premier to make a I investigation of the facts, as could done for -a comparatively small sem money. The Government is not af- fects of this kind. It is much easier stand and shout in glorification of e N. P. in the absence of facts. The bate was continued on Friday by Mr. terson. of Brant, who made a rousing eech. Mr. White, (Renfrew,) one of e best debaters on the Government e, Mr. Charlton, who spike with his -time vigor in denunciation of pro - tion fallacies, and ,Mr. Ferguson, Welland. TUESDAY, lot April. To -day the two great investigating mmittees met—that to consider the rges against Mr. Rykert, and that on great fur incident in which General ddleton was the principal actor. In latter the General practically ewned corn. He admits that he had !order - the confiscation of the furs and had o ordered (through Mr. Hayter Reed) t two boxes of the best of them uld be sent to him. He denied, how - r, that he actuaily got any of them. $ places the General in a very awk- rd position. The only thing in his or ia that he has practically confess - the wrong. The act may not be a me, it may not even be coutrary to regulations, but it certainly is a ce of meanness for which no puuish- t would be too severe. The Gen - took the fur from from his prisoner, this ✓ half-breed' Bremner, and though mner hasbeen asking ever since for restoration of his property, nothing been done for him. Had the Gen- " owned up "before, Bremner's lose ld have been made good by the Gov- ment. If the General ie allowed to gn without beingdrummed out to tune of the rogue, s march, he should ider himself lucky. r. Rykert 'still showed fight. He e a long statement in the Committee to -day, and explained everything that was unimportant. As to the great main fact -that he, a member of Parliament, got a grant of a timber limit for a mans and that his wife got about $74,000 as half the net proceeds of the sale of it, he was silent, except in his deelaration that he could see nothing wrong about that. He declared solemnly that this money was his wife's, that it was a vol- untary gift from Adams to her; that he had not touched a penny of it, and that it was separately invested for his wife by trustees who acted for her. In fact, he in effect took back what he is under- stood to have said about a "provision for his old age." - The Ontario Legislature. TORONTO, March 31st, 1890. (From our own Correspondent.) As predicted last week the House will finish its bush:min on Thursday night, the 3rd of April, and prorogation will, according to present arrangements, take place on Saturday, the 5th. The great Separate School debate of the week has put all other legislation and proceedings of the House into the shade. The de- bate took place, as most 'people are aware, upon a bill introduced by the Minister of Education, the ostensible purpose of which was to make clear and decided one or two provisions of the Separate School Act which have hith- erto appeared to some people to be ambiguous. It also provided for the iformiof the notice that a. ratepayer who wishes to be assessed as a Separate School supporter is required to furnish to the Clerk of the municipality, or which any other ratepayer with his con- sent may furnish on his behalf. Simul- taneously with this bil1. were discussed the various bills introduced by the Op- position also proposing various amend- ments to the same law. These were four in number. Two of them were in- troduced by Mr. Meredith. One of these proposed to insert in the Act a clause requiring from a ratepayer a notice to the Clerk of the municipality when he wishes to be exempted from Public School tax and to be assessed as a Separate School Supporter, and fur- thermore declared that every ratepayer is to be considered as prima facie a Pub- lic School supporter. Mr. Meredith's second bill proposed to impose noleus volens the use of the ballot in elections for Public and Separate School trustees. Of the two other bills one was intro- duced by Mr. Creighton, and proposed to make it necessary that members of religious orders should receive depart- mental certificates before they are quali- fied to teach in Separate Schools; and the fourth bill, that of Mr. French, pro- posed to deprive Separate Schools of the right they have enjoyed since 1886, of electing a representative to the High School Board when one lies within the municipality. The Government opposed all theseltills. The first they contended, and clearly and repeatedly demon- strated, to be unnecessary, inasmuch as it was an attempt to make that the law which already is law, and which always has been since Separate Schools first existed. It has been during the past two or three years' a favorite contention of the Opposition that the law in this respect has unduly favored Roman Catholics, and has c used many ratepayers to be classed as Separate School supporters, many who had no desire to suppcirtisuch schools. They have alleged and con- tended upon the public platform and through the press that no such notice as that above referred to has been required under the law from those desirous of supporting Separate Schools. This con- tention has been based mainly upon the arguments of Mr. Meredith and upon the decisions of one or two County Court judges to whom such a case pre- sented itself occasionally for settlement who were perhaps slightly mixed by their political leanings. Against Mr. Meredith's •arguments are to be set those of Mr. Mowat, who it is needless to say, has always shown himself much the better of the two men in the inter- pretation of complicated and ambiguous statutes; and against the views Of the one or two County Court Judges —men who have rarely had any occa- sion or perhaps inclination, to study such a phase of the law—are to be set those of the Court of Chancery of On- tario, -the members of w hich,Chancellor Boyd and Mr. Justice Robertson entirely sustained the contention of Mr. Mowat and the Government generally, namely, that under the law every ratepayer is prima facie a public school supporter, and can only become a Separate-- Sehool supporter by giving notice of his wish to do so ; therefore the Government urged Mr. Meredith's bill would be an unnecssary and absurd addition to ' the law. As to his ballot bill, it was urged that so long as Separate School sup- porters expressed no wish to vote by ballot, it was to be taken as granted that they entertained no such wish, not a single resolution had been passed or petition sent to the House, asking for such a change in the law. A large num- ber of ,public school sections are entitled to the privilege of voting by ballot, and only a third of those so entitled avail themselves of the privilege. It would be unfair also to the public schools, therefore, to impose the ballot upon so large a number who evidently do not wish it. Moreover, it has been demon- strated that a small minority of those who have adopted the ballot system are desirous of returning to the old manner of voting, and this right was given them, by the way, on Friday last by an amendment introduced by Mr. Gibson, of Huron, when the bill was in committee, providing that schoel sections may have the privilege of re- turning to the open system of oroting if they wish. Under the circumstances the Government seemed justified in offering a determined opposition to the proposal to force the ballet on Separate School sepporters. As to the third bill Mr. Creighton was shown that, judging by results, the teaching in the Separate Schools equals that of the Public Schools, and is not inferior, as Mr. Creighton contended, with a view of supporting his bill. Moreover, here, as in the case of the ballot bill, came in the British orth America Act of 1867, conferring certain rights and privileges on the religious minorities of Quebeo and Ontario, one of which was that members of religious communities are ipeo facto qualified as teachers ift Separate Schools. This law, has not been changed' in this respect, and it is doubtful if the Legislature has a right to change it any more than it has a right to impose on the Roman Catholic minority any other system of votingas to Separate Schools than that which prevailed at the accOmplishment of Confederation. In all these three cases, therefore, the clauses which the -Opposition Would re-enact in one case a d abolish as to the other two, are part of the constitution of the Dominion and cannot be changed by the Province, at least. As to the fourth bill of the Opposi- tion, Mr. French's, it was pretty clearly proved that the privilege given to Separ- ate Schools of electing a representative to the High School Board has hada very beneficial effect on the connection of Separate and High Schools. The num- ber of those attending the High School entrance examinations from Separate Schools has greatly increased since 1886, and the proportion of successful candi- dates is but one per cent. lower than that of candidates from Public Schools, showing again that the standard of teaching in Separate Schools cannot be far inferior to that of Public Schools. The effect of the withdrawal of the privi- lege in question would' be, no doubt, to bring about a return .of the conditions that prevailed prior to 1886, viz., the almost total exclusion of Roman Catho- lics from High School Boards, and of Roman Catholic children, as a reason- able consequence, from the High Schools themselves, which would no doubt end in the eatablishment of Separate! High Schools as well as Separate 'Public Schools. The debate Noted three days. The most brilliant speeches were those of Hon. 0. F. Fraser and Mr. Meredith. The Minis- ter of Education made an admirable ex- planatory speech at the commencement, and the Attorney General made a moat effective address at the beginning of the third day, in which he showed the ab- solute uselessness and folly of organiz- ing any agitation for the abolition of Separate schools. Ontario cannot abol- ish them'and Canada cannot abolish them. The Imperial Parliament alone can do it, butwould not, and even if it could be prevailed upon to do so, the School would only be abolished in name. They would still continue, but instead of ths Separate school supporter being re- lieved from Public School taxes, he would have to pay both. The effect of this in increasing the difference between the two sections of the population would be easily seen. Mr. Meredith views the impossibility of any result following upon such an agitation, said Mr. Mowat, and therefore had not declared, at least openly, for the abolition of Sep- arate schools, although one or two of his followers, notably Mr. H. E. Clarke, had donee°. Some of those who joined in the cry were in ignorance of the im- possibility of the accomplishment of what they urged, but others. undoubted- ly were doing it in the hope of making some political party gain and were wil- fully misleading the people. The At- torney General said he hoped they might fail io their "unholy tactics.' The result of the divisions are well-known. There were four or five of them, the Government being sustained by major- ities ranging from 19 to 23. Mr. Cald- well, usually a Government supporter, voted steadfastly with the Opposition. The remainder of the business of the week was of little interest. On Friday there was a goodideal of discussion incom- mittee on the amendment referred to, and the evening was occupied pretty well with the annuat and tiresome debate on the Agriciiltural college. This week there will be a mall to get through, but time will no doubt be found for an interesting debate on the question of French in the Public schools, based on a Bill introduced by Mr. Craig who became so unnecessarily agitated on the question last year. News of the Week. SNOW. —Twenty inches of snow fell at St. Louis, Missouri, on Sunday. ON STRIKE.—Forty thousand em- ployes in the factories of Catalonia, Spain, are on strike. DAMAGE AND WRECK.—The damage by the cyclone at Metropolis Illinois, is estimated at $250,000. Fifty buildings in Princeton county were wrecked. DIED, — Vice Admiral Stephen C. Rowan'United States Navy, (retired), died of Bright's -disease in Washington Saturday morning. LARGE FACTORY. —Muirhead & Mann, sash and door Tactory, Victoria, British Columbia, employ sixty-six men; with a monthly pay roll of $2,800. Last year 'the amount of work done amounted to $150,000., A KENTUCKIAN LOST. —Edward Happy the son of a prominent Louisville, Ken- tucky, merchant, has been lost in the mountains of Wyoming for three weeks, and is believed to have perished in the storm; Tit DE INCREASE. —British Columbia has sprung up from 128,000 tons of ship- ping engaged in the coasting trade in 1876, to 2,196,000 tons in 1890. PROHIBITING ALCOHOL.—A OOMMittee of the Anti -Slavery Conference, sitting in Brussels, has decided in favor of pro- hibiting the sale of alcohol in the African territ ories . EPIDEMIC. — At East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania there is an alarming epidemic of diphtheria and deaths are occurring daily. The disease is supposed to have originated from im- proper drainage. Non Howe. Moves:male—The master builderof Detroit have decided that nine hours shall constitute a day's work, wages to be fixed by hour instead of by day. CONVENT BURNED. — St. Joseph's Catholic Convent at Milwaukee was burned last Monday night. The 75 occupants barely escaped. Loss, $70,000. HAD TO RUN.—Mrs. H. S. Quinn, a Christian science doctor at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, had to get out of town quickly on Saturday last to escape lynching. THE LAWYERS GOT IT. — Salnuel Wood, a wealthy New Yorker, died in, 1878 leaving a fortune of $1,000,000. His heirs went to law, and now the estate is declared bankrupt. BRICKLAYERS WANTED.—As rebuild- ing will be at once commenced in the storm -swept districts of Kentucky, there is a great -demand for bricklayers. Louisville alone requiring 1,560, to whom $4.50 per day are offered. AN UNREASONABLE ITUSBANJC).—Mra. Peters is suing for divorce from her hus- band, Mr. Ross Peters, one of the most prominent members of the Chicago Board of Trade, on the ground that he makes her life nhiserable by coming home nightly au intoxicated condi- tion, and that while he curses at her dressmaking billai he is a conetant patron of the most expensive tailors in America. Camelot STARVING.—In Boone, Lin. coin, and other counties of West Vir- ginia, hundreds of cattle are dying. for want of food. Grain is very scarce, and the roads are so bad that no feed can be hauled into the counties. The aggregate loss will be heavy. STORMS AND CYCiLONES. — Terrific storms have visited some of the South- ern States, but Southern Indiana and Kentucky suffered most. Louisville, Kentucky, was swept by a cyclone Fri- day night, leaving a fearful trail of death and destruction. Over 100 lives have been lest, and upwards of $300;000 -worth (# property destroyed. A, num- ber of smaller towns in the track of the cyclone were swept out of existence. THE CITY OR PARIS DISABLED. —The steamer City of Paris, while crossing the Atlantic, became disabled through some disarrangement of her engines and took in water badly. The accident oc- curred Tuesday afternoon, and it was not until Sunday that she reached Queenstown, whence all passengers, mails and baggage were taken by special trains to Liverpool and London. It was a narrow escape. Nothing but fair weather saved the vessel from going down. She was towed to port by the Aldersgate, a small freight boat. STRANGELYAFFECTED. —At the Vienna General Hospital the medical -officers are at present watching a man about 54 years of age who was a navvy up till last year, when he hurt the forefinger of his left hand. The finger had to be am- puteeted. Since then the left hand has always been in motion, and now the nervous affection has spread over the whole body, and the patient is obliged always to turn to the left side. When lying in bed he gives sudden jumps into the air like a fish when -lying on dry ground. A similar case attracted re- cently the attention of medical men at Paris, who called the disease clowniam, on account of the movements of the patients. Gorrie. FORESTERS' CONGERT.—Owing to the very unpropitious state of the weather on Friday night last the concert given under the auspices of the Foresters was not very largely attended. Those pres- ent were delighted with the perform- ances of Mite Kate C. Strong, of Mount Forest ; Mr. Jas. Fax, of Toronto; and Mr. Reid, of Teeswater. The Foresters Orcle -trio led by their tutor, !Mr. J -no. Skill of Teeawater, played some selecormis very well, considering the short time since it was organized. Mr. Skilliug has a good knowledge of music, and possesses `the rare faculty of impart- ing it to his pupils. The rapid progress made by the Orchestra reflects great • credit upon Mr. Skilling as well as upon the members. We think Gorrie has as good musical talent,' and as much of it, as can be found in any 1 other village of the same size in the County of Huron. NOTES.—It is now time that our young men should organize a base ball club.—We were treated to a raging snow storm on Friday last, one of the heaviest of the season.—Mr. W. G. Strong has given up the butchering business, and Mr. Lawless has the field to himself, Mr. Lawless is well and favorably known in this capacity.—Mr. A. Soott, of Seaforth; paid our village a professional visit last week.—Mr. Mal- loch, School Inspector, was in town on Friday of last week.—Mr. Elliott, of Wingham, ex -High Chief Ranger of the Foresters' Order, occupied the chair at the entertainment on Friday night last. —The public school examination held in our village on March 21st was pro- nouneed a great success by those who "spoke" on that occasion. The attend- ance was unusually large, there liming 150 or 160 visitors preeent 11•11111111i11111MIN=NEMENIIM111.1.11 Grey. ANOTHER GOOD HORSE. --Mr. Thomas Calder, of the 12th concession of this township, has purchased from Mr. Jas. Ritchie, of Howick, near Belmore, the imported Clydesdale stallion, 41 Stand- ard Bearer.' This horse is coming four, is a dark bay, and was imported from Scotland by Mr. Ritchie two years ago, He is one of the best animals ever brought into this part of the ,country, and we hope Mr. Calder will have the be" of good luck with him. He will travel him during thescoming season on the same route as that taken by his former horse two years ago. Bitiees.—A public school examination was held in School Section NO. 3 en Thursday of this week.—Wm. Woods, of the 16th concession, has returned from Nipissing Junction. He says itis „ a good deal colder up there than here, and there is a much larger quantity of snow. ---The Star saw mill on the 16th concession, has been running for some time past, and is still buzzing away,saw- ing up large quantities of good - luni1er and shingles.—There was a bee at Thn- can McInnes', on the 14th concessiona n Wednesday of last week, getting -jut firewood for Rev. D. B. McRae, of Cranbrook. ---- Archie McIntosh, jr., of the 16th concession, went to Dakota on Tuesday, 25th ult. He well be much missed, but we may see him again when he comes back for his fair one. He will - surely not leave her behind long.—At a meeting in School Section No. 2 lad Thursday, the petition to have an en- gineer appointed and the work com- menced of clearing the obstructions from Bushaw creek, met with an unfavorable reception. There were no new signers, and many who signed it at the former meeting in School Section No. 8 were wanting to withdraw their names. Those in this township who tare interested in the clearing of the creek, agreed to re- move the obstructions from the river up to Clark's bridge on the Plot sideroada but the-Elma people „wanted the mem, hers of the Grey council who were pres- ent to promise that the work would be done. This was not consented to, as the Councillors refused to be bound in any way, and there is no definite plan agreed upon yet. Farquhar. LOCAL NOTES.—Mr. Hewitt and Mr. Kay, of this village, are fitting up their stallicetfor the season, giving him daily exercise. —A surprise party came to Mr. Joshua Ashton's one evening to have some amusement and to cheer up the hearts of the household. Mr. John McDougall wielded the bow, while Mr. McLauchlin called off. The party spent a very pleasant evening.— Mr. Thomas Brimacombe had a party, for the purpose of entertaining the young folks, and giving some young men, who were going to Manitoba, their sa nit 00 7.kti nhwit eetgel olf tin idoimgobTare ptctietoa rg Dienstuu by h • • ebst ye t r ooi e cia5faAgr e:t:srodaiyr side At ele hk shol str4eiwbbaenoTeut-11;118jd busyarye,fo7tt' 4:aSSilltaintVigthitoesllienietilatewePielicahl:118:'eloca'srsaiftP?meaStjiiwar Bit eikbt8:Y131e: Iowa.MWD 1" el _iohbeaitYalfreal tmyedhoreut.nomjgbaaertneve-iejs.ryninmgiv froliniseuisafgesn itu sztiwal itej EIseief,riel!yllihAli t2tppae.tolt tiabeaedyat young Men set The The first season was hel day. There tendance owin roads and unf following st eompetitors TeceoRTED H —11unkin & 2 Wm. Willie, " Silet old,—John Mc Burns, Sir Draught,—Twi Taylor, "Red teith, " Glen." CARRIAGE. -- McLean, "Ba W. Harris, " sters,—Aged,— sall Clear Grt " Bonner;" F." Three yi "Ned Fulton.' McLean, " Cre Swum Howl ems." Thorou Berry, " Edint Bui.t—Di e iraim M Thos. Russell; —Robt. Lukee laide ; John B Reynold, an Cromarty; A. IMMO —Mr. Con. I gan, visited hie week. Ml 70 tons of hay Toronto markei —Alexander Brown have bi Presbyterian el —Mrs. Alexi ton a few days west Territory, —It is pioi for commertial ford public Rohl —Mr. James St. Marys lime atone to use oil —While load Bennewies' mi Mr. Patrick 'c dead. —The °olive legiate Institut ult., was entire attended. —The Nate Stratford, have ing a test weli? begun at once. —A man nat ly scalded the the boiler at H Listowel, —On Saturdi concession 14, horse, causing e other injuries. —The libel s Herald and Tin for the Herald I costa, --Mr. John 1 has gone Soot health. He e: =sander of the —Mr. John is in his 21st division, and h tor of the limo —Mr. Thom • property at Ste -Mr. Robert N to Detroit, whe trade--contrael —Rem Mr, Thompson held hi Downie, on and report ni joining the 'Eq —A. railway Ireland, a resi collar bone bro other injuries Carleton the o --Mts. Robe held the numb machine, o F. Davis, premium with —Mr. M. M then, now of a Tory all his I remove to the that settiemen factory pregre ity of the Do --Henry Sm Begg in the in Mithhell, skip With him the sold on the sly paid board a The F Some intere nished by the the Ontario A has just been report states t the yeer had little larger th total, number