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AND CtNTRE' IITTRON GENtRAL ADVRTISERi
vox,. 14, NO. 13.
iriesasss--es.no
Per Annum,. An advance.
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CLINTON, olirrAlgo, THURSDAY, 1VIAROH 279 1879.
TO
Notice is hereby given that all Ac-
counts due late firm of Thomp-
son & Switzer, being unpaid on the
1st day of April, will .positively be
placed in the Division, Court for
collection. -
J. nenioitiPsoie,
18..sw.trrZEte.
Clinton, Karl% 20,1979. •
gcw NittrtiOtmentO.
SERVANT WANTED.
vETAIrrED, at °nee, Itiood general Servaig:-A-Pply-
-V to 11118.. Jorp- OALLANDaB,
Clinton, March 27, 1879.
FARMING LAND TO LET..
rprarerv ACRES OF ents,r.oss LAND, IR
_a. cuat9a, south of the GrandTrunk Railway.
U. RALE.
Clinton, klaroh 27, 1879. -
SPLENDID WAGGON FOR SPiL
_ —
A PIRST,OLASS, Platform Spring, Machine *Wig-
• II. gon, Petered, with buggy front, is etcred,tor sale
oheap. Tongue and shafts. Apply to
;TORN DAYRIVNT, '
Olinton,,ifareh 97,1879.
Paten.t_Baker!s_Table..
THE wider -signed -having egeurc,t1 the rigla 19
nrMan.
ufacte the new Pu
ATENT DAKoi Tanrx,
an article that le 'espeelally adapted for the bettor care
mua d raising bread, will mattuitietilre then according,
to any sire reqUired.
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A .specianea will be oz • view at tile.
tare Store ql Aressra. BROADFOO T. at BO.A.r,
Albert Streft, wlier de
orrs mccy be left,
Those who have; tried them saithey are a VI" 'great
saying and convenience to bolas:keeper&
AAR. ,I•TITARDS• .• • -
••Tff 0 S.. NEAR N.S;
Clintoti, March 27,1879.
WISEMAN. !BROS.'
BANE G EXCHAN4
•M
CLINTON,'ONT.
ONEY TO LEND on iiist•claes farin
property, at. 7i• per 'cent. . •
Agents for several first-class FIRE, LIRE
and A OMEN T INSITEANP. E • '
COMPA..g.TES. '
TOWN TICKtT AUNCY
Dominion Parliament.
•WEpleesnay, March. 19,
Mr. Holten directed the attention of
the House to the fact that there were
in Cireolation Awn copiee of the 'Votes
4nel ProoeediugS of Friday, last, contain-
ing the tariff resolutions, and both
sign-et:1 by the'Speaker and the Clerk.
The copies substantially differed 'from.
each othan
er, cl the last piirportedto bo
correct. He claimed that the Speaker
shbuld order a table of errata to be pre-
pared, so that the Ilense could see what
the precise alterations were. The Min-
ister-of--P4iblic_Werke combatted the
right claimed by. Messrs. RelteiViad .,W6117.0artrurratfaeturingiudustrieS,•,initirt;
Mackenzie to have such a 'table prepiir• ted . by it. .Mi Coelcbut•nt .(Muskoka)
ed, but the Premier entering the -House pointed out the depressing influences:
at this junctiire; and informing himself .which the toriff would' Have on the ,al-
as to the subject of discussioni.readilY: yeady -depressed lumbering industry, And
acceded to the reasonable request. 'the he supported his position by quoting
Minister of Public Worksjesumed his number Of Yaluahle:statiatics relatiye to
Seat, apparently not pleased with the its inkportance. . The debete 'was ad,
Premiet's-repudiation 01 his unreason-. jeurned, and the House rose at Mere%
able conduct. ' A number. of returns O'clock; • .
wee° laid on the table'by the Minister ' '• moxo,Av.
of Puhlie .NITorks And Custoins. The A number of petitione asking for.
•ram -1-01,•.: t4) 'Mr; TrtYwr svid-iiiaditeattiiiiiin-thetariffWere:prekiented:.
that the GTOvernment did:not intend -at-- -A.-khnnyi--ifwui t'priVaie Member's
present abelis.thing the postage ori aews- Any, the Premier introduced a GoVern-
papeis in the-countj., or -city of publica- meat motion 'proposing that on Wednes-
tion`• -A ilehite- ietie•oti-A- 'tendon by day.-ae*,t,the- debate on .016 taw':be 1:6_
:Kr.' Huntington asking for papers, tim.; sam-cd;_aad.bc,con0aued en every „day
respecting the dismissal of '54r• Regis until it is passed. Macknzio,
Cardinal, heretefor€. e.nemployee of .the without 'expressing ally epition . as to
Inland AtWenue'Departinept, in whieb; the therita of the moriokt, pointed mit
:while Alm---OPPosition-,3eridUnced tho.•111.- that Ha -it Was on the notice paper;
troduation pf.the---.Amerietin system of as the day Was one devoted to private
diSmissals-in tlie Civil Service; seVeralnutiit81the idotiort was out of order.
iPe:411?ev,s (A. tii.e'LM'ijlister4-11 8VPPo.rt.e1..Sie.jOhn A..!Macdonald jumpedto his
boIdty announced 'tlienteelves •. as Adve, feet and characterised Mr. Maakenzie's
catei of the doetrine that to the :victors' objection as a 'r Forthis hreach
belong the .spoila. The debate.: was ad,. 'of parliamentary decorum he 7as called.
iournecl at eik ecitick. : .te okdoi.- th0.siyeakcp. Mr; 'Macireit_.-
• TuuesnAV. • " 'then. preSSCd for a ridirig on his' ob-
letters from woollen and tool menufae-
turers to prove that the tariff gave sa-
tisfaction to mapufacterers as a whole.
Mr. Sproule addressed the House till
reeees,ie favor of the tariff, and after
reaeSe Dr. Strange 'continuedin the
same strain. Me, G. W. Ross (Middle -
stet), criticised the tariff, demonstrated
to the satifaction of the unprejudiced
afternoon ruled against by the Speaker,
and flue several titne,s in one day did
the Speaker sustain the rights of the
minority, SirAlbert J. Smith replied,
and the motion was carried. After re-
cess a number of 'Other -metihns asking
for returns •were passed.. Or the second
reading of Mr. Mills Bill to declare the
rule .of decision in the Cburts of the
oppressive character and anomalies, North-West, a debate, took place. From
He described the tariff, exposing its the discussion it did not appear that the
anomalies to the ecrutiny of the House, Government had any other., objeetien
and in the concluding portion of Ids to the measure than that it was intre-
speech condemned the Government's duced by the bee, member for Bothwell,
ethss legislation, and foretold the evil therefore it was refused a'*.' second read
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consequences as the result of the system ing. Mr. MeCuaig (Prince Edward
or bribery to the various Provinces, as county) moved the second reading of e
Bill respecting the Niaritime Court Act,
but at the -request. of- the_Premiee, the_
Bill was WithdrAwn. The House. ail-
joarneeat midnight.
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There was no sitting in the Hems°
te-daY, osving to it being „Annunciation
Day, •
PARLIAMENTARY AND -OTHER NOTES
On Friday, Mr, .Plumb was introdriced,
by .Sir:John Macdonald and Dr..Tuppir...
. When Mr. Masson fell in a fit in:the
House of Comtnons the -other day, his
pecktie was opened by those ..who..rtt-.
tended.. Jam. ..'„Froni that *.reomene...,to
this •hie, breastpin, which he valsiedat
•$500,..cannot be found. ; Mr. Mason,,
Ito:night to be' added, sits on the.. Minie"-
terial side of the House. ":
a retitrii brought down' it
shown that there .were thirteen tenders
in:for.. the missing .
:Pacific Railway•for.. the_entire werk.;.
tWOlity for seetien A, separatelY,-Srld
-foiirteen for seetion B. .The wovk. will
cost abont -$700;000 More 'thaw if the
contract luta . been- fairly arid boneStly
niven
jeCtion, and theSpeaker deaided that as ' " - - '''. • ' '
'. After routine -the' debate was resti mad . , . . .
On Mr. Huntiugtoe'S Mellon With, refer.- . the motien_wire 011ie netiee _paper the Aceordin,g; to a return brought .'down•
... . _ __
erten to Ale clisittieSal, of Regis Cardinal. praCtice of the 4onse. was.as. Me. Mac- vit-TW-Odifesday-, Iliii-affiliiiiits -of- '-ater,
The disemiSioni which wits.ceetinued all lceOle had:contended, unless: the Illoie iliticiFwvluring .ettre:.raenth of ' February,
the afternoon 'and .after recess, thek..a. unanimeusiy agreed to suspend the'rnle, -81-0..p.on the ft:go:wing articles 4era :—
very Wide ranget'•- Charges were. freely the Motto was out of. order. , The um, Tea, $183,0363- sngtir, $514,631: wines,.
made, :with reference to diariasela frear, tion was withdrawn:. In reply to.a um, $37,501; . Cettoost,:,$245,112 ; ' spirits,
office for political reaeons:. ' lir. me.- tion aiking'for copies Of correspondence $29'5,800., : The exeise: duty paid on'
rein-fald (Pieten) had the bad judgment between Lord Dnfibrin and'hisAdminiS- sPirits . during the same' month Was
at eleven ,o'clock, after the on. trators relative to distniesals in 1874,. la $1,112,058. ' .. . * . ' **-
aigensgi
had dragged through two daye,:to Make ednununica4°n ,frcnii the Gi°ve.r"r-
. General's Secretary was read,,informin,g
violent and general .attack on the late
Mr. Farrow has given notice to an
enquia7 fl-ont the _Cloyernment as to
. • the House there as no Stich Correspon. whether they will 'see their.' Way...clear'
to call Parliament together Jamtary•
initead of Febreary, as formerly.
-FarroW .will look around iavill firid.
that the Governinent do. not see their
way clear ;to -de anything just .now..
Sir John.ancl his, colleaguesare goingit
blind ire'everything;'. . • .
For the Grand TruneRailway of Canada. .1Ve issue , 0 rn n . .
.0f . which -he elerice. Robertson (Shelburne) ill
Tickets to all points on. the G..T, B., also te -she • • . • .
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Eastern and Western States. ive - reply in. the course . .
IRT PARTIES GOING TO MANITOBA.
. .
•Can procure Tr/notion TicitETS .DoWEST RATES.
•
. PASSENGER A.GENCT, FOR ,
the:Cunard and Inman Line q.tagedri.ete.. •
WISEMAN Imp&
cllin ton March DI,. 1871
HOUSE AND .LOT FOR SA -LE.
.$250 0Wonn'yeigeunrga=a8tMeni°:hinettbni•edtrit
ton. Terms, 9100 down, balance to snit purehaser;--
Apply to
.„, JANI4S Flint;
Clinton, March 6th, 1871 •
. EXECUTORS' NOTICE.
XTOTION is hereby given that 01 creda rs 61 other
IA persons liaving claims against the estate Of Alm
late ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, 01 Clinton, Out, are re -
;pared to Sena in their claims to DONALD CAMPBELL,
BAYF/ELD, Or 10 PETER CAMPBELL. CLINTON, Oar, on
orhefore the 8rd„dny of April, 1879, .after which date/
the Executors will proecod16 distribute and appropri-
ate the estate and effects of the said decals:3d among the
persons entitled thereto; and will not after that date bo
liable for the estate and assets Se distriVed and sp-
. preprinted.
• (Signed) • DONALD CAMPBELL,-
PlaTER CAMPBELL,
Clinton, ?Sarah 18th, 1870.
PATESfT
STEL BARB rum.
o ( CHEAPNESS,'
' UTILITY,
£8 MERITS '
EFFICIENCY,• .
AND ECONOMY5
No Sinow Drifts. Unaffe
ted by ioind
Preying el copies o . t,orrespon ence,
brought the ,Minister of Finanoe to bis
dm., .
feet•to deny that.he had ever..sat in the relating to the distribution of the
Fishery 'Award, directed the:attention
House andvoted with the cOmtnitsion '
or the•House to the discourteous - helm -
in his pocket: 'M.
as Lieut. -governor of New . Brunswick
iv -fills pointdd, t6. vier of the Minister of Marine:to'him. a
.'r
few days ago; *hen asked if .14ny corres-o
the date of the.Order in Council appoint- few
or comPienication between the
'ing the heti: geutleman as ,October 27..
Doiniiiieu.end the Nova Scotia Govern-.
Mr..Tillerreplied that when he. found
ments had taken•plaae on the subject.
that this recommendation_was. made, be '
Sir Albert 'Sthith, without offering a
bac' informed thse Governor-General that
Single cm -anent; moved ',for copies of
he had 'no -intention of accepting the :,
accounts and bilis 'Showing'. in -detail
.pointment, and cilled upon the Premier
with piece, the goods and supplies.
to stille-that-aeben the Order in Council
.furnisliedth.the Department of Marine
was Passed' he knew 'nothing abont it,
And Fisheries by -the late firm of Messrs.
and_wAs'out of the country, as be wish-
, Rebell Sr Co. Montreal 1st January,
ed this matter settled. -Sir jelth A. M
Macdonald
kills 1 0, to 1st Jautiari, 1874, •ote, Im-
then pointed eomplied, And Mr. out that the Premier was mediatdY the motion Was put Mr,
Plumb 'charged Sir Albert Smith with
guilty of great 'impropriety in allowine
having•made a motion which. he would;
a gentleman holding. the commissien of--
not dare have, made had . the Hon. Mr.
Lieutenant-Goyernor to Sit in the House Mitchell been in the House. He was
and vote. -, The debete ii.'as continued
followed by Sir ;John A. Macdonald,
gr .some • iime afterwards', and it . Was
who, Pumped to hie feet, and repeated
reznarkahle that the members who spoke
Ir. Plumbs charge, A eroes-sfire took
on the . GoYernment, Aide availed them- ' .
p ace, and arterwar e Sir Albert Smith
selves, of the opportunitY'th press ori the
consideratien Of -the Government their to. recent
to reply• !. and in • tieing :Bd. referred
a' recent debate when trumped.up
respe'etive leealities: The • Hi:else ad-.
• ellargoe, suppeeted by the reading of
journeci at 12.30 a. . 'garbled eorrespondence, 'Were made
. FRIDAY.. against. his achninistretion of the 1:)e.•
. The Minister' of Public Works. intiu, partment of Marine: He was palled to
&cod three Bills 'relating to Govern- orcler,•by thel Premier, on the ground
ment railways, and among the number that it was not admissable to refer. to
was one proposing, with cortain'inoclifi- pat debates,' The point of order was
cations, to ratify an agreement for the sustained. The Minister of Maixne
running of trains. over the Pembina proceeded.to refer tcoextpers which be
Binh of 'the Canada Panifie 'Railway; had iead in a•recont
similar to that proposed by Mr. Mac- lin immediately adopted- WS :eremier's
kenzie last year: M.r. Himtington tacties, and as a. result:the .Minister of
to question, of privilege, and mention- `Marine' was ,ruled ent 'ef order.' The
•,ed that the Courrier du`banacla annonn- Minister Of Marine•becarne excited, and
ced in a 'recent issite-the retraction of pulled a. bundle of pretended official pa
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the reference he had previously made to pers freta one of his pockets, and flour,
Mr. Jely as, the PrOtestant-Premier of ishing thPrn before _ Oic..A.fouse, said
Quebec. He expressed :regret that a those were papers relative. to the pur-
member of the House, who was editor °lids() of the s',teamship Glendon by- Sir
Or flood . of the Courriei. du Canada, ha 80 fai• tobort'Srolt,b, go, Viaa proceeding to
abusethhis position as to slander 4 fel. read frorn these, when tlie Speaker,
low -member. A brief disenssion enstied, liovidg his attention Called to tho fact
in whibli•Hon. Mr. A.ngliu, as Roman,
Catholic; said that during his whole
presencein the Hoes° he had not heard
a single offensive word Against 60 no -
Man Catholic religion. Tittered by the
hon. member • for Shefford, and tho
Mi. WI. 1:=ZACM., viaftrgos egaitiPt'hiin were Vile slanders.
Tho debate on the titrie war reamed
arid 14r, Cartwright requested the FL.
4011 and Hardware Merchant," twice Minister to eomplete his 'financial
; statement, but that' gentleman 'declined
Oral t',0' 'TO INT. to de so till 'Wednesday next., Me...
liobertson, Hamilton, addressed the..
House in favor of tho tariff, and read Thus was the Premier twice in <me legs in its usual place.
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• No small animals dare pass unde
or throvgh it.
cam tOrt tt, tutu.. •
Ntaroh-18718-70,r--
.r.tbo French. Conservative ,..meinherS
are resolved that M. Letellier Shall be
.distnie.sed from his position. as Limit
. -
Governor' of .Quebec. • -On . Saturday
evening they:presented A round robin"
to that effect to 'Sir John, threatening
yoter'agattist•him•en the estimates un
leas he'acqieyeed in their , The
Premier' has, had an interview with his
excellency -_in regard to the matter. • It
is said ,that, in case Sir John folio we his
own inclinations in. reference to -the
question at issue, and declines to accede
to the demands of bis French colleagnes,
he will receive the support of Mr, Hol-
ton and the other FrenCh Liberals on
the estlinates. What will be. dem ean.
scarcely be surmised. •
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-. CanadIan.
Oa -Tuesday a house near Bob'caygeon
was burned--doWn, 'and. an • old woman
named Fletcher roasted. 10 death.
A Norwegian - walked forty miles in
eight hours and a'half at St. Catharines,
en Saturday, for:a wager bf $ad,
. Smoke, whilst out shooting on
Thursday afterneoil, on the -2nd con. of
Moore,. about, six... _ miles, frem Court-
wriett, shot at a mark Oil tt tree. The
ilanoing Off it, pierced the heart of
WE-O-Via-iiear by unknown,
to Smoke, killing him ifistaritly.
•f Eflgomuuts itON
reibpellsoirs.
A,woman in Montreal has been at -
rested for inhumanly treating two little
girls. • She kept an asylum.
J. And eeWs, of the -township of Ekfrid,
aged about 35 years, committed •suicide
on Thursday, by hanging, himself in his
barn. He is supposed to have been
insane.
At Louden on Thursday a couple of
youthsfor a wager of twenty-five cents; -
walked through -the streets to their
homes with no elothing on them except
their drawers. .
• There died on Tuesday, the 18th inst.,
at Major Bruce's, London Township, -a
.pet sheep, which, had `attained the unus-
ual age of seventeen yeArs. She had.
bad Mamba, twins sik times,
ilarkley, a fa*mher POSidiller in the.
c.•
17th eon.. of Williamsburg was found:
on Frtn
Friday morni-by kollisterrin
lie 3rd on of Williarnsbnrg, hi -tried
under his load. It appears•-thatMr:-
Barkley' started for -home about dark'
with a loa:4 of provender he had had
ground at the mills, and ,Was •found.
where his load Weis upset, and piled oh
top of him.
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A series of misfortunes is said to' have
ist befallen De: Q.* •Vaillancehrt of
St. Anseeline,,Dorchester. Within less
than a Month. he has lost four of. hie'
children by the band,of.cleath._ _On the
ilth of February 'a _fine little girl was
•cariied off; on the 13th of March his
eldest son fell a ; On the -15th he
lost another son and op.the 16 hi's .eld-
eat daughter breathed her last. His rq-
mainitig
child is Biel as well aphis wife.
-Five men;_untler the leadership.of
Jacob Nold, of Detroit,atteniptedon
ridar night to land . a-. cargo. ' of: •drY
otisale,apd other merchandise valued at
411
five hundred dollars below the ruin" :Of
Raels.distilkiy, on the ..Canada.. slaere._
They :wer'e fired upon 1r e17iknowh
perstis; suppesed to bo, Cuatomlionse
officials, and iminedintelY•roived back td
-Detroit.- "They spy -they-Will tey.it again
in,n few 4:;1,ys, , , . •.
Almost, a fatal accident happened:'at
• Lindsay, on Friday. An old man named
Q. Griffith; a kind Of gunsmith, cante
into- the office of the:Benson Ranee to
slMwan old 'breech -load Lig 'pistol which
be bought, and tried to sell it. It hap-
:pened to be loaded, and while handling
it carelessly it exploded,the bullet
Striking the office elerk, named James
Watts in the -mOoth. FortOnately it
Struck his uPper teeth, arid saving ,his
life; leaving -t1 libaY flesh wound -which
will mark, him for life._
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'--At a meeting of the London Division
Grange, on Tuesdaylevening, it was re-
solved to petition the Legislature..lo
take away from cities the right te. levy
market fees, its -they wee a•hindrance
tb Ornumerce,kt„ the some' time a com
mittei as appointed to wait on tho
County Council, at its Itine session, to
urge upon them to abolish tolls, on roads.
that the papers were foreign to the de-
bate, tlie amiable :Minister of Marine One of imitirWs freaks 'may be seen
was a second time ruled out of orderon the farm ,of Mr. Wm. S. Armstrong,
Sir A. Smith rose .to reply to ihe insinuof tramosahip has it two year pure
talons against him 'which had betm,mado bred Ditrhani that Carries its .heart in
dating the debate. The Prontier eoi te throat all the time, and thereby dif-
tended that Mir tSlbeit Finith was fors front 0084 of the human species
mtt of orderheeling() he 'had spoken whose hefu•t i'WEAtid to their threats
twiee. • The Speaker, towevet, ruled only under extraordinary eireninstunces.
that Sir Albert had' a right to reply-,: The-palsation of the lima in Mr. Arnt.
and further, that lie did not consider strong's itnitual can be soon quite plaIn-
the convorstitimfal remarks twos§ the ly, as it is It little distance up it' its
floor of' the House to be sPeeeliesneek instead of being bock of the front
• 404
Ort Monday the first ethigrant train
of the'seasen for Manitabo, started from
Ottawa. The train,on leaving' Brock-
ville, was Made up into two specials
bound fof the great North-West. -Ot-
tawa:furnished fourteen freight ears and
three passenger care ; Aultswille fear
freight and one passenger car; 1VIano-
tick, , one freig4. car ; and, Brockville
five freight cars and two passerigi•er cars.
Li addition..to this two boggoge -cius
were -furnished, ,which will make two
tkaina of sixteen cars each. Some of the
best men of the Ottawa valley have pul1!
ed up stales and are -gOing to plant
themselves in the North-West country
and others are preparing to follow :suit.
The party will consist of. 250 people,
who take with them a large ara mint of
ft-eight.Tlie *London Free Press says Our.
attention bas been called to a caSe
Which must prove a warning to anyone
inclined to take advantage and increase
.,,the value of a horse by altering,its color;
or any portion of it. It appears that a
party residing in Mitchell, dyed the'face
ofa horse, altering the -color from white
to brown. Thus colored, it was sold to Dr
Somerville, the well-known horse buyer,
who shortly afterwards discovered the
do-
ciptiou. The i•esult was that a lawyer was
consulted, and the party in question eblig-
ea to nicer considerable expense, and ex•
-press his regret for concealing the alteea-
tion mentioned. The Doctor in Arturo
does not intend to be so lenient with
any one similarly offending, but will
have the next one aerated and punished
to the fullest extent of the.law.
We find the following in a Brockville
paper A gentleman ft°ove Brockville
had occasion some time ago to travel up
the Opeongo Road, 811(1 when., about 25
miles South of Renfrew lit upon the
rural post office for "the settlement; in
the shape of a soap box nailed to a tree
at the 'road side, In this the mail ear.
rice deposited the letters andpapas
oneo a week for the settlement, and
took out ivhatever he found. therein.
The residents of the neighborhood whet
expected .commenications or papers from
the outside world 'paid a visi,e to the
soap, box, examined the contents, and
took mit their.ewii mail matter. A
great saving .would be offeeka to the
conntry if this Sysferil wertrgenerally
carried but. But, then,, what would
become of the money letters.
•
Tariff Note.
„
The family who uses 100 lbs, of sugar ft
year, paye pne dollar extra for the privi-
lege of having the National Policy,.
A man who burns ten tons of coal a year
pays Ave dollars Joy the'privilege of having
a Conservative gnvernment in power.
The price of oatmeal has abnady ethane
ed one dollar a barrel. This is politica
economy with a yengeauce--taking the._
'bretidittirfra ef the-Peer.-
.Seventy-$1re cents would have bought
AS Mild; provisicnis for family nee two
weeks ago as ouedollar will to -day -on
account of National Policy
The Thompson & Wi11iam Manufactur-
ing Company, of Strattord, are Ilargo (swi-
mmers of iron of all"kinda, and coal. 'The
extra duty paid, by them will' be about
$5,000 a( year. . .•
A Brantford firm (Messrs.Hirrii
Soni) who manufacture agriceitnial imple-
enento- largely;statee that the. new 'tariff ;.
annum.to ------.
'A number 9f petitions front printers and
newspaper publishers, praying for the re-
peal of tho clauses of the, tariff.schedule
imposipg- defies on type, printing, °ink,
printing 'presses; ete., were presented • in .
the House 9f Counnons on Monday after --
noon.. ,
: veered...that E...&...G.:1Gerney, Of
Toronto, in view of the protective policy
of the, Government, had imported a very .
large quantity of stove nil -ea -enough to"
last for three yesrs-- and hadr Paid a duty
of 1717 per cent. o8 the article, In • the
• new protective tariff that article is on the
free list.
The
Ivlbotog4tin)ri:es -hat:idea -lower
ahn.on --SSOC.:-.;(111 met at
1701'011,t0; 011 Friday, aud decided to. ad- -
%Teem:the price of, stoves and sfeve ware
20 per cent. in Ontario, rind 25 per cent.
,than in Ontario. Every membe.r at Abe
meetitte.,'exeept% three .„ was
hut a vole of censure was 'passed on the'
• Governmentler its " Mestslling and Mudd-
. .
ling" tariff. - • -
.W.,W. O4ilvi,,' the" prciprietrir of -
the flouring mills at, Montreal and Gode-
rich,,waited ce Mr. Tilley, on Wednesday,
ancr.dernanded, the rem Orel Of the _duty on
AMerican-graie, and infOrme,trthe,Govern-'..,'
Meet unless.hia request was heedecl.
he should be compelled to close is Millet
Goderich, which waa, supplied saber/at en-
tirely Avith Anierican • : .
The Canada SeUthern Railway .Com-
pany have.hitherto repaired their leconto. -
motives at St. Thomas, and purchased for
the %Voris about out) ton and a half 9f brass ,
'end copper every month 'from the local
dealais. On account of the imposition of
the; tariff on these . metals, the company
have decided to change the name on tho •
locomotives'from Canada Southern Rail-
way to New York Central,. and to have
the work clone at
It is stated on good authority that Mr.
co_representative of St. John City-
-with the !row Mr. Tilley, is so much 'sat-
isfied that the Finance Minister's tariff•is
objectionable to:their.constituents that be.
intends to tender his resignation and place :
himself once more in the hands of the
people. He -does not appreve -cf the
changed tariff himself; 'and feels that the:
citizens' of St. John are of the 'same ppin--
Ottawstele,grain :-Mr 11f. C. Cameron,
tile representative of South Fluren,:. hats
just returned from hiacenstitaiericy. He'
says the farmers there arc• generally:wife.
verable to the ,new, tariff. . They regard
the duties on ,breudstutis its a farce, and
'point to the increased prices Of the -articles
which they, pnrchsse, as a grim. reality.
The salt producers are also dissatisfied With
the dutyori their produce. . C.
Mr. Cesey. P,, has 'received a letter
froni•Meisra, Macpherson, &know 4; Co.,
agricultural implemeat manufacturers at,
Fingal and Clintotr,. Ont„ in which that
firin.•oharaCterized the tariff as ." the most
deplorable legislationthat cotild happen.'
the country.' ,It will affect their ballinalla
adversely to the extent of .43,00,0 per an-
num. This increase -will necessitate an.
advance on the price of a machine of $20,
wine& Must.be paid by the consutner: . .
.
It is computed that the framing of the
"..Notional Policy"' Cost for outside aid
alone Some $5,000: Some '$2,000 were
paid to Messrs. Fraser, Young and .
Lean for their services; eaoh one being
paid at the rate of $10 dollars a day. The
parties summoned to give expresinens of •
opinion regarding what was needed in the
way.of ditties on tho various articles ini-
ported•for home consumpsion were paid at
a similar rate,;besides expenses. 'This is
$5,000 for a " National Policy" that will
cost the people of Canada thousAnths of
'd°Afewllars'.
clays Mr. See.- Rymnli
end Mr. Elliott, M. P. for Peel, had a dis-
cussion in relation- to the vexed question
aa to who ,pays the duty on 'everted corn. '
Mr. Elliott contended that the producer
did, which proposition Mr. Rytnal disbe-
lieved. The question, was, however, set-
tled on Friday in rut itittexpeeted manner.
It appeal% that Mr: Elliott had ordered it
quantity of Ainerican oats a few weeks ago,
which produce he expected to have passed
through the Custom House before the now
tariff was enacted. By reason af tho ice
jam at Detorit, tho oats were not passed,
over before Friday week, and Mr. Elliott
telegraphed countermanding the °tam-.
Rye ..1 elied Mi.. Elliott why he did
eo. •01.1,' readily replied Mr. Elliott, '1 .
was not going to•pay.the itiereneect duly.'
what auto, replied Mr. Ityrnal, !I
thought the producer paid the antyr and
not the constrmer.'Charity comgels the
drawing a veil over Mt. Elliott's confusion.
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