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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1892-05-25, Page 4tV,vr,m4vvcava ;asmaiv,v t irva s.erteridosimnnrovevv *Alit mos* TI,EW CEYLON FLANNELS The only proper article for Ladies Fancy Blouses. NEW S IP FN.T Fast Dye indigo prints, Wide Cloth. NEW WOOL CA`,RPETS, Selling Patterns. NEW CURTAIN POLES, Complete, 250. 0. NEW READY MADE .BLOUSES in Navy, Cream, Salmon, Fawn, See them. ANOTHER CASE (25 pees) those beautiful'Flannelettes only 5e worth ° 8c. NEW SCOTCH ZEPHYR GINGHAMS, S, boiling Colors, only 9c worth 12c. NEW FvERFAST. STAINLESS BLACK STOCKINGS, in Ladies Misses and Childrens. NEW LACE CURTAINS, Extra value. •,4 T .t�� ti :r:i- r 1 rr 1, o 12' tr v 1%'Li �� ' •. ei' a' `<, r'),i:.J .. �� ..,•tiJ,y rir,r„r a '1" !r k+ .r 'C :k !a ��` !�`t' �forru% .. 31 Me Huron News -Recce !--_$1.50.,,9 1-ear—$1.25 in _Advance 9'feetatesil:aY, Allay ',nth. 1891. 1.0,011,10a114.11KVA .tlW.aaanir ...1nurvr THE CONSERVATIVE POLCIY, IS O.'Ti OF EXPANSION NOT OF RESTRICTION. A Liberal • orator in North Pettit is reported thus• in the Stratford Beacon :— What, he enee between asked, was tate diff.'i' the two parties ? The Cotlsr•rvetive$ adveceted a policy of traria teatriutiou as the policy mora in th•, jutor•f;t:t of the cuntltry, The L'brrtk believed in a pulley of trade expensiun. Cite facts of C,usdian progress under the policy of the Coneerva- ive party do not bear out this as a rtion. 'filet policy has led to au eep•tusiou a of every Cunt- mel.eial, !thou 0141 and iuduetti,d in• terest, a0 the follutging comparison between the years 1878 and 1890 amply testifies :— —�_ t1RJ'1ooret -ee-_—_. 1 reAsc, -...--0,143 13,9331 7,313 25,102,551 41,243,231 $ 1%140,700 nit,e7 u, raiI.v,y ... C•in•e Of shipping... Lc t•c,:ra and post thirds carried by P. 0. Dept. 50,310;000 1,090,000 1)ep)sits in cltartared and saving $lOS,9J0;33C banks...... ?,33,055,12') $197,805,452 Dtouey or. $ 9,777,50.2 dors ...... $ 7,131,000 $ 11,907 502 Bonk note $ 17,831,"_G0 circulation. $29,750,505$ 47,417,071 Pro,Inetion of coal (tons)..... 1,152,030 3,000,000 1,543,07(1 Val ue ex. ports of 43 n adian cheese .... $ 307,521 $ 9,372,21'26 5,374,091 Value ex por is o f Canadian cattle. $ 1,152,334.$ 6,910,417 . 5,797,033 . Value ex• ports of Cauaction sheep..... $ 603,337 $ 1,334,317 $ 535,010 Value ex - parte of in en ufar. -cured wOod entoes,ese-e-•20;659;ate 3•-'-8,' 56,710 Value a x - ports of tonne manufac- tures.... .. $18.iS1,1147 $ 25;530,903 $ 7,347.350 Referring to a comparison of Canadian progresei similar to the grand showing above set forth, the Hou. Jenne Young, a sound Re- former, in a speech delivered before the National Club at Toronto, said :— "It is possible that Canada'nigbt have progressed still faster than this, and it is true that our farming and even our manufacturing industries are suffering at present from eome- what curious depression, bat the foregoing etatistioa clearly attest that not only have wo no reason to despair of our country, but it would be difficult inldeed to product any other country which, when its pope• lotion wee only 5,000,000, could point bac): for 20 years to whetter record of progress and prespority•" The proposition of the Perth ora for should be reversed. It is the Liberal policy that tends to restric tion. Its purpose. is to tie this country up to one nlnrket, and to the trade of the neighboring nation exclusively. Leet this definition might be regarded as biased, we will take that of Hon. Mr. Hitt, the joint father of tho unrestricted reciprocity movement with Mr. Wi man , ['Ir. Hitt says :— "What is comfn'orcial union with Canada 4 It moans, as eat forth in this resolutiou, the adoption by both countries of precisely the same tariff of duties or taxes to be levied upon goods coining from abroad, nbolishing altogether our line of customs houses on the north, by which they collect duty on goods which we send into Canada, having intercauran as uurostricted between thk country and (ails -el% ae tis be tween the States. 'Che linoiof cos• toms bousos would follow the sea setetget and include 'both conntries, The internal reveutte svatetps of taxes on liquors and 101)9600 in the two co'.ntriee would also have to be made uniform in both conutr•iea. Cho proceeds of taxation thus nut tatted would thus bo egnitably rii•A vided, and the fairest way would seem to he in p('0 portion to popula- tion- Undoebtedly they (t110 Uana- diaus), iu being subjected to the same tariff with ee, wetted in all fairness be coneelted ee 10 its pr0- viaions,1)111 wo-60 tail!ions—would iu all fairueaa generally have the prevailing voice in detarnliniug what the rate should be." Mr. Erastes \Viman give his de fiuition in these wotds : "Unrestricted reciprocity for the United States impli,•s that American goods are not only to he etiteitted free of duty jute Cenedt, but for the Purpose of revenue and to prevent Caned% frotu bei ug the backdoor for smugglers into the United States, the duty on for• sign goods will be netintained at the Ainericen rates, which can readily be 111' do to conform to them. Thus there is proposed a diseri,ttine- t.iolt i,4 favor cf Aine,'ican 'ntanufar. titres, whion are to be aclmttia I free, while Beitieh goods are praeti- cally prohibited from entering into eutopetitiotl by the exaelioes of a p iltsF was sstd before rho 1feI%ju- ley hill was passed ; and afterward, to ineke his moaning clear, Mr. Wi- man added :—"Commercial Union means the 1Ie1iiuley Tariff fur Cau- adn, or nothiug." As Mr. hitt said in his remarks above gnoted, "The sixty utillions would have the provailiug voice in determining Khat the rate ahould bo." What a humiliating position wo should then be in 1 A British colony bound to levy spinet Great Britain whatever rate of duty the • -American Congress might fix. As the Chicago Time aptly stated the case "Our Congress would have oven more power over the Dominion un der this arrangement than it would in the event of politicaleuttiorl, be cause the people of the Dominion would have neither vote nor voice in Washington under the proposed• commercial union, while they would have both under political union." We should, in a commercial sense, be in a state of vassalage to the United States, bound to raise up whatever tariff barriers might be necessary to shut out British goods. Mr. \Vintan's special organ in the United States put it in this way :— "It must not he forgotten that this proposition implies a complete surrender by the Dominion Parlia• ment to the American Congress of all control over the principal, source of the Dominion's revenue, the ter• iii. Whatever it may please the American Cougreas to do regarding the tariff, that the Dominion Gov- ernment must forthwith accept." In respect of manufactures we should be limited to one market, Whether it was to our advantage or not, whether we liked it or not, we ahould be compelled to take all oar imports from the United States. BLACKS7'ONE ON MONARCHY Who that has ecauned the pages of history or with wide-eyed observa- tion noted the histdry made during bis own life time but will agree that a constitutional monarchy, with the elastic elemtnte to be found in that of the Btitiah Empire is the most liberal,and safest eye - tem of government yet de- vised by the mind of man, broaden- ing down as it does from century to oentnry and front generation to gen- oration to suit the aspirations it has tended to create and the imp^ova• tnente it has effected in the condi- tions of the governed. On this the natal day of our beloved Queen it may not be out of piece to reproduce the views of Sir William Blechatone published over a century ago. And we may remark that whileheeompares en elective evith an Hereditary mon- arch}, the British system peeresses tr•io beat elenients of both. It is beeed upon an elective monarchy. William III was an elected sovereign elected by the representatives of the people iu Parliinient assembled. Aud itis de:mendants. hereditary, hold their positions by the grace of the s tins Parliament, "It !Il,lst be owtled, an elective monarchy seems to ho the most ob- vious and bent suited of any to the rational principles of Government and the freedom of hun19t1 nature ; and accordingly, we tiutl from his• tory that, in the infancy and the rudiments of almost every state, the leader, chief nlagistrete, or pfi06e. hath usually been elective. Anil if the individuals who compose that state could always .cou'.inue true to ,� . v"girthr aatrc d 1)r '1drL passion.or prejudice, uu,te tied by c0rruptiOu,and unawed by violence, Oleotive'8UecesaiO(t were as nlUClt to he desired in a kingdom as in other interior communities. The best the wisest. and the bravest elan would then be sure of receiving that crown which his ondowtneuts bye. merited ; and the sol;se of an on - majority woubi ba dutifully acquiesced in by the few who were of different opinions. But history and observation will intern] us that elections of every kind, inthe pre- sent state of Bauman nature, are too frequently brought about by inliu- euce,and_-artlf]ce--;-ltnd- even where the 6180 ie otherwise, these practices will be often sespee- ed, and .4e constantly charged, upon the successful, by e eplenetic disap• pointed minority. This. is ,an evije to which all societies are 1iablo , as: well those of a private and domestic kind, as the great community of the public, which regulates and includes the rest. But in the former there is this advantage, that such auspic• ions if false, proceed no further than jealousies and murmurs, which time will effectually suppress ; and if true, the injuatice may be remedied by legal means, by an appeal to these tribunals to which every mem- ber of society has (Il.y becoming such) virtually engaged to submit. Whereas, in the great; and indepen- dent society which every natiou composes, there is no superior to re- sort to but the law of nature ; no method to redress the infringements of that law but the actual exertion of private force. As therefore, bo- tween two nations complaining of natural injuries, the gutted can only be decided by the law ot RI me, so in one and the same nation, when the fundamental principles of 'heir common union are aupposed to be invaded, and more ospooially when the arpointment of their chief-mag- istrete is alleged to bo unduly made, the only tribunal to which the complainants can appeal is that of the God of battles ; the only pro- cess by which the appeal can be carried on is that of a civil and in- testine war. A hereditary euccess- ion to the crown is therefore now established in this and moat other countries, in order to prevent thnt periodical bloodshed and misery which the history of ancient imper- ial Rome, and the more modern experience ofPoland and Germany, may show its the consequences of elective kingdoms." FREE T'RADF, IS DYING IN ITS OLD STRONGHOLD. , Lord Salisbury, in a speech which he d&livered one day last week at Hastinge,Etlgland, counsel- ed the workingmen to follow the example set thein by nations and substitute erbitretiou for the violent Methods which were sometimes adopted for settling labor disputes. He eaid that a grave matter in which the' prosperity of the country was involved •was the gneesiorl of free trade. "Euglan.i," he declared, "only maintains the position tvltich she occupies by the vast industries exist iug here ; but a clanger is growing up. Fifty years ago everybody be sieved that free trade had 000q'.ler- ed the world and prophesied Chet every nation would follow the ex- ample of England. 'Pito refill; te, however, are nut what had been ex pected. Despite the prophesies of the free trade advocates, foreign na (1uua aro adopting protection. •1'hey are excluding us from their markets and are trying to kill our trade. Aud this state of things appears to grow worse. We live iu an age of war tariffs. Another 101110rttnl point, is that while nations are nego- tiating to •obtoin each other's com tuerciad favor non@.i . anxt{lua ttil gltt the favor• of t_1•reat ritnl`if s46ec nee Great Britain, hoe etrippod herself of the armor and weapons with which the battle is to be fought. "•lhonattitude we have taken iu regarding it as disloyal to the glor- ious and sacred doctrines of free trade to Isey duties oil auy belly for the seke of anything we get thereby, may bo noble, but it is not businesslike. [Cheers]. On thou torrns you will not get anything. If you intend to hold your own in this conflict of taritfe you must be prepared to refuse nations who in- jure you access to your markets. "We complein most of the Unit- ed Stites, and it so happens that the United States maintains and fu rniehos us with articles, which awe esential to our manufacturers. We cau not exclude either without ser• p ,V .,. _ • uvea; I -am not kbpul'$fl is order to punish other countries, to inflict daugorous wounds on ourselves. We must confine ourselves to those matters wherein we will not suffer much whether importation continues or diminishes. "While we food and raw can raise the price of material, there is an enormous mass of imports, such as wine, spirits, silk, gloves and laces, from countries, besides the United States which are merely luxuries, and of which a ditnished consump- tion could be risked in order to see cure access to the markets of our neighbora. I shall expect to bo excommunicated for propounding such a doctrine, but I am bound to say that I think the free traders have gone too far." FACTS. The following letter appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press and its re- publication by Canadian papers generally is amply warranted by the established facts it contains. Cana- dian, have been altogether too Quakerlike in turning the other cheek when they have been smitten on one. We like the tenor of this letter as it shows that Britons and this Dominion of Canada can hold their agefuat the world and the United States. Now if ho made the latter statement lie knew it was a falsehood when he uttered it. I had charge of the South Dakota exodus last year. I shipped from the Aberdeen district 1,500 souls and 120 cars of settlers' effects or their equivalent (many drove throu.di.) That is what he calls a "few'! Now if be can find me one family after matting that re - turned here I will give him $100. What would they come back here for ? To grow seven bushels nt wheat. per acre? To haul water twin miles Together ox dung for fuel ? To pay? 40 per cent interest nn loans ? 'l'o pay exo,•saive taxation ? •1'o sell steers for two cents per lb ? To sell cows for $10 etch ? So having escaped those pleasant pastimees, they have bid both them an Dakota g):)1 -bye, and they have said so in print, and Mr. Whitney knows it. Ili; other statement that 1 slandered Dakota is just as false. If he will cause to he printed in the leading columns of the Dakota newspapers the letters that I have in my posses- sion which I have received from Dakota tanners I will give him $500. If he will atter that cause to be printed in the same columns of the Dakota newspapers the reports of the Dakota farmers' delegates who n isitetl theCanadian North west during the past year, and made n report on its agricultural resonrcos, I will give him 0200. '!'hen let the world judge who slandered Dakota. Let me tell Mr. Whitney while I am at it, that I haee shipped• four times as many `this epring., as I had ,lone last yeas at this same dale. And let mo tell him further, that the letters that the settlers of last year Wrote back to 'their friends during last winter and this spring assisted ma very much in this movement. I would just like to know whore the value (to Dakota) of Mr; Whitney's "snera" comes its ? Yo,, ':Ir. Whitney, in spite of your sneers, theyare going where the "governmental requirements and local conditions and the habits and customs of the people there are 'quite unlike' thou existing on this side ot the line." W. A. WEBSTER, Emigration Agent. Aberdeen, South Dakot,, April 2S. A IMPLY TO AGENT WHITNEY. To the Editor of the Free Press, Sta.—A copy ot the Frce Press has reached me here containing a letter copied from a North Dakota paper purporting to be a statement made by Passenger Agent Whitney, of the Great Northern, in which he mentions my name as an emigrant agent that slandered South Dakota. fie also says that "a few" persons left Dakota last year for the Coned ian Northwest, and that all that • had sufficient money returned to Dakota. EDITORIAL NOTES. The Opposition at Ottawa are' dying their very best to obstruct legislation. It is apparent that they wont soother $500 extra sessional allowance, Their antics, wo were going to say tactics but that would be misuse of a legitimate term when applied to legitimate business, costs the country $4,000 a day every day they are indulged in. The House should adopt the cloture and put a stop to their tomfoolery, An American paper propounds a policy that is profitably applicable to Canada. It says, "When a good citizen hes digested that arraignment of the party of ob- struction and negation, the exptoita•. tion of the party of i progress and achievement, he will ask for the big. gest Republican wood pile in his county and saw and saw until Ben Harrison or an equally good can. didate is commissioned to stand watch four years more over the good sword Protection that gnarda our markets from the invader." Pot Conservetivo for Republican and Conservative candidates for Ben Harrison and we have a good Cana- dian hill of fare. Lord Salisbury, Prime Minister and lender of the4dominent party of Great Britain, struck a cruel blow at the Canadian free traders last week. Ile admitted that the free - trade policy had crippled England end said in so many words that free trade was a grand thing as a senti- ment, but was a failure from a busi- ness point of view. After these many years of experiment and experience English statesman are coming to the platform of the Canadian pro- tectionists. According to Lord Salisbury free trade is not good for a nation like England, Butteriek Patterns. A lady told us the other day that she did not know we kept patterns a Irl was surprised to find that in• stead of waiting n week for the • pattern she wished, was banded it from Stock by Miss Cooper who has charge ot this department.. We oannot tehtk•'the immense variety of Garments that tl:e Butterick Publishing Company have patterns for, but you may rest assur- ed that from our $50;) stock you can select the most popular styles. Monthly in the Delineator and half yearly in the Metropolitan, you can choose your patterns and come to us for them, as will get the New Fashions as soon as published. Do you take either of these public; tions ? `Chen why not, they are the cheapest and best value in Fashion Publications. We also get the other Popular Magazines such -as the "ART DE LA MODE," "THE SEASON,' "NEW YORK FAS 11104 BAZAR", "YOUNG LADIES JOURNAL" and "HAR•• PERS BAZAR." , As there aro no stocks carried in the adjouining towns or villages we will supply any Pattern on receipt of number and price. Cooper & Co. Booksellers .tic., CLINTON. The factionists, and malcontents, and grumblers, and hide -bound twine binders, and moss -backs, and pullbacks, and grumblers generally who animadvert upon the condi- tions of affair° in Canada, and who are so purblind that they will not see the progress we have made when talking of the indebtedness of of the country, ahould renlember the difference between the present and the past in the material condi- tion of the country. They should remember that in tho good old days the country towns had mails once a week or once in two weeks on horse back ; instead of four times a day es now, against the time when none of the elements of plod ern oiviliza- tion existed. It is hail for the pro- fessional economists to raise them- selves to the plane of the present day. Every suggeetion they make partakes of tete era of the ox team and the stage coach, of the mud roads, of the unpaved street, and the mail facilitios which could be afforded in the rural districts by the lonely postman monnted on his horse or even of foot. v •