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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
great St. Lawrence river. Th6fewho wish
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circumstances, as we have explained above, I
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stave off final action on the prohibition que
to see Canada become a part of the United
when we want to sell in their market. But,
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tion until it reports. When lb does repo
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Mr The figure between the parenthesis after each
States reed not trouble themselves That
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fusion the two into one is Corn.
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it is Just because it in an off season with Vs
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the people will be as wise as they were b
line denotes the e of tho.paper on which the
advertisement wU,Mb found.
of countries
Ing faster than you suspect, of itself. Yes,
that we have none of our own ; they have
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fore.. All that Is wanted � to'know is: Ai
We are Clearing out -Jackson Bros. (9 I I
without any shedding of blood, without any
them to sell and we want to buy, and as a
a majority of the people of this Domini(
Votew List Ndioe--Samuel Smillk. (6)
political struggIrs, Before long you will
consequence they have the fixing of the
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in favor of prohibition ? -A commisBion.wi
Notice -John Henderson. (6)
Wood for Sale -John Beattie. (8)
have to cross il�e frontier if you waut to see
price which throws us into paying the
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not ascertain this fact. Nothing I
A Busy Month-J&okk0n Bros. (1)
Farm. for Sale -Wm. Reidy. (6), -
the children of those who shad their blood
at Chateauguay in order to save their country
duty. But, when our, egg season corn-
fair.and square vote of the people will afrol
Annual Zxourslon to Grimsby Park. (8)
from the impending wreck."
. Mences, and we have plenty of our own,
such information. Let this vote be taki
. Lost -F- W. Fortune. (6)
our Solid Month of Bargains -Beattie Bros. (8) ,
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A statement such an this, from such an
then if - the Americans want to Bell in our
and if, the people decide in favor of it, thi
Au at -Edward McFaul. (8) -
A We"w Era -W. J. Hill., (5)
authority, should cause the people of Can,
markets they must accept -our 'prices and
the duty of Parliament is clear. As to tl
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Change of BusWAs-Uwis McDonald. (6) ,
ad& to think. There must be something
pay the duty. The rule works equally both
enforcement of much a law, there should I
lVestern Fair -Thomas A, Browne. (6) -
wrong here When t� I is is the case. Should .
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not our public men, one and all, leave off
their squabbling for office for a time, and
ways but circumstances regulate who it is
that pays the duty. We hepe the Herald
will profit by the information we have given
little difficulty on that score, Similar a
tion on the part of the Government to th
now being taken to suppress the smuggli,
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enquire into this matter �ud seek a remedy ?
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We believe the remedy will be.found in free
it. The official returns also show th�t
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American eggs are only imported into this
of whisky across the St. Lawrence, won
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soon secure respect for and enforcement.
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SEAFORTH,F , RIDAY, August 5, 1892.
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trade, but if any person can suggest a better
country at a �easou of the year when our
&:[prohibitory law. All that is wanted
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or more likely one we would not oppose it.
farmers have no eggs to sell,hence it is clear
sufficient earnestness and determination 4
The Manitoba School. Law.
It is quite evident that a remedy of some
that while the duty cannot po�sibly benefit
the part of the people to force Parliament
The Government have scored
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kind is re4uired. If our worthy Ontario
the farmer, it does impose a burden upon
pass a, law and then to secure its enforc
,MLanitoba
ano � ther victory.' List week they were
Premier, who is usually foremost in every
the consumer who has to pay it,
ment. When the people reach this stage
handsomely sustained by the people at the
good movement would set to work to formu-
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prohibitory law may be enforced &rid pr
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this week they have been sustained
late and advocate a remedy he ,would do
The Inevitable Result.
hibitio� will become a reality, But,
palls ;
in the courts. What is known as the Mani-
much greater service,to his beloved Canada
The Committee on Agriculture- in the
long as I the Peorle are willing, out of.poli
tobs School Act has been sustained by the
than his ablest speeches against Anolexation
United States Congress recently submitted
ical copaiderationf, to permit; their Parli
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English Privy Council, the highest court of
can accomplish were he to continue them
a report, prepared by the Committee,on the
mentary representatives to potter and fe
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appeal in the realm. The case, briefly @t&t.
d&ily during the remainder of his life. As
effect of the present taxiff law upon Agricul-
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with a t'seleas commission, it is doubtful
ed � is as follows : The Manitoba Legislature
for Sir J. Caldwell Abbott,Sir John Thomp-
ture. The report says: .
they ha�c reached the stage of earnestue
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passed a law reorganizing the school system
son and the others of their squad, we need
Careful comparison shows that there has
been a steady decline in the prices of farm
that wo, Id secure an enforcemeat of the Is
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of the Province. This Act provided a
not expect much from them. They are
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property and products under - the several
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even if as8ed.
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purely national or ung.ectarian schoolsys�-
feasting at the flesh -pots of office, and aire
tariffs in force since the war, while for a
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tem, and made no provisions for the support
satisfied with things as they axe. So long
corresponding period and under the same
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of separate schools of any kind. Previou a
as there are people enough left to furnish
laws other interests have been more pros-
perous and remunerative. The .report in-
- By Our Special Correspondent.)
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to this, there were in Manitoba as in On-
them with the money they require, and so-
sists that under the lower, tariff of 1846,
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OTrAWA, Au"t I t, 1892.
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tario, Roman Catholic separate schools.
long as.they remain in, office, they will OP-
agriculture enjoyed its greatest prosperity, -
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Sir Jol n Caldwell Abboit, the Pri'i`ne Mi
These received Government aid in like pro-
pose any change. But, let the flow of money
and holds- that the more restrictive an pro-
hibitive the trade with other countries has
ister, ha returned from a short vacation ai
portion with the common schools, and the,
into the tax bag cease, or let those patriots
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been, the worse has agriculture failed, The
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again set led down to work. Notwithstan
supporters of them were allowed to devote
be placed in the cold shades of opposition,
result of the prohibitive tariff has been to
ing hi a; -he is 71 -the Premier is a gre
their local taxes for their support, and were
then we will have a howl, and they will not
prejudice European fiations, onr beat buy-
worker, a indeed any man who fills that c
thus freed from siding in the support of the
be so self-satisfied. Their loyalty will be
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era:sgainst th-e-United States, and in the
retaliation whiqh followed agriculture was
,fioe nine be. Having, at the beginnin
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I common schools. The new law entirely ig-
sf a different order from what it is now.
dealt an irreparable injury, The report
'made it rule not to go out into the cou
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- nores- these separate or parochis6l schools,
What do the taxpayers say ?
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presents statistics showing the decrease in
try and attend political or social gathering
- and requires all taxes, whether Protestant
the value of farm lands in the United States
he has been more at liberty to devote hir
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or Catholic, to go to the support of the
Who Pays the Duty?
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between 1876 and 1880, and the decrease in
values of farm products from 1870 to ISM.
self to his duties at Ottawa. He invarlab
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public or national schools. So that, here-
The Stratford Herald seenis to be in sore
T1 ii8 is the inevitable result of protective
declines invitations banquets, reception
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after, the Catholics or those of other dc-
distress over the duty recently imposed by
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tariffs, The farmers, the real producers,
or other Junctions that take place in tl
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nominations, who desire separate schools,
the Dominion Government on eggs coming
must suffer, while the favored classes pros-
evening. � He clings to the privacy of b
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will have to support them themselves., with-
into this country. It is anxious - to show
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per and become iich and powerful at their
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own apar�ments after dinner with a tenacil
out either Government or MUDICipal aid,
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that While the duty ,will not increase thb
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expense. It is so in the United States and;
born of lo I ng habit and a keen appreciatic
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an d contribute their share to the support of
price on the consumer it will euha nee it for
as every person knows it is the same in
of � home comforts. He is always found i
the public schools as well. But, of course,
there is nothing to; prevent all using the
the farmer. But in addition to this some-
what herculean task it also undertakes to
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Canada. In fact we feel the evil results Of
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his office bright and early every morninj
usually 9 o'clock. From that hour until
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pablic, schools. In this event there will be
show that THE ExPOSITOR, in some remaris
protection in Canada more than they do in
and sometimes 7, he works hard. He ha
no need for separate schools, 'and no extra
it' made on the subject a couple of week a
the United States, as our district is more
of course,,'to see nearly all the deputatioi
expense for their maintenance. This, how-
. . nsistent a'nd has gone back on its
ago, -18, in c')
circumscribed and our resourcEs less diversi-
wbi h to the capital, all the imports]
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ever, is where the objections of the friends
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former teachings. It says :
fled. There is no doubt that free trad6, in
,way.
MoBt of t�'em not understanding what thf.
of separate schools come in. They maintain
Our highly esteemed contemporary, TnE
both countrif s, would be. immensely bene-
ca,�W- to I Ottawa to talk about, is a b
that th�e'y are in the minority and that the
HuRo--, ExPOSITOR, one of the staunchest
ficial to the farmers and through them to
enough b re, but the many individuals wl,
to the. minority
Reform journals in -Ontario, an ardent sup-
the country at large, And still, strange to
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come .%I no to Ottawa, to press for son
constitution euaratitees
porter of free trade and a strong advocate of
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say, that alth ough protection presses most
favor, or the fulfilment of some neglects
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their own denominational schools, Taking
the Grit theory that the Canadian exporter
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promise,ir some railway grant, an appoin
this ground, they held that the Provincial
to the United States of dutiable --articles is
'a ev(,,rely upon the farniere in both countries,
ment for themselves, their relattives or the
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Government exceeded their constitutional
taxed the amount of duty chargeable, has
it is through their votes that the system ie
friends, t) get .some little difficulty wit
in this legislation, and, in
changed its base sin�e the Dominion Parlia-
-,during hours last
continued, In both countries the farmers
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. powers- paFsing
ment the closing of the
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have the power to sweep all protective
Customs ruling reversed or a regulation i
order to make a test case, a person in Win-
refused to his taxes for the sup-
I session embraced a proViEiOU imposing a
duty of 5 ptnts per dozen on eggs coming
tariffs I out of existence ; but still, although
the land department relaxed in favor -of ti
issue some patent, or to get a salary I
aipeg pay
of the public school, which were levied
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� into this country. This is the same rate the
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these wo�k so prejudicially to their inter-
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creased, or a promotion, or some oth �
port
under this new law, on the ground of its un-
Americans impose on eggs _going the
I United States, "It is not likely," Boys
est -S, they persistently refuse to do so.
small or reat request -these constitute
nuisance doubtless an inevitable one, cor
constitutionality, The law was upheld by
THE ExPOSITOR, "that this duty will
There are evidences that the American
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the Manitoba court and the case was appeal-
materially improve or change the Canadian
. farmers are commencing to wake up, Sure-
welcome relief. The deputations whi(
to the !Supreme Court of Canada. This
egg market. As far as eggs are concerned
ly the Canadian farmers will also soon get
come in 'force usually content themsetv,
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Canada is an exporting country. There are
their eyes opened, -
with ma -,ing little sp--eches and listening ,
- court reversed the decision of the'Alanitoba
no eggs coming from the United States into
a non-co�mittal reply from the head of ti
court and an appeal was taken to the Privy
Canada, of any account, except, perhaps,'
Government but the individual claimaj
'riecuest
Council in England. This coturt gave d,eci-
into British Columbia, and the people of
The Goderich Scandal.
presses iis for ministerial favo
on Saturday last, declaring the Act
that Province purchase American eggs only
What is known as the " Goderich Scan -
with a p3reistency and a dogged determia
Tin'terview
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constitutional and within the powers of the
beclause they can get them cheaper and
easier. At seasons of the year when hens
divP hs�s been causing considerable comment
tion whi,.h only a private giv
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him Opp rtunity to do. .
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Manitoba Legislature to enact, p,md also that
do not lay, a few eggs come in from_ the
.through this, country for some time and has
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After he day's work is over the Premi
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by it the rights of the minority, und � er the
Southern States. The duty may affect these,
recently been brought utore prominently be-
goes to t e Rideau Club for dir�ner, aft
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constitntion, are not interfered with. This
It will either stop the importation or make
Canadians WhO Ilse thc"I 1(7)' 5 cents Jer do-- eu
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f re the public by references to it in the
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which h, is very fond of engaging in a gan
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of whist or chose, and about 9 o'clock retir
being the case, the- law must now stand, and
mure for thein." The italics are o , urs, and
press. The substance of the scandal - is to
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to the V ctoria Chambers where he has a,
separate or denominational schools will not
the words thus emphasized convey an ad-
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the following effect: A young girl named
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partmen s. He gave up his house son
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hereafter be recognized or aided by law in
mission on the part of THE. ExPOSITOR that
Lomas from a " home" in Stratford was
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months go and his family do not resi(
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the consumer pays the duty. This our con-
engaged as a servant in the house of Air. IAI *
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here. I . fact everything goes to Show thl
Manitoba. -
The result has been a very gratifying one
temporary positively refused to concede
when discussing the McKinley taxiff, but
C. Cameron. While there she becam '
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he regar is his own residence in Ottawa i
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tempera y and of brief duration, so that r
Manitoba Government and their
now that our Government puts the Loot on
pregnant, was returned to the " home " and
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one here ould be surprised to learn ar
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the other leg, as it were, it becomes a clues-
was sent from there,to a hospital of some
day tha� Sir John Abbott had resigne4
friends, and has baen, a corresponding diea,p-
tion with the Grits as to whose ox is gored,
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kind in London,where she became a mother
Owing to his advanced age, and his quie
pointment to the opponents of the law all
and THE ExIIOSITOR actually profeeses to
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and soon after died. 'Mr. Cameron is
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retiring habits, the people of Canada wi
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over t I he Dominion. This school law was
believe that it is the Canadian ex.
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neve� have an opportanity.of even so mu(
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the leading issue in the recent Manitoba
Our contemporary is entirely in error.
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cused of being the father of the child. Mr.
as settin eyes on Sir John Macdonald
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elections, and, as. is already known, it re-
THE EXPOSITOR has not -changed its base.
Cameron's only open accuser, however, is a
successor except such as visit Ottawa. .
must be said that I have talked to a numbi
ceived the approval of a large majority,of
TuE ExPOSITOR never advocated. so foolish a
n named Gore, who was for several years
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the people of the Province. Und'er these
doctrine as that the exporter I-NN-ARIA13LY
in Mr.Cameron's employ as gardener and who
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the Premier,Ahey agree in saying that the
therefore-, it is well that it
PAYS the duty. As to who it is that pays
is also accused of being the cause of the girl's
met a courteous, affable, and kindly ol
-gave
circumstances,
has been sustained by the highest cc urt of
the duty, entirely depends on circumstances.
ruin. This man Gore'��as,800n after the occur-
man who th�m the impression also i
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being cautious and shrewd.
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appeal, as, bad the decision been otherwise,
It is quite true that as a rule'the Canadians
rence,discharged from Mr.Cameron's employ
THE PROPOSED CONVENTION.
ceaselesa trouble, excitement and ill -feeling
have to pay the duties, or the largest pro-
and it was after' his discharge that he started
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The proposal to hold a Dominion Liben
would, undoubtedly, have been the result,
portion of them, on their exports to the
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his stories against his former employer. It is,
convention is not received herewith generi
as the Government were so determined to
United States and for th is reason : Canada
,however, a dirty mesa and the mori it is
favor among the Liberals, It is pointe
out their policy that they would have
does Dot export &Dything that the United
discussed by the press the dirtier it becomes,
.out that by no possibility can there be
for
carry
resorted to Other, but more indirect, and
States doer, not produce in greater abundance
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It recently received new life from certain
general election about two years yet,an
that, at the present time it would be difl
perhaps more Objectionable means to attain
than she does and the exports., f ron-1 Canada
references triade to the affair by the God-
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cult to arouse any great amount of part
their ends. As it is Dow, the majority have
are not sufficiently large to influence the
arich Star and more recently by a 8ensa-
enthusiaafli, except among those -with whol
law on their side, and the minority- should
American market, or to give us the power
ti011al paper called the World, which is.
party enthusiasm is always high. Anoth4
importan� consideration is the
gubmIt as gracefully as possible, It is
of fixing the prices, The markets are regu.
published in Toronto. This sheet defiled
pendir
Presidential election in� the United State
threatened in, some quarters that the Do-
lated by the An)erican products and not by
its columns by publishing an interview its
the result of which may have considerab
Government will have passed
Canadian exports and Canada is thus forced
representative had with thr. man Gore, in
influence in our affairs, ior if Cleveland go
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through Parliament, at its next Session, re-
to accept the prices fixed for her and to pay
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which his story' is Bet forth in the most
in, there;ill likely be a much better pro
Pee Of
t- tsining favorable trade term
medial legislation which will have the result
the tax -levied in order to get accesq to that
prurient language and the details aro
What is riquired,'however, is an immedisl
of a-u-1-lifying the legislation of the Provincial
market, If we could send the Americans
given in the most sensational and vilely
organizati I on of the Liberal forces of Oj
Legislature, as it, is claimed they h�ve the-
arti cles or products that they require and
offensive maduer, worse even than the usu.
tario. This is imperative if the friends ,
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power under the constitution to do. T big,
do not produce then the order would be
Illy fi.lthy contents of the Now York Police
good government are to triumph at the nei
election. Prominent members of the part
however, is likely only a threat, an It is not
revers ad; our exports wonld control their
Gavette,
with whom I spoke last Session agreed wit
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probable that either the Dominion 6overn-
markets and we could require them to pay
This scandal was whispered around
me in this view, and I have no doubt thi
or Parliament will attempt to interfere
the duty." Thi's seems to be plain enough
and discussed during Mr. Cameron's recent
the chief object of the proposed conventic
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even for the comprehension Of the most
election in West Huron, but the statements
Is organization, but many Liberals here b
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blinded protectionist, and we are sure the
were i3ot,mado in such a way that he could
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lieve that organivAtion is to be done radi
ally, and In each particular locality fy I
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Herald understand@ the position thoroughly
take legai action to clear himself, He has
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self, so that the convention would not 6
The French Exodus. I
but it is simply talking for effect. A I gain
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denied - the charges - publicly, privately and
complish that most desirable object,
During the Equal Rights agitation a few
says the Herald : '
upon oath, but until recently he had no op.
THE CANALS QUESTION.
years ago, we used to be told that there was
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In the matter of eggs, however, Canada,
portunity to take the matter into court.
The approval by the President of the Bi
danger of the French -Canadians over -spread-
as our contemporary aamits, is an exporting
Now, however, he has taken criminal pro-
passed by, Congress subjecting Canadis
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ing Ontario and forcing upon the peaceable
-good facilities for pack
country, and witif -
demand from
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ceedings against the publishers of the
vessels to heavy tolls in passing through ti
St. Mary's Falls Canal, at the Soo, hi
-,Province their laugus
people of this� ge, re-
ing eggs to supply the one
season to the other, there is no reason in the
f .
Goderich Star and the Toronto NA orld, so
brought the eanal dispute to a point of e,
ligioa, �abita, &c. It would now seem,
world why our people should pay the duty
that the whole affaAr will, very shortly, be
trerne friction, and it depends on the ten
however, that the tide of French Canadian
on an imported article. If the producers of
fully ventilated in the courts. Without
perament of the two governments whetho
emigrationLi§ in another and difforent direc-
hen fruit in the Southern States desire to
supply Canadians with fresh eggs during our
going further into particular@ just now we
further restrictions are to ba laid on con
meroe or a friendly adjustment of the wh6
tion. The Queb,oc papers are bemoaning
off season they must compete with local
must say, that so far an we are able to judge.
matter obtsined. Both Premier Abbe!
the large numbers of their people who are
packers in price and in order to do so the
from what has thus far appeared in public,
and Sir John Thompson have, like the Go'
going to the United States, The exodus, it
recent provision of the Dominion Govern-
we cannot but feel that Mr. Cameron is the
ernor General, been away fishin While a
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seems, has attained alarming proportions,
ment will compel them to pay the duty
imposed thereby. If our Reform friends
victim of one of the vilent,mesnest and most
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this retaliatory legislation hasteen befoi
Congress. Now that they are back, hov
and many districts are rapidly becoming de-
can demonstrate the problem in any othbr
wicked conspiracies that was ever set on foot
ever, it is to be hoped something will I
populated. A good many, however, are in-
light they may yet be able to make us to be-
againot any man. Time, however, will
gone to settle the dispute, which last yei
clined to disregard the statements of the
lieve the moon is made of green cheese.
decide whether or not our conclusion is the
involvbd the petty sum of $3,100.
newspaper press, as they think they are
Convince a man against his will and.he
correct one and if th.e evidence in court fails
A DIVORCE COURT NEEDED,
inade for partizan purposes, The Rev.Father
rema:ins unconvinced still, is an old saying,
to sustain it we shall As procaptly and
No fewer than six applications for bills (
Chiniquy,. whose name is familii e .
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eve a true one. We have no
plainly tell our readers go. -
divorce are already entered in the Canad
Gazette tocorneup before the Senate ney
Canadian, in an authority who cannot be -ac-
doubt but it would be as easy to convince our
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'It is safe to say that there will, b
cused of partizan bearings, in so far as Can-
contemporary that the moon is made of green
A CONTEMPORARY remarks: "It in diffi.
a dozen cases by the time that' ParlianieD
adian politics are concerned, His statements
cheese, as to convince it that the Doininioti
cult bo see what is to be g�ined by the Pro-
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meets, The last application is on behalf c
Mr. k Y Habden, of Montreal,whose wif(
will be believed by many who would not .
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Government could do anything wrong.
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hibiti'n Commission --collecting Opinions an
Edith 402tague, eloped with Mr. J..
heed what the political press might may. in
However, although we may not be able to
to whether or not a prohibitory law o&n be
,Q
Allen, of Uontreal, a member of the famil,
a recent letter -to the Montreal Witnegg 'convince
it, we think we can make the po-
enforced, On Buch -a subject one man's
owning the Allan Line. It is absurd i
Father Chiniquy says -
sition so plain that it will be convinced of
opinion is just as good as- another. If the
bring all these cases before a committee a
the
- You have no idea in Canada of the losses
the correctness of our position if it will
commission is trying'to ascertain the con-
onate, some of whom know nothing o
the law of divorce, and all of whom are fa
you are sustaining every day by emigration.
TG this you must travel I do
only a,llow itself. In the first place,our con-
census of thought why not simply count
behind the age in ability to grasp any deli
understand as
I through the Now England States, and go
temporary must admit that paoked or stale
Doses ! Mr. Chapleau did not go around to
cate ques4on. As the Senate places itgel
on record �ession after Session, the feelinj
in
through Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas, M&
eggs cannot compete in the market with
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sacertain if the people thought he could pre -
in favor of the establishment of a divorei
nesots, Dakota; Nebraska, etc., etc., ,Stateg.
Whou of all shades
fresh ones, If they could, then we would
vent whisky smuggling. He simply sent a
court, which would rel -eve the Senate of &I
your politicians and
324men are, with very few exceptions, at
not need the American eggs in the off sea.
force against the smuggler and captured
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this nasty business, is growing stronger
work to rob our dear Canada, the Population
son, and if the Americans sold them here
him." The appointment of the commission
Chief Justice Sir William Ritchie, the heac
is flying away by every road as if it were a
both
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they would, of course, have to pay the
was a mistake in the first place. It will
of the Supreme Court of Caniids, stro
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believes in taking swa the divorce jur
11jodly plague raging on sides of the
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duty, just ag we have to do under ordinary ,
not amount to anything - further o
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tion of the Senate, and Chief Justice Arm
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our,ofthe Queen's Bench, Toronto, enter-
taine the same view, and the great body of
lawyers in the 'country a roe with them.
The Senate, being modelel after. the House
of Lords, copied their practice in respect of
divorce, but they did not copy the example
of the House of Lords when that ancient
body transferred its jurisdiction to a divorce
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Ottawa was treated to a miniature earth-
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quake' on Wednesday evening of last week. -
Hoh . John Haggart, Minister of Rail
ways, is away inspecting the Intercolovial
railway. L I I �
The annual shoot of the Dominion Rifle
Association will begin here on the 29-th in.lat.
Prizes to the value of $7,500 will be �f-
fered. . '* ! .
The condition of our Pacific and Atlan'tic
quarantine is exciting considerable alarm�in
I view of the possible arrival of cholera on the
east and the actual arrival of small -pox ! 'on
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the west. Strange to say the GoverHment
has'not money to secure an effective quarin-
tine, though if it were to secure Ithe reWrn
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of a member to Parliament they I would �be
readytospend any amount of. money,in
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erecting public works. Their ow'n offic!'r,
the superintendent of the GrosselInle quar-
antine, states officially that his station can-
not guarantee to keep out epidemic disba�e.
The total government expenditure on - the
Pacific coast for quarantine last �yoar, was
$2,000, while arrivals at the p4t of Vie- -
toria, British Columbia, numbered 1,167
vessels, scores of them hailing from China
and Japan, the very abiding plaoo of cholera. -
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Mr. Carling is the responsib e minister. I
The position of chief engineer i of Public
Works, made vacant b I
. y the dismissal of Mr.
Perley just a year ago, has been filled by the
appointment of Mr. Louis Coate, who was
Mr. Parley's assistant. The Minister,
Deputy Minister, Chief E'agineer, and the
Secretary of the Department of Public
Works are now all French, and a vast ma-
jority of the employees of that vast Depart-
ment are of the same origin.
From an approximate return of the trade
for the last fiscal year the imports are set
down at $110;795,372, and the exports at
about the same figures, The duty collected
on the imports was $19,J22,314, a decrease
of nearly $3,000,000 below the previous
year.
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OUR AMERICAN POLITICAL
.. LETTER. ' .
fWRiTTm FOR Tim EXPOSITOR.)
ANNEXATION.
Having heard a good deal about 'I Con-
tinental Union," or, to put it in plain
words, Anuexation, lately, I thought 'it
might prove interesting to the readers of
THE ExPOSITOR to have a word or two from
this side of the line. It seems -to me that
this subject is very little understood, thlat
;8, very few seem10 have an idea of wh!at
its real effect would be. Distance, In this
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case, eeems to lend a great deal of enchak.
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ment. People in Canada have a little streak
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of hard times once in a while. They hear
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and read about the wonderful progress and
the great wealth of this country and theyat
once jump to the conclusion that they are
much worse off than the citizens of this Re-
public. I believe that restlessness and love
Of change has more to do with the Annex-
atiou feeling in Canada than anything else.
But small causes, sometimes, may very fr,e-
quently lead to great results,and so it is well
to kill the beast while it is young,
In the first place it is very unlikely that
Annexation CAN be brought about within
F
the next twenty years. Great -Britain
, would be very foolish -indeed if she were to
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con . sent to the ceding of the Dominion of
Canada to the United States. Canada,with
its great trans -continental railroad furnishes
the quickest and easiest road to the East
and India, and with Russia intriguing and
stealthily pressing forward ,towards India,
Great Britain may have need of Canada at
�ny time. Then again in British Columbia
is, I believe, the only graving dock and
naval station the British have in the! Pacific,
except the coaling station in the South
Pacific. Great Britain has never been par-
ticularly lioled for her lack of shrewdness,
and she has, in the past, shown a marked
tenacity in clinging - to naval stations and
coaling stations and points of vantage such
as these. In the -second place the United
States 11 will not go to war with Great
Britain" in order to add Cana ' da to their
Republic. To be sure there is a clause in
the constitution providing for .the admit-
tance at any time of Canada, but there is
also a strong feeling in this country in op.
position to addin more territory to this
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already large Re ,% lic, and even those -who
do not feel this way are not foolish enough
to wish to bring on a war with one of the
first powers of the world in order to realize
a dream, even though it be as grand a o ne
as the project of a Republic embracing a
Continent.
But granting that Annexation could be
brought about and that speedily, let us look
at it from a purely business standpoint as it'
would affect !Canadians. In order to do ,
this we must remember that Annexation
now or in the Dear future 'could not bel a
union, but would be an absorption of Canada
into the United States. It would not ev6n
be absorbed as a whole, but would be divid.
ed up into States or Territories to suit the
majority in the American Congress. Thus
we cannot talk of Annexation as benefitting
Canada, but must study how it would affact
the Canadian people as individuals, as of
course they would be under exactly the
same conditions as the people of this coun0y
now are. This must always be remembered
when discussing this matter. The matt3ra
complained about in Canada, so far as I can
find out are: The national debt, which
amounts to about $50 per head of the popu.
lotion ; the depression in business, espepi-
ally In the line of agriculture, the deoreA'se
in the value of farm lands, and the lack of a
market for farm produce : the constant
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exodus from Canada to this country, which
neutralizes immigration and causes the
population to keep at a standstill as regards
numbers. These are the only : points on
which I have heard complaint, I'so I mult
conclude that they are the only points to e
complained of. In regard .to the firspI
would simply say that if anyone who con-
templates moving to this coun'r will just
sit down with a slate and figure what the
tariff tax amounts to in this country in a
year, remembering that such a tax is not
simply on imports but must be computed
also on the amount of goods manufactured
In the country, and adds to that the rell, ular
state and municipal tax a poll tax of 2 in
cities and'the interest On' a municipal debt
which, in 1880, amounted to $16.50 per
head, and then hunts up the total amount
of the mortgage indebtedness -of the .United
States, and remembers that interest on real
estate loans varies from 6 to 12 per cent, on
first mortgages, while it oosta, generally, a
five per cent. commission to get the loan, he
will probably think a little loitger, But it
has been statid that the expenditure Of the
United States must decrease. Ihold,onthe
contrary, that it must increase. The pension
list will not aeave for at, least twenty-five
years, and in the meantime there, is grow-
ing up a new and expensive Navy. � The
Navy cost last year $33,000,000, and as yet
we have only the nucleus of a Navy. Then
the expenditure on rivers and harbors is in-
creasing very rapidly, and theme two sources
of expense, without figuring at all on unfore-
seen and new sources, will more than take
the- place of the pension list. The Democrats
made 3 great deal of capital out. of the bil-
lion dollar Congress, but when they gained a
majority in the House and undertook to run
the finances of the country they found that
they were under the necessity of adding an.
other billion dollair Congress to the list, As
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to the second item I find that In Ohio the
decrease in the value df farm property from
1880 to 1890 was from $684,000,000 to $569,-
000,000, and Ohio Is not counted a poverty
stricken stit�B- In. Vermont, Now Hamp-
shire, Connecticut, Pennsy,vania, Missouri,
Karass and other States the same state of
affairs exists. In regard to markets, I find
that last year Kaness, with the largest and
beat crop in her history, and Kansas is the
banner aliricultural state, and with com-
petiDg railroads to ' ,Chicago, St.' Louis and
Kansas City, the three great centres of the
West, sold her wheat at 51 to 61 cents, and
her corn as low as 15 cents per bushel, white
25 cents was considered a, good. pribe. I
have these figures from parties who are in
constant communication with all parts of the
State, and whose interest it in to represent
things i'n' their best light. I find that eggs
sell ag low as ten cents, and butter at a cor-
rospondiugly low figure. In Colorado,
Wyoming, Nebraska and Texas, four of the
-
, great stock raising states, I find that good
horses sell as low as $30, and cattle at a cor-
responding rate, and yet at those prices it
was impossible to get rid of the stock. I
have beard hundreds of men say that it
didn't -pay to ship stock. In the Southern
States last year there was Fcarcely a cotton
grower who did not lose heavily, and yet
it was the best cotton year -known for a long
while as far as the yield went. As to farm
labor I -find that in all of the Eastern States
and in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Texas
,
waps range from $10 to $15 per month, ex-
,
cept' for a short time dULrii3g harvest, and it
must be remembered that clothing iFi much
higher in this country than in Canada. As
to the exodus from Canada, that is largely
accounted for by natural causes and I do not
believe it is fro -iii any inherent defect in
Canada or her circumstances. It is largely
caused by the love of change and adventure
and the boom spirit. The same thing occurs
in this country. Certain parts of the coun-
try are almost devoid of young men. There
is a constant movement from the ea,st to the
west and from the east and west to the
south, yet the great bulk of the capital of
the country belongs to the east. It is to the
emt or to Englapd. that promoters go to
float their schemes or to sell mortgages, and
I -venture to say that there is more money
saved in the east than there is in the west
though the salaries are not so large. If
. Americans only knew of the opportunities
there are for making money in the Canadian
Northwest and British Columbia, they would
more than counter at the exodus spoken -of,
.
but the average American is densely ignor.
ant about Canada. The writer was teach-
ing a Sunday School class of bright, intelli-
gent boys not long ago, all well up towards
the top grade in the public school. He hap-
pened to mention Canada and was asked
quite in earnest if Canadians dressed the
same as ihey did, what they wore on their
feet, and if they talked the sarhe as Ameri-
cans, In New York the writer has found
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the same dense ignorance among grown up
people of average intelligence. The way to
stop the exodus is to let the truth be known
Paibout both countries. .
I But, even granting, for the sake of argu-
ment, that every Canadian citizen would be
financially better off it he were an American
citizen, there are other and stronger reasons,
in my mind, why he should never consent
to annexation. Fie upon the man who
makes a God of his stomach, or worships a
dollar: such are.not wanted here, for Amer-
icans above all-Ahlugs demand that their
citizens -shall be patriotic. Let any man go
into any town in the United States and
seriously advise the handing over of this
country to Great Britain, and even though
he could prove that every man in the land
would be onehundred thousand dollars richer
for the transfer.be would be treated a good
deal more ignominiously than the annexation
speakers were at Orangeville; or let any
foreigner insult the stars and stripes
and the nation is in a ferment from end to
end. And yet there are Canadians mean
enough and poor spirited enough to hand
over their beautiful country t� be divided
up and parcelled out, to let the name of
Canada be forgotten, and to forget that
they were born and- have been called Cana-
dians, to accept as their own a history th,ey
had no part in making. Fancy the descend-
ants of the United Empirq, Loyalists cele-
brathig the fourth of July. Why, the very
people we had sold ourselves to would des.
Vise us in their hearts. If -there could be a
nion, in the true sense of the word, -it
would not be so bad, but -that the Ameri-
cans will never allow. They will make their
own terms and then bide their time until
Canada is ready to accept them. They
might even try to coerce her into accepting
their terms, but as for allowing Canada to
come in in any but the regular way or to
remain a separate country, or in any way a
separate part of the country, why they could
not do it if they would. It would smash
the Union into about forty-four pieces,
� � never thought seri-
Surely Canadians have
ously what this annexation means, or we
should never bear of public meetings en-
dorsing the sentiment.
But, really, Canada does not appear to be -
in any great straits, financially or * other
wise. I find that during the past ten years,
fr;m 1880 to 1890, the industrial products
of, -the country have increased 8160,000,000 ;
the capital inveated in Ontario has increased
$95,000,000, in Quebec, $57.000,000, in the
Maritime Provinces, $18,000,000 and in
Britik,b Columbia and Manitoba, $15,000,000
and this, in face of an absolute stand still as
to population, and under the rule of one of
the most extravagant, wasteful and corrupt
�governments known to history. Had Can -
ads had a clean and economical government,
and not shut herself in with a high board
fence, from behind which would-be invest-
�
ore heard a co * ustant mournful wail, and
smelt a noisome stench of political corrup.
tion, while over the top they saw a constant
stream of good citizens drop-droppin into
Uncle Sam'I garden, we �m _ ,tie to
point to a very much better state of things,
What Canada needs first is an honest, econ-
omical government, Then she will be In a
position to open up a high road through her
territory for the commerce from the East
to Illurope, From studying herself too.
much W the looking glass the United States
has failed to see what was going on else-
where and has come to 'he conclusion that
she is the greatest,-'knd orichost and busiest
country in the world, while England has
been 11 sawin' wbod " in the East, and in
Africa. I heard an American gentleman
connected with the American Baptist For. I
eign Mission Board say recently that he �
had seen twenty-aeven ocean liners of the
first-class at once in the harbor of Hong
Kong (a British port), while it in consider-
ed rather a big event when there are half
a dozen in N em- York. He stated that the
volume of trade carried on in China, Japan
and India could not"be imagined by anyone
who had never been there. He told about
streets in the seaport cities of China, and
all through Japan and India, where there
were magnificent business blocks, with plate
glass windows, and- everything in the
European. style, while the wharves and
quayi were crowded with great warehouses,
and everywhere wag the En lishman. Can -
ad& is right in the path of this immense
traffic if she will but &wake to the fact.
She now has the iihortest and quickest route
and she can make another ro%d very much
shorter, and with improved and increased
transportation to Europe she Can find there
a market for her surplus products " the
United States does, and yet there are Can-
adians who wo-Ald sell themselves and their
co � untry for a* market of 65,()00,000 in a
country which is constantly exporting the
'very articles that Canada has to sell to her. -
One more point and I am through, though,.
there are a great many more I would like to '
touch on. Just now as the readers of thd
ExPoiITOR no doubt know, the people of
this country are having a hard time to keep
down the irrepressible free silver men.
What given this party its power is the lack
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of elasticity of the American system of cur. -
renoy. The South and the West especially
complain of it, because they are the parts
of the Country that constantly need .money
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.while the East controls the capital, Atten' '
tion has recently been called to the Canadian
system of banking and currency, it has been
highly commended by thpae who studied- it
and it is not impossible that in the not dis'-
tant future little Miss Canada may bec�orne .
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a model for her big nei-hbor in this reare
Now, in regard to whatl bave said a ou'i
this country, I may Bay that I aw not a
calamity howler, and I have no interest ir,
belittling or misrepresenting the country,
I came here as many others have corne, with
a false idea isbout its wonderful prospects
etc., etc. 'What I have said is, 'to a great
extent, what I have seen and beard myself,
and. I have the figures to back up everly state-
ment I have made. There are thousande of
Canadians in. this country 'whose honest
opinion is the same. -
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. . The Liberal Convention.
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,AIR. EDITOR, -The Liberal papers gener.
ally throughout Canada are strongly advo-
cating the holding of a Liberal Convention,
and the idea seems to -be a good one. The-
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reasons given why such a Convention should
be held are many, the chief of which being
to discuss the platform of the LiberZf-
party and come to an unanimous agreement
upon that platform ; and to organize for
effective work. There are, undoubtedly,
two im rtant objects, and if they are gain.
ed the riberal party can rely with full as-
surance upon victory at the next election,
If th'6 Liberals at that Convention will be
true to the traditions, and principles. of
Liberalism, and adopt a platform that in its '
relation to other nution8 will not discrimin.
ate in favor of any, and will not enter into
collusion with" S Government of any foreign
power to the .injury of the commerce of all
the rest of the world with us, but will deal
fairly and* justly with every power ; and
which in its relation to the interests of
Canada will give every industry and enter-
prise tbe same and the greatest possible free�
dom of trade ; then there can be no doubt
as to the issue, providing such a platform is
intelligently placed before the people. To
obtain this latter end I think there isno
better method than by forming young men's
clubs with the main object of disseminating
. the literature of the party and prapagaUng
the principles that form the policy of 'the
Liberals of Canada. organization of a local
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nature is absolutely necessary in a country
so sparsely populated as Canads. - -1
Yours truly,
W. A. MYER-R,
SPAYORTij, Au�rugt 1, 189-,7.
News of the Week. - I
EXTORTJONATE OFFICIALS.—A serious out- '
.break has taken place in Fatshan, China,
caused by the extortions of the Chinese Cus-
tom officials. .
C11OLERA.—An outbreak of cholera has
been discover ' ed in Galicia, and it is feared
tbe disease will.spread throughowt Central
Eui ope, I
RETALIAT1,02N.—As an act of retaliation
against the McKinley Act, the government
of Victoria, Australia, has increased the duty
on Oregon pine and canned fruit. .
CON�FESSJO'
.�.-A man under arreat in
� GlaagoW, LScotlandj' has confessed to com-
plicity in the murders of Lord Leitrim in
1878 and Lord Montmorres in 1880. "
A.NOTHFR Com=NE.-A combine in Jur
has been formed, to be known as the George
C. Treadwell Company, with a capital of
$10,000,000. Newark, TNew Jersey, is the
headquarters, I 1,
MARRIAGE.—Lady 11-velyn Montrose,�
daughter of the HarquiS of Lansdowne,
was married on S&turday, to Victor C. Cav-
endish, beir to the dukedom of Devonshire.
GRAIN AND FLOUR AT BUFFALO.—The re-
ceipts of grain and flour at the port of Buf-
f&IO for July of this year are the largest in
the history of the port for that month, viz,:
20,676,966 bushels.
ROYAL ENGAGEMENT.—It iS stated that
the engagement of the Duke of York, son of
the Prince of Wales, and Princess Mary,
daughter of the DuLke of Teel-, w
officially announced. L
EFFECTS OF LAST WEEK",; HLAT.-From ',
Sunday morning to Thursday night, 28th
ult., there were 90 de&tbs from sunstroke in
Chicago. The number of. prostrations was
about 500. During the 24 hours ending at
noon on Saturday there were 286 deaths
in New York City -the largest record for 9-0
years. .
DiEi) FROM HEAT. -Dr. Wrn, Hoffbaur, a
prominent physician of Dubu(Ime, Iowa, has
died from the heat. He was over 80 years
old, and for many year's was noted as a
, political speaker. �
PANIC I -N D-4.Koi-A. -There is a panic
among the Dakota farmers lest they be un --
able to harvest their great wheat crop for
V�aut of laborers. It is estimated that
10,000 laborers will be needed next month
to harvest the grain crop of the Northwest,
CARNEGIE PA'Rii: LEASEDI.—Mr. Andrf.;W
Ca has leased the shooting privileges
of =ch Park in Scotland. Red. deer,
grouse and other game are abundant -at this
place. JIL .
T)�mOTRY ARRIN,GTO'N MARRIED.—Mr.
Timothy Rarrington, the, Home Rule leader,
, was married Tnesday to the daughter of Dr.
O'Neill, Dublin.
T-ur, PARIS DELFGATE.-The Paris Cham-
ber of Commerce has voted 20,:000 francs to
send a delegate to the Chicago fair,
and has appointed Al. Lourdelet
sentative. . I L �
SUPPRESs TH,cii, CERTAINLY.—The Dis-
trict Attorney of New York State in c6nsid�
ering the matter of suppressing certain An-
arcb,st newspapers which have approved of
the attack on Jq'rick, and urged the members
of the organization io murder Carnegie and
I others. -
CONTROLLING Liquou SALEs.-The muni-
o1pality of Sioux Falls, Dakota, will eiftb-
lish a saloon in each ward under control of
a superintendent, Beer i8 to be sold at 5
cents a glass, while 25 cents will be, charged
for whisky. The object is to diminish the
consumption of spiritn'OUN liquors,
TRAFric TnRouGH THE " Soo." -The an-
nual statement of the Savult Canal for the
fiscal year, ending June 30, shows the num-
ber of vessels passing through the can&I itto
and out of Lake Superior was 11,557, an in.
of 2,027 over 1891. Tonnage was by
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freight 10,000,000 tons, an incresse'of 15 per
cent over the year before recorded,
Tim BARLEY CROP DAMAGED.—A atorm '
of wind, hail, and heavy rain, on the 28th
ult., in some parts of South Dakota, Ldam�
aged the barley crop. Thousands of acres
are a total lose,
FATE OF THE Bl(; STRIKE.-Thote who
participated in the disgraceful scenes at
Homestead, Pennsylvania', after the sur-
render of the Pickertons, on July 6tb, will
be prosecuted for aggravated assault and
battery, highway robbery, larceny, pocket,
picking and other crimes and misdemeanors.
The Carnegie officials look for a break in the
ranks of the strikere', and by the end of -
this week they expect to be running, full.
Too Li(;IIT SENTENCE, -Henry James
Gardiner, of London, England, who ruined
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a number of young girls, whom, he - ot .Into
his clatches by the false preten�e 61 fitting
them for the stage, was allowed to plea
guilty to a charge of indecent assault, and
was sentenced to six months' imprisonment
at hard labor. The authorities are being se-
verely criticized for allowing him to escape
with such a light sentence,
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—Mrs. J. Cotton, of Clinton, received the
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sad intelligence on Friday, 22nd ult., that
her son, John Cook, had met his death near
Amherstburg. He was sailing and had
fallen from the mast -head of the vessel to
the deck below, being killed instantly. De.
ceased spent part of the ps's-t winter in
Clinton, leaving in the,spring.
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