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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1892-04-20, Page 4• r.. As we suppose in a few weeks, oto it Xui y be in, a few flays, you will begin to think about the periodical house cleaning, Well; we. ' think it. must be bice' 's *e l 'as ic'otivenient when they take ups the old. Carpet and promote it to an upper room that they know exactly where they can go to get, what will suit their eye in quality; price .and pattern an Carpets,, either in Brussels, Tapestry, AU -Wool or Union, and we have had so many instances where people have been airover town and come again and bought from us that we aro sure we are safe in directing you here for your Spring Carpets. Then in LACE CURTAINS in endless vari1ty of price and p .tit rn, , CURTAIN POLES w'itli all tho fixtures at next to nothing. Spring Roller WINDOW SHADES, all colors, at very low rates. Now a word about PARASOLS. We are not carrying over one old Parasol. Every single one new—new in size, new in quality, now in stylish handles, new in goaoral style and get up, and above all new in price --don't forget this last most important fact, .,r,, We have cert•l:nly opened out one of the most Stylish Spring Stocks of New Spring Goods ever brought to Clinton. GILROY WISEN, 0,: r me Huron News -Record .50 a Year -81.25 to Advance 4 letlrte'Itatay. ,al►ril2Otlt, tette t 1,.17PEItI1' Vtfl: SHOULD '1'1'.'.4 CH. The famous American revolution ary orator, Patrick Henry, with all his iconoclasm, iu this must famous epeeoh, r. mat ked ; "1 hat e hitt one lamp •by which my feet are a•' gelded, awl that, is the I9urp of e<;.*'tioltce." It would be well d d ten -.e (,:tit feet ionists w ho hate: t•t'•;ru iu h Ind tee pel:l.etealiuu of a political feud between Conserva- tives and Reformers in West 1-Iuron by entering a protest against Hon. J. C. 'Patterson, well digest orator Henry's words. If they were guided by the lightof flit* Iamp ul' ecne.rleuco acquired in election doers, they would never have in d li {rd in the elusive hope of title ce::ding. In this riding Air. Cam. weehalt been unseated twice. The first tints upon testimony that was more than sofileient to sustain a emcee- --judgment ent•tiliu'^ diegunlificatiun The next and last time Mr. Cameron w ei unseated there was also ample eviduuco to fittest eusured his die: qualification if the ease had been gone into. But the easy-going Con- servatives were couteut with allpw• in the seat to be voided liy ell. Coneron acknowledging in coast merely one corrupt act. Whereas if the testimony in possession of the Conservatives were reliable, audlwo believe it was, he would have been disqualified if the osee had been thoroughly gone into. Then it is well known to Conservatives that otill�uic;ttsioii wilco fele"eilitio`ii" agunlit AII•.' Camerou was with- drawn, upon hie paying the costa incurred, that if it had been pro seeded with *he would have been unseated et hetet, with a strong pro• bability of _his b eing disqualified There is no mannor•of doubt from the knowledge that Cuuservatives have of the tuauuerin which elr.Cam- eron and his Mende ;conducted h election uautpnigue in remote al d later years thtt he and they eon 10 disqualified.. The expnrtenee of tee past amply justifies the •potitiou against blr. Cau a •ou.:.n•l the twos. cowlings that will be t •ken aea:nst his over zealous friends. While wo are c: r., i a of this we are oleo certain filet our p0liticel friends aro urtt• ping to efiaiu be nedured from the path of duty, unpleasant though it may be, by any false sentiment of spittle:thy or personal reward for Mr. Cameron or by any pseudo cry of "persecution." The cry of "per: e :mien" well not avail this time, but justice, without malice, w.il be sought for to the bitter end and to the utter coufounding of those who were anxious to petition against Mr. Patterson with no evidence against him except the ex• perlenes and eoneciouaneCe • r own ... Dominion, during the peat yenr,nud ED1TOIt1AG NOTES. the Grit factioniets, if they will be guide:I by the lamp of experience, can easily see that it is the party they support that had and has the most to dread front a legal investiga Dating thereof and not in the chew - tion into the manner of oonductiug ing of the gringo as some contend. electlone. So far as Mr. Patterson It is correctly euuugh was concerned in the conduct of the iecont election in West Huron, he has nothing to fist.. If ever a candidate was free from 0 rongdoing hinieelf, he is one. Not only can he 'd;.f r proof cif even the most trivial il•egal personal act ; but he can prove in the most emphatic manner, both by written, printed and oral warnings, that he caution- ed his supporters to refrain from all wrongdoing. We have consider- able knowledge of bow the cam - ea Con- servatives honestly say thatsolitary 11 is rsun or an 1 some of to any• thinglaw, we fe one by an a Patterson seat. e deplore the enter- ingat spainet MI. Patter - eon from any fear that the el be voided, but from thecommiseration for many p ds amongst iMrr, Tate to eats, who have been b factionists and pru- fe iciaus to outrage the at ulitcial lite by being p• oceediug+ which will surelya no other result teen a on of costs which they Theory is very go el. I'remieos may be properly' stated and wrong inferences deduced from them. Tho proof of the l:u Ming is in tee ign was conducted by the rvatives ami we can we aro not aware of it gal eat by either'Mr. Patio y of his friends. Evan div his supporter sun I against the letter of the older fain that nothing was d y one that can cotnprutnis atterson or rndauger his Scu that while of n prole u it is not adieu will linnet co personal friou non's oppou beguiled by ssioual poet neuities of p a11108 10 pr product multiplication shall have individually to pay a portion of. It may be said : "If M r. Patterson and his friends are einnucentosweeyedeploreseproeeedi mss being taken against hire by which he and they will ,have an oppor• tunity to eatab'lise their innocence V' This is a pertinent and proper question au'd• deserves a frank anewor. It is because; as we it*• timatod last week, such proceedings can have no other result than per- petuating animosities engendered among neighbors during the heat of an election contest, and creatiug fresh bitternuee of feeling. This undesirable state of thinge is what we wish to avoid. And we hope that better counsels will prevail among our Grit friends and that they will yet withdraw their peti- tion and allow us to "have peace." We have no authority to speak for the managers of the crows petition against Mr. Cameron, but we know that they, and the Conservative party generally, aro not animated by any malicious feelings against him- self or any of tris. over•zonlous agents who have made him and themselves amenable to dire puniah- ment. And we believe that the Conservatives would forego the qualified plonsure of disqualify- ing Mr. Cameron and bis friends, and allow them to pursue the even tenor of their way as good citizens, were it not that in duty and in self-defence they have been urged to the disagreeable task Why not drop proceedings on both sides ere it is too lido ? By so do- ing social relations would not bo estranged, thousands of dollars would be prevented from goiug nto the pockets of greedy lawyers nd the material internists of the ,ding generally would be much 'emoted. Let no have peace 'After a vatied experieuo- with mN y railed oathar'•in romedies,I am oanvit - that Ayet's ?ilia give the moat sate- ary results. f rely exclu•.irel y n e Pills for too euro. of liver n, d, ash complain o."—Jelin Li hell, S.., .nn, Texts. • affil tiled that the Americans have put au oxcart - sive duty on many of the products of Canute when imported into that country. Bat it is wrongly affirm- ed. that that d„ty coulee out of the Canadian producer's pocket. There is nothing like hard facts amt. -stern reality to .prove a case. That the Canadian producer dues not pay such duty we have often proven in these columns. Here is an instance in proof. A few Jaye ago Joseph Venat.t.or, who has been buying turnips in Bleeheiln, entered at the Custom House, .Niager:lFells, U. S., a ear load of tueuips of 600 bushels on which tho duty is 2 cents a bushel,which hr, paid. While mov- ing in the yard the car became disa- bled and had to be unloaded, when it was discovered that the car con twined 515 bushels of turnips and 35 bushels of potatoes, the duty on the latter beiug 25 cents a bushel. The whole car load wua seized and confiscated and will be sold 'at auo tion fur the benefit of the Gevorn- metlt. The ehif'por in his attempt to cheat the Goverument.out of less that $20 loses about 8100.•` Now it needs no elaboruto argument to prove that this buyer 'would not have attempted to smuggle the pota- toes into the States and run the rlak of a fine and confiscation if the duty saute out of the pockets of the Calm - dints producers. But this practical luau of business was quite well 'itii'st a tater='iffee-e El=ut'i'ontne _etYbrted have to pay the duty, But if he could have got them it* free he might have pocketed the duty or sold his teotatoos the amount of the duty loss. Because he made an effort to evade the duty he did not pay the Genndiatts that much more for their potatoes. Not at all. The only difference that this removal of the American duty would make, would be that the value of the article would drop in price to ,its normal figure. The price paid in the Unit- ed States would the price paid in Canada minus the duty and plus freight and profit. The duty. in the States as a rule enhances the value of imported products to that extent. Take it off and the price of potatoes in the States would he levelled down to the average price in Canada. Indeed in most casee the price of farm•products in Canada average boater rates here than do similar products in the States. The enormous production there being moro than the home market can consume. Ono of the arguments used by the Grits in favor of unrestricted reci- procity with the United States and a ' continental tariff," and that the t%riffof the United States,is that it would prevent cornbtnos. The lie direct is given to much inference by the well kuowu existence of man- ifold combines in the States among. the manufacturers of all ;goods. "Trusts" they aro called there. There is hardly an article manufac- t 11 ld in the United States from whiskey and coal oil to binding twine and hair pins het is the out- put of concerns operated upon the comb;ue or trust system. It is ulleg. ed that a urotact.ive tariff makes com- bines possible. To some extent this may be true though not wholly. It may he true in the States where the tariff is excessively high, -•about dou- ble that in Canada. Admitted that it is true. A.imittcd that protection fivers combines in Canada. As our tariff is only oue 11911'11181 of'the United States, hew would sure• striated reciprocity preveut them when the producing came) would bo intensified Fully fifty per 00)11 en dor the proposed system. The it logical contention that a23 per cent. taieff fosters combines iu Cana da aur that a 50 per cent tariff in the Status does not, is on a per .with the contention that the (lana diau consumer pays the 25 por cent duty on goods cooling into Canada and that the American consumer floes not pay the 50 per cent duty on goods going into the United States. If Canadians could be con vincod of the fiscal ethics of the um restricted reciprocists and annexa tionist.s they would ride up and de- mand a fifty per cent tariff or an- nexation.Bet they Ila not -believe the faddist fable teachers. In . any' event Clark Wallace's legislation will check any 'undue growth of combines formed for the purpose of inordinately enhancing values it* Canada, though it would be inlpos• Bible to prevent, the combination of capital for the purpose of cheapen ing the cost of manufactures. There are no Illegal combines in Cauads. There ie no more wroug done to the conxnmer by capital combining to obtain a fair value from its invest went than there ie in labor combin- ing as iu labor uueoua formed for the purpose. of obtaining a fair days wage for a fair days work. Jt would be wrong if capitalists or manufacturers• had a inotopoly of the making of their respective pro- ducts and no one but those now en• gaged in the buaiuess were allowed to embark in it. But this is not the case. If there are fortuuee to be quickly rn.de in manufactures by extortion or otherwise, anyone not already engaged in the business anal who den control the necessary capit- al islet free and untrammelled liber• ty to go into the business. The same will apply to labor unions. If wage earners demand a certain price fur their days work those out side the unions can eell their labor at what price they think proper or not at all. And the liberty of com- petition will always prevent extor- tion, whether in the price of labor or the price of the products of that labor. There aro croakers and ever will be. There have been croakers and grumblers time out of mind. Among the first traditional records of the deelioge of the Infinite wo find that outside this world, where greater harmony and less discontent should have prevailed, there were malcontents and grumblers. If among the angels there were re- bellious spirits, it is surely excusable to find among the unangelic of this earth such very earthy malcontents as Cartwright and Edgar and Mills and L'turier. These are bound to meet trouble half way, and if when in quest of it they cannot find what their souls so delight in they set about to make it. They Inlet have trouble. In the, House and out of it they throw obstadlee in the way of malting tr+de arrangements with foreign couutries or with other por tions of the Empire. Wuou we waitse fur the Uuited States to give ae•wer to our repeated calla upon 111811a for more amicable and neigh- borly conduct, the Government was assailed for standing aloof. When rho Government took the bull by the horns and sunt ambassadors to Washington, these grumblers again found fault. Thou the' grumblers said we should extend our export trade elsewhere. We a sent leen to Euglaud, to the West Indies and elsewhere and they mads arrange- ments whereby our trade has in- creased. Thee the gruwlera snarl and want to know why we can't trade with our next door neighbor without going thousands of utiles away. And thus it is those grum- blers, and growlers, and snarlers and imprecticables fritter away tho time of better men and the money of the country and prevent the best use being made of the present. While they are obstructing, envious time slips by. ...These pompous ob• struetionists are like uuto,S1iak,e- speat•e's pompous roan. Moat ignorant of what he's most assured, Ht+ gtuwltng esseu.:e—lice an angry apo, Plays e.uuh erielte before high heavou, As urske the wugole weep. The Chicago Inter Ocean is auth- ority for the statement that, "Thu people of Illinois pay something over 830,000,000 in taxes every year for strictly localpul-rwses, Say the State has a populatiou of 3, 000,000 and we have au average per capita tax of 810 for purely local per head it* indirect taxatiuu through tariff on itnporte and we hese a sate of taxation of 816 per head. And independeut of this, the Inter Ocean adds, "'rho farmer for the moat pri mends his own roads." It would be uo exaggore- .tion to say that for all pur- poses taxation in Illinois, is fully double that in Canada. And it fa probably ono of the low- est taxed States in the Union. With better prices for farm pro- ducts and a much lower taxation in Canada than iu the States, what is to rbc gained by the annexation "fadl" Leaving sentiment out of the question altogether, how would we be benefitted if we should gain frog access to tho. whole 60,000,000 market and have to pay increased taxes for local and State purposes. ToJI. J11. Todd Esq. DEAISIR,—I left Clinton on March 15th, for Edinburgh, Dakota. We ar- rived here on March 19, having taken in Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and other large places. Found the weather very fine, for ten days. Then we had two very heavy rains, a rare oocurence in this country at this season of the year. There have been frequent showers of snow, mak- ing the ground very wet and prose pects excellent for a crop in this section the Doming season. Old set- tlers say there never were better prospects as the ground is very wet and frozen very deep. When we get the ground frozen to a great depth the crop will do without much rain as the frost keeps a dampness. In Red "River valley they will need no rain for aerep. SVe went to meet the horses [shipped out. Travelled all through the country from Graf- ton to Winnipeg, thence to Plum Coulee, Gretna, Crystal and Edin- burgh. Travelled for 5 days driving over ] 20 miles through the country. You can see stacks of wheat for 20 There may he some people in the lioness reached by the NEWS RECORD :lint have not heard of our eetablielt• mew, if so we ask for your presence 81111 if ours goods and terns suit you we would be glad to pocket your eetuey. S nue people claim they are doing eusim•re for Glory, but any Beene person would not t,elieve it, nor is it cuui,istent for we all wish to make :1 good living and oyer save a little ,Honey. Our line of goods consiete of all 1t•'rthn0diso carried in a first elates Book Stationery an Fancy Goods eture. At thi1* time of this season we are very busy with WALL PAPEP AND WINDOW SHADE' And wo show as good values as • can tie had. For this month we are selling, our re•,tuler ,line of \VINDO\I✓, SHADES so that they will please close buyers immensely. The reason being that we have , =-batt'hR-nninretscrrst�c unr•Ilit-•ancl=ave-�=.•-���>�•-a -� are willing to share our 80011088 with with intending purchasers. From 15c to 50c you can buy Shades cheaper t'h`an ever before. Remember, first come, first serve ed. Cooper & Co. Booksellers kc., CLINTON. miles avers/way yet to thresh, Baskerville is threshing enough to keep him going until new work comes in. Wages are good. En- gineer's $4 per day or $100 a month. 1 met Harry Ball, .J. Sheppard -and Wet Moore and several from Clinton, all pleased to see some one from the ,'Hub." I like the appearance of this country 'very much. The water around here is as good as I ever drank in Canada, altbough generally alkali is found nearly all over. It is a very healthy climate. Plenty of game and put in a good days sports ing. A party of us went out for a day hunting jack rabbits with two fine grey hounds. It is a good sight to see the hounds run down a jack rabbit, as they are the swiftest of r.uimalsexcept the antelope. There has been severe frost these two nights, consequently the ground is frozen. Seeding has notcommenced yet, as a rule, some, however, has been sown. Plowing and sowing will commence I expect on the 11th and Pkely keep on as the weather has cleared up and is very fine. Edinburgh has 5 elevators and 6 or 7 stores, post office, telegraph kc. We are try miles from there. Edin- burgh is situated on the first rise of Pembina mountains. Wheat is sell- ing : No I hard, 61c; Barley 350. Barley is not so high in the States as Dr. McDonald was tolling us. ter, C. I.AITHWAITE, Edinburgh,,Dak. A pri] 9,1892.