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Established in Clinton,1851.
It is about time wo discussed Fall
Overcoats with you, as the cool even
inge and fresh tnoruinge will compel us
to adorn ourselves with heavier cloth-
ing. You know our record in the past
regarding these goods, and we hope to
do better in the future. Come and in-
spect our Fall Overcoats and Suits, as
we know you will be pleased. They
are all our own make, and we can show
you both the goods and trimmings in
the place, which usually satisfies most
people as to quality. The style and
finish will speak for themselves. Now
for the most important item, the price,
and who is in it with us 1 The Great
One -Price Clothing House.
THOS. JACKSON,
Clinton.
Huron St.,
, ms sv,+ ssrts“Mi
am QL1VV1? opt'Urge OXODEbl,
Mato Elmira meeting tho Premier
truthfully eat I that iu timea of poli.
tics), peace, when party prejudioe did
not away thew, Liberals were willing
to admit that Canada htd made sub
stautial progress under a protective
system. It is well that those rational
periods do comp at times to our friend.
of the Opposition. Their occasional
outbursts of candid enthusiasm at their
country's advancement palliate in a
large measure their assumed sympathy
for her alleged grievances.
Sir Oliver Mow.tt his been one of
the fairest men on the Liberal aide of
politics. Canadi.tne caunat afford to
forget hie powerful arraignment of the
annexation propaganda at a time when
that insane policy threatened to be-
come part and parcel of the Grit pro-
gramme.
In Chicago, recently, Sir Oiiver was
asked by a representative of the Post
about the exodus to the United States.
His reply was :
Tie Huron News-Reeora
1.60 a Year—$1.46 in Advance
CANADA REQUIRES BOTH—
FAIiMER AND MA NU.
FACTURER.
Wednesdav, Oct. lith Ili')3.
The unfortunate fanner, ground
under the iron heel of an alleged iui
ABOUT FALL SHOWS• quitous tariff tax, is coming in for
As the type forms of TBE News– much precious sympathy from the
RECORD are beiug placed on the press
Opposition just now. Scalding tears
are shed by Laurier and hie followers
the Blyth Annual Show is in progress.
For mann years the Morris Branch over the miseries of the down trodden
Agricultural Society has annually met agriculturalist. And of course the Re
ate men form press mast cry too. It Isn't a
with unprecedented suceese. T
musical wail that they Bend up either,
at the helm who have been chosen as but a wild, incoherent sob that has a
worthy ofliee bearers have beeu faith -
fol to their trust, and the immediate suspicion of fine dramatic effect in its
result has always been highly satisfac COmpoaition.
tory. The show, while as a rule the It is the policy of Laurier at the
last of the season, is by no means the present juncture to seek to divide the
least. We do not know that more manufacturing from the agricultural
classes in the Dominion and impresa
keen rivalry exists in auy other part of upon ,each the notion that there is en
the county than at Blyth Show, inevitable and eternal feud be.
While the hall ie crowded with credit tween them. With these classes it
able exhibits, the stock ring commandsdoes not take the wily leader of
the Opposition long to decide
the respect, attendance and attention where he shall stand. On one side he
of thousands of interested spectators. titles 100 farmers to half a manufactur-
The low admisieu fee ivagurated by er on the other. He will be brave !
the Morris Branch has been fullowed Ile goes with the farmers and shode
his crocodile tsar, in their behalf. It
with good results by the majority of
Societies in the county of Huron. is a mean, an unpatriotic, a coutempti
ble part to play. The man who arrays
Some people cannot see any good in class against class in this Dominion,
so many shows. They claim that one whose greatness has been achieved by
great county show would do more good the harmonious development of her
diverse industries, is not a statesman, is
than the present roods—one in each
municipality. 3 his might be true if not a patriot. Ile is a charlatan of the
worst stripe.
Goderich Clinton, Seaforth and \Ving•The interests of the farmer and
ham could secure it in t urn. manufacturer aro co ordinate. When
Smaller tonsils could not well accorno- one is doing well the other is prosper•
date the crowd fur a week, Then ne ing also. The fiscal system that keeps
would have Blyth, Belgrave, Carlow, the homemarket for the farmer in—
Exeter, Hayfield, Dungnonou and other creases the value of that home market
to him by its protectiou to manufac•
places dissatisfied. 'furors. Every industry that is open•
As it, is the various farm and town ed, every extra hand that finds employ
products and' in tnufacturea in each meat in the cities or towns, means
locality are brought into compotitiou more mouths, as 11 at. .lir, boater
Neighbor farmers exhibit their horses, clearly demonstrated in Clinton, to
a be fed from the products of the farm.
cattle, sheep, swine, grains, roots, &c., The Globe tells us in bold, black
while their veivoe compete at these type that the agricultural ie the only
shows with their home made wines natural industry. All our manufactures
butter, bread and other articles. are artificial. They are exotic. These
These numerous gatherings bring the worthy philosophers would have our
country confine herself to the produc-
people for a radius of six, eight or ten tion of bread and meat; they would
miles together and the product of the close up our manufactures and wall
various farms aro placed side by side, up our busy hives of industry. They
Ideas ate exchanged.- This or that til• would make us hewers of wood and
ler of the soil learns where he can im• drawers of water because, forsooth, the
prove some particular method. It factory, the mill and the fouodry are
may bo in the cissa of stock he has not iudigenoua to our Canadiau cls•
been raising, the grain he has grown, mato.
the roots he has cultivated, or it may Such is the policy of the Reform
perchance benefit the knowledge of the party today which sept to gain
good wife, daughter,or son on the farm. power by cutting a rift through the in -
Give the people a chance. A dustrial ,lassos of our community and
county show—and a county show only setting them at each others' throats,
—would not accomplish as much good slobbering over the imaginary woes of
.as the numerous email ones. the farmer and howling like children
While it may bo quite true that a about the "bloated capitalists" who it
county show would have more sumer• ` is erroneously alleged grind them
•nus exhibits, the quality on the whole down,
• would not bo any higher than at the
smaller ones. And the aggregate num LAURIER'S POSITION.
ber that annually attend all the ejtows
in tlto minty now would not witness a Mr. Leurior's poaition is an awkward
purely county show. So that the at cue especially In Ontario. Hon. Mr.
tendaneo of the lesser number would \VRllnce tainted the leader of the
not be productive of as much good to Opposition n in his trueeader at the
the farming community as the attend•
grata demonstration at Glencoe the
mace of the greater number. a
We would like very well to haven other day when he said :
"And what about the leaders of the two
County Fall Show pure and simple for
parties? The youngest present almost
the farmers, but the district, muni• could remember when we. had a rebellion in
cipal or township fairs are here to stay. the Nerth-meat, and our sone and hrothere
And the repeated annual success of the dropped their occupations and, marched
Morris Branch, like numerous others, to the far West to p it down rebellion.
is strum roof that local fall faire will But the silver-tongued orator of the
rt P Reform party. what did he do ? lle
continue to thrive and do good for made a speech in which he said that if
very many years to come. he were on the bauke of the Saskatchewan
he would have shouldered hie musket.
What for? To assist the Canadian volun-
At this time last year Canada and toere ?, No, sir. To shoot down our volue-
the United States had shipped over
teens. What about the man be was defend-
ing? Twice his hand was stained with the
100,000 barrels of apples to Blitieh blood of his fellows. This was the man
Ports, whereas this year not over 500 vrham Mr. Laurier wee going up to defend.
But Sir John Macdonald and Sir John
or 600 barrels have gone forward,. In Thompson said without hesitation that there
consequence the markets in England was ono law for all. He will have to suffer
aro almost completely bare of Canadian the penalty of his crimesand he did el Buffer.
Which did they prefer . The man who fear-
apple;e, and as the English and contin• leesly did his duty or the man who Bought
ental supply of fruit has teoi•ked off, to make capital by Netting raoe against race,
Canadian apples aro in good demand. and creed against creed?"
.
ir:
mow. r dXf . s r TACT* iii no place in th Conn,
s
11 few days eiuea'lttr>1 NPtvs—llEooltn p
said ;--- of Huron where so Beautiful
"The Reform party may have .a dozen -
4S
Edward Blokes, but they have had only
ono Alexander MoIi.on.ute--a fact which a Dress; Where so nuO C
they have repeatedly discovered to
p
The Mitchell Recordertakes map. a 1Jautle, where so fua"abl
their cost."e'
tion in this language :--- 4
"This is reckless and extravagant Ian • a Suit for limn or boy; wbe
gunge. No party in any age since the
world began has possessd a dozen Edward
Slakes. There te nota so Stylish a Set of Furs; wirier+
Blalttiea in the world to day.. The Reform
party of Canada may count itself rich
with oneEdvrard Blake. How deeper• (� p
Eitel),eEitel),Ni
poor must all other parties be in so Nice a Fur Cape; whet,.
comparison with one fortunate enough
to have a dozen such lexanders. Asn so Good Value in en'l►s. a •
,the great worth of Alexander Macken �Ji'
ziu the Conservative party and pees
have been too long dis covering it. It 1, safe •
comes uow like the wail of starvation +ril'• oy' s Overcoats as at the
after the rejected loaf had barn cast
overboard to the bottom of the sea, "
"Yes, it is trite, but it must not be
overlooked that a country yet new and
with 65,000,000 of a population must pre
sent more openinga for Canadians than
Canada with a population of 5,000,000
can have for American citizens; yet the
last Dominion census shows that there
are 10,480 persons of American birth
making their homes in Canada. And
these are not the, scum of the American
people, either. Quito the contrary.
They belong, as a rule, to the most in-
dustrious, active, law abiding, iulelli"
gent class of our population."
Sir Oliver was too honest to attribute
the exodus to Canada's protective sys-
tem. He knows well that if many of
our young men have gone from us
when a protective tatifl' afforded our
industries all the development possible,
their uumbere woald assuredly be in•
creased if we substituted a free trade
policy and opened our markets to the
producte of American lobar. Sir
Oliver's explanation of the exodus lathe
true and the only one thatcau be made.
Sir Oliver spoke as a Canadian, not ae
a party man.
THE CANADIAN NATION
PROSPEROUS.
Our totem, will remember how the
Grit party worried the life out of
honest Alexander VIaclieuzio and final- (.JII..})(i)1(^T•J't�ly throw hitt ovrboard. E.1wetcl l�yV� \Y/�/ \�` ��,�'
Blake disagreed with his ptrty and his
famous Malvern speech drove him out 1
of the ranks of the party. That ever
to be remembered address, held back tu
help the party, dons not endorse--hn't
rather opposes—tho.presout 1878 polies :oto the United States free of duty, or
of Mr. Laurier and his t•ollowera. We "at a rate ot duty not exceeding that
again repeat that the Reformers tins ,;payable or, the same under such procla•
have a dozen Etward Birdies, but
they have had only one Alextudut r.,uation when imported into Canada."
Under this law the arlicles mentioned
Mackenzie, and that ono honest Alexare : animals of all kinds, hay, straw, Sir John 'Thompson has completed
ander Mackenzie did not euit.the part) vegetables (including potatoes and other hie successful Ontario tour and pro -
to which he belonged. He was ton routs), salt, peas, beans, barley, malt, seeded to Montre it tot
honest. If the Reform party, as the rye, oats, buckwheat, flour of rye, oat+ meet Lady
Recorder says, is rich with one Edward meal, buckwheat Hour, butter, cheese, Thotnpeon, who arrives from Europe
Blake THE NEWS—RECORD is willing fish of all kinds, fislroil, pro Ducts of fish on the steamer Laurentian.
and ot alt other creatures living in the
to concede it all. But L'lake's water, fresh meats, poultry, crude stone Kincardine's taxation this year is 25
Irish Reform trickery will not meet or marble, lime, gypsum, grindstones, nolle. The Review sa s :—"Tho farmer
with the endorsation of the urtjority of timber and lumber, unmanuiaotured in y
loyal Cadadian people. And we know whole or in part. 11 tarty additions are who paya 6i mil's on the $ must envy
many Raformere who are ashamed of needed to this fiat they could be made. us poor fellows who pay, 25 mills for
him. '1 bus the Oppositionoreaus and lead- the fella living in a town.
s— _ -___ _ ars may rest easy in mind and devote —
TEMPERANCE TALK -7'11E GLOBE.
spare time to upholding Canada George, Alexander and Wm, If.
rather than preaching her dependence Freeman, for the murder of Constable
GLOBE. on the American market.
Rankin at Chatham, have been found
THE NENd-RECORD last week took our LA URIER WON'T SPEAK. guilty of manslaughter and sentenced
totem, and the Globe to task and quoted to penitentiary for life. Lemuel was
the Templar of Hamilton to show that
these papers were neither honest or fair The United States, with all ala acquitted.
on the temperance question, and that once superabundant revenue, running At the live stock show at the
for party purposes the Globe did not re -
ears ago into surpluses of a hundred \World's Fair Ontario breeders again
port Mr. Laurier's heckling on this great p
question. The Globe takes exception in millions, apparently cannot reduce its
came prominently to front on Monday
this way :-- very high duties without imposing an
' The same paper (THE CLINTON-NEWS
week, and secured the Majority of the
Kao ata) reprints 4'he'J'entpla,'s charge that income tax and a tax of one cent a prises in the Southdown sheep classes,
The Globe did not report the heckling of Mr. pound on sugar. Yet Mr. Laurier and against keen competition with a large
f.+urler on the temperance question. This Isis s:isoeiarbs propose to reduce the number of United States breeders.
atawment is also untine. The Globe report
ed verbatim alt that watt said on the'euhjeet already low duties in Canada—•it least
of prohibition at Mr. Laurirt•'s meetings. I+ one•half the American averago—and
remains to he seen if THE News-Ktcenu refuse to say how the difforeuce iu
will withdraw the false statements tu which rtveuue is to be titer.
it given circulation and do The ()lobe
righteously convicted by Judge Hughes
j.teticahoe, " - of criminal assault on Louisa Locke, 8
The Globe, according to the 'Templar, CANADA IS SOUND. years of age, and of indecent mar
is still sticking to a lie. Here ie the -----
ou E. Evans a girl of 13, and se
'1'emptar•s reply to the false position An Ottawa bank manager has made '
taken by the Globe: enq tunes as to the extent of the assist• ed to five goat's in the Kfngeta ni-
"OLOBE REPORTS." Sauce bought by the Americans during tentiary, to receive 30 lashes at the
"Che Globe insists that it did not alight the rec•+ut stringency financial stria g • on the end of one month after elate,
ing, 30 at the end of 12 months, and
the heckling of Laurier on prohthition end other side of the line. In a letter Te—
magnify tho heckling of Sir John 1" its re 30 during the fifth year.
ports and it calls upun the 7entlrlar to nam•
coived front an influential banking
a single case, Will, the. (%lobe malt h the it, authority in the west the fell-
a
for Hues. The Tcntplc�r speaks by the lowing statement is coutained It will be of interest to Canada to
book, and can produce the plot f for every "Many American institutions, muni• know that the Ways and Means Com-
etteranee. At Wett niton aurl Tera Mr.
Laurier WAS clu.a.ioi ed by tho L'tuhibiti•.n. climates, savings banks, manufactories, ntitteo has probably decided to put the
etc ,came to Canada for help and a few
following
hits,, and maim his usual reply, butt the Glubr oown Wool,in rep.>rling tbeau nreecirge made no refer
received it, but not to any great extent. g on the free list :
,ii. e wh.,:eve: to ih. forts. R r •lahu'd The most marked feature that we ob- binding twine, cotton bagging and ties,
heckling at Derham by R v. \ir. Janson served was the demand for, and the use lead, tin, iron ore, coal, timber, hewed
was pia for the (rob;; and was reputt, d ie made of, Canadian circ _dation for paying
ex:eu.le.l form, but the Gl'he tatir.ly omit- weges in the border towns. This was and calved and unmauufactured, salt,
ted to tell ite readers that this Lame coma- ,lone to a considerable extent for the hemp, needles, copper ore, vegetables,
first time in many years." meals, game and poultry, eggs, beans
germs cterrgynian tackled Mr. Liuri�-r, that
he was roundly applauded by the audience s and seeds. It cannot be staled that
and forced to make a speech right iu the
CURRENT • this is official, for the committee is
midst of the great Reform programme, and
URItE14'T TOPICb.
to the bitter annoyance ,.f the party mat,working in secret, and all official iufor
agere. Mr- Jansen's ptrtarmauce at Mr Hamilton S1,ectato••:—Mr. Laurier's 'nation is withheld.
Lturier's meeting was only " a voice in the
audience, " but at bir John's his p reon.•tity journalistic friends aro fund of talking
and his every word were made to do full about his "winning manner." Well,
duty. we'll call it square. Mr. Laurier has
a winning mouser and Sir John has a
TARIFF CHANGES AT Ir'A.SII. winning policy.
IXGTUN.
Tho advocates of the sixty million The Mitchell Recorder admits that
market doctrine, says the, Empire, are the declarations of Laurier about
concerned because our Ministers are
"shouldering his musket" against our
going about the couutry declaring that
they will stand by the principle of the defenders was treasonable. The'Siynal,
National Policy in the tariff changes the annexation organ of thu Grit party
that are to be made. Admirers of the
Continent to which we belong profess to at Goderich, should take the Recorder
be fearful that the tariff ,rimers at to tacit for telling the truth.
Washioeton—who are thus presumed to
he flatteringly devoted to the utterances The whole Grit press of Ontario are
of Sir John"'l'hompson and his colleagues
—will change their intentions and main• offering a portrait of Mr. Laurier to in
tain high duties on Canadian products. crease their subscription list. We
The fear is not well founded. Tho would humbly suggest that these words
changes at Washington are being made
solely to benefit United States consume be added alongside Mr. Lautier'e title :
ers, and our Government have done all —elf I were on, the breaks of the Sas•
that is necessary in convoying an in-
timation to the American authoritic a lratchercan, I would eleolt1(1e ?fly nuideet
that Concessions in tariff matters would a,t•a,,asl Canada's loyal defenders—the all be on the one aide. There is t•olrcnteere." The inscription would be
obstacle in the way, therefore, of thhee
contemplated changes in the Canadian very appropriate and. truthful. How
tariff, nor nerd the possibility of ale many Ontario homes would graco—
terations at Washington delay matters or disgrace—'heir sacred walls with
on this aide of the line. It is said lite it
Ways and Means Committee of the
House will report in November. If
so, several months will probably be A letter from Mr. Fowler, formerly
consumed in discussion by the house of Goderich,now of Lindsay,who by the
and the Senate. Be that as it may, our way is a valued subsetiberslatoe that he
tariff can be revised without difficulty,
and Parliament need not await Con• has shown THE News Recent) to many
gressional action because there is of his friends, and all pronounce it
always in force an easy meana by which one of the beet provincial papers
an approach to reciprocity in tariff p p p
duties can be effected. extant. Such kind words are encour
There has been on the Canadian stat` aging and will stimulate us, if possible,
ute book for fourteen years the"stand-
ing
stand to publish even a better paper. We
ingoffer'' of freer trade with the United tike u hearhfrom those cho appWe
iate
States. Pasin1879, t t Act, revise our efforts. Mr. W. G. Richardson,
ed. in 1888, provides that a pertain
list of named articles "may be isms- who hoe received Tun NEWS—RECORD
"ported into Cauada free of duty, or at since July in Muskoka, pereonall•y in•
"Bless rate of duty than is provided for formed us last Saturday that the paper
"by any act at the time in force, upon was more acceptable weakly than n
"proclamation of the Govern ver iteral, letter. He very much enjoyed reading
"which may bo issued whenever t Bp+ E NEws•ItEconn. Our circulation
"pears to his satisfaction that similar TH
"articles from Canada may be imported t is doubling up.
the stare of
Under Reform rule the Canadian
nation had to acknowledge Sir Richard
Cartwright'e repeated deficits and wide•
spread b nkruptcy. The+ tra,la tet'irns
as announced on Monday are very en
couraging. The revenue and expendi-
ture of the Dominion for the three
months ending Sept. 30th last was
$9,353,883 and the expenditure on
consolidated fund $5,640,947. leaving
a surplus of $3,712,937. Fur the first
quarter of the previous fiscal year the
revenue was $9,314,486, and the ex•
peuditure $5,753,946, leaving a sur–
plus of $3,560,540. The cornpari•
son thus shows a betterment of 5152,-
397 in favor of the present year so far.
During the quarter the net debt of the
Dominion was decreased by $2,223,•
690, so that it is now $239,449,282.
The ecouornical Couservative Goveru
wont should bo good enough for Cana.
diaus.
ECONOMICAL AI)MINL57'RA-
TION.
CDII FTON'_
The Hamilton statue of Sir John
Macdonald will be unveiled on No.
vember 1 by Sir John Thompson..
Toronto Mail: If Mr. Haggart's
economical administration of the Inter -
colonial were the result of a parsi
mouioua treatment of the road it might
prove in the longrun less of a saving
than it seems. There is reason, how-
ever, to believe that this is not tate
ease. A correspondent of the Halifax
Herald points out that two thousand
tons of heavy steel mile, charged to
last year's expenses, are now being used
to improve the road. Wooden bridges
have been replaced by iron structures,
and the service generally is being well
maintained. Anew locomotive recently
added to the rolling stock covereda utile
in 6tty-three seconds. These facts show
that the present administration is as
satisfactory from an executive as from
a financial point of view.
A human reptile named William
Murray wasat St. Thomas last Saturday
TIIE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
The Frontier spoke a few words in
French ata meeting in Montreal, and
the lion. Foster spoke briefly in Ger—
men to the German people of Water.
loo. Objection is taken that in a Bii•
tish colony it. should be found needful
to speak in auy other language than
English. But it is answered, that
there are places in Great Britain
whore the English language is not
well understood. There are older Bri
tieh countries than Canada where
French is spoken. Madras and Bom•
bay have been British dependencies
some three hundred years, and the
inhebitante do not speak English.
Some British subjects in South Africa
speak Dutch, some in Canada epeak
German and some the Scandinavian
tongues. It would be astounding if
people were compelled to epeak and
understand the English language as a
necessary condition of their becoming
British subjects. There is no more
reason why a French Canadian should
not epeak French and bo addressed in
that tongue than that a Ilighland Scot
should be denied the right to epeak
Gaelic or a Welshman should be in•
terdicted the use of hie mother tongue.
Last week THE Nnws RECORD print
ed several hundred extra copies, but our
edition was on Thursday exhausted.
The policy of the Premier and colleagues
and their able addresses in Clinton
were eagerly sought by people of all
shades of politics. This week no less
than 4,000 coppiea of THE NEws•RE-
coRD have been printed and the edition,
we know, will be early exhausted.
People who desire to have THE NEws-
REcoRD regularly should send in their
subscription at once. Better value
cannot be had in the Province.
Always read THE NEws•REcoRD.
Sir John Thompeoni, Canada's Pre-
mier, passed through Toronto on Sat.
urday evening en his way homeward
after a most succesauful tour of two
week's duration through the western
portions of Ontario. In conversation
Sir John expressed himself as more
than satisfied with the result of the two
weeks' trip in the west. He wished
partioularly to thank the different
municipalities and the different
Liboral•Coneervative associations , for
the cordial manner in which they ad
greeted himself and hie collea es
everywhere they went.
D'Alton MoCarthy will epeak at
Listowel to -morrow. THE NEws•RE-
e'ORD has up to this hour held a very
high opinion of Mr, McCarthy. He,
we regret, goes (hero on the invitation
of W. G. Hay, the most pronounced
Reformer in the community. t ay`
will be chairman of the ?I darthy.;
meeting. He was also ehairman`of the
recent Meyers annexation meeting
there. Mr. Hay was oleo ohairman of
the Watts agnostic lectures in Clinton
and Listowel. If Mr. McCarthy is to
he judged by his Reform annexation'
agnostic company, Canadian eleotoret
will not fail to relegate him and hie
policy to oblivion.