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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1897-05-05, Page 7.=.­„ "`Saved L! "�� .: � A vr;T1tRAPF8 �.rTORY. �. "'Several years ago, whP 3 in h(;;•t r: * Snelling, Minn., 1 cau;,riat a, t curs') cold, attended avith a terr,i,i - voo;;h, that allowtd Ilio no rv:.t da} ( r night. The doctors after exbauyt- ing their reuredic ), pruiioit oil my case Lula. It :a, si }- i:ig theycuuld au;..) mire for i.io. At ` this tithe a b.rt;' Is AYER S at Cherry Pectoral v. i I.sent to nt:: [IV a 5, friend who urg, d 0,qt�.' � • me to take it, whiia I did, and soon after I was greatly relieved, and in a short tinie was 1. I , f co letel cured, I have never had mP Y mach of a cough since that tirre, and I firmly believe Ayer', Cherry Pectoral saved my life."—W. IT. WARD, 8 Quimby Av., Lowell, biitss. . AYES Cherry Pectoral Highest Awards at World's Fair. AYER'S PILLS cure Indigestion and lleadache The Hliren News -&GOO 01.25 a Year-81.00in Advance WEDNESDAY, MAY 5th, 1897.— _ _ Ottawa News Letter. From our own Correspondent. Just nine Ilionths and eleven days af. ter, the Liberal party assumed office, Mr. Fielding delivered his budget speech, and in doing so completed the abandonment of so-called "Liberal princeples'•' which has been going on since last July,, and the Acceptance, in a somewhat mutilated forut, of the policy of the Conservative party which has been the subject of Liberal abuse for the last eighteen years. Not only is the tariff which Mr. Fielding pro- poses not a free trade tariff, nut only is it merely an adaptation of the National Policy with some of its best features knocked out, but Mr. Fielding has "gone one better" and stolen the Con- servative policy of preferential trade . with Great Britain; but has done it in such a clumsy way that the country to be most benefited by the, new tariff will not be great Britain but Germany and the net result of the tariff will be either that the preferential clause will be found to be unworkable, for reasons stated further on or there will have to be a reduction of twenty-five Pei, cent. made to all countries having treaties with Great Britain eontatining whist is known as the "most favored nation" clause. THE RECIPROCAL TARIFF. The remarkable part of Mr. Fielding 18 tariff is what he calls his "reciprocal" or double tariff under which he pro- poses to make a reduction immediate - 1 yy of one eighth of the ditty, to be in- creased to one quarter after 1st July 1898, to countries which, in the opfafou of the Govenor in council treat Cana- dian products with fairness. This fs intended to apply to Great Britain a ply, and is being so applied to -day; ut, its pointed out by Mr. Foster it is illusive ro email is a 'Th I , Canada has no I P p t the power to discriminate its favor of Great Britain on acc•onnt of the trea- ties made with foreign countries which contain the "most favored nation" clause, by wbich any tariff advantage given to Great Britain must also be ex- tended to such countries. The offer of preferential trade to Great Britain is a very old one. It was trade as long ago tis 1879 by Sir John Macdonald, but was declined by Great Bpitain hecause, the treaties with Germany and Bel- t gium she was unable to accept prefer- ential trade from her colonies without extending it ti) those countries. Two years ago a resolution was adopted by the House of Commons asking Great Britain to denounce those treaties in order that Canada might offer her preferential trade. This was also de- clined and it is extremely doubtful that Great Britain will allow Mr. Laurier to alter a British treaty with a foreign country by An apt of the Canadian Parliament, Indeed neither Canada not Great Btita.in will have as much to say in the matter as will Ger- many and other countries interested, and from whore Great Britain will speedily receive protests that treaty obligations are being violated by dis. crimination against their products, protected by the "favored nation" clause. THE CHANCES MADE. There in r -o system governing the changes. Some industries are left with a protection as high as 35 per cent.; some are reduced it to tariff for revenue basis. The Nova Scotia coal mines are not. touched; the rice millers have been hit by doubling the duty on their raw material, while leaving the duty on the cleaned rice untouched. . The sugar Industry is affected by' it re- duction in the duty on the refiued arti- cle. The mighty fuss over, copal -oil hits ended in a reduction of one cent agal- lon in the duty, or from six to Hue cents. The duty on flour and wheat and cornmeal is reduced, but cornis put on the free list. The duty on some. Icinds of glass and leather and stone is increased. The duty trip iron is re- duced, and the bounty for its produc- tion is increased. These facts illustrate the peculiarities of the' changes. Of the effect generally, it will to ce some time to judge. ontrary togeneral expectations, taa remains on the free list, And the duty on sugar, instead of being increased is reduced fourteen hundreths of a cent per pound on re- fined, while raw sugar remains un- changed. Some of the principal changes in the tariff may be briefly summarized as follows:— ALUS, BEERS, WINES, AND LIQuoRs. No changes in ales, beers and wines, but fifteen cents per gallon is added on spirits, alcoholic perfumes and other preparations and a new item is intro. duced of $1.50 per gallon on medicinal : wine. 1,'p . ANIMALS /ND AORICIILTIIRAII AND 1 ANIMALS AN DAIRY PRODUCTS. The great bulk of this schedule is uncllang• .ed, but a few important changes are It I• . z , -11 11 seastn+t..1++1 i made.. Corn is put on the free list es" cept that lmported by distillers which remains at 7jf cents per bushel. Flour is reduced from seveutyy-five cents to sixty andtwbeat from fifteen cents per buehel to twelve. Corti meal is reduced from forty cents per barrel to twenty- five, anti the grinding of corn in bond fs abolished. Uncleatted rice is in- creased from three -tenths of it cent per pound to three-quat•ter•s of it cent, and cleaned rice reutains unchanged at it cent And it quarter a pound. BOOK13 AND PAi,F ts. Bunks, peri- odicals, etc., now paying six cents per pound tire rated •tweuty per cent. ad valorem. Advertising pamphlets, pfe- torial show cards, etc., now paying six cents pet, pound sad twenty per ceut- ad valorem are included with bank notes, bunds, etc., at thirty-five per, cent. News papers or supplementary editions or pacts are reduced front twenty-five to twenty per cent. Wall paper, hangings, etc., now paying a cent and at halt is pull and twenty-five per cent. etre rated at thirty-five per cent. Strttw boards now pitying thirty cents per hundred tare rated At twenty- five per cent, CHEMICAL OILS AND PA1NTs. Sul- pheric acid is charged from four -teeth of it cent per pound to twenty-five per cent. ; sulphonic ether and Acid phos- phate fiotu five to two cents per pound respectively to twenty-five per cent. All medicinal, chemical and pharutac- eutical preparations, that is all "Pat- ent Medicines" are reduced from fifty per cent. to thirty-five per cent. Coal oil is reduced from six cents to five cents per gallon; and crudes petroleum and gas oils from three cents to t.wo- and-a-half cents per gallon,, and the regulations governing the sale of coal oil are changed so that it can be sold in tank vessels. Paraphine now is changed Yr-om two cents per pound to thirty per cent and lubricating oil+, Axle grease, etc., reduced from twenty- five to twenty per cent, COAL remains unchanged but stir. Fielding gave notice that if the Ding- ley bill remained unchanged he would propose it duty on Anthracite. EARTHS, EARTHENWARE, GLASS- WARE ANE STONEWARE. Changes Are made in the abolition of the specific duties nn plate -glass toad substituting j thirty pet, cent. FISH AND FISH PRODUCTS. Un- changed. LEATHER MANUFACTURE AND RVII- BEs. Several small increases are made; but rubber belting now paying thirty two ani a half percent. is reduc- ed to twenty per cent. the same its lea- ther belting. METALS AND MANUFACTURE OF. Here the changes are numerous and are mostly fn the direction of reducing protection, but Mr. Fielding 'announe- ed an increase in the bounty of pig iron. Barbed wire fencing is made 15 Pei, cent to first January next and afterwards to be free. ' GOLD, SILVER AND JEWELLERY' Clocks are made uniform at twenty- five percent; and manufacture increase from twenty-five to thirty per cent. MINERALS. No niaterral change. MANUFACTURE'S OF WOOD, ETC. LruDber and tirhber manufactured in- crettsecl from 20 to 273 pet, cent. Cttr- tiiages; etc., change -.d from five and twenty -live per cent. to thirty-five per cent. 817GARS, ETC. All sugars above six- teen Dutch standa►d, reduced from one and fourteen hundreths to one cent. GLUCOSE ;increased from a cent and it to a cent and three quar- ters. TEXTILES. The changes in cottons are in the direction of an increi�se of from two and a -half to five per cent. grays oIt bilis, aupal prints ; but the specific duties Are taken oft shirts, col- lars and cutis, and thirty- five percent. substituted. Binder twine is reduced from twelve and a -half to ten per cent. until Ist January when it goes oil the free list. Sills, velvet, etc., increased from thirty to thirty-five per cent. In wuolleus there aro'seriom changes the specific: duty of five cants per pound and twenty per cent, on yarns is re- voked and fifteen per cent ad valorem is substituted. Woollen nrtnufae- tures, blankets, etc., Are made thirty - live per cent. instead of five cents per pound and twenty-five pet, cent. Spccftic duties etre taken off socks and CAri,ets and floor oil cloths and ready- nuade clothing is placed at thirty-five per cent. instead of five cents per pound and thirty per cent. SUNDRIES. Buttons areplaced at thirty-five per cent. instead of five cents per gross And twenty per cent. Tim, FREE LIST is not materially changed, except that miningmachinery is placed on it. PROTECTION LOWERED. Although the tariff remains a pro- tective one and over three quarters of the items are not touched at all still the "reciprocity" clause actually reduces the tuuount of protection by twenty- five per cent. The Montreal Gazette treaLs this branch of the subject so well that I cannot do better than re- produce that papers' editorial of yes- terday on "The real protection." "Though, nominally, the tariff gives it cons.iderAble protection to to number of articles produced in Canada, the reduction to favored countries of ,in of the duty for the present, and lit after the 1st of July, 1898, really fixes the rate of protection. The general duties are fixed at 25, 30 atnd'35 per cant. Under the reduction cliuise they will amount, for the pre- sent, to 21, 87, 20, 25 anti 30, 02 per cent. After the 1st of July, next year, they will be reduced to 18.75; 22.50 and 20.25 per cent. Following tare some of the leading items as they will be when the final reduction is made:— Fire brick, ew ............15 per cent Earthenware and stone- ware.......... . .........221 pet• cent. Drain pipes, etc , .........201 per cent. China and porcelain ware.221 per cent, Ce►uent, etc., per 100 lbs, .9 cents. Window glass, plain... •. 15 per cent. Glass, ornamental . , . , , ..221 per cent. Plate glass, pplain ...... , ..2% percent. ri'late glass, levelled..... ,201 pet cent. Pig iron, etc., per ton .... $1.871} Iron and steel ingots, etc., per ton ........... . .....$8.00. Bar iron, rte., per ton .... $5.25. Cast iron pipes, per ton., r$0.00. Iron castings .......... 18i per cent. Wrought iron tubing, etc.201 per cent. Wrought iron nails and spikes . . . ............ . ..221 par cent. Wire nails................201 per cent. Cut tacks .............. per cent. Wood screws ........... 28i per cent, Wire ...... 15 per cent. Builders' and other hard- ware ...................221 per cent. a . 111 1. .. l p _ ._.k 1 . ..___.. IT STRIKES HOME t cbsso'p ointwent curse All Sitio Irrits clans. Of the many skin diseaues, eczeuaa is oase of the worst said most common. '1' I The one effective remedy so far dis- r," covered for it is Dr. Chase's Ofatu:eat. It .a�a., 1 en ' has never Le t-11 w�, J1kLown to fail. Mr. . R^� aAAct> At ON. Audrew Aftou, of Hartland, :1.19., hays: "My little daughter, Grace Ella, aged threo and a half, was a dreadful sul- ferer from ecz=tea far three years. We tried a number of alleged tures and sev- eral doctors, but all without effect. Her's was Indeed a bad camp,. Her little body w•am entirely covered withrash. Ono day ouu• local druggist. Mr. Win. E. Thistle, recommended uie to dry Dr. Chase's Ointment. I slid so, and four boxes effected a compete cure and saved our child•" Dr Cltaso's ointment is just nm efice' tive for piles, malt rhatum and sores of all descriptions. For sale by all dealers and Edmanmou, Bates d;: Co., manufactur- ers, Toronto; price 60 cents. There ?n nothiaig to equal Chase's Lin- seed and Turpentitue for severe colds and tuug troubles. Largo bottle 25 cents. Skates ...... ..............201 per cent. Cutlery .................221 per cent. Files And rasps ...........2221 per cent. Axes, scythes, etc...... , ,181 per cent. Adzes, saws..... , ... • ....221 per cent. Shovels and spades..... , ..201 per cent. Machinery. ..... ..........181 Pei, cent. Watch cases .............221 per cent. Clocks, watches, etc ...... 181 per cent. Jewellery .............. ..221 per cent. Cotton batting, yarn, ete..18l per cent, Cotton fabrics, white .....181 percent. Cotton fabric, colored ....• 201 per cent. Linen napkins, table cloths, etc,..... ,,........22i per cent. Jean;:, sateens, etc• ........22§ per cent. Collars and cuffs .......... 2ti.t per cent. Linen and juts bags ....... 15 per- cent, Shirts andwaists ......... 2(il per cent. Socks and stockings.... .,20} per ceut. Knitted goods........ , .. ,20.1 per cent, Yarns, woolen...... .2.31 per cent. Woolen cloths and cloth- ing ..... ......... .e ....26,1 per cent, Gloves and nits ..... • .....20,# per cent. Hats and caps and bon- nets...` ................ .'L`L1 per cent. Braces and suspenders, ...201 per cent. Cordage ..................15 pet- cent. Wall paper .............. .201 per cent. Printing paper ............18i per cent. Ottawa, 27th April. --The debate on the tariff is still on and will certwin- ly last the remainder of this week and, possibly, the wholeofnext as there area number of Conservatives who wish to speak and it is understood that the Government will put up a tnAll to reply to every Opposition speaker. On li'Ionday the debate was continued by Sir Richard Cartwright and Sir Char�T'upper and to -day Hou. Mr, Pott . is tryin.F to reply to the very Able speech of the leader of the Opposition and not succeeding very well. Iu his speech yesterday Sir Rich- ard was by no means himself aril seem. ed to feel very uncomfortable in the new sort of protection policy which lVlr. Fielding has provided for hill). Indeed, tic: Richard refused to admit tba" Mr. Fielding :8 tariff was a pro- tective one, or that the preferential clause in the tariff gave any preference whatever to Great Britain. There were two very noticeable things about Sir Richards speech, Orie'wits that he scarcely Addressed a word to the Speaker, but turned his back oil that courteous gentleman, and addiessed all his remarks to the buck benches on his side of the house, where the free trade Liberals and Patrons sit, and that the main bur•then of his speech was that his oft repeated boast that hit would destroy the manufactures, had been curried ant by the new tariff, and that the Liberal party was Ad- vancing toward absolute free trade at n rapid rate. The other noticeable thing About the speech wits that while the opening sentences fn which lie sneered tat Mr. Foster, and gave for the dozenth time his hackneyod quota- tion : "You Cassius hath a lean and hungry look," received a little applause from his followers, and the closing portions of his speech, in which he quoted from the London Times and spoke about preferential trade with Great Britain, were heartAy applauded. Indeed, nearly two-thirds of his speech was received almost in dead silence by his followers, who Appeared to by .no means endorse his interpretation of the tariff. A VhRY ABLE SPEECH. Sir Charles Tupper was fn excellent form and far from exhibiting any of those signs of failing which his oppon- ents ars fond of attributing to him, showed can 'amount of dash and vigor in replying to Sit- Richard, which prov- ed that he is still the "War Horse of Cumberland" and still occupies the foremost rank a►uongst Lianadian statesmen. IIe began by answeringg the charge that the policy of t he ConservativesdiseriminatedagA inst British (foods. He showed that on tine contrary, it had developed British trade and had promoted in every way British interests on this continent. Sir Charles had nothing butWords of ,approval to say of the idea ofpreferental triode within the Ern - 1) e, but he critcized severely the pro- E)osal of the Government, which hits been described as differential trade, and condemned the way in which it had gone to work to bring it about. The effort to force England at this juncture to abrogate the (xerman trea- ty, Sir Charles did not hesitate to des- cribe as'an act of stupendous foil;. That the mother country was ready to receive and entertain favorably a pro- posal for preferential trade with the colonies, Sir Charles asserted and sup- ported with voluminous documentary evidence. Had the Government of which he was the head been returned in June last, it would beforx this, have propounded a scheme of preferential trade which would be of benefit to Ci�pada, From his observations of Pit opinion in Great Britain, Sir Charles believed that the time had come when England would give colon- ial produce a preference in her mar- kets. 'But it was the desire of the British statesmen that the proposal should originate with the colonies. As to the advantages of such an arrange- ment there could be no doubt. It would turn the tide of population in this direction and would cause enor- mous investments in the country. When Sir Charles went to the Jeoutitry he promised to use his efforts to bring this about.' Mr. Laurier, too, had made promises. He had pledged him- self that he would send commissioners to London to arrange for preferential trade. But instead of doing this lie hits adopted this miserable expedient in the teeth of the treaties, an ai•ranthe which could only subject the country to humiliation. Sir Charles pointed out that Mr. Chamberlain has pra.ctleally Invited the colonies to sin fit drafting a protrusal wnich would be ututually udvauta =ecus, but the Gov- ermnent had failed to take advautitgo Of his suggestiOn. The policy euiin- c•fated by the veteran leader was, fu short., One of preferential trade within the Uolpire, to the exclusion of other countries, in which England will give Its it preference ill exchange for what we offer. This is the policy recom. mended by the United N mpire, Tirade League, turd very favorably cour- men tM upon by the present Colonial Secretat'y! CONSNRVA'riVE CAUCUS. An Oppoaftion caucus was held in the Railway Committee Itoom this murn- Ing at which Major Beattie presided s v and ever uieinnec• Of the (ou et atthe party fn the House of Commons and genate who is in Ottawa wasp resent. The only matter under consideration was the tariff as proposed by Mr. Field- ing, and the unanimous decision of the caucus wits that the proposal to admit goods from England and necessarily with every nation with which England hits a treaty containing it preferential trade clause, at a reduction of one- efght for the present and one-quarter of the duty next year would inevitably tnean the total destruction of every Canadian industry. It was also decid- ed that this proposal took away front us any possibility of making any pref- entia trade arrangement with the Mother Country such as hits beenindi- cated by the Hon. W. Chamberlain. It is understood that nothing was done with regard to moving an autendmient to Mr. Fielding's motion ; but Mr. Davin hits given notice of four niotions of want of confidence oilthe House being moved into Committee of Supply. These motions read that in the interests of the Northwest agricultural imple- ments, cheap grade cottons, coal oil, and sawn lumber in a partially Inane• faetured coudition should be placed un the free list. NOTES. Mr. Richardson gives notice of a bill to legalize the Attachment of salaarfes of Dominion employees for debt. Petitions fn favor of Ali-. Casey's bill to compell railway companies to carry bicycles free its travellers' baggage, continue to pour into parliament. Deputations are flooding to the city to protest against the tariff changes and it is already hinted that there will Ile surae very material changes before the measure is through. Premier Greenway is here again oil alleged immigration business; but the wise one say that Mr. Tarte will im- prove the occasion by trying to got it little better terms for the Manitoba minority. Mgr. Merry Del Val, the Papril Able - gate has taken tip his residence hn Ottawa for it short time, occupying the residence of Sir Donald Smith. He will probably leave for Manitoba next week. The instructions originally sent out to coin Inaandants of corps from which representatives on the Canadian jubilee corps were to be drawn, stipulateit tila't each non-cu►mmissioned' officer should possess it certificate from one of the schools of instruction. ThestipulAbion raised conAderable objection, and the Acting Minister of Militia hits decided to withdraw it. The (Iti alification will accordingly be decided by the com- manding officer of the corps. A very pleasant luncheoiS'vas }liven in the Russell House to -day, by Hou. JobryCostigan in honor of Mr. T. 1). Adams, of Mirautichi, N. B., it brother - of Hon. Michael Adams, who is paying a. visit to the Capital. About twenty- five members of Parliament and others were present. floe. John Costigatn fills the unique position of being the only member of the House, of Com- mons who wits elected At Confederation And has represented the same constit- neney over since without being unseat• ed, or iuissing a single session ; rand his announcement in the House a few clays .ago that this may be his last Parlia- incut causes universal regret. —"---..---.-- News News Notes. An attempt has been made to asstws sinate, the President of Uruguay. He wits shot at, but the bullet missed its mark. The President's assailant was arrested. Having spoken for several hours on the taritY Thursday night, Mr. Fielding became physically exhausted, and the explanations were continued by Mr. Paterson, Controller, of Customs. A Raleigh township farmer named Hiram Jarvis was stopped by two highwaymen early Thursday morning, and relieved of all the money in his possession, $05. There is no clue to the thieves. The battle fought between the Tnrk- ish and Grecian (troops on the plain beneath Milonna pass has prove to the Greeks, who have had to abandon Larissa and Tyrnavo. Lieut. -Cul. Jaynes Brown of Belle. Ville, died on Saturday, after a long illness, aged 74. Deceased wits ap- ppointed commanding officer of the 49th Battalion, Hastings Rifles, in 1800, and retained the command up to the time of his death. The King of Italy attended the race- course Thursday, but while he was re- ceived with vociferous applause by the crowds, a political fanatic named Ac- clarito attempted to assassinate his Majesty. A gang of Italian labourers were brought from Buffalo to Fort Erie on Wednesday to work on the new race track, but Canadian labourers assem- bled in force, andclrove them back into the bout from which they landed. The thirty-sixth annual meeti,,ig of the Ontario l:dncational A,ROClatd I(, the iVltich had been in session in the Model school, Toronto, closed Thursday nigght. The meeting was most suceess- ful, and the Attendance of delegates was a record one for the association. Two masked men entered a grocer's store in Chatham, Ont,, on Saturday night, and secured more than one hun- dred dollars. They were pursued by Detectives Campau and Mahoney, who found them in a box -car at Belle River. They resisted arrest, and used their re- volvers. Mahoney was struck by a bul- let, and last night was reported to be sinking rapidly. The two men finally surrendered, and were taken to Cha ham goal. Held Up On The Street By Cramps, Giddiness and Weakness Re- sulting From Dyspepsia. Paiue's Celery Cumpouild Delivers Aft. Rose From Every Trouble. The story of Mr. William V. Rose, Of Montreal, is the experience of th•xis- ands of men and women who areliviog a rufserable life Owing bo the agonies of dyspepsia. Al r. Hose's experience with suffering wits a lung one. From his youth indi- gg , ion and stouutc h truubles subjected hfur to daily tortuies, and continued up to his sixty-fourth year, always in- creasing ill intensity and danger. After a lifetittte of failures with tuediehies. and doctors, at friend who had used Paine's Celery Compound with great success induced Mr. Rose: to give it a trial. The medicine was used, and now Mr. Ruse joyfully boasts of health and it new lease of lite. Mr. Ruse, with a view of benefitting All dyspeptic sufferers, writes as fol- lows: The Educational Association.^ Mail and Empire. We are glad to see the Ontario Edit- cational Association holding its an- nual meeting again in Toronto, and showing signs of increased vigour in its handling of school affairs. Of these signs the most striking And gratifying is the Freedom with which its members criticize the course of the department on various points. Anyone who fol. lows the proceedings will detect A new temper in the teach in prvfes- siun. The prograultne marks a de - par Lure, as the following items of it Indicate:—"Effects of High School Re- gulations on the Qualification of Rub - lie Schools Teachers," "Public School Leaving Examinations." "The Educa- tional Council." "Overcrowding of Subjects," "Obstacles to Public School Education from the Nature sand Range of Subjects," "School Law Changes," "The New Regulations," "What can be done by Means of our School Sys- tem to Advance Agriculture?" In the Public and high school trustees' sec- tion the following are some of the sub- jects to be discussed :—"The Siystemt of Departmental Examinations,' "Too ►nany EXaniinatiOns, costing too much in Fees," "Formation of the Educa- tional Council," "Literary Qualifica- tions for High ,School Trustees." These topics, all but the last of thern, arise out of our educational administration. The names of there on the programme are for the most part labels of griev- ances and blunders from which cut- school urschool systeui is suffering. That they are serious evils is recognized even by the apologists of t -he department. A few weeks ago the TQrol)to Globe drew 4 Kivoiny picturi3 of tlla slate to which the }profession is being brought by the tidal wave of tbird-cla,js teachers that strikes it every year, displacirig 'or swamping the men of experience and Ability. Our contemporary showed that this was a bad thing for education acrd suggested as it irieaus of escape from it more fees—tuition fees at the Normal schools and college. But Cite teachers who tare injuring the profes- tut siun t Zetc education do not go to the provincial training schools, at least not before they have done tile mischief. To retitedy the evil of which they are the cause it will be necessary to remove' the cause of which they are the effect —that is the greater part of Mr. Ross' systems. This includes most of the articles quoted above front the pro- gramuie of the association. The ex- aamiria.tion system is the head and front of the Minister':, offending. To 1 it everything else has been shaped— the teaching, the curriculum, the regu- lations, the recent, changes in the law. It is the cause of the overloading of the coarse of study, the crauunirlof the pupils, the overcrowding of the teaching pitifessiun, the decline of that profession, the 'poorer results in •our Public schools, the general dissatisfac- tion with the system, and the desire for as change, The latest aggravation of the evils Is the October batch of re- gulations for High schools. low these operate to inereasg the output of third- class teachers and the train of distur- bances which follow was well shown in the paper read by Mr. Strong. They are very fully discussed, also, in the latter p art of the excellent paper read by Mr. `'letherell. He pronounced them ob- jectionable from many points -of view. They prescribe 22 to 24 different sub- jects, oil all of which the third-class candidate rllilst Winn. The candidate can scarcely be expected to be well grounded in any of them. if htakes all these subjects in one year Tie will have to undergo two exit Ili fnations 'fit 6even of them. Thus the exa miriations have been incteased, and have been made most burdensome on the young- estpupils of the High Schools. As Mr. Wetherell says, "tile number of examinations have been nominally diminished by one, while the number of examination papers for each pool- primary oorprimary candidate has been actually multiplied by two." The effects the arrangement is certain to produce are shown liy Mr. Wetherell to he numer- erous hied serious, among there being this one—a great diminution of first and second-class teachers, owing to the increased manufacture of third-class teachers. Front the reception Mr. Wetherell's paper met, and the ont- spoken condemnation of many who took part in the discussion, it may be safely taken as a temperate expres- sion of the sense of the High school teachers. Ap}pa�ently Mr. Ross can changa only for the worse. It fs a healthy sign, however, when the teach- ers, under his centralized system are ,Asserting their independence and con- domning his acts. -----dP-- --- . . Dr.John Watson (Ian Maclaren) -who is charged with heresy, says he will not recant but will fight the case to the bit- ter enol. Emperor William does not believe the Turko-Greek war will remain locol- ized very long, and that the principal European powers will be involved. The Blackwell tunnel, which has been completed at the cost of a million and aquarter sterlin ,will be inaugurat ed by the Prince ofales on May 22nd. .* , VA& tom-.- ,. 1�11L . .1* "For a long titne 1 was a great sit(- fever frow dyspepsia, and was often cornpelled to stop uu the street until it could recover from cramps, pains and Attacks of giddiness that wend brought oil by the terrible disease. I had li',le strength, could not sleep much, and wits eu run dowu that 1 thought 1 would never get better. "I used many kinds of medicine, hilt they did me very little good. At last I was recommended to use Painies Celery Compound. I tried a bottle and it slid nae uuore good than anything 1 had taken betore. I have used four crottles And have completely banished the distressing pains in my stomach, and I feel well. "After having had dyspepsia for al- most a lifetime, I thin k the cure is a wonderful one." The Franchise Fraud. Mail and Empire. New developments are made daily with respect to the projected franchise change, The other day it was diecov- erod that one of the ''reforms" it con- templates is the limitation of the On- tario elector to one'vote under the "one mau one vote" principle, and the giving of a multiplicity of votes to the Quebec elector. We cannot see why any such discrimination should be made, Surely all electors ought to be treated alike If there is to ba one vote per man in Ontario there ought t e one vote per man in Quebec. If in Q ben every man is to have a vote in as many constituencies as he has pro- perty the same rule ought surely to apply to this province. No doubt the discrimination commends itself to Mr. Tarte, who has always despised the On- tario fanatics. But the Ontario Re- formers should beware of Mr. Tarte; at all events they should not be so de- pendent upon him as to sacrifice their province to his whim. A new devel- opment has been made as regards Near Brunswick. The law of that province, which, it is proposed, shall be used for Federal elections, disfranchises all clergymen, professors, and teachers. If, then, the scheme goes through, some of the beat people in New Bruns- wick will be prevented from express- °^^ on Federal--ations. Ing an optu,v.- , . , .'....- Teta disfranchisement of the clergy the professors, and the teaohers in s provincial election for New Brune- -wick is rid busineis of ours. It lok; bad, but still, if members of learned professions are not fit, according to New Brunswiok Grit opinion, to have a voice in the government of the pro- vince, that is a tuattO to be discussed and settled in the provides. It In a disgrace, to say, as Mr. Laurier and his colleagues desire Parliament to say, that they shall be deprived of their electoral rights as citizens of Canada. These gentlemen can vote now. They have done nothing to forfeit their rights, To take away their rights is outrageous, more par- ticularly when we all know that the very men who propose to rule out learned and honourable electors in one province are malting provisions where. by, in other provinces, lists may be stuffed and scallawags may vote as many times, and under as many names, as they please. Mr, Clifford Sifton has just made, in respect of Manitoba, where stuffing and disfranchising are practised by wholesale, a defenoe of the system. He thinks it is honest, and no doubt it fully comes up to his standard of honesty. Against what Mr. Sifton says, however, we place the statement of an independent Lib- eral journal, the Winnipeg Frei] Press. That paper says "In one provinoe, Atauitoba, the principal of Government eoutrol of the lists is the very foundation of the law, and in its operation an election is as- sured in every doubtful constituency by the dishonest practices of registra- tion clerks. The law could not contri- bute more effectively to the stuffing of the lists in the interest of the ruling party if i� had been specially suit avowedly designed for that purpose. In Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Is- land the laws are also capable of gross abuse. We need not enquire whether the Liberals have forgotten or swal- lowed their scruples of 1885; it is auffi- cient to know that by the bill now .be- fore the House a Federal election law will be imposed on this province, and on other provinces, that will be infin- itely worse than the existing Dominion law was ever claimed to be. Oar only hope of escape from a measure under which the electorate will be left at I,he mercy of Government agents, end the free expression of the popular will need not be permitted, lies in the Senate. To that body we make olir appeal, and should the bill go -to it in its present shape, we ask in the name of electoral purity and eleotoral dooenoy, that it be rejected. It is strange to witness a Liberal ap- peal to the Senate. Certainly it would not be made were the case not very bad indeed. The law, as proposed, in twgViistionably vicious. No men who have regard for the altered right of the people to a free, equal, and honest sufferage would propose it. i �a. � . 1. I ` _. ern ....- W.iA