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The Huron News-Record, 1894-05-16, Page 4• k 0 ./loran 'News -Repro 1064 M, Tyne- 1.26 inAdesepti, 4i ens►, , MA,'sr'XCftb, 1894.. ORN, i 2' II' FRJ1 ( feRA./1F.;. ?hilip Jamieson, of Toronto, is a typical Grit. He is a prominent nietn. het' of the Liberal (halt, He rents a bulldog from the Mowat Government • Paying about half a proper rental, and makes the Government spend thou- sands of dollars.to beautify it. }Ie took a trip recently to the Old Country, and the other day (May 3rd) the Globe, poor old matron, gives Me, Jainieson's impressions of his trip., It makes no editorial comments. Here given ver - ...Wier are some of the things Mr. Jamieson says in the Globe of the date referred to :-"Mr, Philip Jamieson found a; deplorable condition of affairs in the. great manufacturing centres of England and Scotland. In speaking • yesterday with a representative of the Globe Mr.' Janii'esoh said that great depression existed in many of the man_ ufacturing centres of England and Scotland, owing hugely to the effects produced by the McKinley bill. Many itnlnense wane, .tnillit have beery shut down, .oid thousandsof workersthrown „' , Business 'cies C Y, !i . l0 llletit. I3 13111 o`J 1R the 1 y . beautiful capital of the northern king- dom (Edinhurgh) is not as • active, nor are things generally as bright as usual. From Edinburgh Mr. Jamieson went to Glasgow. He found trade very had inthis great centre of industry. Green- , ock, which he next visited, presented a deplorable state Of affairs. This, the greatest sugar -refining centre in the world, has a population less by 10,(0)0 than it had ten years ago. The cause of this is not far to seek. The Amerf• cans, who in the past were the largest customers of the English refineries, are now manufacturing on an immense scale themselves, and the consequence is that the English refineriers are being • shut down. Trade too, in every other • branch is exceedingly had. From Manchester he went to Huddersfield, where he found over 130 mills standing idle. The McKinley bill affected this industrial centre more perhaps than any other in England. In Bradford a disastrous state of affairs also existed, although there were not so many men idle there as in Huddersfield. Leeds, another great manufacturingplace, is also in a similar condition. In all these cities there is much anxiety as to the final settlement of the American tariff." All of this is respectfully submitted to the Grit gentlemen at Ottawa who point to the glories of free trade. A COMPARISON OP ECONOMY. The Liberal party as represented by Mr.. Laurier and Sir Richard Cart- wright in the House of Commons, are for ever repeating the old cry that the Dominion Government is an extrava- gant Government. They are exceed- ingly loud in their promises for econ- omy should the people return them to power. It is just as well to remember 'that their declarations of economy are general ones. 'While condemning the expenditure of the Government en bloc, they do not =attempt to show under what particular items it could be re- duced. How thoroughly dishonest these bowlers for economy are, how- ever, may he understood best by ex- amining the records of the Liberal Govei•nnlents that are in power, or have been in power in the various provinces. Of these governments Mr. Laurier and Sir Richard Cartwright ars ardent supporters, and the mem- bers of these governments were their chief figures in the recent convention in Ottawa, which declared for economy in the administration of the Dominion affairs. Now let us compare the re- -erd of the Dominion Government for toe last five years with that of the vari- ous Liberal Provincial Governments which have been or are in power. The various public accounts show that be- tween 1887 and 1892 the incl-e.ase in the expenditure in Ontario has been 16 per 'cent. In Quebec between 1887 and 1891, during which the Liberals were in power, the increase in the expenditure was 61 per cent. In Prince Edward Island in three years the increase un- der Liberal rule in expenditure has been 16 per cent. In Nova Scotia un- der Liberal rule in five years the in- crease in expenditure has been 21 per cent. An average increase •in these 'provinces in five years of about.33h per cent. Now what has been the increase in the Dominion expenditure during five years. Sir Richard Cartwright and Mr. Laurier and their Provincial Government assistants are made to ap- pear ridiculous with their resolutions demanding economy in the public ex- penditure of the Dominion when we give the fact -namely, that the Dentin - ion expenditure has increased for the ,five years ending March, 1893, only one quarter of one per cent. During the same period the debt of Canada has re- mained practically stationery. These are marvellous facts when considered in connection with another series of facts, namely, that the Government have been vigorously carrying on the deepening of old canals and the con- struction of a r.ew canal at the Soo, at the expense of millions of dollars and at the same time reducing the taxes of the people in great sums, for instance in taking off $3,000,(0)0 upon raw sugar in one year, not to mention matters of less but not •unimportant concern. ONTARIO ELECTIONS. There is still some uncertainty re- garding the date of holding the On- tario Elections, but everything points to the fact that they will be held next Month, probably about the middle. The Ministry, it is understood, is halt- ing between the consideration, wheth- et there is more to losethan gain by delaying until September, the Prom urging that the current of opposition •'would be somewhat lessened in force were a few months allowed to elapse between the close of the Session and Contests: Other members of the Cabinet, however, believe that delay would increase the opposition, and urge that they are certain that though their Majority would he reduced, it would he 1.'eartccd by the election of Patrons, and threy are confident of being able to .d'rtaw the wool over their eyes and se - Mire their support. The Liberals, at Ottawa, are.. ;•in hard luck.. The Qovernmett having corgi rested anomalies and any, excessive rates,in the tariff, They are 447 gat ting harder up for selnetlling to cry out about, It is too bad, therefore, just at that time that Sir OliverKowat should give them a slap that' will snake their ears ring for many a day. It is particularly unkind for Sir Oliver, be- cause he presided over their meeting lIt Ottawa last summer when they decided that "Every vestigate of protection should go." But what has he done? Well, dear reader, he has done this. But first perhaps you know that oqr good Lib- eral friends have told you the iron duties put on to develop the iron in- dustries were a fraud. And perhaps you have heard time and time again, that it was rankest nonsense for Can- ada to attempt to develop an iron in- dustry. If your have ever heard or read the speeches of Sir Richard Cart- wright, you have certainly heard these things. Well, what Mr. Mowat has done is, by one of•his statutes, to tell Sir Rich- ard Cartwright that he is a humbug. What Mr. Mowat has done is to say that an iron industry can be establish- ed ; that the protection given it is all right but not high enough, and so he has decided to grant a bonus to every ton of iron ,pined in the Province of On- tario, until a stun equal to $1"5,00{) is consumed by these bounties. After this surely we shall hear no more of the iniquitous "iron duties." Last year it may be said a number of gentlemen, "Grit and Tory" -waited upon Mr. Mowat, asking for these bounties. Among the speakers was J. K. Kerr, Q. C•, a brother-in-law of Mr. Blake. Mr. Kerr in his speech specifi- cally set out that the protection was not high enough, and so the Mowat Government have increased it. By the way where now is Cart- wright's howl. "The favored classes?" "The few special friends?" "The hand- ful of favored ones?" OUR C0TIO.V MILLS. It does not require an old inhabi- tant to rem ember the condition of our cotten factories under Mr. McKenzie's fiscal policy. They were closed up, and the operatives were idle. Under thepresent policy cotton goods,as every one knows, have been very much re- duced in price ; indeed the prices of most classes of goods have been reduc- ed a half. Such being the case, it is interesting to know something of the trade. How important a Canadian industry it is, may be understood from the fact that the capital invested in it is $13,000,000. The yearly output of goods is $9,000,- 000 ; the number of hands employed ie 9,000 ; the yearly wages paid is $2,- 400,000. In addition to this, large sums are paid by these manufacturers for insur- ance, cartage, etc., so that the amount of money they put in circtilation is much greater than the amount of wages actually paid. The mills are 23 in number. After the national policy came into effect, a large number of mills started. The consequence was that their out- put was too large for the market. The result' of this was that a lam ge loss wits sustained -a loss of over $3,500,000 - by the orginal promoters of the various mills when they came to sell out, as they were glad to, to a common com- pany. Up to this time most of the companies had paid no dividends what- ever. Mr. Kenny, M. P., the • other day gave his experience with cotton stock. He said he had been a large holder in the Halifax , Cotton Co., and was its president for some time. He had made no dividend, but on the contrary had lost three quarters of the money invest- ed. Hon. J. K. Ward, a strong Liberal,. made the statment the other day, publicly, that he had never made 2i per cent. on his cotton stock. As Mr. Ward and Mr. Kenny are both' gentle- men of undoubted veracity, their state- ments are the best of evidence. These statements are also borne out by other facts ; for instance, the col- ored cotton company are paying no dividend, and the capital stock of the Canadian Colored Cotton Mills Com- pany is to -day on the market at a dis- count of from 65 to 70 per cent. When the facts are therefore, it seems, look- ed into, the men who have invested their money in cotton companies have their troubles as well as others. So long as they supply a good article cheaply, theeople of Canada hear them no ill -will• On the contrary they wish them every success.. THE NEWS -RECORD RIGHT. As a rule THE NEWS -RECORD does not make mistakes in its editorial utterances. Last week we referred to the inconsistency of one Joseph Strat- ford, a Patron, stumping against a fellow member for the benefit of the Grit party. The Mitchell Advocate objected to our remarks. The Strat- ford Herald, a reliable paper on the spot, gives the Advocate's objection and sustains THE Mews -RECORD in the following convincing style "Judging from the following from the Mitchell Advocate, the editor has been asleep and ignorant of what has been going on close to his own door the past year., Ho says : '•Tho elinton Nsw.-aacoan charges that .Toe Stratford, of Brantford, • prominent Patron of In• dnetry, fe out speaking against the nominee of the Patrons of South Perth, and In favor of Mr. Baltan• tyno. We think this 1. a mistake, as no meeting has as yet been held in favor of Mr. I ellantyne." "Mr. Stratford spoke as stated at a meeting in Fullarton last summer and in the presence of the then Patron candidate Mr. Robinson, only shortly before nominated. Mr. Stratford has since stumped for other Grit nominees. The Advocate editor should keep him- self posted. He will find all'the trews a in The Herald." fly 7.0s o ! -: o; :kka z,f'RQ, O T "'. Liberals tat OUttwa while they have dropped the . policy of 'ittlrerstricteed reciprocity mitlll either directty ar' by inference blame the Qmver,ranclent for not seeming the markets of the United. States for the Canadian Purpler*, Let us drop for a moment the cigestion whether these markets are,valuabie or not. Let us indeed admit for tki''' par, pose of argument that they are valu- able, Then the question is only how shall reciprocity • be obtained. Our readers will notice that while the gen- tlemen who do the platform speaking for the Liberal party are very profuse in their representations as to the great value of reciprocity, they are entirely silent, and always have been, its to the method by which reciprocity can be obtained. Just now it is very interest- ing to study the question by the light thrown upon it by a very prominent member of the Liberal party in his day. We refer to the Iion. George Brown, certainly an authority whom every old time Liberal will accept as an honest and conscientious authority. • HON. GEO. BROWN'S EVIDENCE. Mr. Brown discussed the whole sub- ject of reciprocity in the Senate in 1875 atter he had conducted negotiations at Washington, foe a treaty. In that speech Mr. Brownngives import- ant lxi t ant evidence substantiating. the claim that Sir John Macdonald and the Con- servative party have always been favorable to ails honorable reciprocity treaty. For instance, he states "more than one effort was made by the late Government (Sir John Macdonald's Government) between '66 and '69." He then goes on to state that in "'69 formal negotations were entered into with the American Government by the Conservative administration, and these negotations were continued up to March 1870." He then goes on to dis- cuss the joint High Commission which resulted in the settlement of the Alabama claim and our fishery disputes by what was known as the Treaty of Washington, Si'. John Macdonald be- ing one of the Joint High Plenopoten- tiaries. Mr. Brown" states in his ad- dress that on the 6th March, 1871, as follows :-"The British High Commis- sioners asked that. the Treaty of the 5th June, 1854, should be restored in principle," and he then quotes the answer of the representatives of the American Government, who, he says, "declined to assent to a renewal of the former reciprocity treaty." Mr. Brown further states that in discussing the value of the inshore fisheries, • the British' Commissioners on the 7th, 20th and 25th March, asked that "in the settlement of the question a part of the concession should be, a reciprocal tariff arrangement and reciprocity in the coasting trade." The reply • of • the Americans was of course unfavorable. As further evidence of the desire of the British Commissioners to enter into a reciprocal arrangement, Mr. Brown quotes from the proposition made by the British Rrepresentatives, as fol- lows :-"The British Commissioners proposed to take into consideration the question of making coasting trade on the lakes reciprocal to both parties." This was declined. He further quotes the British Commissioners proposition "to take into consideration the re- ciprocal registration of vessels as be- tween Canada and the United States." This was declined. •All Mr: Brown's references and extracts from the pro- posal made by the British Representa- tives during the discussion which led up to the Washington treaty, go to prove his assertion that Sir John Mac- donald had been exceedingly anxious to secure an honorable treaty of reciprocity with the people of the United States. HON. GEO. BROWN'S TREATY. Mr. Brown then enters into a discus- sion of the treaty which be himself had negotiated in company with Sir Edward Thornton. Let us give from the speech of Mr. Brown some of the things to which he and Sir Edward Thornton agreed. First, the duration of the treaty should be twenty-one years. Second, that the conditions of the old treaty of 1854 should he remov- ed. Third, that the following articles Should be added to the free list of the old Treaty :-Agricultural implements, extracts, hay, lye, malt, manufactures of iron and steel, manufactures of wood, plaster, salt, straw, stone, and marble or granite, and very many other articles. Fourth, that Canada should give up her right to compensa- tion which she afterwards received under the Commission which sat at Halifax, which was provided for under the Washington Treaty, which Com- mission afterwards gave Canada $5,000,- 000 in gold. Fifth, that there should he reciprocity in coasting trade be- tween Canada and the United States. Sixth, that Canada should immediately at the cost of millions of dollars enlarge the Welland and St. Lawrence canals for the use of the people of the United States. Eighth, that there should be reciprocity in the registra- tion of vessels. Ninth, the construc- tion of the Caughu'awagga canal by the construction of . which when the American people had spent a compara- tively small sum for the construction of the Whitehall canal, their shipping would he given an uninterrupted water way from New York to the very base of the prairies. It will he noticed that the treaty as proposed by Mr. Brown was one which gave undoubted advan- tages to the people of the United, States. In the first place it gave them practically a monopoly of the market of Canada for their manufactures he - cause the complete list included, not only the ones which we have casually mentioned above hut was something as follows : Agricultural implements of all kinds, axles of all kinds, boots and shoes hoot and shoe making machines, initial() robes, cotton grain bags, cotton denims, ccitton jacus, cotton drillings, cotton plaids, cotton ticking, cottonade, furniture, carriages, cars and waggons, sleighs, fire engines iron of all kinds, including nails, sprees and so forth. Engines and machines, washing machi- nes, wringing tnaehines, printing paper, railway cars, carriages and trunks, sati- nettes of wool and cotton, steel plates and rails, water wheel machines, re- frigerators, leather, harness and sad- dlery. In the nextlace the coastin nd laking reciprocity was undoubted - more advantageous to the United ... r.. Alli . 4, .4I urates than to Cans4a, tiultile the abaft. d001nettt of fisher arbitrtrtioxk.and the catistruetiotl of the new canal re- fet.red to.aed the .tittepening of the .olct ones: Meant great a�x pqi t tures fron the.panadi'aat•publ e easur'y, of which. the Mmericans uld have the chief. • advantages. In view of the liberality • of the, proposition of Mr. Brown it i4 of • interest' to enquire what became of the Treaait , The answer s very brief. The wre.i,ty' was by the t overnment of the United States simply hung up and Canada never heard anything further with regard to it. A QUESTION FOR SIR RICii*ARD, It is fair to ask the leaders of the Liberal patty, whether they think Mr. Brown's offer was nota very, liberal and generous offer, and when they answer that, it is fair to ask them too whether the are prepared to make a inure liberal offer than Mr, Brown made. We submit that Canada in making such offers as Mr. Brown did demonstrated her desire to deal very liberally with the people bf the United States. Evidently the Liberal party when they were in power, and after this treaty had been refused by the people of the United States, felt that there was no desire to give Canada a fair bargain. The subject of reciprocity during the time that they were in power subsequent to the failure of Mr. Brown's offers was only referred to by them for the purpose of showing that such negotations could not be success- ful. Sit Richard Cartwright in his tour of the Eastern Provinces declared at Charlottetown that they had tried to get reciprocity ; that they had failed; that.h t cn dutyi look was to lc ole i'or other markets; that they would do this and that they would carry the vat. into Africa ; and so far as the discussion into parliament during the time we meter to is concerned our readers will be surprised to know that only twenty lines of Hansard in those several years are devoted to the subject of reciprocity and those twenty lines contain simply an announcement from the Premier in answer to questions from private mem- bers that the Government were mak- ing no new proposals because they had made their proposals which had been rejected by the people of the United States ; that it was the duty of the United States to make new prososals if they so desired and when those pro- posals were made they (the govern- ment) would duly, consider them. So much therefore for the efforts of the Liberal party to secure reciprocity. The subject of reciprocity negotiations was revived in 1887 when Sir Charles Tupper with the Hon. Joseph Cham- berlain, were negotiating the second Treaty of Washington. In the official records of these negotiations it will be seen that the British Commissioners "offer to settle the whole fishery ques- tion uer tion upon the basis of reciprocity," this is simply marked refused. Then the question is dropped until 1891 when the Conservative administration made another effort to have better trade re- lations with the people of the United States. As will be remembered by all Sir John Thompson, Hon. Mr. Bowell and Hon. Mr. Foster went to Washing- ton to discuss the subject with Mr. Blaine. Mr. Blaine's answer to their proposition was this : that if Canada would agree to adopt the tariff of the United States, to adopt the Inland Revenue rates of the United States, to completely abandon her efforts to stimulate industrial life, and to dis- criminate against the production of Great Britain, the subject of reciprocity would be considered. These things the Canadian Ministers veryustly refused to accept and recommend., and in their refusal they will be most heartily sup- ported by the Canadian people. The above put as briefly as possible is a history of the reciprocity question up to the present day. It will he seen how dishonest the Liberal leaders are when they endeavor to make the people of this country believe that the Conserva- tive party have been hostile to better trade relations with the people of the United States. HUMBUG UPON HUMBUG. If the voters in the country could be at Ottawa and have an opportunity of observing the hypocrisy of the Grit Leaders there would be less Grit votes cast. Take for instance John Charlton, M.P. He goes from end to end of the country denouncing the Government for what he calls the "vallainous and outrageous protection system." Mr. Charlton is a promoter of all such legislation as "Sabbath observance" bills, and one would naturally expect him to be speaking somewhere near his convictions. But what is an "out- rageous system" when it is spoken of by him generally becomes a good system when the abandonment of it would hitMr. Charlton's own interest or the interests of his constituency. Mr. Charlton represents North Norfolk. Mr. Wm. Charlton represents South Northfolk in the Local Legislature, and anything that hurts the Norfolks therefore hurts the Charltons. North Norfolk has two large canning factories, the Delhi Cannin Co.'s pro- perty and the Waterford Canning Factory. South Norfolk hits a large canning factory, the Simcoe Canning Com- pany. It is very easy to see why John Charlton therefore begged the other day for higher duties upon canned fruit. He said that ander the present duty cheap and unwholesome canned goods from the United States would flood the Canadian markets, doing great damage to the Canadian industry. Will Mr. Charlton now hold up his head as an opponent of the protective system. Such arrant humbug as the member from North Norfolk practices is easily seen through. IIe may promote all the Sunday bills he likes but he would win a good deal more respect by pimsuing a political course that had some trace of honest consistency. During the past year the Australian Colonies decreased very much in their trade, British commerce was less than the year previous to the extent of $133,000,000. French commerce de- clined $97,000,000. United States trade fell off $133,000,000. In the face of this fact it is a pleasant thing to remember that Canadian trade during the past year shows an increase of 12,185,431, halt' of which increase was increase in the export of home products, the total trade for the year being the largest trade that Canada has ever done. Almost V a er description and kind _ of Oarpets from 12 R Hemp to the finest Moquette , and Brussels kept at this store CE CURTJMNS in Cream and White from 35a. per pair to $8. Floor Oil Cloths, Linoleums„. Crumb Cloths, Rugs, Mats, Portiers, Window Shads, Curtain Poles, all at the very lowest pricer. GILRQY & WISEMAN. ST SELLERS. - We are offering this week the BEST 250. PERFUME ever brought into Clinton, and can give you the following odors in GLASS STOPPER- ED BOTTLES, each bottle a Gem : EASTER LYLLIES, WHITE ROSE, ITELLITROPE, CLEOPATRA. ORANGE BLOSSOM. MARY STUART, FRESIA, CHERRY BLOSSOM. ROCOCO, STEPHANOTIS, HTGHLA:ND BELLS, LILAC BLOSSOM, RO$E GERANIUM, WOODVIOLET, MARY ANDERSON, JOCKEY CLUB, VIOLETS, FRANGIPANNI• Just to hand 3 BARRELS ST. LEON WATER. Close Prices In 5 gallon lots or by the Barrel. J.' H. COMDE, CHEMIST AND. DRUGGIST, PHYSICIANS' SUPPPIES, ETC., ETC. N. R. -We carry the Largest Stock in the County. A GREAT EXAMPLE. Visitors to the'Columbian Exhibition last year were somewhat surprised at the excellence and the variety of Russian manufactures. To many in- deed it. was' simply a revelation. It is interesting in the face of this fact to glance at the history of the growth of manufacturing industries in that em- pire, and at the policies which have been pursued. At the end of the eighteenth century a high protective and prohibitive tariff was placed upon foreign imports, but this was not of long existence. The doctrines of Adam Smith found a disciple in the person of Storeh, who had .great influence at court, and as a consequence, in 1819 the protective system was completely abandoned under Alexander. The result was the prostration of every ihdustry. There was intense excitement., but the Theorists said, "Wait! This is only the momentary effect. Revival will take place 1" Revival did not however take place, but a complete revolution came in policy. In 1822, in a Ministerial circular, Count Nesseh'ode declared : "Russia sees herself compelled by circumstances to adopt an independent industrial system ; the products of the empire find no access to foreign markets ; domestic manufactures are either ruined or at the point of ruin ; all the moneys of the Empire flow abroad, and the mostsolid business houses are on the brink of failure," The tariff of 182followed. It was a tariff under which the import of for- eign goods was made costly by high duties, or as in many instances absolute- ly prohibited. Upon the re-enactpment of the pro- tective tariff, industry once more flourished, and since that time -a period now of almost three-quarters of a century, Russia had, continued to cling to either trade prohibition or high protective duties. It is true the pruhihition.clauses have been gradually removed, and as the industries became thoroughly established the higher and almost prohibitory duties have given place to what they call in Russia, reasonable protection, but what we would call extreme protection in Can- ada, indeed prohibitory duties. As late as 1891, only three years ago, a revision of the tariff took place,and the high rates we have mentioned were ap- proved. At present the country is in reif'tity a great manufacturing country, and an independent writer upon the progress of the empire says: The people are a unit in their approval of the policy (protective) which has produced a var- iety of industry -an occupation for the non -farming toilers -and a cousuwing population for the products which come from the hands of the agricultur- al toilers ! As evidence of the height of the present Russian tariff, some items -fair samples of the whole list - may be given. How do they look to tariff reformers? Cotton yarns and threads $10 to $25 per cwt. Manufactured cottons, including laces, $30 to $750 per cwt. Buttons, $75 per cwt. Ready made clothing $175 to $400 per cwt. After all there is not so much differ- ence in the height of the tariff wall raised by the Conservative Govern- ment for the purposes of protection and by the Mackenzie Government for the purposes of revenue. It will be re- menibered that the Mackenzie Govern- ment placed their tariff at 17} per cent. Taking -'the years since 1879 the ditty collected under the National Policy upon all the imports coining into Can- ada has averaged only 19 per cent. The difference is that the present tariff is put where it can do most good to the country. ' t, HONEST COMPARISON OP PRICES. The following comparison of prices between 1878 and 1892, will give the Canadian farmers an idea how industry has been developed and prices reduced under our moderate system of pro- tection. 1878 1893 Men's thick boots $2.25 $1.08 Men's calf hoots 3.38 2.15 Women's boots, average 3.30 1.00 Gunpowder tea, finest0.75 0.30 Japan tea, choicest 0.50 0.35 Hyson tea, finest 0.70 0.40 Gran. sugar 101bs. for1.00 2015s 1,00 Coal oil 0,35 0.15 Molasses' 0.50 0.3(� Cloves 0.45 0. Nutmegs 0.90 Rice, per cwt 4.50 Nails, cut, per keg 3.00 I. C. '.lin plate 6.50 'White lead 9.50 Red lead 7.00 Canton flannel 0.17 White sheeting 0.28 Grey cottons 0.11 0.70 3.50 2.25 4.30 5.50 4.51) 0.10 0:19 0.05 Cotton bags 24.5(1 $17 to $20 White cotton yarn 0.23 0.18 Colored cotton yarn..'. • 0.33 0.27 1878 Denims $0.16 Tickings 0.19 Ginghams 0.121 Bl. shirtimigs0.14 1892 from $0.08 to $0.13 from 0.08 to 0.14 from 0.05 to 0.09 from 0.05 to 0.11 1878 1892 Apron checks • $ 0.14 $0.00 Cheese cloth0.05 0.031 Grey flannel 0.35 0.27 Navy blue flannel0.35 0.26 Blankets, per lb 0.621 0.42 Glass, per box • 2.10 1.30 Axes, per doz 10.00 $6 to 8.00 Manure forks 9.00perdoz6.00 Iron shovels 6.50 " 5.00 Steel shovels 10.50 " 6.50 Hay forks 6.00 " 4.30 Clippers 13.50 7.75 Binder.... 350.00 105.00 And all classes of agricultural imple- ments are reduced in price since 1878 by about 66 per cent. THERE IS NO DISCRIMINATION. Our Liberal friends are all the while talking in Parliament about the Con- servative tariff discriminating against Great Britain. There is no discrimina- tion against Great Britain, as every one knows. Discriminating against a country means placing a higher duty against its exports than against those of other countries. There is no differ- ence in the Canadian tariff on account of the country from which any article comes. It happens however that the policy of the Conservative party, a policy that any reasonable man will see is a wise policy, is to bring in the raw materials for manufacture free, in order that employment may be given to thousands of people. It happens that England has not these raw niateri- als to sell us while the United States has them in pretty large quantities, and so the result is that the aver- age rate of duty upon imports from Great Britain, these being the manufactured goods, is •somewhat, higher than the average rate of Oak duty upon imports from the United' States. But if this be taken for dis- crimination then the Liberal party dis- criminated much more pronounced against Great Britain than the Govern- ment of the day. Let; us give the figures. In 1878 the imports from Great Britain amounted to $37,000,000 and the dirty paid was $6,445,000, or exactly 17.. per cent. The imports from the United States during the same year were $48,600,000, and the duty paid was $4,794,000 or 91 per cent., so that it will he seen that the duty ort an average was at that time twice as high against Great Britain as it was against the Un i ted States. There is not half that difference at the pre- sent time. F