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The Huron News -Record
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31st, 1894.
WE ARE CANADIANS FIRST.
When the Canadian Conetitutiou
was made it was admitted to be a corn-
proueise Constitution. There were diff-
erent Provlaces, different natiuntilt-
ties, different creeds and widely vary-
ing interests. T1te:se all had a right to
a voice and to have their interests con-
sidered. It is just the same when a
•• tariff is made for the whole Dowiniou.
It would be aL very easy thing for even a
novice to frame a tariff if only one glass
of people—ono section of the country
and one industry had to be considered.
But Canada ie conposed of many Pc o -
,r, 'vines—Provinces which in their cli-
mate, productions and industries, are
widely different from each other.
When a Government uudertakes the
duty of forming a comurericial policy
all these different sections and produc-
tions have to be considered.
The only way in which the work can
be successfully done is by a system of
,'give and take." No one Province can
have the whole sa >
say t i the detriment of
all uthecs ; no one industry or elms �,au
have all thoit• hurt:lens removed a: sae
expeinse of the other industries or
classes.
The deruagogue and agitator finds it
easy therefore to' raise up a spirit Of
fault finding and jealousy. He talks to
the -People in one section in favor of a
proposition which his brother agitator
is denouncing in no less exciting terms
in another section of the country at the
very same moment. He tells one class
that they are being ruined to enrich
another class whose members are being
warned at the same moment by an-
other agitator against the very people
who are being excited by demagogue
number one. The wise citizen will not
listen to suede men who live .and exist
and have their being ,upon agitation
and its baneful results.
Canada must be Canada as a whole
and Parliament must legislate for
Canada as a whole. The Government
in framing the tariff spent every
energy, they took the greatest possible
pains in seeing that as far as possible
every section, every class, every in-
dustry ehould receive a fair and just
treatment. They did not go into the
work ignorantly, but with all the facts
before them ;theydiduot undertake the
task controlled by any class of men,
but free to do justice to all : and they
produced a tariff which, while it will
not please all, for Lhe reasons we have
mentioned as well as on account of the
fact that there are many whose busi-
ness it is to not be pleased, will be
found as fair •and equitable as industry
and honest desire to do right by all
classes cquld make it. Reader, don't
'ook at it from the standpoint of your
town, your county, or your province,
but from the proper standpoint of
Canadian citizenship, and say whether
yolr don't agree with THE NEWS -RE-
CORD.
CONSERVATIVES AND Mc-
KI:r LEYISDI.
Grit speakers both in and out •of
Parliament, and the Grit press as well
are fond of talking about the Conser-
vatives applying McKinleyism to Can-
ada. Let us see how the Canadian
tariff is compared with McKinleyisnl.
Taking the years from 1879 to 1803,
covering the time of great expendi-
tur'eson our chief public wet ks, the aver-
age. antouht paid on dutiable goods in
Canada never exceeded 31.55 per cent.,
and the average for these years was 28
and four -ninths per cent. In the Unit-
ed States the tariff ranged from 43% to
50% with an average for these years of
45 and six -ninths per cent. Thus it will
be seen the average tariff in the Uuit-
• ed States on dutiable goods was over
60, per cent. higher than the average
tariff in Canada. Taking all goods
that come in, both dutiable and free,
for the Paanie years the tariff in Canada
was 19 per cent; in the United States
it was 27 and five -ninths per cent. It
may be said generally therefore that
the duties in the United States have
been over 50 per cent. higher than In
Canada during the past 15 years. It,
ought to be remembered, too, that the
McKinley tariff only began recently.
Had it been in force in the United
States for all the years we mention,
the average rates of duty in the United
States instead of being 50 per cent.
higher than the same duties in °needs'
/would have been more than double as
high. As the Conservative Party are
charged with raising the duties im-
mensely it is interesting to note thrtt
the duties paid in 1878 on goods im-
ported into Canada was 14.03 per 'ent.,
and in 1893 it was 17.38 per cent., or a
difference of only 3.33er cent. It
ought to be mentioned just here that
the Grit Party when they were in
power never reduced a single duty, with
the exception of coal oil, and that
when they were forced to by the Con-
lervat•ive Opposition. The flrsk act
that Sir Richard raartwright did in
tariff matters was to raise the duties
.all i'ound from 15 to 17,} per cent.,
thereby adding about $3,000,000 to the
burden of taxation, and chiefly, too,
upon the necessaries of life, and never
once, except in the case we have men-
tioned, in all his five years of office did
.he attempt to reduce a single duty.
Mr. Laurier has been declaring that
it is the duty of Parliament to promote
no one particular industry. How
about the agricultural industry? Par-
liament ha,kpent large sums of
money in the establishment of Ex-
perimennfl farms for the purpose of
teaching the newer methods of agricul•
ture. It Is the only industry that the
C4oyer nntent has taken such a step in
regard to. Does Mr. Laurier say that
the Government has done wrong in
this or will he rbverse his declaration P
AN ODJECT LESSON.
Only a year Or so ago Sir Richard
Cartwright and Mr. Laurier were
pointing the Canadian people to the
wonderfully prosperous state of the
American nation and a few weeks ago
the people on the Niagara Peninsula,
Grit and Tory alike were appealing to
the Governinent for some means by
Which the coming over of American
tramps might he stopped. They re-
presented to the Government that
every freight train which came across
the line was loaded down with tramps,
sometimes a dozen being upon. each
one of the trains. These tramps, it
should be remembered by our people,
came front that great country where
the sixty million market is. They are
as a rule a dangerous and undesirable
class of people, a class that are respon-
sible for such fiendish outrages as
occurred near Listowel the other day.
Canada, it is true, in the geeat financial
crisis which has affected the world has
suffered some, though compared with
other countries she may be said to have
suffered almost nothing. Bung has
suffered a little she is far front present-
ing the spectacle of her people being
driven abroad as tramps in hundreds
and the a Sud.'
of 5 to seek
charity in other
countries. Supposing we had no pro-
tective tariff against the United States
during this stormy period, a period in
which America industries have been
almost ruined and her workmen re-
duced to little less than starvation,
the result would have undoubted-
ly been that our markets would have
been flooded by goods which theAmeri-
can producers had hacl to sell at any
price to save himself from absolute
ruin, and the next consequence would
have been that Canadian industries
would have followed in the wake, and
our artisans would have been placed in
the some position as American artisans
are placed in. As it is, however, by
reason of Canada having,her independ-
ent fiscal system, our industries have
been saved, our people have had em-
ployment, and we are pointed to by
the newspapers of the great American
Union as enjoying a, marvellous state
of prosperity, while they are in a con-
dition exactly the reverse. Canada in
htr history has had a good many things
to be thankful for. Not the least
among these is the fact that she refused
to listen to the teachings of Sir Richard
Cartwright and Mr. Laurier upon Coin-
/verde' Union and Unrestricted Reci-
procity. Looking hack now Canada
may well tremble at the danger which
she so narrowly escaped.
ONTARIO'S VEiV LEADER.
Mr. George Frederick Marter, M. P.
P. for North Toronto, has been chosen
leader of the Ontario Conservatives to
succeed Chief Justice NV. R. Meredith.
Mr. .Marter, who assumes the leader-
ship at the unanimous request of the
party is the son of the late Dr. Peter
Marter, of Brantford, and a brother-in-
law of the late Chief Justice Wood.
Ho spent his school days in Brantford,
and has since successfully conducted
large business establishments at
Wyndham, Teeterville, and Water-
ford, county of Norfolk, at Brace -
bridge, and later, for more than
sixteen years, at Graveuhurst, Musko-
'ka. About a year ago he disposed of
his business outside of Toronto, and is
now entirely engaged within the city.
He entered the Local legislature for
the first time in 1886, after a stiff
contest, in which he defeated J. W.
Better, thus securing Muskoka for the
Conservative party. Since that time
he has taken an active and prominent
part in Provincial politics, and has
addressed meetings in almost every
constituency in Ontario. In the elec-
tion of 1800, in the Muskoka district,
he defeated A. P. Cockburn, and, as is
well known, on the 20th of June last,
after one of the hottest contests of the
campaign, he•oarried north Toronto by
a majority of about 800 against Joseph
Tait, the Liberal candidate.
The new leader requires no further
introduction to the people of Ontario.
He is a man whose sense and modesty
will at once confess the difficulty of
anyone who succeeds so brilliant a
leader as Mr. Meredith 'was. But the
sterling character, the thorough
knowledge of provincial issues, the
capacity and untiring energy possessed
by the new leader will speedily secure
for hint the hearty enthusiasm of the
supporters of the Conservative party
all over the province. Althougnot
an orator, Mr. Marter is a fluent and
earnest speaker who takes well with
his audiences, and with the excellent
support which will be accorded hire in
the Legislature, the prospects of a
successful leadership are assured. We
congratulate the new leader and the
party whose policy he will worthily
and honorably uphold.
A DEAD ISSUE.
Winnipeg has an independent jour-
nal called the "Nor' Wester," whose
editor is a Liberal. That paper has
recently been discussing the question
of a general election and its opinion so
far as the tariff is concerned is summed
up in the following extract :
"There is no tariff issue in the North-
west. We have got nearly all the con-
cessions we asked for, and perhaps
quite all we could reasonably claim.
We have been given free lumber, and
the duty on agrieultnral implements,
hinder twine and ems] oil has been re-
duced. The tariff has been taken off
the list of issues. so far as this portion
of the eotulta'y is concerned."
Notwithstanding this opinion from
en idependent soiree and dozens of
other expressions of opinion equally
strong, the Grit statapers and the Grits
continue to shout "the revision was a
farce." Let them remember the state-
ment of the Brantford Expositor, as
Gritty a sheet as there is in Canticle :
"So far as the industries of Brantford
are concerned Mr. Foster has hit thetn
harder than a Liberal government
would have done."
CAN AIM REQUIRES P.ttOTR TIQN.
Sir Charles Dilke is one of the ablest
of British public men' and a Free
Trader. In his book, "Problems of
-Greater. Britain," he discussed the trade
question as it applied to Canada. He
said as follows:
"There can be little doubt but that
Sir John Macdonald's long hold of
office has been facilitated by his adop-
tion of the National Policy which has
caused the Canadian manufacturers to
win the greater portion of the Cana-
dian market and under which the
wealth of Canada has been more rapid
in its increase than before."
Sir Charles, though himself a Free
Trader, does not condemn the colonies
for adopting protection because of their
circumstances differing so widely from
those of the another land.
SUGAR REFINING AND THE
TARIFF.
All sugars up to and including No.
16 Dutch Standard are absolutely free
in the Canadian tariff. Under this
clause of the tariff most of the bright
sugars used very extensively in every
part of Canada, and good enough for
the finest table in the' land, are abso-
lutely free from any impost whatever.
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The flan iaau,, of n �
s ar h:fve an -
ca � im-
post duty of sixty-feur one -hundredths
of a cent on each pound. The raw
sugar is absolutely nese, but to refine
f t costs, according to the most6
reliable statistics, about sixty
one -hundredths of a cent per
pound. The refiner therefore has as
a protection against foreign made fin%
grade sugars of only four ono -hundred-
ths of a cent per pound, or just one-
twenty-fifth of a cent or twenty-five
cents on a hundred pounds of the re=
fined article. This gives hint the Cana-
dian market, though his prices, as a
matter of fact, ILrelower by far than
the prices charged by his canpetitors
across the line. Last year Granulated
Sugar sold on an average in Montreal
at $1.93 per cwt., while in New York
the same Sugar sold on an average at
$5.17 per cwt. At the present time the
difference is still greater, No. 1
Granulated being sold in Montreal to-
day ata dollar a carrel less then in New
York.
The sugar policy of the .present
Government while encouraging the in-
vestrneut of a great deal of capital and
giving employment to thousands .of
artizans, gives the best ni title at the
lowest possible price.
Every one knows this, anti every sen-
sible man laughs when the Liberal
politicians tell at out the iniquities they
see, or pretend to see rather—for it is
only pretence—in the very slight pro-
tection given to our great refinine in-
terests.
A0,4IV, Df'ICINLEYLSIrt.
The Buffalo Express is an !advocate
of McKinleyisin, and gave a very good
hlustration of its feelings last week
which THE NEWS -RECORD reproduces
for the serious consideration of Cana-
dian Grits. The Express, bo it said,
gives Mr. Laurier's love for Canada
and Britain a square black eye when
it says of McKinley's Buffalo meet-
ing:—
"The avalanche always gives mim-
ing of its approach by the mighty roar
which marks its progress. Thursday
night was heard the roar. The ava-
lanche will come on November Oth. A
year ago the Democratic party was
merely snowed under. That was a
storm. This year the whole mountain
of popular disapproval will fall upon
it with, a crash, swift, pitiless, irresisti-
ble. .
"Never in the history of this city
was there such a political meeting. It
was magnificent, glorious. The doors
of the three balls selected for the
speaking were hardly opened before
every inch of available room was filled.
Two hours before the announced time
for McKinley's appearance at Music
Hall people were being turned away,
unable to gain entrance. Barred from
one hall, they rushed off to another,
only to find a similar crowd there. It
would he a low estimate to say that
five titres as many people were turned
away as were able to (het within sound
of the speaker's voice.,
"The enthusiasm knew no hounds.
The people had come to hear McKinley
and to cheer McKinley, and those who
could not hear him cheered him and
those who could hear him redoubled
the cheers.
"It was an outpouring of the brain
and brawn of Buffalo to greet the idol
of the Republican party. It was the
forerunner of the popular uprising
which 12 days hence -will sweep the
State from Montauk,. Ii'oint to Findley's
Lake.
•
"It is needless to say that the speak-
er was worthy of his reception. Vith
a few earnest, eloquent words he swept
aside the petty barricades behind
which the dodging demoralized enemy
has placed himself, and showed the
great issue on which the country is
to pronounce—the issue of AMERICA
FOR AMEIncAvs, protection for the
home and fireside, American work at
American wages, honest gc,vornment
by honest men.
"He's our next President!" was the
cry which echoed from every part of
the hall. Who can doubt it? The
pettifogging politicians, the self-seek-
ers, the men who have disgraced State
rand Nation, sacrificed American in-
dustries in he interest of European
industries, sold the laws to trusts and
sold the •adniinist.ration of law to
blackmailers and corruptionista, can-
not escape the people's wrath by hid-
ing behind falsehood and hypocrisy.
The long account will be settled. The
stern finger Of popular condemnation
already IS pointing the door to the
Democratise party and the mighty
voice of an aroused people is tbunder-
ing ''Go 1''
Canadian Grits, if they obtained
power, would grant an open market
to the Americans, while the Americans
would continue the mountain protec-
tive wall against Canadians. We be-
lieve in the principle of CANADA FOR
('ANADiANS, even though such a policy
does not assist MCKinleyites and the
lenders of the Reform party in Can-
ada.
THE PTi�G'.t�4DS GUILTY.
NR
Almeda Chattelle, the French Oanrp,-
dion arrested at Erin, was brought be-
fore the magistrates at Listowel charg-
ed with the murder of poor little Jessie
Keith. The chain of evidence was
so direct that the murderer pleaded
guilty to the grave charge and has since
given the following shocking particu-
lars to a reporter:—
He told how he had met Jessie Keith
on the track; that -she resisted and was
too strong for hint, and after a struggle
he hit her on the head with a stone
rendering her insensible. The man
continued: "I then half carried, half
supported her across the field to the
bush, where I cut her throat and then
inflicted the other wounds."
"What diel you do with the organs
you removed?"
"I berried theist in a field, near where
the valise was found. I can't describe
the place exactly, but if a bloodhound
was put on the scent it would find
them." •
"But, why did you remove the
parts?"
"I do not know. After I found I
could not accomplish my purpose 1 he -
came maddened and do not know
what followed."
"Why did you strip the body?"
I don't know
t"
CIIAT'rELLE IS SOPRY NOW.
"There was a strong case against
you?".
"Yes and the witnesses told the truth
for the inost,par•t."
"They say you have been guilty of
similar acts before this?"
"No, never, and I would not do it
again for the world. I ant sorry 1
killed that poor girl."
"Were you not afraid of being lynch-
ed ?"
"1 would not have cared. 1 tri *htas
well die to -day as to -morrow. What
difference does a day make, I did it; I
have confessed it and I have got to die
anyway, and the sooner it is over the
better.'
After answering these questions, the
prisoner became annoyed at, the num-
ber of people crowding around hila in
the car and refused to talk further.
Later he was asked what became of
the Christy stiff hat he had on before
the murder, and which disappeared
when he donned the Tam -o -Shunter.
He laughed irrmnodere.tely at• this and
thought it a hood joke that it could not
be found. "I buried that deep down ;
you'll never find that." Ile then
grinned.
After reaching' Listowel, Almeda
Chattelle again confessed that he de-
liberately murdered fourteen -year-old
Jessie Keith
AND THEN MUTILATED HER BODY.
In the open court, in,',�the Listowel
town hall, he again confessed his
awful crime.
At the coroner's inquest,/ held prev-
iously, a verdict was returned :
That Jessie Keith was feloniously,
wilfully, maliciously and with malice
aforethought, killed and murdered on
the 19th day of October, 1894, by Al-
meria Chattelle.
This was at 7.30 o'clock. Half an
hour later Chattelle was arraigned be-
fore Police Magistrate Terhune and
Mayor Featherstone, charged . as fol-
lows ;
That Almeda Chattelle, formerly of
St. Hyacinthe, ' Que., laborer, or
vagrant, within the space of the ten
days past to wit on the 19th• day of
October instant, in the township of
Elmer, County of Perth, aforesaid, did
feloniously and with malice afore-
thought kill and murder Jessie Keith.
"What have you t a say to the charge,
guilty or notguilty?" asked theMagis-
ti'atte'he.
Tprisoner, who had been standing
while the charge was read, said quietly
"guilty." He then resumed his seat
and a shiver passed through his power
ful frame, his head fell forward to his
breast and lie showed signs of giving
way under the terrible strain to which
he had been subjected all the afternoon.
Thus . the prisoner calmly pleaded
guilty to the most horrible
BUTCHERY IN CANADA'S CRIMINAL
ANNALS.
It was 10.05 when Chattelle, handcuffed
and with a constable at either side of
hire, was hustled into a cab and taken
to the station to be conveyed to the
Stratford gaol.
When the train pulled in and the
prisoner was brought out from the
waiting room', there was a rush for him
and cries of "lynch him," "clown with
him" and "get the rope" were heard
amid the hoots and curses with which
his appearance was greeted. The
crowd surrounded him once and it
looked as if there was going to he
trouble, hitt the vigorous wielding of
half a dozen batons in the hands of as
many officers, caused the crowd, which
proved to be made up of poltroons and
children-, to move away. The prisoner
received a blow from :L stone thrown by
some person which almost brought him
to his knees, 'but he shrugged his
shoulders and was apparently the least
concerned man in the whole party.
Ile, to all appearances did not care
whether he was lynched or not. Con-
stable McCarthy was also struck by a
missile. Once the prisoner was in the
car he was hurried to the centre, the
blinds drawn, and constables posted at
either door to keep the inob ont,
The trip to Stratford wits uneventful,
with the exception of the confession
made by the prisoner. When the tratin
pulled into the station at 12.02, how-
ever, there was a large crowd to meet
the accused. No effort at violence was
made to molest hien and he was driven
to the gaol in a cab, where he will re-
main until the spring assizes, unless he
succeeds in
COMMITTING SUICIDE IN THE MEAN-
TIME.
That, he will take his life at the first
chance there is no question.
The scene in the thwn hall at Listo-
wel, when the prisoner stood up in the
presence of the mother of his victims
and said "guilty," was one to he re-
membered for a lifetime. Mrs. Keith
grave hint one long, penetrating irlance,
and it looked for a moment as if she
was about to spring upon him, but she
controlled herself with an effort.
After the jury had returned a verdict
against him, before he was asked to
plead, by the Magistrate, his supper
was brought to hire, and he ate with
relish, his appetite apparently not he-
ing affected in the least.
The missing parts of the murdered
girl have been recovered, and medical
men say she wasoutraged either before
or after death. -
AR /N
That To -day, the 31st Oct., is
our Great Special BARGAIN
D.A.Y. When you may depend
there will be the greatest
number of Bargains offered a!
through the house ever shown
'the people of this place and
vacinity. Carpets, Overcoats,
Suits, Dress Goods, Mantles,
Cloaking, Staples, Underwear,
all Bargains.
GILROY & WISEMAN
TRUSSES! TRUSSES
We carry t: LATEST and BEST TRUSSES known to the profession, and
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sell them cheaper than the Truss Establishment es we make no charge
for fitting, but guarantee every trues to fit or it may bo returned.
POINTS TO REMEMBER
lett It is not neceeaary to sand out of town, as we fit the smallest infant or the
largest man in this section.
2nd. We will sell you a Truss for $5.00 that the Truss Dealer will charge yow
.$15.00
3rd, We .vill sell you a Truss for $2,50 that the Truss Dealers will charge you
$10.00
LADIES' SHOULDER BRACES.—See Them.
JBS. H. COME, • - Citermist and Druggist.
EAST HURON IN LINE.
A large and enthusiastic convention
of the Conservatives of East Huron
was held at Gorrie last Sat-
in day, when E. L. • Dickenson, of
Wingham, was unanimously selected
as the standard-bearer to contest in the
next Dominion election against Dr.
McDonald, the present member. Ad-
dresses were delivered by Dr. Chis-
holrnt T. Farrow and Hon. N. Clarke
Wallace. Mr. Dickenson is particular-
ly qualified for au able representative
and l should win the Riding. East
Huron is naturally Conservative, and
there is no legitimate reason why the
constituency should not be redeemed
by a handsome majority'. East Huron
will return Mr. Dsckenson if the Con-
servatives of the Riding do their duty.
Now, friends, take hold and place the
enemy on the retreat. • Victory is
yours.
PROOF OF PROSPERI7 F.
There is probably no better test of
the prosperity of the masses of the
people than the amountcif life insur-
ance in force. The life insurance policy
is the means which in this age isadopt-
ed by the man who has a small income,
for the purpose of protecting his family
in case of his death. While the popula-
tion of Canada has only increased
since the 'Grits went out of power from
12 per cent. to 15 per cent., the life in-
surance in force has increased from
$86,000,000 in 1879 to $295,000,000 in
1893. It will he noticed that the in-
crease in the life insurance is out of all
proportion with the increase in popula-
tion. No better evidence could be
found that - the people are very much
better off than they were when the
Grits left office_
CURRENT TOPICS.
Dr. Roome, M. P., has again been
unariSmously chosen as the Conserva-
tive standard-bearer for West Middle-
sex.
The advocacy of any newspaper of
lynch law in the case of real or suppos-
ed murder is nothing short of a
criminal offence against the laws of
God and roan. •
The London election is on with
Mayor Essery and Mr. Hobbs in the
field.. Nomination day will be on Nov.
13 and polling on the 20th. The fight
will be wa rni with chances in favor of
Essery. The result will be watched
with deep interest.
Mr. Laurier failed to take advantage
of the opportunity of explaining in
Manitoba why, in 1889, he objected to
the increased duty on beef, pork, lard
and Hour, "because it was in the in-
terest of the fat niers of Ontario, Mani-
toba and the North West," as he de-
clared at Abbotsford, in the Province
of Quebec, during that year.
Toronto Mail :—Sonne of 51r. l,aairicr's
friends think he made it mistake in are
peering on the public platform in Mitfhi-
toba with Mr. Greenway. It will he
remembered that at the Liberal Con-
vention in Ottawa there was much
uneasiness in the party act the pros-
pect that the Premier of Manitoba
ntight part,, in an appearance. Even
Dir. Watson, his colleague, a popular'
main among the Liberals, was given rL
cool reception. But whet will be
thought in Quebec of a leader who ap-
peared in Manitoba under the aegis of
Mr. Greenway, and was even intro-
duced to an audience by him ? In this
matter lir. Laurier will find it advis-
able not to let his right hand know
what his left hand doeth.
1
The tenders for the new Canadian
loan of £2,500,000 have been opened
and Canada has achieved her greatest
borrowing success, notwitnstanding
all that has been said and written
about her credit. It is easily seen that
investors have implicit faith in the
financial status of the country by the•
way in which they have endeavored to
secure the bonds. The tenders receiv-
ed amount to some £13,000,000 sterling,
this being nearly six times the amount
of the required loan."
While Mr. Paterson, of Brant, was
shouting in the ear of Sir Richard Cart-
wright when:he was Finance Minister,
for a duty on Canadian breadstuffs, A.
G. Jones, M. P. for Ilalifax, was at the
other ear of the Finance Minister, with
a great petition signed by Liberals,
asking for a reimposition of the duty
on coal. The reason alleged in the
petition which Mr. Jones presented
was that we were bringing 595,000 tons
of coal free of duty and destroying the
Canadian coal industry. These Liberal
free traders are rare chaps.
After England compelled India to
abandon the protection duties, the
cotton industry of India was destroyed
and Lord George Bentinck, Governor-
General, in a report upon the matter
declared that "for. the ruin that bad
been inflicted there could be found no
parallel in the annals of commerce, for •
in a short time there was nothing left
but an impoverished agricultural class,
while the very cotton that the natives
wore, the raw material of which was
grown upon his own Indian fields, was
the product of Manchester looms."
The Toronto News says :—"Only one
or two papers have approved the
recommendation of the. York Grand
Jury relative to the punishment of
brutes who assault young girls. But
that recommendation was most em-
phatically right all the same. The
proposed penalty should be imposed
not as a penalty merely, but as a
means of preventingdebased mortals
from propagating teir kind. In fact,
as civilization advances, communities
will be ready to go a good deal beyond
the proposal of the York jurors. They
will some day recognize the absurdity
of confining effort to the punishment
and restraint, of criminals. They will
beghl with an attempt, by means of
the most sweeping and radical
measures, to prevent production of
criminals."
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Your Grit tariff debater is a funny
fellow. Sometimes we have heard the
Dominion Goyernment soundly berated
because they put a duty on Water
Lirue; and the farmer is appealed to
to rise up in his might and tehelagainst
this tax on his cistern wall and his
cellar floor. Mr. Gihstrn, 51. P. for
Lincoln, a contractor, gave the ques-
tion away, however, when he discussed
t in the House of Commons on April
lie 27th. Mr. Gibson said that the
`atnadian water -lime was so good land
so cheap that when he WAS building the
approaches to the Tunnel at Port
Huron it paid hien to pay 35 per cent.
duty to the American Government
and take the Canadian, water -lime
over the river to do the American end
of the Tunnel. Once more you see,
Mr. Gibson, that argument of Sir
Richau•d's, that the duty is always
added to the price, don't work. Does
it now, Mr. Gibson ? For this discus-
sion by Mr. Gibson see page 2125 of
1804 Hansard.
Mayor Essery has been chosen its
the Conservative candidate for the
London vacancy.
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