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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1891-02-25, Page 4- orr The Canadian should come artizan and laborer In the matter of farrnere;the Grits feet while contending that the duty on imports into Canada enhances the value of the home produced article by the amount of:the duty, also contend that the duty on farmers' produce going into the States cones out of the pockets of the Canadian farmers. We will give them the benefit of their own coutention again. We sent the Americana 17,- 000 horses last year. Many of these being for breeding purposes went in fres. But we will allow $30 a head or $510,000. on these sales as coming out the pockets of the American farrnere. Then we Rent them 9,000,000 bushels of barley, put the higher duty of 30 ceuts on this and we have $2,700,000. And we sent them 14,000,000 dozen eggs.' Take the duty on these at 10 cents and we have $1,400,000. Altogether on horses, barley and eggs which we sent to the States last year the Americans paid duty to the amount of $4,610,000. Now, admitting the Grit argument that the Canadian producer paid these duties, let us deduct this from the amount of other Canadian farm pro duce which is enhanced in value by the amount of the Canadian du- ties and it will average, as shown by Grit official reports in another column over $16,000,000::•erannum. Thus we have a net gain of about S12,000 000 annum to the lermers of Ontario, which would be wiped out by unrestricted reciprocity. What think you, farmers, of the picture down with both as well as hands on unrestricted reciprocity. The Americans with their immense trusts and combines would wipe Canadian iudustrs completely out, then raise the price of goods, limit the arnount of pro- duction and leave the Canadian workman out in the cold 88 they are now leaving so many out 1u the cold iu the United States. Tho Globe quotes from a letter writteu from Chicago to Mr. Massey of Toronto :—"At present there• are over200,000 men out of entploy- meut in Chicago." "Believers iu unrestricted reciproc- ity would do well to consider whether they should not exempt frow their programme a free exchange of the unemployed of the two countries. The Americans would swamp you in that line as in others." Where would ourfluur mills, our tanneries, our organ fac- tories, our carriage, our stove and tin factories be? Where would any of our industries, manufacturing or farm be, did Uncle Sam and his G0,- 000,000 wolves have uaareatricted access to our limited market 2 They would soon be things of the past, and tale farmer would have to pay American high combing prices for what he would buy, and receive American low prices for his corn, his oats and his cattle. WHAT THE TARIFF DOES. The Reform contention is that the tariff enhances the value of arti- cles, in the country imposing one,to the amount of the duty. For proof of following figures see Mr. Mowat's Outario Bureau of In- dustries Report for 1890. The average amount of wheat raised in Ontario per year for the last eight yea;•e was 26,870.878 bushels. The duty on wheat is 15 cents a bushel. This would enhance iu value the wheat crop $4,820,631 every year. The annual average of oats during the Last years was 57,041,035. The duty on oats is ten cents, mak ing an annual addition to the value Thie multiplied by 12 years of protection gives $179,534,900 as net gain to Ontario farmers sines Sir John A. Macdonald introduced the National policy. Then we export about 100,000 head of horned cattle, which are worth $10 per bead more now than they would be with unrestricted re- ciprocity in animals and contagious diseases. $1.000,000 a year during 12 years $12,000,000. These, with the other lines of farmers' products of Ontario protected, would,in round numbers, 1 prove, according to Gritun restricted yield reciprocity, tariff a Lax talk, that Dight the farmers of Ontario have under the National Policy received over $200,000,000 more than they would have received without pr'etoction. of that crop of $5,704,103. Average yearly yield of rye dur- ing eight years was 1,766,767 bush- els. The duty on this is 10 cents, thus adding to .the home value of it $176,767. Annual old of peas 13,171,- 725. Duty 10 cents. Euhanced value tithe farmer $1,317.172 every year, e. Annual yield of hay 3,041,077 tons. Duty 20 per cent or say $1 per ton making the Ontario hay crop worth to farmers $3,041,077 more than it would be without the "iniquitous" tariff. Annual yield of potatoes 18,348,- 758 bushels. Duty 15 cents, inoreas ing the value of the Ontario farmers' crop in this line every year to the extent of $2,752,309. Annutl yield of corn 11,856,141 bushels. Duty 7 cents, and con- sequently, according to Grit logic, worth $889,210 more to the fanner every year than it would be with unrestricted reciprocity. Theu wo sell about 90,000,000 lbs of cheese which is protected to the extent, of 3eents a Ib. thus putting $2,700,000 more into our farmer's pockets than they would get under unrestricted reciprocity. To summarize the effects of the Grit doctrine, that the tariff makes protected articles the amount of duty dearer than they would be would he without protection, we have an average annual gain to the Ontario farmer. On wheat $4,020,631 On oats 5,740,103 On rye 178,676 On peas 1,317,172 On hay 3,041,077 On potatoes 2.752,309 On cheese 2,700,000 $18,711,968 De lnet for use on the farm one fifth, or $ 3,742,393 Net yearly gain to Ontario _ farmers as conpared with unrestricted reciprocity$14,969,575 CANADIANS"HOGGING" THE MARKET. We have faith in the hog indus- try of our country. Given a fair chance to li 'e, we thing it will de- velop rapidly. We have before us a copy of the statistics of crops in Ontario, under date November 10, 1890, and find this statement, page 13 : 1889 1890 Swino (N4. of hoge).•.835,469 1.140,559 The number of swine has taken a leap upwards since last year 305,090 hogs or 36 per cent. 'fake $8 per hog for an estimate and we have the value of this pro duct to the farmers of Ontario, $9,• 124,472. The increase in one year (36 per cent.) being $2,444,- 729. For the farmer free entry of American hogs or product means a stoppage of thie development, a rapid reduction in the number of hogs raised and wanted, and a much lower price sor what he markets. For the packer it means clueing up his factory, discharging his ern- ployes, and letting the business which be has done be transferred to Chicago or other Americau cen- tres. We think the farmers of Ontario ought not to sacrifice a product which developed in value over $2,- 000,000 in one year. Commercial union would entire- ly destroy this great industry. The cheap and nasty pork of Kaneae would come in, and Canadian farm- ers would not be able to raise meat for home consumption. Tho farm- er who votes for unrestricted reci- procity votes to destroy his most valuable market. Recently a Windsor butcher was caught smug - glia .hogs: troF» Detroit, and oo.m- menting on the cuttome seizure, a Reform paper of Wiudeor nays :-- "lie found he could buy port for "$4 per hundred pounds in Detroit "while here he was compelled to dis- gorge $7 per hundred for it. Re "got it into hie head that it would "be a good thing to buy it over the river' and bring it here," and save the three dollars per hundred. Were it not for the duty, that throe dollars difference between Canadian and Detroit prices would disappear, and our farmer would he so much the worse off by any kind of reci- procity on pork. HE DOES MEA NANNEXAT'IOIV Tho Clevelend Leader and Herald quotes Sir Richard Cartwright, in his speech before the Iloston mer- chants a few weeks ago, as saying : "Briefly, air, if unrestricted sect procity can be carried out, it will mean for you the addition of half a continent for commercial purposes, and the creation of a complete new tier ,f Northern States, with au enormous area of unoccupied land, with very great mineral resources, with a present population of 5,000,- 000, but with a capacity of main. taining 50,000,000." This does not place Sir Richard in the plight of a loyal man, though he does come from a U, E. Loyalist family. Satan was an angel, and suppos- edly of as good a family as Sir Richard, and he became a devil. Sir Richard never was an angel. IIe lits fallen about ae low as the fallen angel did. Ile, Satan like, presents the annexation apple in insinuatingly serpent -like colors to unsophisticated Canadians. Did he unmask himealf 'and slow out in his fiendly hellish and treasonable colors, not a dozen score mon from Halifax to Vancouver could he found to touch the fruit he disguises under the mockery of unrestricted reciprocity. Eve, conscious of her innocence, parleyed with tempta- tion. The catastrophe is well kuowu. Loyal Reformers, scuts of them conscious of their fealty to their country and Queen, are tampering with annexation, gilded though it may be. Eve fell and returned covered with shame and heaven's everlasting curse. Honest, innocent, loyal Reformers should look be- neath the mask of Sir Richard. Hon. Edward Blake and hundreds of other Refurmera have penetrated the thin disguise of unrestricted re- ciprocity, and seeing the slimy depths it would lead to, have recoil ed in horror from the spectacle. No unrestricted reciprocity fur thein. No unrestricted reciproeity or an- nexation fur any loyal Canadian, Erastus Wiwan ite'Chicago Times Sept. 8, 81890:—"I venture to say there %ill be TEN TIMES MORE made on the manufactures and farm products shipped into Canada and consumed by the 5,000,000 there, than will be made on merchandise and produce shipped into the United States by them and con- sumed by tho 65,000,000. Edward Farrar, editor of the Globe, would help the Americans to make ton times more out of unre- stricted reciprocity by advisiug Congress "to impose a tonnage tax on all vessels laden with Canadian fish, LU suspuud the bonding privi- lege, to cut the connection of the Canadian Pacific with the United States at Sault Ste. Marie." This is Grit loyalty. SIR RICHARD CARTWRIGHT. 711e WAY ill WOULD Li K2 1T Sir Richard of the Shylock counte- nance and speeches would hake fair Canada the veriest slave. Ile would do her hands behind her back and while thus bound tell her to take the bogus bold her future master would pretend to offer her. The above picture fairly well repre- sents the way Sir Richard would like it. Iie proposes to restrict the trade of Canada to the United States. By khia proposition he offers the market of the United States to Canada where our farmers could get $2-i a hundred for their hogs instead of $5} a hundred as now. By this proposition he would tie the Canadian farmer's hands behind his back so that he could only get 93 cents a bushel for his wheat in Chicago instead of $1.03 in Toron- to. By restricting our trade to the United States the Canadian farmer would get 35 cents for his oats as in Chicago instead of 53 cents in Toronto. FD1TORI.d,Z NOTES. Unrestricted reciprocity would make our cattle worth $10 to $15 a head less than they are to day with our tariff under our own control. Canada sold to England last year $22,240,548 worth of farm pro- duce. Canada sold to the United States Last year only $8,485,727 worth of farm produce to the United States. Sir Richard and hie Grit faction would like to restrict our trade to the United States, destroy it with England and thus Jose a market for 22 million dollars worth of farm produce at higher prices, for the very uncertain prospect of selling to the United States 8 million dollars worth of farm produce at lower prices. Canada will never eubmit to have her hands tied behind her back to enable Shylock Sir Richard Cartwright to rob our farmers while he pockets the boodle the sharp Yankees bold out to his itch- ing hands. Sir Richard can't deliver the goode, though he would like to. EDITORIAL NOTES. An American paper figures the profits of tho American sugar corn bine since March, 1888,at $12,000,- 000. -Tia is the state of things in a country to which the Grits of Canada are anxious to have us annexed. In 1878 there were only about 24 furniture factories iu Canada,now there are over 100. The poople are now getting superior furniture at half the price it was 10 years ago, thousands of men are being employ- ed, consequently the farmer is benefited by the better demand for -..ivies-bomber and dairy products. Mr. John McClary, the leading employer of labor in London, License Commissioner under Mr. Mowat, and of course a life long Reformer has declared himself strongly against unrestricted recipro- city. IIe says it would lead to the closing of his works and the dig - charge of every person in his service. Mr. McClary wrote to the London Advertiser, but they refused to publish it. A campaign sheet ie being circu- lated in West Huron by the Grits just now and here is one of the statements it contains:- -"rhe day after the election of a Re- form government every 100 acre farm of average quality would be worth $2,000 more than it 15 now." Whatbare•faced deception ! And yet wo have no doubt that some gulli- ble fellows will take it all in. This journal warns farmers to beware of the lightning rod fakers, the hay- fork swindlers, the smooth-tongued shoddy pedlar, the gentleman who works the bean racket, the plausible fellow who rune the wheel of for- tune, and the campaign document above referred to. A11 those by glittering promises seek to defraud the unsuspecting. Say to each one of them, "Produce yonr proof— bring forth your strong reasons." Erastus Winlan bad a three -col- umn appeal to Congress in Washing- ton papers hist week, iu wbioh he urges that Congress give proper en- couragement to the Liberal party of Canada in her present parliamentary struggle to put down the Tories and Sir John Macdonald's annexation hostility to the United States. If Sir John is sucessfu 1, 1'lrtmau con- tends, annexation is doomed and the Americana will never get control of the markets of 6,000,000 of the beat customers in the world. "It would be better still to oblige Britaiu to withdraw her counten- ance and support fluor Canada," says the Globe editor, au that Cana- da would be compelled under threats from the United States to yield to that country free, the use of Canadian fisheries which, besides supposed advantages we derived from the United States, were adjudged to be worth to thew $550,000 a year. This we received from them for too years uuder the Washington treaty wade by Sir John A. Mac_ donald, Which is the patriot : Globe -Farrar or Sir John A. Mac- donald2 Corruption is effected iu a thous- and insidious ways. Look out for the boodlers. Though Sir John and all loyal Canadians aro on guard every point cannot be watch- ed, Yanked boodle will bo handed over the fence to Cartwright and Co., and it would Duly bo accord - lug to precedent marc some of it strewed in West Iluron by the friends of Mr. Cameron. Some rosy ask where is the evidence of corruption. In the records of the Court which unseated Mr, Cameron. Ono does not ase Grit hoodlor's boorlliug. One does not see the pestilent from of insidious contag- ious disease, hut there are certain times when it is necessary to take extra sanitary precautions. There are tines when it is necessary to take extra precautions against the pestilence of bribery. The following despatch was sent from a Grit source at Ottawa to leading American papers one day last week. The weal situation is de• picted in the last nineteen words: "It is impossible to estimate the help a certain portion of the United States press is.;rendering Sir John Macdonald and the Restrictionist Conservative party in the present campaign, by contending that the policy of the Liberal party in the direction of nnrestricted reciprocity or the freest possible commercial re- latioue with the United States in the end means annexation. Speak - on the subject to -day one of the Liberal loaders said that undoubted- ly the United States press was un- intentionally assisting to power Sir John Macdonald and his govern- ment, who has always scoffed at the United States and charged the Liberals with disloyalty and treason because they wanted unrestricted trade relations with the Republic. The majority of Canadians want unrestricted commercial reciprocity with the United States, whether it leads to annexation or not." The Grits ate presuming upon the ignorance of farmers when they endeavor to carry them away by the magic of the name "unrestricted reciprocity," which means t'nr'estrict- ed ruin to our farmers; which means the closing of the markets of thiw or Cod Live Oil AND THC Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda, No other Emulsion is z -,o easy to take. It does not separate nor .spoil. ro leis always sweet as cream. The most sensitive stomach can retain it. CURES Scrofulous and Wasting Diseases. Chronic Cough. Loss of Appetite. Mental and Nervous Prostration. General Debility, &c. Beware of all imitations. Ask for "the D. & L." Emulsion, and refuse all others. PRICE 80C. AND S1 PER BOTTLE. Britain to the sale of 25 million dollars of Canadian farm produce to secure a market for 8 millions in the States ; which means lowering the Canadian markets by the fres access of Kansas liege which sell at 21- cents and Kansas andTexan tittle which sell at about the same rate with eolltagious disease tlit'oN'u in, and Canadian live cattle thrown cut of the British market ; which means Yitnkee otts laid down in Canada fo.l 18 or 19 cents a bushel ; which means Yaukeo wheat laid down in Cauadal5ceuts P. bushel lees than the Canadian farmer gets for it under present conditions ; which means tho withdrawal of British support ; which means being left to the tender mercies of a mob -ruled democracy ; which means political and com- mercial slavery. No part of the British empire has made more sacrifices to vindicate its rights as part of that empire and to preserve its intrgrity than the provinces forming the Dominion of Canada. None more willing to make those sacrifices now, whether of blood or treasure. But deceit may accomplish what force never could. Resist the approach of the enemy which is confronting us under the guise of unrestricted reciprocity. Canadian freemen! Will you submit to a policy of foreign dicta- tion and enslavement, though presented by a son of your own soil. Any one who bears the name of man—nay, " a beast that wants dieeonree of reason" a dog, a reptile —the vilest reptile that crawls upon the earth xith the gift of reason to comprehend the injustice of its iujnries—would bite, or bruise;' or ating the hand by which they were sought to be en- slaved. When Sir Richard Cart- wright, who bought editor Ferrer of theGlobe to sell Canada to theUnited States, holds out his hands to Cana- dian freemen for tbeir votes it is a mercy that their is no special inter- vention of Providence theae latter days else it would be palsied, bit, bruised or stung as retribution for the highest crime known to the Bi- blical or civil code Satan was the original seducer of parties from their allegiance to their lawful Sovereign. Sir Richard Cartwright is hie prototype. YAWNS . Done ARTWRJcj11T. The Yankee idea of reciprocity hes always been a repetition of what the English poet wrote in the days when Baron Bothmar and Mrs. Kil- mansegge wheedled gay old George II into favoring their relatives. ' * * Trio (wilt of the Dutch Ie giving too little and asking too touch. The demand of the Yankee dons indeed "beat the dutch." The game of the Yankee Is to got Sir Dick and hie doukee, With the aid of the rump Crit partee, To give him our whole oountree. But from the fort Sir John does shout : "Get out of this you traitorous lout, "The boodle msy clink, the donkee'e tail give "But a Briton 1'I1 die, es B,itnn 1 live." The boodlers let go the tail of the aye, And down wont Sir Richard and'Ras, The eagle ho scratched and he screamed : "Sir John has more pl.fck than I dream- ed, "No admittance to Canada I'll get, "Until fair trade I give this British pet.