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WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER 30th, 1895.
THE HISTORY OF PRO7 ECTION IN
THE UNITED STATES.
The histroy of the United States front
the adoption of her constitution in
1789 to the present time, is one con-
tinued argument in favor of Protec•
tion. An unbiased study of the his-
tory of the United States proves con-
clusively that all the prosperity enjoyed
by the American people from the
foundation of the Government till to-
day, has been under the reign of Pro-
tective principles: and all the bard
times suffered by the American people
in the same period, have been preceded
by a heavy reduction of duties on im-
ports, or by insufficient protection.
The very first Act of the First Con-
gress of the United States, affecting the
country, was an Act establishing a
protective tariff by their first presi-
dent, George Washington. The young
nation at once began to prosper.
Washington said in one of bis mes•
sages to Congress that "our agriculture,
commerce and manufactures prosper,
under the tariff of 1789, beyond ex-
ample." Again he said, "Congress
has repeatedly, and not without success,
directed their attention to the encour-
.agement of manufactures. The object
is of too much consequence not to in-
sure a continuance of their efforts in
every way which shall appear eligible."
In 1812 the war with Great Britain
began, and in order to raise money to
carry it on, Congress nearly doubled
the tariff duties, greatly to the benefit
of the country and of its home indus-
tries. English war vessels practically
destroyed all importance from foreign
countries to the States, thus practically
compelling them to erect factories and
foundries of their own and start new
industries to supply their necessities.
Notwithstanding the three years war
•the country made rapid progress in
national wealth and manufacturing
Ability.
In 1816, for no other reason, appar-
ently, than the love of change, Congress
r pealed ,the *ziiittug 70410 ,Skean and
+ittlopted what was' .practically Vireo,
Trade* Prittat Pitootacturere at catpe
decided to take.paset8slhn of the new
commercial, field', ae'they salty them,
salves, their object was oto stifle in the
cradle those intent ..i aqufacttwers
which Protection anal the war h4 built
up in America." Nilee, the Aineriean
historian, says, in writing of this per-
iod :
"It is notorious that great toms of
money were expended by the British
to destroy our flocks of sheep, that
they might thereby ruin our manufac-
turers. They bought. up. and immedi-
ately slaughtered great numbers of
sheep ; they bought our best machinery
and sent it off to England, and hired
our best and most skillful workmen to
go to England, simply to get them out
of this country, and so hinder and de-
stroy our existing manufacturers."
Great depression in all branches of
business at once followed. Bankruptcy
soon became general, and financial
ruin was everywhere present.
This disastrous state of affairs went
on till 1824, when the people with a
mighty effort resolved to endure it no
longer, and in that year Congress
again passed a protective tariff; more
rigid than any of the previous ones.
President `Munroe said the object was
to give "additional protection to those
articles tivhich we are prepared to
manufacture." The results were quick
and helpful. President Jackson, in
1828, in his message, said : "Our
country presents, on every side, marks
of prosperity and happiness, unequall-
ed, perhaps, in any other portion of the
world."
In 1833, the enemies of Protection
rallied their forces and again secured
control of Congress. Protection was
abandoned, and again financial depres-
sion followed ; assignments and bank-
ruptcies resulted everywhere ; manu-
facturers suspended operations and
business grew worse and worse, till
the culmination was reached in the
financial crash of 1837, one of the most
appalling and disastrous financial re-
vulsions ever known.
This state of laffairs went on till
1842, when the Protectionists again
got control and passed a highly pro-
tective tariff. President Tyler vetoed
the bill, hut Congress carried it over
his veto—Tyler was a Southener, and
the South was always for Free Trade,
owing to their oheap slave labor. Pro-
tection again brought prosperity, and
in 1840 President Polk said: •
"The progress of our country in her
career of greatness, in resources and
wealth, and in the happy condition of
our people, is without example in the
history of nations.,"
In 1848, however, the South having
again succeeded in gettingpower, and
being, as we have alreadintimated,
irrevocably committed to Free Trade,
the protective tariff was again repealed,
and though delayed for a few years by
the Mexican war, the famine in Ire-
land, the discovery of gold in Cali-
fornia and the Crimean war, the same
dire results followed. President James
Buchanan said of that distressful Free
Trade peroid
"With unsurpassed plenty in all pro-
uctions and all the elements of
atural wealth, our manufacturers
ave suspended ; our public works are
handoned ; and thousands of useful
Lbor•ers are thrown out of employmeut
nd reduced to want. We have pos-
essed all the elements of material
ealth in rich abundance, and yet,
otwithstanding all these advautages,
ur country, in its monetary interests,
in a deplorable condition."
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In 1881, Protection was agai
adopted and maintained practicall
without interruption for over 30 year
During that tirne her wealth increase
from $16,000,000,000 to over $60,000
000,000, and it is estimated tha
$8,000,000,000 worth was destroye
during the great Civil war. Iter wealt
per capita has increased in that tim
from $415 to over $1,000. In thos
thirty years of Protection the Unite
States earned over one-half of the su
added to the world's wealth. He
manufactures increased during thos
thirty years from $1,800,000,000 t
over $7,000,000,000. In 1860 be
foreign trade amounted to $60,000,000
in 1890 it was $1,750,000,000. I
1860 she had 30,625 miles of railway ;
in 1890 she had over 170,000—enough
to wrap around the earth at the equa-
tor seven times, and more than all the
railways in Europe put together. Dur-
ing t.hoie thirty years of protection the
value of her farm wealth more than
doubled.
In 1890 the McKinley Bill was passed,
which very largely increased the tariff
duties on such articles as can be pro-
duced in the United States, at the
same time greatly extending the free
list by adding to it all such articles that
cannot be produced to advantage an
the country. Under the operation of
this Act, in less than two years over
$40,000,000 were invested in new or
enlarged industries providingwork for
37,285 additional hands. Wages were
higher than ever they had been in the
history of the nation and great general
prosperity prevailed.
In the election of November, 1892,
the Free Traders won, and in a few
months the greatest consternation pre-
vailed throughout the whole country.
The manufacturers filled their standing
orders as soon as possible. This kept
business somewhat brisk for about six
months. Then the crash came. Wages
were reduced, employees dismissed and
factories closed. Over seven hundred
hanks suspended and dire distress was
felt everywhere. In less than a year
from the Free Trade victory at the
polls, President Cleveland's message to
Congress contained the following signi-
ficant words :—
"With plenteous crops, with abund-
ant promise of remunerative produc-
tion and rnnnufacture, with unusual
invitation to safe investment, and with
satisfactary assurance to business en-
terprise, suddenly financial distrust
and fear have sprung up on every side.
Values supposed to be flxed are fast
becoming conjectural, and loss and
failure have involved every branch of
business."
In two years the decrease of the out-
put of factories was 50 per cent., the
falling off of the number of hands em-
ployed Was 30 per cent. and the de-
crease in the amount of wages earned
was 45 per cent.
The experience of two years fear of
Free Trade, however, brought the
American people to their senses, and
in the November elections of 1894, the
Free Taade party was literally wiped
Out of existence. As was frequently
in+ld dtllsing•the cemito, the people
"bed learned through sir stomachs
what., the.y thio, it then
br+illns24 .spat; West, North, South,
cityt town and: country alike contr-,
bated to the, result, and noir, being
satisfied that Do more Free Trade
legislation, can betpassed, the country
JO, already- begienipg to show sins of
aveekenett prppe;•ity,
ABOG;Zi04iifP,Ai,70247 SO4vOS.
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After carefully reading it, we must.
any that we are pleased with the new
battle song of the Grits which is to be
used to fire the hearts of the faithful in
the coming general election. As an
article of Canadian Manufacture it will
compare favorably with imported
goods, and should be classed among
those home industries fostered by the
National Policy. But we observe in it,
here and there, obscurities of meaning
and oversights in workmanship, which
mar the beauty of this noble poem and
tend largely to soil its powerful and
sublime effect. Take for instance the
very flrst line, "Ring the knell of
boodle, boys, ring it loud and long,"
we think it is n'uch to be regretted
that the author did not say what boys
were to do the pulling on the ropes on
thisoyful occasion. Whether it was
the Harty boys, or the Tarte boys, or
the Pacaud and Langelier boys, an un-
happy omission which must, to a con-
siderable extent, ditninish the enthus-
iasm of the pure -Minded; clean•handed
Grit vocalist. Again look at the sec-
ond line, "Ring it with a spirit, that
will wake, and thrill the throng," is a
very awkward arrrangement of words,
under some circumstances impossible
of pronunciation, and would undoubt-
edly ,tangle up the tip of the tongue
of any poor but incorruptible Liberal
who had been indulging, even just a
little. in pigs feet, nnd•lager beer—at
Mr. Hyman's expense of course. Be-
sides the 'thrill seems to follow
too soon on the 'wake,' time
should be given to the unsus-
pecting throng to rub their eyes
open, tumble out of bed and get them-
selves into presentable shape before
the 'thrill' begins. We therefore
respectfully submit to the committee
who have on hand the preparation of
Grit literature for the next campaign,
that the first verse of this inspiring
ballad should be written after this
fashion :
'Ring the knell of boodle, Harty, ring
it loud and long,
Buy the Kingston beggars, up, scoop
them right along,
And the Grits will sing our praises in a
strain of lofty song
For we're marching on to yic-tor-ee.'
Now the reader is not to believe that
we have a very high opinion of our
own ability to write Grit Campaign
Songs. Still we are vain enough to
imagine that the jingle of our rhymes
is just as good as the original and we
are certain the meaning is clearer, and
the sentiment perfectly in accord with
the practice.
• CURRENT TOPICS.
It is only by sophistical and fallacious
reasoning, by bold assumption, or by
utterly ignoring all facts, that the Free
Traders are able to make comments.
"Our years of signal disaster and
depression have been those in which
our ports were most easily flooded
with foreign goods."—Horace Greely.
The tariff policy of the American
National Grange is expressed in these
words : "Protect the product of the
farm as well as the product of the fac-
tory."
The total foreign trade of the United
States was $310,545,410 less in 1:x!4,
under the so-called "Revenue -Tariff -
W ilson Bill," than it was in 1892, under
the McKinley Bill.
Canada is the only country in the
world whose foreign trade increased
during the past five years. The in-
crease was $22.390,000, In the same
period Great Britain's trade decreased
$325,000,000.
The alleged wholesale murderer
Holmes is on trial in Philadelphia, and
it is to be hoped the American law will
not prove too loose to allow a tight
hemp rope to be placed about his neck.
The unveiling of the Sir John Mac-
donald statue by the Premier at King-
ston last week marks another event
which will adorn the pages of Canadian
history.
Oats have lately been selling in Chi -
ago for less than 18e per bushel, and
in Toronto in the local market for 27c.
Free Trade in oats would not help the
Canadian farmer much at the present
time, would it?
While Mr. M. C. Cameron has been
nominated by the Reformers to con-
test West Huron, his own friends are
aware of the fact that his candidature is
being very coldly received. The Re-
formers do not desire a bye -election
contest. They would much rather re-
serve their forces for the general elec-
tion.
Of the thirty million dollars worth
of free goods imported into Canada in
1878, nearly fourteen million of it was
for hreadstuffs which entered into com-
petition with our farmers' products in
their home markets. Last year under
the N. P., of the fifty million dollars
worth of free goods imported, less than
two million of it was for breadstuffs.
This shows how the National Policy
keeps the Canadian home market for
the Canadian home producer.
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Bayfield.
RRIEFS.—The big gun again. It is
decided to change the position next
year. The thing "shoots" off too
much.—Merchants, mechanics and oth-
ers report business brisk, money plenty
and generally' no complaints.—Judge
Doyle held a session of the Division
Court a few days ago. Some very
interesting cases came up for trial and
decision.—The friends of Mr. John
Esson are happy to see him return for
a visit, looking well and hearty.—
Relief is expressed that the eleven -by -
nine abortion called by itself "The
Tizer" has become of the past. We
can now look out into our back yards.
Tho news fiend has gone on to take up
his supplementals.—A lady residing
not one hundred miles from here, sent
to a neighboring town for deposit, not
a small sum of money. The hank can
find no trace. "Where, Oh, where is
the money gone?"—In the excavation
near an old building on Friday last a
skeleton, supposed to be the relic of an
Indian, and a number of flint arrow
heads were found. The coroner has-
tened to the scene, but to 1 the bones
had vanished.—Our Reeve's new house
is not quite finished, but is expected to
be by Christmas or New Years.—Last
Sabbath the Forresters attended in a
body St. Andrew's (Presbyterian)
church. A most eloquent, impressive
and able sermon by the Rev. Mr.
Graham was appreciated by all.—One
of the most violent wind storms of the
seasdn commenced on Sunday evening
last and continued Monday. ' Consider-
able damage was done. 65 miles an
hour was-recorded.—Mr, Jas. Thomp-
son has his steam mill on the 3rd con.,
Goderich township,nearly in operation.
—Mr. John Woods, Goderich town-
ship, reports a bear on his farm last
evening (Monday) near the locality
where Cooper met with the accident
last week.
Myth.
INTERESTING ITEMS.—Mrs. William
Felker has returned from a two weeks
visit amongst friends in Colhorne.—On
Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock a
lecture is to be given in Trinity church
on English church history by the Rev.
H. D. Steele. At the close of the
lecture a silver collection will be taken
up. All are cordially invited to be
present.—Our town daddies will meet
for regular business on Monday even-
ing next in Industry hall.—There was
a wedding in to wn on Wednesday last.
—Our tax collector, Mr. John Bell,,was
on his annual rounds last, week.—Mr.
Alex. McKellar returned from his trip
to the Northwest on Friday.—Mr.
Dugald McKeller, who had been carry-
ing on the dry goods business in this
town for a number of years, left her
on Thursday with his family for
Strathroy, where he intends going into
business.—On Thursday Mr. and Mrs.
Howard drove over to Clinton to see
an intimate friend there, Mr. William
Argent and his wife, take their depar-
ture for Old England. The young
couple were recently married and will
spend the honeymoon with relatives in
England, returning in the spring.—
Mrs. Walker, after a lengthy vial,;
amongst friends and old acquaintances,
left for her home in Chicago on Thurs-
day.—On Saturday a large number of
people, both from country and town,
wended they way down to the railway
depot tee see the C. P. R. Exhibition
Car. They all were much pleased with
the contents of it.—Holy Communion
in Trinity church on Sunday morning
next.
Summerhill.
The following officers were elected
for Summerhill LodgeNo. 220, I. 0. G.T.,
at last meeting —Chris. Lowery, C. T.;
Geo. W. Hill, V. T.; Wm. Butts, Chap.;
D. Burns, Sec.; G. M. Kitty, Fin -Sec.;
D. Barr, Treas.; John Hill, M.; Win.
Williams, D. M.; E. Mcllveen, G.; H.
Williams, Sent.; Jas. Rapson, S. J. T.;
Stewart Hill, Ad, Sec.; R. J. Draper, P.
C. T.
The Rev. Wm. Stout will preach a
sermon to the Orangemen on Sunday
morning the 3rd. prox. at 11 A. M. All
Orangemen are cordially invited to be
tresent.
Mr. Geo. Hill has sold another fine
horse.
With a vacancy in West Huron, the
resignation of R. S. White in Card-
well, and the death of Frank Madill in
North Ontario, there will in all pro-
bability be three by-elections in this
Province before the next session of the
Dominion House. The seats were all
held by Conservattyes.
Get a Suit dor your boy er�
Get a Suit for yoirself
All at Wholesale Pries here
As we are going out of the
Clothing Business.
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JAS _ H. COME
Varna.
Many of our readers will regret to
learn of the very sudden death of Rev.
J. A. McConnell, (formerly of Varna)
Presbyterian minister at Watson's cor-
ners, in the county of Lanark, and at
one time pastor of the Bayfield road
and Blake congregations of this county.
It seems that while sitting at tea on
Saturday evening (a week ago), Mr.
McConnell suddenly fell from his chair
and expired almost immediately. Neu-
ralgia ofthe heart was the cause of
death. Deceased was an Irishman -by
birth, and was 59 years of age. Mrs.
McConnell and family still reside on
their farm near Varna, and the re-
mains of the deceased were brought
re-
-mains
and interred in Bayfield ceme-
tery. The sincerest sympathy of many
friends will be extended to Mrs. Mc-
Connell and family in this the hour of
their terribly sudden bereavement.
Mr. McConnell was ordained to the
ministry in Central Missouri in Decem-
ber, 1864, and came to this country and
was inducted in the Presbytery of Bar-
rie iu November, 1873. He has also held
charges in Tottenham and at Delaware
in the London Presbytery. For the
last few years he has had charge of
two stations, one at Dalhousie and the
other at Watson's Corners, in Lanark
county.
Londesboro.
Dr. W. J. McCollum, of Toronto, will
take charge of Dr. Agnew's practice
here until the recovery of the latter.
Dr. McCollum is a scholarship man
from Toronto Univesity and has recent-
ly spent a year as surgeon in the
Toronto General Hospital. He comes
highly recommended and will be found
in Dr. Agnew's office any time after
to -day.
Goderich Township.
SHOOTING MATCH.—The members of
L. 0. L. No. 189, 7th con., Goderich
township, have decided to have a
shooting match for fowl on the fifth of
November in the afternoon i at the
Orange hall. Rifles and shot guns to
he used. A fowl supper will be given
at night, to be served from seven
o'clock to eight o'clock. An entertain-
ment will he given in the hall, for which
an admission fee will be charged of 25c.
and 15c.
Chemist and
Druggist.
Ladies, clean th
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by Hodgens Bros., sole agents for the
Perrin, Frerers and Alexandre Kid
Gloves in all the most desirable shades,
dressed and undressed, lace and button.
The world's record for railway speed
over a great distance was broken 'by a
special train on the Lake Sore and
Michigan Southern Railwa which
ran from Chicago to Buffalo, a (stance
of five hundred and ten miles, in four
hundred and eighty-one minutes and
seven seconds, an average speed of
63.60 miles an hour.
THE BOY WANTS A
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Every boy does. It's a laudable long-
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have just the watch for him. Some-
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we will guarantee as 0. K. in all re-
spects. Open face, stem wind and set
The price is Our popular watch is a 10 K Gold fill-
ed case, guaranteed. Open face, screw
back and front, stem wind, and set.
Excellent Elgin or Waltham works,
also guaranteed. Price
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We guarantee satis facon
in Repairs or your money
back.
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WII G. DOHERTY.
COOPER'S BLOCK.
"Nothing Like Leather."
The Old Way
of aolling shoes was to fit a patron as
near as possibie from the stook on band—and "let it
go at that." The main obieot waS to make a sale.
The new way le to either gives perfect fit or none,
Most feet can be fitted at our store from the stock in
hand. Now and then 1t 1s necessary to order a spec-
ial shape for an unusually narrow, broad or,thfok
foot.
We Invite people who usually have trouble In gett-
ing right -shaped shoes to Sone to ns next time. We
believe they will appreciate our "now way" of selling
footwear.
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Our business is steadily increasing
and if we keep on at the came gait
we will soon do one of the Largest
Boot and Shoe businesses in the
West.
We 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.
JACKSON & JACIiSO1IT,
The New Shoe Firm.
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