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they did it. In 1878 we exported 1182,000,- NEWS NOTES
000 worth of animals and farm produce
raised within Canada, whereas in 1894 the A 20-monthe' old baby whioh weighs 95
exports were 1152,000,000 8o far from pro-
tection creating a secure home market for
the farmer, he is more dependent than ever
upon the foreign market where competi-
tion ie unrestrained.
Mr Raneford lays (stress on the number
The Tariff andof sores in Great Britain once given over to
grain raising that are not so need to -day.—
Is he aware that in Canada a similar state
Space did not allow ne to refer to Mr of affairs exists. In Ontario, according to
Ranaford'e letter last week. Outside of the census reports, there was a decrease in
the wheat area between 1880 and 1890 of
the deoreaee in English land values, the 500,000 aores—fro n 1,930,000 to 1,430,000—
scheduling of Canadian cattle allude] to, I in Quebeo, Nova Scotia and New Bruns -
first to last, wee little more than aesump-
the Faruer.
lbs. was a ourioaity at the Union Station,
Toronto, on Tuee syn,
Great Britain's steam tonnage was
9,77 3,082 tons in 1880; in 1895 it was 5,740.-
243
,740:243 tone. Not much decay in thst record.
Hannah Hatton, aged about 23 years, was
murdered half a mile from Holland. Man.,
on her way home about 10 o'olookat night.
Biamark celebrated his 81st birthday on
Wednesday.. The Iron Chancellor is
spending his last days quietly on his coun-
try et tate.
f 80000Lient.-Col. Amyot, one of the Coneer-
wink oover ,. I votive French-Canadian members of Par -
tion. He did not advance one atom .of , Mr Bamford believes, with a big YES, i liament, died suddenly at his home in Qae-
proof in support of his arguments. Itis an that proteotion is a good thing for Canada. bee last Sunday night. I Toronto and the Northwest are both in
easythin for as one to say"I believe Then, if he is right, it should be a good i evidence.
this," or "I believe that," busomething thing for the farmers, who constitute so Commandant Herbert Booth announced Mr Long told Dr. Montague that he
more than mere assertion is necessary in large a part of Canada. The daily Bullet- at Winnipeg that he would leave Canada was not able to hold out any hope
order to be convincing. We are a little Bur- ie. issued by R. G. Donn & Co., ou March, on June lst to take command of the Salva- that the British Government would be
prised that Mr Ransford declares himself 1 16, 1896, shows that 109 chattel mongagee, two Army in Australia. able to modify the cattle bill, but
so strongly a believer in the N. P., beoeuee were given by farmers iu Ontario in one Col. Amyot's death makes the thirteenth would be compelled to consult the in -
we know that he has not always been of day. At that rate upwards of 34,117 chat- vacancy in the House of Commons since terests of the farmers,
that opinion. However, now that he is up-
holding a measure whioh a great many
other people are regarding se "e delusion
and a snare," to nee no stronger term, we
would like to present some facts for his
consideration, and for the public at Targe,
not directly as an answer to his letter,
but bearing thereon.
The records of the registry offices indi-
oate a steady rise in farm land values, d
same report upwards of 400 writs, inict-
from the early days down to 1879. The P Presulted in a loos oY $3,700 o h 75 0011 de d. WhengeThom sun returned he
same records in the same offices, indicate menta and chattel mortgages were record • lio•inda handled. The equipment cost $14, P
that since the Conservative government ed. Mr Bamford might also explain how 000 more. The value of the better at 'l0 found the dead body.
gave protection to the farmers, a steady fall 1 tis that, nwnotwithstanding
twitstandin rural the opening
populationeinf cents a pound was only 116,000. Great bus- I Edward Blake, the Canadian statesman,
in the value of farm land has taken plane. territory, ineae that( was suddenly seized with illness in the lobby
This fall in farm land values is aoknow- of Ontario—the banner province of the Do -
The trial of August Kurschinski, on the of the House of Commons last night and
ledged by the Conservatives, and daring the minion—according to the census, was much charge of murdering Albert Jeanneret in 1-11 down. His face was ghastly pale, and
tour of some of the Cabinet
ministers, was less in 1893—the last official figures—than a berry patch near Brealan, was opened at he was attacked with such a violent fit of
accounted for then, by assuming that the in 1891. Berlin, and concluded Tuesday, when a coughing that he appeared to be oboking.
farmers have become more extravagant and Mr Raneford professes to be sanguine verdict "not guilty,;' was reached. The Irish members and officials searched
leindustrious eine(' 1878 that an appeal to the people will show that
NEWS NOTES.
Mr G. Cloutier was killed at Ottawa
by jumping of! a u owing train.
Mr G. W. Lawrence, barrister, and
City Treasurer of Stratford, died sud-
denly.
L. H. Smith & Co.'s bank at Forest
was robbed of 81,500, the safe being
blown to pieces.
The Winnipeg school conference has
closed, and Attorney -General Sifton
announces that no settlement has
been arrived at.
There are 460 empty stores in 'reroute.
A. speculative boom, whether in land or
brink acd lime, is always demoralizing.
tel mortgages would be given by farmers in last session, all sesta held by Cousorvatives.
this prcvinoe in one year. It is not usually. Thirteen is the unlucky number.
regarded as a very good aign when a chat-
tel mortgage is given; in fact good linen- The Hamilton Herald points out that Sir
niers regard it se 'host deplorable and proof Charles Tupper has queer ideas on a lot of
of the stringency of the times. And this is subjects and one of hie queerest is to think
the record of one day only, in one Province,
under the beneficent influence of the N. P.
Can Mr Raosford produce a similar record
under the ex. etence of a low tariff? In the
Wm. Wood, who belonged in the Canad-
ian Provinces, shot himself dead on Wed-
nesday at the house of 0 A Thompson of
Dedham, Maine, who employed him.
Wood was insane. In the absence of the
that he can win Pr..mier ;rreenway's affeo- family Wood went upstairs and taking a
tion by banging him on the head with an ) rifle, shot holes in the mirrors, and furni-
empty bottle. tura generally. Tiring of this, be stood on
The Dominion Government's butter deal I the top stair, shot himself through the
m e d d plunged to the bottom of the stairs
let's theyare still in favor of protection. Per- i for doctors, but 'ices in the House. After
Dir Ransford'a contention is that the fallP The Montreal correspondent of The a glass of water, Mr Blake recovered, and
is universal, 1 and protection has nothing to haps they are, but an experience of 18 years
Week writes:—" In this oity, at any rate, aaid he was subject to like attacks, but he
o with t
d •th •t Some of the best informed po• should convince intelligent thinking men : Mr Laurier's course is warmly approved by left the building looking ill, much to the
• that the countryneeds s change. That the
Racal economists claim that the real real- g the French Liberals, and I am seaared by alarm of Irish airolea.
i xaa N. P, is not the best olio for the oountr
on Is, the price of all the farm.[a have to but that a revenue tariff—necessary byria one .whose knowledge is extensive that the �
sell is fixed in Liverpool, whilst the price ofY same feeling of unswerving loyalty to their
the things they mnst buy is fixed (under son of our enormous debt—bearing as light- leader is universal throughout the Prov -
protection,) by the amount of influence the ly as oiroumatanoes will admit, is the best ince. I again repeat what 1 have said more
combines can bring to bear on the Govern- policy for the country. The N. P. has not than once in this column, that Mr Lsur-
ment at Ottawa. A noticeable featura of fulfilled the claims of tts suprortere. It ier's personality in this Province dwarfs
the system is that wherever protection has has not developed the resources of the every other issue, and that the Conserve,
gone the highest, farm land values have fel- country. It has not created a home mar- Lives must match him with Chapleau if
len the lowest. The farm lands of New ket. It is not a blessing to the farmer.— they are to hold their own here, let alon6
York State, on the south side of the River The daily list of failures in tl.e commer- making gain. Those who imaf,ine that
the history of Canada when the
from the time they introduced proteSt. Lawrence, steadily, declined in value oial world indicates that there never was a his attitude in the House will cost him
otiun period in dear, in 1'`renah votes will be mistaken.
in the U. S. in the sixties, down to 1879; industrious toilers, farmers, and merchants If the church were to declare war against
during the same poriod the farm lands of have found it so difficult to make a living. him he would suffer, of coarse; but it ap-
Ontario, bordered by the north shore of the Canada has resources in abundance, and pears now that this danger has about
-St. Lawrence, steadily increased in value; under proper conditions health, wealth and blown over,"
since we introduced protection, thew farm happiness ehodid be ours.
Dr. Perkin, R
lands of Ontario on the north side of the 3t.
Lawrence have fallen in value 40"x. Eioce NEWS NOTES
The new Dominion Parliament will uselessness of trying to seduce Great Brit-
prnbably meet in July, ain from her free trade policy by direct ap-
peal. He said there are men still living in
Mr. William Patterson w�.s struck Yorkshire and Lancashire who remember
by a train near Brampton and killed. what were the conditions before free trade
Mr David Eakin, a prominent nasi- inaugurated. Some of them had told htirr
in addressin the Tot onto
Board of Trade upon Inter -Imperial re-
lations, was sensible enough to admit She
the passage of the Wilson -Gorman Bill,
which greatly reduoed the tariff of the U.S.
farm land values have steadily risen.
If farmers would cnly remember that
the only possible way they can utilize
their surplus products is by exchanging
them for things they do not or oan not pro•
daoe, they would soon put an end to a sys-
tem of taxation'w..ich obliges them to pay
-a high price fur all they have to buy, whilst
the things they sell are subject to the free
action of the cheapening effect of all modern
improvements. Where a free exchange of
the products of the farm for the proouots of
manufacture is possible, as in Great Brit-
ain, this cheapening effect of modern im-
provements would increase the farmer's
margin of profits, for the simple reason that
labor saving devices can be applied continu-
ously to manufactures of the products of
the mine and forest, nature having done
her work ages ago, whilst for the products
of the farm we must await the advent of
the seasons and depend on the caprine of
Dame Nature. The result is that in Great
Britain, according to Mr Dunhall, labour
saving devices increased the productiveness
of labour applied to manufacture •L00% be-
tween 1841 and 1880, whilst the labour sav-
ing devices only increased the productive-
ness of labour applied to agriculture 40%
during the same period. According to the
same au hority, farm land valnes, as indi-
cated by rents and tithes, advanced 36%
daring the same period, (an infallible sign
of inoreased farmer's profits.) The at-
tempt to protect our farmers can never be
snooessfu as long as they produce a surplus
for export. The pride paid for export will
almost invariably govern the price paid for
home oonenmption,;and that price will bet
fixed In the country that imports the larg-
est amount of this surplus, whioh at pre-
sent is Great Britain.
Then the N. P. that Mr Ransford is so
much in love with, was to give us a "homemarket." The Canadians were going to
consume all they raised. Let's see how
dent o ior
d t f U ti vine,ruwne t was d d 'n a of the abject misery and suffering, e
millpond a it c d t Ih t place Saturday bread riots, the agony of spirit through
At Broadway Tabernacle, Toront , hio
h England fought its way to free trade
ii
and the revolution in the condition or the
on Sunday the congregation raised artizan that followed the repeal of the corn
the sum of $2,21)(1 its tneir anti free laws. The great mass of the people shrunk
will ulcering. instinctively from anything that would in -
The amount paid in 1 he for m of in- crease the price of the penny loaf. Mr
terest to shareholders in public com- Parkin advised laving emphasis on the
p tnies in Britain annually If' something policy of making the empire self-sufficient
like E220,O00,000. And Britain is the in its food supply. Cauadians may as well
country that upholds trade freedom in cease orying for retrogression in England.
•
spite of the declaration by SirC. H. and set to work to reform their own tartff,
'hipper that she is going to the wall which is fifty times worse than anything
in consequence of that principle. The Englishmen would tolerate.
tuutheland remains right side up.
The Globe's Ottawa correspondent says:
Rev. R. P. Bowles of Clinton Street
Met hodist Church, Toronto, has ac- —Members sametliament aresittp. They
cepted a call from the Sher•bourne waiting for something to turn u The
p unare wasting their time and the people's
Street Methodist Church to ide money. Each member draws ten doltare a
charge of that church. It is under-- day for one hundred days, yet the Govern -
stood that Rev. Mr Bowles will occupy ment's work this session 3onsists of one
the pulpit of Sherbourne street Church bill read a second time and one bill read
tor only one year, the present arrange- the first time. This is literally all the Gov-
ment being that Rev.James Allen of ernment business transacted up to date.
the Metropolitan is to assume the The speech from the throne,deliveredTana-
pastorate at the end of that time. ary 2, announced a bill providing addition•
There is a hitch in the arrangement for al representation for the (Northwest Terri -
using the mileage allowance of the Legis- toriee This bill has not yet been intro-
lature to pay members' railway fares. The dnced, although the session is now enter -
Government's scheme was to divide $2,500 ing on its fourth month, A commissioner
between the two railways, in exchange for went to England eight months ago to ar-
range the copyright question. At the end
of five months when Parliament met, this
report was not ready. The speech from toe
throne promised it, bat three months have
gone and it is not yet] ready. The supple-
mentary estimates due two months ago
have not yet been brought down. For sit-
ting round doing nothing in this manner
the members have drawn 5300,000 in cash.
special members' tiokets—not passes—good
all the year round. This meant an average
of $26 for each member's ticket. The rail-
ways offered a system of mileage tiokete
at reduced figures, but Hon Mr Harty
thought the prices were not low enough,
and when Mr Reeve declared that the
Grand Trunk could go no lower, negotia-
tions ceased.
A Striking Contrast.
Iifr. Gibson, of Huron, in the recent de-
bate on the management of the public in-
stitutions, presented to the Legislature of
Ontario, paid a nigh compliment to the
economic management of the Mowat Gov-
ernment. He pointed out that whereas
every prisoner iu the Kirgston Penitentiary
ander Dominion magagement, costs $208-
71 a year, the cost of a .prisoner for a year
in the central Prison managed by the Pro-
yincial authorities, is but $16t 62. Deduet-
jngthe revenue in each case, the net per
capita cult in Kingston was $201 15, and at
the Central Prison $95 88, less than half.
No wonder that Mr. Marter confesses to
his fellow -members that he has toiled hard
t, discover wrong -doing in the manage-
ment of our Provincial affairs, and is un-
able to say that he was met with success.
London Advatiser.
Clinton Y. P. Local Union
Topics at the several Young People's Society
mottiugy being held during the week:—
Baptist Y. P. U., Monday evening at 8 o'clock.
Meeting for April 6th will be conducted by
the pastor.
Rattenbury St. Methodist Girl's Junior E.
L. of C. E , Friday eveniug from 7 to 8. Topic
for April 3rd, Consecration and collectiton.
Verses beginntug with B.
Rattenbury St. Methollst Bly's Junior E. L.
of C. E., Sunday evening, from 6 to 6.15. April
5th, consecration, roll call, collection and
monthly reports
Ontario Street Methodist E. L. of C. E., Mon-
day evening at 8 o'clock. Topic for April 6th. '
1, Fourth clause of pledge, MIs,, A. Cudmore.
2, Consecratipn and roll oall
Ontario St. Methodist Junior E. L. of C E.
Friday evening at 7 o'clock. April 3rd, The
crucitiction and resurrection of Christ; Hattie
Picket, Laura Biggart
Willis Presbyterian C. E. Societyy. Sunday
evening at 8.05. Topic for April 5th, The gift
of life and how to use it. catechism question
79. Mies M. Mckenzie
Lond,sboro Methodist E. L. of C. E. Mon ay
evening at 7.30 o'clock. Topic for April ,th,
Consecration. Miss Howson
Holmesvllle Methodist E. L. C. E. Monday ev
ening at 7.30 o'clock. Topic for April 6th,
Debate—Resolved that the use of tobacco is as
great an evil as the use of liquor—Affirmative,
G. Phipps, C. Tebbutt• Negative, C. L Fisher,
G. Acheson
Turner's Methodist E. L. of C. E. Sunday
evening at 8 o'clock. Topic for April 5th,
Loyalty to cur society, roll call I. W. Johns
Bayfield Methodist E. L. of C. E. Sunday
evening. April 5th. Watchfulness. Miss A.
Wallis
Cole's Methodist church, Goderloh towns ip
E. L. of C. E., Friday evening at 7.30. T
for April 3rd, The rock of our faith. Percy ole,
Art. Welsh