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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron News-Record, 1895-10-23, Page 4u hs ti IS THE -- Wall Paper we received last week; we didn't expect it, but you have the privilege of buying it now it is in. Here is a chance toga 1896 WALL PAPER,." -- and those who are doing any papering should remember us, when buying. The values of • coul'se are another peg better than ever before. 'Buying is quantities and selling for Carib is the secret. COODCF&Co., CLINTON. got Advei•ti ,entente. For Sale—Cantelon Bros. Free—Queen Medicine Co. For Sale—Will D. Fair Co. Why Is It ---Allen & Wilson. Stray Stock—Wm. Elliott. Stray Cattle—Jos. Colelough. Boar For Service—Wm. Elliott. St. Srancis Oil—Jas. H. Combe. Announcement—W. G. Doherty. Reward $100—Prof. Chamberlain. Winter Overcoats—Jackson Bros. When you are going—A. T. Cooper. "Queer. People"—Conductor Snider. Lace Curtain Prices Extraordinary— Hodgens Bros. • Nothing Like Leather—Jackson & Jackson. Four Months ahead of time—W. Cooper & Co. Desirable Property For Sale—Joseph Allanson. Buy where you can always get the lowest price—N. Robson. The City Bakery, Clinton—J. A. King. TIP Moron News-Recora *1.25 a Yam-41.00in Advance WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23rd, 1895. A JUG -HANDLED ARRANGEMENT. With Free Trade "as it is in Eng- land" the Tariff relations between the United States and Canada would, so far as the ordinaryagricultueal produc- tions are concerned, be as follows : The Canadian Duty would be: Wheat ..Free.... Barley Free.... Rye Free.... Oats Free.... Corn .... Free.... Flour Free.... Potatoes... —Free—. Horses .Free.... Cattle Free.... Beef Free... Pork ..Free.... Cheese Tree... , 4c per ]b. Butter Free.... Ray Free..,.$2.00 per ton -Apples Free.... 20 per cent. Eggs Free.... 3c per doz Poultry Free... , 3c per lb" How would our farmers like such an arrangement as this? An arrange- ment by whfeh the Yankee farmer could place any of his products on the ° Median market free, while the Cana- dian farmer, to get his products to the American market, would have to pay duty of from twenty to thirty per cont.' • Monstrous as this appears, it is Mist Whitt the Liberal party are at pres- enti advocating foe this country t'revlotns to the. introduction of the National 'Policy, the Tariff relations between the two countries Were some- whcri hi Hilar to what is shown on the table above, though not exactly so one- sided, fox on at. few 'a the things men- . t o ed ,Ilanuil t i til ft, to that time, bad a small duty' Many of our fain'ers til still -reyttreilther how disastrously it operated agttinst Canada, Over 100, - The U. 8, Duty (Wilson Bill)is: 20 per cent. 30 " .. 20 .. Al 20 .. ., 20 " ,. 15c per bush. 20 per cent. 20 .. .. 20 ,. " .3) .. .. 4c " ., 000. of them .petitioned 1?ariitiment to be relieved from the terrible-eltects of the. ju -,handled policy, . In their peti- tion tneSr ,Paid, atnolrg zither thlpge t " As practical farmers, BYO oannotf but View with regret our markets dlied. with. ••Anlerleant'reduce free of 44tY. whiteOan u tan, produce is heavily' taxed when seat, to the 'United States. markets;'' and they, respectfully pray- ed.foi "such protection as,, will secuve the, home, market for the arsine pro.• dirket"" or"• that the,same rate of duty be kvied. pn ail a riczlturalproducts.coni- lug inks. the Doiiiinion, frotu foreign. cou.ntrios that is imposed by said furelcgn countries .upon our produee,'t But, bad as the one sided arrangement was for our farmers, previous. io 1878, it would he still w, (se. now, The WVstern States have been producing more and more froth year to year, es they have been •flliiug .up, sa that their competition would be much keener now than then, and the Armours and the Swifts of Chicago, had not the facilities then that they have now for "flooding" the Canadian market with cheap Texas 'beef :iud Missouri rattlesnake pork. The Canadian farmer who remembers his sufferings from '75 to '78 is -not likely to vote fora return of thecondi- tions, in an aggravated form, which brought them about. A PARTY OF MANY POLICIES. The Reformers were protectionists in 1870 when Mr. Laurier declared in the House :— • "What my hon. friend has said as to my Protection proclivities is perfectly true, and I do not deny that I have been a Protectionist, which I aril still. It is asserted by many and assumed by others that Free Trade is a Liberal principle, and Protection a Conserva- tive principle, I beg to dissent from this doctrine. If I were in Great Britain I would avow Free Trade, but 1 am a Canadian, born and resident here, and I think we require Protec- tion." In September, 1889, the Reformers were commercial unionists, for their present French leader declared in Toronto "The policy which we advocate, which we still continue to advocate is the removal of all commercial barriers between this country and the great kindred nations to the south. The liberal party, as long as I have any- thing to do with it, will remain true to the cause until that cause is successful. I will not expect to win in a day, but I am prepared .to remain in the• cool shades of opposition until this cause has triumphed." In January, 1895, Mr. Laurier, in a speech at Montreal, declares himself and his party Free Traders as follows : "The Liberal party believe in Free Trade on broad lines, such as exist in Great Britain. And upon that plat- form. exemplified as I have told you, the Liberal party will fight its ',next battle." It might be well to here examine the "Free Trade on broad lines as it exists in England," particularly as it affects the working classes there. There are elements entering into the cost of living in Free Trade England, of Which the Canadian workingman knows nothing. Among these may be mentioned stamp duties, licenses, &c. If be wishes a lease, or perhaps a deed for the property, he must have said docu- ment stamped by the government with a stanip of the value of froni 15 cents to $2.50, according to the rental or price agreed upon. If he desires to go into domestic service, he. or his employer, mast pay a government license of $3.75 per annum. If he has a bright intelligent son with a taste for the law, before he can be- come an indentured clerk to a solicitor, he must first pay the Crown the sum of $400, and after completing his studies he must take out a further license, at a cost of $250, before he can present a case in,conrt or at the bar. If he wishes further to become a notary public he must be at a further cost of $150. If, however, the young man's tastes run toward medicine, a license fee of $50 is 1 equired before he can practice. If he wants to get married and wishes a special license, in order to avoid be- ing, "cried" three Sundays in church, he roust pay $25 for it. If the English workman has a little savings in the bank, he mush pay the government 2c. for every check he draws. He mast pay the same for every receipt he draws over $5. All notes or due bills must bear a government stamp of from 25c. to several dollars according to the amount. If he keeps a dog he must have an annual license of $5 for each such canine. If he keeps a gun he must show a $2.50 license, and to shoot winged game he must pay $15. =l:1 be be a tradesman who keeps a horse or pony and wishes to have a carriage for the pleasure of his family, he must pay the government $2.50 per wheel per annum, thus we find many more two wheel than, four wheel carriages throughout England. These and many more of a like kind are "incidentals' which our Free Trade friends never refer to when picturing the beauties of "Free Trade as it is in England." SIR JOHN MISREPRESENTED. An attempt is being made to create the impression that Sir John Mac- donald was not a ,protectionist by con- viction, that the National Policy was forced upon him by his supporters and that he adopted it as a matter of ex- pediency. The evidence in favor of this theory is supplied by Mr. Goldwin Smith, who, when the National Policy was established and afterwards, was an intimate friend of SIr John. Cer- tain conversations which Dr. Smith had with the Conservative leader caused him, he alleges, to form this opinion. These conversations took place seventeen years ago. There are very few whose memories are so gond that they cat, accurately repeat convey. satione seventeen yaars sifter they took place. F+'oftunately' Air John Ataetlon, alrl,'s rcputtition for. .004steu07 and sincerity 'does . not ;depend upon the tenacity' of the 1piernoriy' of 3tr, 00W: - win frmith {or any other friend who feels Instilled is repeating what he be- lieves Was said. to hips tri the confidence of private intercourse, Years previous to I878'Sir John Macdonald expressed biniself as filvorable to policy of pro- tectioo for this Dominion. In a speech which he made in Montreal on Nevem- her 24, 1874, he said "Our, policy in the future will he what it bps been in the past. We have always ranee 1859, when Mr, (now Sir Alexander) (alt was Finance Aliofoter, anliounced our policy to be a protective policy, in the interest of our native in- dustries, and acting upon that policy we have held that the duties should be so imposed as to provide incidental pro- tection, and not to be so excessive as to prohibit importations." The next year, in 1876, he expressed a regret that the Liberal Government had not revised the tariff in such a way as would "afford encouragement and protection to struggling manufactures and industries as well as theagriceltur- al productions of the country." In 1887 a resolution of a similar import was presented by the Conservative op- position to the House of Comruons. So we see that for three years, at least, previous to the National Policy in 1878, Sur John Macdonald bad expressed himself favorable to a policy of protec- tion and had also declared his inten- tion, when his party should come into power, to establish such a policy. It was to carry out this declaration, to fulfil this pledge, that Sir John Mac- donald, the leader of the Conservative party, moved his famous National Poli- cy resolution in the session of 1878, This policy had not been suddenly ad- opted as a political expedient. Moder- ate protection had for many years been the policy of the Conservative party. In 1875 Sir John said that for sixteen years previous the Conservatives had favored that polio -v. LAURIER'S CO-WORKERS. Mr. Tarte a few year's ago was not so ardent an admirer of, the Liberal leader as he is today On one occasion, when Mr. Laurier was a candidate in Drum mond and Arthabaska county, Mr. Tarte thus wrote of him in his paper, Le Canadien :— "Mr. Laurier has commenced 'his elector:.e1 tour. To -morrow he will speak at Stanfold. He will probably have an opponent and will say all the untruthful things that he considers useful in his own defence. Mr. Laur ier is a man not wantin& in polish. " " He is without large ideas. * * The fact is that he has not yet pronounced a single discourse of nature to manifest in hirn a man of serious worth. His polished manners, his astuteness,- a certain ability in cot;cealing his princi- ples --not far removed from hyprocrisy —have won for him his popularity in the county." The picture is harsh, but n ot lacking in truth. Mr. Laurier has polish, astuteness, and a great deal of ability, both in concealing his principles, and in changing them after they are made known. For instance, in the famous declaration, "Thank God there are no Orangemen among us, the Liberals," he has "crawled under the barn" through the medium of this same paper, now his mouth piece, that first gave the statement the light of day. Mr. Tarte, who cannot we ll be separated from French Mr. Laurier, spoke at Montreal on the 18th of February last as follows in the presence of and on the same plat- form with the Liberal leader :— "My friend, Mr. Devlin. has told you that he did not wish to attack Sir Mac- kenzie Bowel! for being an Orangeman. On that point I differ from hien. Iat- tack Sir Mackenzie Bowell because he is an Orangeman.. Mark well, gentle- men, that Protestanism and Orangeism are not identical. In Protestantism there are moderate and tolerant men, hut Orangeism in the Province of Ontario has seized the reins of power. If Sir Adolphe Caron and il•1r. Ouimet were not leagued with Orangeism they would be first to confess that I speak the truth. In attacking Orange - ism I do no more than did the Honor- able Edward Blake in 1884. What dirt Mr. Blake say ? And you will admit, will you not, that Mr. Blake is no child? The man who has shown him- self able to contend in eloquence with men of Mr. Gladsto e's calibre is cer- tainly no child. Well, what did Mr. Blake say ?" Here is what Mr. Blake, who was once the leader of the Canadian gilt party and who has since become iden- tified with British politics and the Par- nell Irish Home Rule Party, said :— "There is no peace and harmony among the people of a country possible unless equal rights are recognized among English and French, Protest- ant and Catholics. And yet this soci- ety (the Orange society, which under the cloak of religion is essentially a political organization, seeks to destroy this sentiment of equality and fratern- ity by denouncing Catholics as strang- ers in this country, as enemies who must be exterminated." To this Mr. Tarte, Mr. Laurier's bo- som friend and co-worker, adds :— "These words . are- as true as they were in 1884. They were then and are still to -day the programme of the Re- form party, to which I am proud to be allied" It will now be in order for Mr. Tarte and Laurier to again "crawl under the barn." CURRENT TOPICS. Our esteemed town totem., if it fol- lows its party, will enter the next elec- tion campaign . singing the adopted campaign song, "For God and Right," while the 150 Conservative majority is concealed up his coat sleeve. Surely 1 Surely!! Mr. tanner should apply to his friend Dr. Landerkin for certificates as to the health of criminals, for he gave one in he case of McGreevy. Tired Feelih " Woo dingo;. Zt Is a lesions ,, cOnditionitika will lead ta, dlaal . tr-Ritcresllite if it le trot- 9vCr, come at once,, > Xt la a sure riga, that the blood. is impQvedghed Ana impure. Thebet trecnedyis ` a� OOD' Sarna a iii Which makes rich, red blood, and thaie gives strength atad etas. ttieity to the muscles, vigor to the brain and health and vitality to every part of the body. Hood's Sarsaparilla positively Makes the We k Strong "1 have used six bottles of Hood's Sar- saparilla as a general tonic and have enjoyed the best of health. Although 1 bad a strain o! work 1 have had no sick spells for many menthe and no lost. time, 86 I am doubly repaid." THOMAS S. BILL, 281 Brunelle Bt., Bt. John, New Brunswick, Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the Only i True " Iood Purifier Prominently In the public eye. Hood's PilAs eure habitual constlpa. tion. Price 250, per boa. IN BAD COMPANY. The leader of the Liberal party, Mr. Laurier, has many thnes proclaimed from the housetops his loyal.y to the Dominion. During his present Ontario campaign tour, however, he has select- ed some very questionable company to assist him in enlightening the be- nighted electors of this intelligent pro- vince. We notice the Attorney -Gen- eral of Nova Scotia, Hon. Mr. Longley, has come to assist in opposing the manufacturers and workmen, and possibly to disrupt Confederation, for he once wrote in the Week, a high class publication:— "The whole issue (of the National Pol- icy) hinges upon the question:—Is the Confederation a success? Can it ever be a success? If thinking men will lay aside their prejudices for a little, and look this question straight in the face, then we shall be able, perhaps, to reach an intelligible solution of the National Policy. If I had any confidence in this Confederation I would support a National Policy with all my heart. The ground upon which I would ven- ture to call in question its wisdom strikes at the, root of the confederrtion itself." • The Halifax Herald last week placed the "situation in a nutshell when it said :— "He is anxious, as he has over and over again avowed, to smash the Can- adian union into its original elements, so that it might the more easily he ab- sorbed by 'the continent to which he belongs.' It is, as he himself said, he. cause he is an eneiny of a united Can- ada that he opposes the National Pol- icy. And in taking that course it is but fair to him to say he is not singu- lar. So far as we know, every enemy of Canada, evhether insid3 or outside the country—every seccessionist, every annexationist, every fenian, &very Yan- kee tail twister or sympathizer, every enemy and traitor of every kind and degree—is as much opposed to the Na- tional Policy as is J. W. Longley-" Political Points. In the fact that the Dominion Gov- ernment is being urged to put a tax on natural gas there is nothing that need disturb any of the Liberal orators. The commodity thatsome ot them pro- duce is unfortunately, not taxable. Old Aesop did Mr. Laurier a gond tutn when he wrote the fable of the wind and sun. But a taste for fables and fiction should not be encouraged, especially in a politician. It is only to fishermen that encouragement should be given. •Mr. G. W. Ross told one of the audiences he addressed last week that under the superannuation system ex. officials were drawing fat pensions, al- though they had contributed little or nothing to the pension fund. There was Mr. Trudeau, ex -Minister of Pub- lic Works, for example. He had made a meagre subscription, and was now enjoying himself at the expense of the country. The audience which listened to Mr. Ross' speeches will know how much reliance to place in his utterances when it is pointed out that Mr. Tru- deau is not enjoying himself at the expense of the country. As a matter of fact, Mr. Trudeari is dead. He dis- appeared from the scene shortly after he withdrew from the Government employ, years ago. If Mr. Ross can prove that be ill drawing anything from the treasury he had better do it at once. If not, he should apologize to Mr. Trudeau's bereaved family for the mean use he made of that lamented gentleman's name. Mr. Laurier kissed four little girls on Wednesday, two on Tuesday, two on Saturday, and several others during the earlier part of the campaign. And yet the Tories say he is making no im- pression, The recent campaign in New Bruns- wick seems to have been carried on somewhat bitterly by some of the newspapers. The Fredericton Herald, for instance, observes: --"For skunk Journalism commend us to the St. ohn Record under Mr. Fenety's management." It is probable, how- ever,that the Record'sournalism is less objectionable than the Herald's ad- jecti yes. John McMillan, i M. P. for South Huron, regaled the assembled. Libor/rig at Mita WI Wednesday With a tote- deanation of a law which hue been pealed for tiearlqlive years, The e go, lEvery Suit o 10.Phes., Men's a nd Boys. Every Overcoat,both,]YIe n and Boys " r � l Will go at iiiMplesa • Rig yourselves out not ., ILROY & WISEMAN. St. Srancis Oil, The New Cure for Pheumatism, for,$ale by us only. We are also offering MAGNETIC DYES AT 50. A PACKAGE. Each package will dye two pounds of goods a fast and beautiful color. Will dye either cotton or wool, 0 JAS H. COMBE a111111NOsosaes Chemist and Druggist. "farmers' friend" thinks the farmers are ignoraut, and that he can play upon thein. During the session of Parliament a circular was issued at Ottawa and printed in several of the Liberal papers, intimating that the policy of the party is at present free trade ; but that if the farmers would like it changed, the leaders would be prepared to make the desired altera- tion. Those farmers who were favour- able to a change were to write Mr. Mc- Millan to •that effect, but his political sagacity seems to have once more over- shadowed his memory. As usual he proved that he was willing to be shady in his declarations it a point could be made "agin the government." McMillan is a farmer and a Grit lying politician, and cares more for the un- righteous success of his party than for the honest success of the farmer. Last year, when twitted with keep- ing apart from his leader in the orator- ical business, Sir Richard Said, "Wolves travel in packs ; lions go alone." This year Sir Richard seems to be a wolf. According to the Hamilton Spectator "Mr. Laurier is like the eagle. When soaring in the blue empyrean of rhe- torical generalities he is a graceful and pleasant figure; but bring him clown to the ground of bawl facts and make him walk thereon, and you see him flound- er and flutter and hop about in a most ungraceful and ridiculous manner. The gifted Frenchman should never condenscend to descend to facts. He should always soar. He is a bird." This opinion will no doubt receive nu- merous endorsations. It might be im- proved, however, by adding something to the effect that his plumage is too multi -coloured for the Canadian cli- mate. At Mr. Lanrier's Delta meeting Mr. McMillan, M. P. for South Huron, told the story of a man's conversion from protection to free trade ideas. He said that a certain ma,n, having heard him (Mr. McMillan) condemn the National Policy in 1878, pronounced him "the greatest jackass he had ever seen," In 1882 he was ot the same opinion. "In 1887," said Mr. McMilan, "be was doubt- ful whether the long ears were on bis or Mr. McMillan's head, and in 1892 he was perfectly satisfied that the long ears were not upon Mr. McMillanbut upon himself." There could not be the slightest doubt of the asininity of the man who had changed from protection doctrine to free trade fallacy : but w,hy does Mr. McMillan call the pervert an ass ? 1 Mr, Tarte told his audience at Syden- ham that he had not changed. He is, he says, the sante fellow. That is just what is the matter. The fact is Tarte cannot change. Can a leopaad change his spots ? The Grit journals of Ontario will have to call that man Tarte down.Fri- dty, standing on Mr. Laurier plat- form, and before and within he of . � a lot of people, the awful man"ca ed Mr. Laurier "a Frenchman 1" We are not sure that Monsieur Tarte will endear himself to the people of On- tario by announcing as be did on Friday that he had not changed. Israel is the sort of man in whom any Change is al- most certain to be an improvement. klll101IJlOOfflf3flt. —o— I beg to announce that I have purchas- e3 the JEWELRY BRIMS of Mr. Horace Jackson, and will continue the same. I shall endeavor, by careful atten- tion to my business, and by carry- ing goods that will be "JUST WHAT YOU WANT" to merit a share of your patron- age. Call on me. W. G. DOHERT)1 n, AIRES. Mr. Sydney Smith, who has had a long experience as watch maker, will look after the repairingdepart- ment, and all repairs entrusted to me will be promptly and carefully attended to. "Nothing Like Leather." i 1f . t O The Olde Way of selling shoes was to eta patron as. neer as possible from the stock on hand—and "let it go at that." The main object was to make a sale. The new way is to either Rive a perfect fit or none. Moet foot can 1,o fitted at' our store troth the stook in hand. Now and then It is neoeasary to order a spec- ial shape for an unusually narrow, broad or thlok foot. We invite people who ostially have troable lii•°gett- ing rlght•sleaped shoes to come to us next time. we believe they will appreciate oar "now Way" of selling footwear. d O aOnr business is steadily increasing and if we keep on at the same gait we will soon do one of the Largest o Boot and Shoe businesses in the West. OWe want everybody to see our Stock, which is New and Up-to-date in Style. Our prices are the lowest that can be offered on a Cash Basis. 0 0 d 0 &JICk$ON, CHSON the New Shoe Firm. ft