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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1892-03-30, Page 7t 'Elton News*??oar!. #rse a Iregr4t,25 le ]$Brea, do 11� eu #4 !D . tyf� lU rG Q�IV, )lI� 01% W4,4, ` ''(STEW'S BUDGET SPBEQB. Tait: QPNPARENGE AT WASHINGTON. X euppoae we naiurallylead up from Chia review of the trade. arrapgernobta and their result, -upon Canada in 'thee, respeote-to the con- foranoe which took :plane not long Amu) in Washington between dela- from the Canadian Govern. t and representatives of the Cabinet to the United States with references to trade relations. The House is seized of the correspond- enceand faote with reference to the Orem which brought about the uftimate and complete opnfereuoe. On the 10th February of this year, by appointment of the Secretary of .State, a delegation from the Cana - :ellen Government went to Washing. ton and met the Secretary of State in conference. 1 may say this.— and I thick it is nothing more than right to say it—that Mr. Blaue met US with the greatest kindness and the greatest courtesy. Although • not in the enjoyment of robust health, in the midst of the busy • duties of a session of Congress, in 'the nYidat of diplomatic correspond- ence of_a weighty and grave charac- ter, he gave up his tiwe to the delegation from Canada, and for • five successive days slot then, in full and frank and prolonged con- . ference upon the various points treated of between the two. I will say nothing as regards the other points discussed which have already been more or leas fully laid before Parliament, but with reference to the discussion and outcome of the • trade questions; I think it my duty to make Parliament acquainted with what took place and the result that came therefrom. In conference with Mr. Blaine the Canadian delegation proposed as A BASIS FOR NEGOTATIONS the reciprocity treaty of 1854, with such modifications and extensions as the changed condition of the • country might render necessary or desirable. They pressed the con- clusion of a treaty upon that basis. They were met with the reply from Mr. Blaine thot a proposal looking. • to a treaty based upon naturae products alone had not ,in it the essential elements of reciprocity, so fat as the United •States was qou- cerned;, consequently • ialay_.,,av lrtl,,., unable to entertain it. He raised rhe questions, as did° also General Foster, who was hie coadjutor in the conference, as to whether wo Were prepared to make a proposal which wotil'i go wider than natural products and take in and include s general reciprocity in manufactured articles as well. When that point came up the Canada delegation im- mediately raised the question and • discussed it fully and freely with Mr. Blaine as to what would be the neces- sary conditions dimwit a reciprocity. Did it mean that we were to give the United. States products a mani fest • i'REFERENTIAL TREATMENT in our country and discriminate against like articles from Great • Britain and other parts of the world 1 The reply came, after a full discus- sion of the matter, that reciprocity would not have any compensating advantages to the United States unless they were given preferential treatment in our markets, especially against Great Britain, who was their chief competitor in nearly every line of manufactured products. (Hear, hear.) . The reply came after a full discussion of the matter, that there would be no compensat- ing advantages to the United States unless they were given . preferential treatment in our markets, espesially against Great Britain, their chief competitor in•nearly every maufac- tured goods ; that under any scheme of reciprocity which would be looked favorable upon the United Staten would expect to compete with Canadian manufacturers in Canadian markets on even terms, but with no others. Well, when that point was reached a discussion took place as to THE DIFFICULTIES TO BE MET by Canada in subsoribing to a treaty of that kind, and they were fully and frankly laid before Mr. Blaine. They Are in brief these :—That in *going into a treaty of that kind Canada would stand to lose what we Could less afford to lose than the United States—namely, a consider - e proportion of our revenue. Fi et of all there was eight millions •or so which we collected upon pro - dilate from the United States, im- ports into Canada, and secondly a di °• ution, rrhotever it might be, v► 'would result from the smaller importations of manufactured goods Item the outside world owing to the competition and entrance free of duty into our own•cquntry of ,United states manufactured goods. &hereupon Mr. Blaine raised the question as to whether we had not other methods of taxation. We explained to him that we had a method • of internal revenue the same as they had, upon which he i val remarked .titin •tA a tiaaty� 411 Alit! kind the inland revenue dutter.upon;., liquors and tobaedo would:.requtfie to be. equalized, Itad. that irftpaediatie. i brou sat upthe Rp idr4 that it they qualied, ethe United 'Stales, not willing to lifttheir$ up to OM,, CANADA WOULD STAND TO LOBE a large amount of revenue in ekoesa to duties, inasmuch as much as rates are much higher than thy!) the United States (Hear, he our e of ar.) We also poiuted out the grave rdifficulty wbieh. met us in con- eideriug a proposition to die• criminate agajnet the goods of Great Britain, with whom, as a Qolony, we had close end valued relatioons,and of the disadvantage of throwing a cordon of .discriminations about ourselves against the whole world, with the exception of the Uuited States. Mr. Bla'ne admitted that he saw no way out of the difficulty except by MAKING THR TARIFF OF CANADA. UNI• FORM WITH THAT OF THE UA'IT- ED STATES. (Prolonged ministerial cheers.) Well, sir, the discussiou passed on We had pretty well exhausted the subject," when the Canadian dele- gsu 's, after having presented these difficulties and canvassed them fair- ly and honestly, said to Mr. Blaine: "This is the position in which we stand. We lay those points before you, and we ask you whether or not, out of your experience, you are nut prepared to propose a modifica tion of the basis, in Order that we. might dimiuieh, at least to some ex• tent, the diffrculiies the forsee as to loss 01' revenue, as to discrimination against Great Britain and as to the adoption of a high uniform tariff." After a discussion on the subject fur eome time we received the ans, wer frorn Mr. Blaine that he ac knowledged our difficulty but that he was clear in his own mind that no other arrangement would be sat isfactoi'y to the United States ; that their manufacturers MUST HAVE PCEFERENTIAL TREAT- MENT, including of course, discrimination against foreigu countries, and es pucially Great Britain; that there - most be a uniform tariff, and that that tariff must be the tariff of the United States (Cheers,) With this remark we passed on to other points in the discussion, and did not atter r Ter to the trade question. Sir this is in brief a fair and candid account of what took place at the Conference. T for my own part am not afraid foee -•tete-f tared tiilce whet is contained in it fur the developmeut and progress of Canada (Cheers.) It' the, Canadian farmer is to be de• barred in great part from a market in the United States for his pro- ducts—which market 'at the best is partial, sectional and variable—we will at least have this satisfaction, that UNDER ADEQUATE PROTEOTION he will not be exposed to a great and d.angerous'cotnpetition from the great western country of the Unit- ed' States. (Cheers ) He can pre- pare himself to find a market for his wares in other countries, where ,..they._ get more faaorable-,en,traneer- and he eau srecially prepare him- self for that almost inexhaustible market which awaits him for all of his products in Great Britain for the brother land. (Cheers.) In that country, already, by force of quality and prudent selection, his apples, his cheese, hie wheat, his bacon• and hams, have a large and constantly increasing market., and have to -day put those articles in a permanent place in that market, practically over -topping all compe- tition ; and what has been done for these in the British market, by the sante careful selection and the same force of quality can be done for his beans, and barley, and oats and Iambs, and butter and eggs, and all the other great products he raises, sed which Great Britain takes im- mense quantities of. (Cheers,) If the Cabadian manufacturer cannot have a fait entrance into the market of the United'States, where he will of course meet with etr•oug competi• tion from the accumulation of skill and capital that are there. ho can at least under the shelter of a pro par protection, SUPPLY THE GREAT AND GROWING HOME MARKET. for manufactories and push hia wares in those countries where they find entrance on more favorable terms. I was speaking a moment ago as to the British market in con- nection with the products of the farmers of this country. I have in my hand a table which I have put into round figures, in which I find that Great Britain in 1891 imported for her own consumption 380,000,- 000 pounds of bacon, 27,000,000 pounds of salt beef, 224,000,000 pounds of fresh beef, 135,000,000 pounds of ham, 136,000,000 pounds of mutton, 240,000,000 pounds of butter, 230,000,000 of cheese, 106,• 000,000 dozen eggs 3,000,000 bar- rels of apples, 640,000,000 pounds of potatoes, poultry to the value of $2,000,000, wheat to the value of $145,000,000, wheat flour to the value of $50,000,000, barley to the value of $29,000,000, oats to the ue of $26,000,000, peas to the -sin -.an e,rm4411.nnYn.r. value. of O4•;50Q,000ir .1MM/ 0440 Yaliue Of, ,;460q00,000. ' There we haY.e a mar,et 0104 48 u.pinterforr 'red with practically by whence tom•• e i p tjt vu,, a Market Which has no variation., and fiuctuetiop in the way, • of tariff impoeta put upon ue from one year to the :..ether, a market made up largely Of the nOn.produe- tug claeses in these respects, con. elating of artisans ooutinually a! work in the hives•of lay industry, and which are continually calling on this and other'eountries to feed them and make up the muscle the brain and the energy which enables them to manufacture for the world. We ,have in that country besides A DISCRIMINATING MARKET, where the best wares are quickly taken, at the beat price, and where imperial goods and money are al- ways at hand to pay for that which we furnish, sr that ]l say we {flay, look forward to the Mother Coun• try for a tnarket fur the products of ourfarmers,a market in which there will be a eonstaut and growing de- mand, and, sir, it may be also that in the near future, couaidering the, war• of tariffs which is taking place to -day the wide world over, con- sidering• the discriminating benefits which ere given by some countries and denied by others, it may be, sir, that it is worth while and deserving the fair ani thoughtful attention of the Government as to whether or not the time is not approaching, it' it is not near at hand, when it will become the duty of this country to propose to the House that we should hold out a helping hand to the hand which helps us, to repay favor with favor, iuterest with iutereet, and to give the boat treatment in our markets to those countries which accord us the bast treatment in their markets. THE GIANTS BEDSTEAD. D. Talmage gave an illustration last Sunday woruing..iu his sermon at the Tabernacle of his wonderful ;,ower of drawing useful, practical lessot,s from an obscure text, which, to the ordinary mind, seemed in. capable of yielding any spiritual ediboation. The text was I); tit, 8 : 11, "Only Og, king of Bayltan, re, mained of the retnna,nt of giants; behold, Ilia bedstead was a bedstead of iron ; is it not in Rabh.tth, of the, children of A rumen 4 Nine cubits was the length thereof and four cubits the breadth of it." But that in other days and lands there were real giants in authentic. Ono of the guards of the Duke of r.i•nswielr Wynn erigtre•-a rrd--a-trirtflee Lich. Ina museum in London'Sis the skeleton of Charles Bit ne, eight feet four inches in stature, The Eruperor Maximia was over eight feet. Pliny tells of a giant nine feet high, and two other giants nine and a half feet. So I am not in. credulous when I come to my text and lied King Og a. giant, and the size of his bedstead, turning the text into feet—the bedstead of Og, the king, roust of been about thir- teen and a half feat long. Judging frow that, the giant who occupied it was probably about eleven feet in stature, or nearly twice the average human size. There was no need of Fab'bt► tear writers tryfirg-xttri rentIImr for the presence of this giant King Og, as they did, by saying that lie came down from the other side of the Flood, being tall enough to wade the waters beside Noah's Ark, or that he rode on the top of the Ark, the passengers inside the Ark daily• providing him with food. There was nothing supernatural about him.. He was s'mply a monster in size. Cyrus and Solomon slept on beda of gold, and Sardanapalus bad 159 bedsteads burned up with him, but this bedstead of my text was of iron —everything sacrificed for strength to hold this excessive avoirdupois, this Alp of bone and flesh. • Why did not the Bible give us the size of the giant instead of the size of the bedstead 1 Why did it not indicate that the wan was eleven feet high, inetead of telling us that his couch was thirteen and a half feet long 1 No doubt among other things it was to teach us that you can judge a man by his sur•roUnd- ings. Show me a man's associates, ahow me a man's books, show me a man's home, and 1 will tell you what he is without your telling me one word about him. You can not only tell a man according to the old adage, "By the company be keeps," but by the books he reads, by the pictures he admires, by the church he attends, by the places be visits. No man ever has been or can be independent of his surroundings— social, intellectual, moral, religious. The Bible indi, aces the length of the giant by the length o2 the bed• stead. Let no man say "I will be good," and yet keep evil sueround- inga. Let no man say, "I will be faithful as a Christian," and yet consort chiefly with wo •Idlings. You are proposing an everlasting impossib1'ity. PLEASANT AS SYRUP. Mr. 1),mgis, F.,:d, Toronto, Ont., states that Milb, ru's Cod Livor Oil Emulsion with Wild Cherry Bark is free from objeetlonable taste, being almost as 4-eatant as evi up, while tor coughs and colds it Rives co oplete satisfaction, act- ing promptly even in obstinate oases. START AND FINISH, BOME OF TH Y .:..,• � dp.. S . QF GYCf,lNc3 IN THE DEAD OF WINTER. That Other Woman -Sirs. Newmarie Sur- prtsei 4lfer Iiuiband by hilar welt, Founded ,;leensattons—lila Teiling.14opIy —A Vanattlan Fable With a Postscript. "There's nothing, like this winter riding —the bracing air, the hard roads and the music of the*" snow crushing under the wheels." " !!!!1" THAT OTHER WOMAN. Airs. Newmarie Surprises Her Husband by Her Well -Founded Accusations. When Mr. Newmarie came home the other evening he was not greeted with the close, loving embrace and sweet, clinging kiss with which Mrs. Newmarie ,.always met him. On the contrary, says the Boston News, that laxly stood•ltk'o au avenging spirit in the hallway, her dark eyes flashing and her proud breast rising and falling like a stormy sea. Horrified at her appearance, Mr. New- marie stepped back. "Rose," he cried, "are you mad?" There was no answer immediately, Mrs. Newmarie stood there, her breath hissing from between her closely clenched teeth, her hands nervously working and her eyes flashing fire. At length she spoke: "Gtorge," and her voice was terrible in its anger. "Mr. Newmarie, am I your wife ?" "Why, of course, darling," said he. "Don't call me darling ! Then, if I ane your wife, perhaps you can explain who that other woman is." And she folded her arms and looked clear through him at the collar -button on the back of his neck. Mr, Newmarie was stlrprd".LtYlrfiw .tll"er womitu?" he gasped. "The beautiful blonde." "1Vhat?'' "With great, blue eyes and--," "Rose 1" "Golden, curly hair, and--" "Teeth like pearls ! Who is she?" "Are, you crazy, or--?" "The one in the sealskin ulster, and—?" "But what the—" "tVho calls you 'love' and kiss—" "Heavens, what has got into you ?" "Who fawns on your neck and plays with your moustache, and says you are the only man she ever loved and asks you to hold her tighter, and— 0-o o -oh ! you b-r-r-r-ute 1" And she bursts into sobs, DIF. Newmarie gathered himself together sufficiently t0 rush to his wife's assistance, crying : "Rose, my dear wife, tell me—" touch me 1" she shrielce73."Go to her, go to her at once ! As for me, I shall hill myself 1 Olt, George, how --how c -could you deceive your p -p -poor little wife so terribly? Oh, oh, oh 1" And she fell sobbing into his arms. • Mr. Newmarie laid her tremlaliug form upon the lounge and bent over her- in pro- testations of his innocence. "It is a wicked lie that some one has been telling you," he said. "Who was it?" "No one," she replied. . "Then where did you—" "I—I dreamed it, George," she said, "while I was taking a nap on the lounge this afternoon. And it all seemed so true ! It isn't, is it, love ?" And he replied—but there are some Wags that cannot be put into words. Does Advertising Pay? -"It is unnecessary nowadays to waste time in debating whether advertising pays or not," said a member of ono of Chicago's leading advertising firms the other day, "nor is there any, question about the par- ticular form of advertising which brings the largest and surest returns. The newspaper is the advertising medium par excellence. Still the amount of money that is expended annually in painting signs upon country fences, and barns, and bridges, would stag- ger one who has never investigated the sub- ject. It is not objection -proof, however? A couple of years ago a Cincinnati firtn sent out a corps of artists who decorated all available dead walls with the legend USE DR. BnowN's Ant -F. CURE. A few weeks later another band of paint- brush wielders struck the trail of Dr. Brown's advertisers, and ns the result the rural population was advised thus : TAFE SMITH'S SARS.tFARILLA ANI) You WON'T HAVE TO USE De. BROWN'S Autli Ci'r nit, —Chicago A Valuable Tip. Bnlfinch—How much is this thermome- ter? Clerk—Seventy-five cents. Bulflnch—Why, I got one just like it here a couple of days fpr forty cents. Clerk—What tithe in the day did you buy it? Bulfinch—About 8 o'clock in the morn ing. Clerk --Ah, well it's 12 o'clock now; thermometers are always higher at noon. 1'lrn He Put we Grimsby—I don't want the book. Von - found you, get out, or 1 will kick you down. stairs 1 Took -Agent -0, no, you won't. Grimsby—Why Won't 1? Bonk-Agent—Because ! Why They Sullied. The lady went out calling one afternoon, ]caving her three little children in her handsome parlors, in charge of a servant, who was accustomed to take care of them. There. was a table set for a 5 o'clock tea, and everything was in readiness for the re- turn of the hostess with her calling com- pany. She came attended by her guests, and found the children ominously quiet, and the girl "just stepped out," as she afterwards explained. The little ones were all smiling too ; not loud smiles, but deep. The secret was soon out. Of all the cake, bon -bons, chocolate and cream, not a ves- tige remained. "Dimple," asked the mother gravely of the eldest of the three, "what have you been doing ?" "Wo gave a 5 o'clock tea, mamma, and oh, it was fun ! You don't care; do you ?" The mother looked at, the three hail , smiling faces, and like a wise woman, .:`u l- ed with theta, and regarded the whole tiling as an excellent joke. Failed to. Work. "I can tell you something amusing a) nut a case of ambition o'ervaultiug itself," said Madam S., who has just returned from a tour abroad ; "we were travelling in Ger- many and wanted the compartment to our- selves. At a station where we stopped there was a party with a crying baby ready to conte aboard, and 1 told our youngest little girl, who is a great mimic, that ii she would roll herself up in a rug and er•y they would probably pass on and leave us alone." "And did it work ?'' "You shall see. Sadie rolled herself up head and all, and when they looked in, she screamed at the top of iter voice exnetiy sl dovish iufuut. The mother -and father thrust their hearts in while their in- fant roared also, It was a scene fit for bedlam. ' And to eontpleto it the father, who was an Enelishinan, said : "Ere you h'ure, Mary. There's another howler in there, and they won't ntind'aving us;" and in they got, the whole family of them, and our cat was out of the bag. Neatly Done. "Do,you think any girl ever proposes in leap year, as they say, Jennie?" he asked. "Not unless she is obliged to," answered the maiden. , "H'm ! I hadn't thought of that," he said, after a pause. "But, George," she said, laying .her hand affectionately upon his arm and looking into bis eyes, "you, I ate sure, will never force me to that humiliation." '"No-er-that is to say -of "course not'. I—" The ice was broken, and three minutes later George was_ Jennie's accepted. A Champion Knocked Ont. Hungry Joe—Most starved ter ,death, Bi11. I ain't et nothin' in four days. Wandering Wi:lie—That so? Ain't ye got nothin' ye kin hock? "Only one thing, Bill, an' I'll be blowed of I'll hock that.." "What is it ?" "A medal I won in a fastin' match." The Future Paragrapher. ' "So," remarked a ffiend to old lady Malaprop, "your son has become a newspa- per roan ?" "Yes," replied the old Lady with a pleased smile, "lye's a supporter on one of our lead. ing papers." "Oh, indeed ?" "Oh, yes, and as he has a keen sense of the luminous he hopes to become a great American paregoric some day." His Revenge. Peddler (opening his pack)—I an intro- ducing into this neighborhood, madam, a tittle book on— Housewife (slamming the door in his face)—I don't need anything 1 Peddler (loud enough for all the neigh- bors to hear)—A little book on good man- ners, madam, but you don't seem to need any. Good afternoon 1 knew Her Darling, Mr. Jolliboy—My gracious ! This old- fashioned snos-storm makes me feel quiet young again. Little Johnny should be over at the hill coasting, instead of sitting in a stuffy school -room such grand weather as this. I'll go up to the school and San him. Mrs. J. (quietly) --Perhaps, my dear, you might save some steps by looking for him on the hill first. Quick at Figures. Young Featherly—Are those your chil- dren ? Mrs. Brand—Oh, yes ! The boy is file years old and the girl seven. Young Featherly—Well, bow time flies! It doesn't seem possible that you have been married twelve years. Ho Filled the 7;ir1. Advertiser—Are you good at figures? Applicant—I am a plumber by trade, and— Advertiser—Consider yourself engaged. ,,.7 vr1Egom »'s 1+10 J vnt s. M(1 4 Z p'wl.NU 1011(1 MR ' ONE 01,9 ANP Allf ltS. INa 1+l:NQ;t'll. Cloograpk1ere oloitu ,that there ate twenty-five rivers .on the globe, which have a total length of. over 1,000 milot+, trays the st. f'apuis, Ro' public. CN t'hoge, two•.» -the M.issia. sippi, from the source of the Nis• souri in the Rocky mountains to the Enda jetties, and the Amazon,' from the comma of the Beni to the isle of hlarajo---are over 4,000 miles in length ; to he exact, the former is 4,300 and the latter 4,029 from the source to the places where their waters ere mingled with those of the ocean. Four claim a total length of over 3,000 and under 4,- 000. They ate the Vonesei in Asia, length, 3,580 miles ; the Kiang, al- so in Asia, 3,900 miles , the Nile, Africa, 3,240 ; and the Hoang -Ho, the third monster Asian stream, which is 3,040 from source to mouth Seven streams on the globe are un- der 3,000 and over 2,000 miles in length—_the Volga, in Russia, end the Amoor, in Asia, each being 2,- 500 miles in length ; two are 2,800 utiles long, viz, the Mackenzie, in British America, and the Platte, in 'South America. • ilio Bravo, in North America ; the Rio Madeira. in South America, and Niger, in Africa are each 2,000 miles from end to end. The Arkansas river just•comes•inside of this 2,000 -mile limit, with a length of 1,930 miles. Ten of the great rivers of the world are over 1,000 and under 2,000 miles in leugth. Three of these are in North America, viz , the Red river, 1,520 : the Ohio, 1;480, and the St. Lawrence, 1,450, South America has also three in this list -the Rio Negro, ],65Q. the Orino- co, 1,600, and the Uruguay, 1,100 miles long. Asia lids three in the same list—the Euphrates, '1,900 miles in length, and the Tigris and the Ganges, each of which is about 1,300 miles in length. In thegroup of great rivers the St, Lawrence is the most remai kable. It oonetitutes by far the largest body of fresh water in the world. Inclnding•lakes and slreatns,the St. Lawrence covers about 73,000 square miles; the aggregate, it is estimated, represents not less than 9,000 solid miles of water. The unthinkable size of this mass may bo better comprehended, if not fully realized, when we consider the figures of Prof. Cyrus C. Dinwid- die, who says that it would take over forty years for the aggregate of this entire mass to pour over Niaga- ra at the computed rate of 1,000,000 cubic feet per second !. IS THIS JACK THE RIPPER. A man named Williams was re- cently arrested at Melbourne for murderinga woman. Investigation disclosed the fact that ho had com- mitted a horrible crime in Liverpool', Eng., before going to Australia. The bodies of a woman and Iter two child- ren whom the man had murdered were found buried under the hearth- stone of the house in which they lived. The house .in which the bodies were found was once occupied by Williams. --,..--The•bod•ies-first-fountl were 'wrap=•- " ped in oilcloth and Turkish towel- ling. After three bodies %vere taken out the police continued their digging, it being rumored that other girls who had visited Williams were missing. ANQTHER HORRIBLE FIND. The search was continued under difficult conditions owing to the al— most unbearable stench and the fact that the whole floor is thickly se - minted. The excitement reached fever heat when the bodies of two other children were found to have been buried under the house. The first of the children's bodies was that of a girl of 12 years, who had been strangled, the second was. that of a girl of seven, the third was that of a boy of five and fourth that of a baby about a year old. The throats of the last three victims had been cut. A plausible theory bas sprung up from the discoveries of the bodies in the house at Liverpool and the further the affair is investigated the •atronge'r grows the belief that Will- iams is none other than the world - known "Jack the -Ripper." Williams while a resident of Liverpool- made frequent visits to London. The police have traced his movements between the two places and it has been found that his visits to London corresponded with times that the unfortunate wo- men in Whitechapel district were found with their throate cut and their bodies mutilated in the shock- ing manner that characterized the crimes of The Ripper. It will be recalled that a descrip- tion was given to the police of the appearance of the man who was seen in the company of several of the unfortunate women whose bod- ies were subsequently found lying in pools of blood in the. streets of Whitechapel. The description tal- lies exactly with the appearance of Williams as given by pnople in Liverpool who aero acquainted with him.