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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1895-04-03, Page 66 Charles M. Mutating& Sick Headache CURED PERMANENTLY SX TAKING Ayer's Pills "I was troubled a long time with sick headache. 1 tried a good many remedies recommended for this complaint; but it was not until I Began taking Ayer's Pills that I received permanent benefit. A single box of these pills freed me from headaches, and I am now a well man." --0. H. f1CTCHtNGS, East Auburn, Me. Awarded Medal at World's Fair Aver's Sarsaparilla is the Best. The Hurcn News-Recora $1.21 a Ye,.t—$1,00in Advance WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3rd, 1895. Stanley. Sleighing in this section is exhausted, unless we have another downfall. Mr. John McNaughton is busy mov- ing to the old homestead. We are pleased to know that Willie, son of Mr. Lancelot Clark, who f,ot his leg broken about two weeks ago by falling off a sleigh, is improving as well as can be expected. Mr. J. Parke's was surprised last Wednesday evening by a number of his old friends, Goshen Line, calling on him in his new residence, and present- ing hihn and Mrs. Parke with two handsome chairs and silver butter dish. As regards the dancing in S. S. No. 3, we wish to state that the teacher had nothing to do with it whatever, as she was absent at noon hour, con- sequently knew nothing of what was transpiring during her absence. For Over Fifty Years ➢,fag• WIN.LOW's SOOTHING SYRUP has been used by millions of mothers for their children while teething. It disturbed at night and broken of y our rest bye sick child suffering and Drying wi„h vain of Cutting Teeth senr: at unto and get a bottle of "Mts. 1Vinslow's Soothing Syrup" foruhildren Teething. It will relieve the poor little sufferer imfnedlate)y. Depend upon it, mothers, there is no mistake about it. It cup es Diar- rhoea, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, cures Wind Colic, softens the Gums, reduces Inf,Tnnlation, and gives tone and energy t0 the whole system. "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" Tor children teething Is pleasant to the testa and is the prescription of Ono of the oldest and boat female physicians and nurses in the United States. Price twenty flee cents a bottle Sold by all d.-nagists throughout the world. Be sure and ask fur "Mos. WINSLOW's SOOTHING SYRUP." The influence of diet on the growth of hair has often been discussed. It has been shown that starchy mixtures, milk and many other foods recognized as being highly nuts icious, are, in fact, sure death to hair growth. Uhetnical analysis proves that, the hail' is com- posed of 5 per cent. of sulphur and its ash of 20 per cent. of silicon and 10 per cent. of iron and manganese. The foods which contain the larger per cent of the above named elements are meat, oatrneal and graham. Henry pointedly says : "Nations which eat the most ineat have the most hair." That tired feeling, loss of hpjratite and nervous prostration are driven away by Hood's Sarsaparilla, which snakes pure blood. True, Too True.—Life to lovely Wo- man would he a horrid blank without hairpins; and yet no woman would ook the least bit grateful if a man should give her a aux of them fur it. birthday present. Heart Disease Relieved in 30 Situates Dr, Agnew's Cure for the Heart gives perf.et relief n all cases of Organ c or Sympathetic Hetet Disease in 00 minutes, and speedili effects a cure. It is n peerless remedy 1 ,r Palpitation, Shortness of Breath, Smothering Spells, Paia in Left Side mall all syultoms of a Diw'ase'l heart. One dose convinces. bad by Watts & Co. With Sir Richard at the helm and Laurier at the prow, and a mixed crew at the oars, each pulling different ways, the bark of state would stand a poor chance of escaping shipwreck, says the Nor' -Wester. Thrifty Mothers Can Dress Their Little Ones Hand- samaly and Cheaply. Thrifty and economical mothers rarely buy new clothing tor their child- ren, yet the little ones are always well and handsomely dressed for school and church. This is the result of using Diamond Dyes, which make all the fashionable colors with but little work. Suits for boys and lithe dresses and jackets/ for the girls that have faded and become discolored, are quickly transformed into new garments by the tragical working of Diamond Dyes. These wonderful package dyes cost but 10 cents per package ; they are sim- ple to use—indeed any child can use them and get a grand color. The col- ors produced by Diamond Dyes are fast and strong, and in many respects far superior to the colors used in large dyeing factories. When buying dyes for home use see that your dealer gives you "Diamond I1yes"; imitation and worthless dyes will ruin your materials and garments. FACTS OF HISTORY Experience is the Best of All Teachers. LET CANADA BE WISE. And Prost by the Mistakes of Other Na- tions—What Other Peoples Dave Done and what They Dave Been Sorry For— Protection and Free Trade Viewed In the Light of Experience. NO. 1. In a recent speech Hon. W. H. Mon- tague spoke as follows : The electors of Canada are asked to abandon the protective system under which great development has been made during the past sixteen years. Fortunately for us the question of the tariff is not a now question ; It is as old as the history of the world's progress. The electors of Canada need not be told that experience is always the best teacher and that experience warns Canadians to hold fast to their present system of protective, defensive tariff. Tho Liberal Party are asking the Canadian electors to adopt a trade sys- tem which is in vogue in only one coun- try in the world, and that country adopt- ed it only after 500 years of protection, during which time her industries were thoroughly established and her market won in every part of the world. That country is England and even there, among the great mass of the people there is a strong feeling for a re• turn to protection to England's own markets for her own people. Whet Lord Salisbury Thinks. Speaking some time ago at Hastings, Lord Salisbury, then Premier of Eng- land, declared as follows : "Forty or fifty years ago everybody believed that free trade had conquered the world, and they prophesied that every nation would follow the example of England and give itself up to absolute free trade, but the results were not what they prophesied. "We live in an age of a war on tariffs. "Every nation is trying how it can,by agreement with its neighbors, get the greatest possible protection for its own industries and at the same time the greatest possible access to the markets of its neighbors." "I want to point out to you that what I observe is, that while A is very anxious to get a favor from B and B is anxious to get a favor from C, nobody cares two straws about getting the commercial favor of Great Britain. (Cheers.) "What is the reason for that? It is that in this great battle Great Britain has deliberately stripped herself of the armor and the weapons by which the battle is to be fought. The only weapons are a defensive tariff. If you fight, you must fight with the weapons with which those whom you have to contend against are fighting. (Cheers.) "The weapon with which they all fight is admission to their own markets —that is to say, A says to B, 'If you will make your duties such that I can sell in your market, 1 will make my tariff duty such that you can sell in my market.' (Cheers.) "We begin in England by saying we will levy no duties upon anybody, and we declare that it would be contrary and disloyal to the glorious and sacred doctrine of Free Trade to levy duty upon anybody for the sake of what wo could get by it. (Cheers.) "It may be noble, but it is not busi- ness. (Loud cheers.) "On these terms, let me tell yon, you will get nothing, and I am sorry to tell you that you are practically getting nothing." (Laughter.) Cobden's Propbecv. Lord Salisbury, in making the state- ment with regard to prophecies made by Free Traders, no doubt had in his mind especially the following prediction of Cobden : "That twenty years atter England had adopted free trade every other civilized nation would follow Eng- land's footsteps." The Result. The result, however, has been as Lord Salisbury stated, that while Eng- land has given every other country her markets, no other country has given her markets to England, because every other civilized country has had and still has a high protective tariff. Other countries have tried the free trade system and their experience is most instructive. Bnssia's Experience. In 1819 Russia tried free trade. The lesson she learned thereby was a bitter one indeed. Her experience is told in a circular issued by imperial authority by Count Nesseirode in 1822. "Russia sees herself compelled by cir- cumstances to adopt an independent industrial system ; the products of tho Empire find no access to foreign mar- kets ; domestic manufacturers are either ruined or at the point of ruin; all the monies of the Empire flow abroad and the most solid business houses are on the brink of failure." As a result of that three years of free trade, Russia returned to a very high defensive tariff and has maintained it • ever Onee. against the wltrld, a few years ago making it almost prohibitive ; and with this effect, that the country has become one of the greatest indus- trial countries of the globe and the pro- duction of her industries now far ex- ceeds in value the products of her agri- culture,with the result that hor agri- culture is prosperous. 'w Slweden Once Tried Free Trade. Previous to the rule of Gustavus Adolphus, Sweden was a free trade country. She had a large amount of raw material, but she exported it to other countries where it was manufac- tured. In consequence, the people of Sweden were exceedingly poor, and her agriculture was prostrated to such an extent that the fields of Finland were drawn upon for the purpose of feeding her own people. But in the reign of the monarch mentioned above protec- tion was adopted and almost prohibitory duties placed against various imports. In consequence of this the manufac- tures of Sweden trebled in thirty years and have grown up to the present time so that she is shipping abroad some mil- lions or dollars' worth of her manufac- tures and such an impetus has been given to her agricultural life thereby, that, instead of depending upon foreign fields for her food stuff, she is now not only feeding her own people but send- ing abroad about twenty million dollars' worth of farm produce a year. Fifty years ago agitators persuaded the people of Sweden to try free trade again. She did try it ; but in the course of two or three years it had done such injury to her industrial and agri- cultural interests that the poople re- turned to protection as quickly as pos- sible. THE UNITED STATES. Several Times Rave They Deserted Pro- tection But Always Gladly Adopted It Again The people of the United States may be said to be about as wideawalce a busi- ness people as exist. They are a dis- tinctly commercial people and their judgment upon commercial subjects ought to be worth something. And be- sides, because of the fact that their posi- tion is so similar to our own, their judg- ment upon the relative merits of trade policies ought to weigh heavily with the intelligent Canadian people. The first act of Congres.; voted by the new republic when it was formed was in its preamble declared to be an act "For the support of the Government, for the discharge of the public debt and for the encouragement and protection of manufacturers." Under this high duties were placed upon foreign importations. It ought to be remarked here that a very large ma- jority of the members of that Congress were farmers, who saw the necessity of a variety of industry. Under this protection system, which was curt nued until 1816, the country was prosperous. Low Tariff Tried—The Result. In 1816 Congress under the influence of strong agitation lowered the duties materially. Other countries embraced the opportunity to irmnediptely get a hold on tho American market. Manu- factures were sent froth abroad at ruin- ous prices with the avowed object of destroying the American industries, and in 1816 even in the Parliament of IEngland, it was publicly declared by Lord Brougham as follows : "It is well worth while to incur the loos on the first exportation in order, by the glut to stifle in the cradle those in- fant manufactures in the United States which have been forced into existence." As might be expected, the other manufacturing countries took the same steps. and in consequence the market was flooded. Then great depression in all branches of trade was felt: bank- ruptcy became general and financial rain was everywhere present. Speaking of this period Benton de- ' dares : "No price for property ; no sales except those of the sheriff and the marshal; no purchasers at the execu- tion sales except the creditors ; no em- ployment for industry ; no demand for labor ; no sale for products of the farin ; 110 sound of the hammer. Distress was the universal cry of the people." A Defensive Tariff Adopted Again. Saddened by the experience just re- ferred to, the American people in 1824 adopted once more a policy of high pro- tective duties. The results of this policy were quickly seen. Manufacture increased, the peo- ple were employed, and general pros- perity prevailed In 1833, however, by a number of al. liances, an Anti -Protection party Con- gress was elected and once more an approach to free trade was tried with the same results as above. In 1842 a strong protection Congress was elected. At that time the country was simply exhausted by reason of the destruction of her industries and the non -employment of her people, and the victory of the American Protection party was a sweeping one. The result of their legislation was a high tariff again when confidence was restor- ed; customs receipts increased tho first year 75 per cont.; labor everywhere was in demand ; the domestic market grew with rapidity ; the produce of the farm was in demand in the homes of the toilers and every business interest urosnered. After tile, once again the free trade fad was adopted in the United States with the same result, but in 1861 the people of the whole country had become tired of sacrificing American interests to foreign interests and they rose with great strength and demanded a policy of protection to American industries. That policy continued undisturbed through 31 years of the history of the United States, no attempt being made to change the tariff duties In the direc- tion of free 'trade l'or all this space of time. In that 31 years of undisturbed protection the United States have made more industrial and commercial pro- gress, times over, than Its all the other years of their history combined. A Period of Distress Agate'. In 1892 the Democratic party, under the cry of tariff reform, succeeded in electing their President and a majority of the members of both Houses of Con- gress. The result of the election, be- cause of the demands for destruction of protection to American interests, which had been made by the Democratic party, caused the greatest amount of uncertainty to prevail. This uucer- tainity, caused, as it always does, in- vestment to stop. Production was also lessened to a largo extent and thou- sands of employes throughout every section of the country were discharged. General depression was the result ; hundreds ot loan companies and backs failed ; great railway corporations went into the hands of receivers ; thou- sands upon thousands of workingmen word crying out for employment and their families for bread. This state of aflaira was aggravated by the Tariff Bill, which made very many reductions in the high protective tariff of the na- tion, though the bill was by no means even an approach to. Free Trade and left the tariff of the United States much higher then the present protective tariff of Canada. The Sweep out, It did not truce very long for the peo- ple to decide that they had made a mis- take in 1891 In the election of Novem- ber 1894 they announced their repent- ance in thunder tones. Candidates in favor of free trade or tariff re`.oi•in were defeated by majorities away Du ill the thousands all over the country ; indeed hardly such a candidate was elected at all. The result of the whole election was the most p• onounced victory for a defensive and protective tariff that this continent has ever seen. So decided has been the victory in favor of that prin- ciple. that th + opponents of it admit freely and publicly that the people have declared, in a way that cannot be misunderstood, that prot.'ction shall bo the policy ot the American nation for the next quarter of a century. Canadians Learn n Lesson. The timely facts here given from the commercial history of the American people ought to be of value to the Cana- dian electors when called upon to decide upon the Free Trade -Tariff Reform cries of Sir Richard Cartwright and Mr, Laurier. The Americans were in a much better position to open their mar- kets to the world than we are, by reason of tlto tact that their industries aro much better established and have been protected five times as long as ours. if theew!icv of the Opposition is adopted in Canada similar and indeed more disastrous results will follow here. Our workshops will bo closed ; our citizens will be thrown out of employment ; we shall be importing goods from abroad and sanding the money out of our own, country to pay for the employment of foreigners who aro fed by the farmers of other lands. The inevitable consequence of these things will be the destruction of capita!, the stopping of all investments, and the ruin of the home market, which to -day is consuming 90 per cent, of the products of Canadian farms. AS IT WOULD BE. Showman Laurier—Got procity ticket ready, my passing in. Young Jonathan (with cheerful can• dor)—Don't have to. I'm agoin' in under th' canvas FREE, same's Johnny Bull and th' rest of th' fellers. your Reci- son, before FACTS OF HISTORY. Experience is the Best of All Teachers. LET CANADA BE WISE. And Profit by the Mistakes of Other Na- tions—what Other Peoples Have Done and what They have Been Sorry for— Protection and Free Trade Viewed in the Light of Experience. NO 2. After most careful enquiry by conh- misslen and otherwise, Germany in 1818 adopted a protective system. Under that protective system her industries were greatly developed and the country became prosperous. Indeed no country in modern times has shown so great an industrial progress as Germany Las, since her entrance into the Zollvereiu, which removed the customs houses from between hor several separate states to a common frontier and protected her in- dustries against foreign competition by a high tariff. In 1364, through following the exam- ple of France, Prussia reduced her tar- iff from it protection to a revenue basis. The foreign competition at once set in and the result is a matter of history, viz., that disaster overcame many great industries which Thad been developed by the early protective policy of the Zell- ve•oin. Very gladly indeed did Prus- ; sia return to the protective policy, in 1879, and to -day Germany is thorough- , ly protectionist and her industries great ; her people well .etnployed and no free trade doctrines affect them in any way. Indeed within the past few years they have increased their protec- tive acts. The German people are a careful, sensible, levelheaded people. Let Canadians be guided by their good sense in holding to a national policy. THE EXPERIENCE OF IRELAND. Great Industries Under Protection—Thor. ough Ruin Under Free Trade. Before the union of Ireland and Eng- land the former country had great manufacturing industries. For instance, when the union took place and Ireland's protective policy was destroyed she had hands employed in Dublin, according to statistics, in the manufacture of wool- lens to the amount of about 5,000 and in the manufacture of carpets nearly 1,000 were employed in Dublin. The result of the union upon these. Irish industries, followed as it was by the great influx of English goods, is told by the history of that time in the fol- lowing language. "There are only 682 (instead of 5000) employed in all branches of the woulleu industry in Dublin and its vicinity. So far as the carpet industry is concerned, it can hardly be said to exist at all." Another example of the free admis- sion of English goods upon the indus- tries of Ireland is given in the facts with regard to Cork. Before the union there Were 437 looms there and 2500 people in the City of Cork engaged in manufacturing. Thirty-four years afterwards that 2500 had dwindled to 156 and a very short time after that period the manufacturers were absolutely gone. Let us quote from the history of the times again. "Tho most fatal effects have followed because of the destruction of our tariff, rued the premature withdrawal of the protective duties, whereby Ireland's in- dustries have been left open to a fruit- less competition against the overwhelm- ing capital and influence of England. Before the withdrawal of protection about 150,000 people were making their living and acquiring a competency out of the manufactures of this country. These now are wholly thrown upon charity ; our cotton industry is gone ; our woollen industry has disappeared ; our looms are silent. No doubt the union will contribute to the greatness of the Empire and possibly to the safety of Ireland but the influx of English and other goods from the continent will for ever prevent Ireland possessing pros• perous manufacturtng and laboring classes, upon which depends the pros perity of the farming classes." Canadians, Take Warning! Canada has been getting her indus- tries established during the past 15 years. These industries have been es- tablished by our defensive policy steady- ing the home market. Let us take down that defensive tariff and we should find the same destruction wrought. The enormous capital in- vested in the manufactories of Eng- land, of Germany, and of the United States, and the great power of those in- dustries is ready to crush Canadian in- dustries just as Ireland's industries were crushed before the greater power of English capital. France Learns a Lesson. Und.-r all changes of government Franco clung to the commercial pro- tective policy of Colbert and Napoleon down to a short time ago. That she advanced most rapidly in the develop- ment of every material interest is a9 clearly proved by .the olUlcial rot to the Government as well as anything can be. Manufactures increas4 41040 was well paid; the production ,of wheat in ; and agriculture was prof porous, Some idea of her progress niay 1i0 had from the fact that in onepeeled. of twenty years during that time the value of hor exports increased 181`elf cent., though the population bad" ly increased five per cent. in 1860, however, France lowered . > her tariff very greatly against Engla0 and the trade between the two..00 -, a tries greatly increased. The result was, however, most unsatisfaeftory, her industries being most severely 1nju,11d';`; thereby. and France has returned to a high protective tariff. In support Oin - this tariff the people of France are al, ^' most unanimous and no amount of per- suasion would succeed in getting them to return to a free trade or revenue, tariff basis. Switzerland Tries a Low Tariff: The Swiss people may be said to be the most self-governing people perhaps in the world. For a long period the Swiss tried and made a sincere attempt to carry out the doctrine of free trade. For years this effort went on �1 finally - they were forced by consequent indus- trial depression to reyurn to a protective: system, which they did in 1885. A prominent Swiss asked recently as to how long it would bo before Switzerland should again try free trade, said: "Not until we forget that we tried it a long time before." THE SENTIMENT OF MODERN TIMES. Is Protection Being Destroyed or is It Growing Stronger? There is no need of us multiplying examples such as I have given. The fact is that the world outside of England is protectionist. Do sorne of my hearers say, "This is true, but light is shining in in recent years, and the modern view is in favor of protection ?" Well let us see. Austria adopted pro- tection in 1879; Russia increased her tariff in 1877 and in 1881 ; Germany, as we have shown, put up her walls higher in 1879 ; France increased her tariff in 1882 for purely protective purposes; Spain did the same in nit and 1882 ; Greece adopted a high protective tariff in 1885, and Switzerland in the same year ; Sweden and Norway followed suit in 1887 and 1888 ; Italy began pro- tection to her agriculture last year; they British Colony of Victoria in Australia had a general election last year and out of 79 members in a contest in which the trade question was the main issue, there were 65 protectionists and 14 free traders elected. Then on the top of all this comes the sweep out of Democratic Tariff Reform Free Traders in the United States only two or three months ago. It', after these historical facts which I have given, there is any comfort for the men who think that protoc.ion is on the wane in the world, they are welcome'to that comfort. Is not the fact however just as Lord Salisbury stated? "That we live in an age of a war of tariffs, that every country has its wea- pons and we cannot fight unless we have our weapons too." Liberals say "never mind tae experi- ence of ages and every other civilized country with the exception of Eng- land, but let us throw away our wea- pons." Conservatives say "Our own experi- ence and the experience of other coun- tries teaches us that we should stand by a defensive tariff. Let 11.9 hold our own markets until other natioiir �armee willing to reciprocate by opening t`f'e—which think you is best and wisest? 1 Two Teachers. Eli ctors,you have two teachers before you. The one teacher is the teacher of history and the experience ot all coun- tries in the various ages. That teacher - warns you to stand by a defensive policy. Tito other teacher is tlteLiberal party, or rather politicians who want to get into office in that party. These men ask you to follow them in the pursuit of some lho-wisp. Rememberwill-o-t, electors, their policy is a different one each election. Remember that in the last five years they have had as many different policies and each time they have told you that the sure, and safe and only remedy for Canada's ills, was the policy which they were at that time supporting. The policies of a few years ago are all forgotten by them now. They have a new fad now, and as usual they are telling you it is tho only thing that could be of use to Can- ada. Ask yourselves, please, this question. Why have they changed policy sot often? Has their change come from conviction? If so, then their convict- tions of other days must have been bed. ly founded and adopted after very inn. mature consideration ; but the fact is, they have been speaking to you net from conviction, but they have been trying this and that and every other cry for the purpose of getting into power. That is just what they areedoingt now. Can you trust a party who will 1•esert to such tactics and who place their da,, sire for office above everything else.