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THE:CLINTON NEW ERA.
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T.IITY4SVAY, AU6-1.1ST 14, .1870,OLT ,
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DtWing- the- past two or three wookS
eteveral. of 'our banks have had. a, se:
veva etrnggie to maintain their Standing
tbs financial institutions", the codilence
. the public'. boieg •cousidevably sheken.
consequencti of the rapiddecline in the
piiee eTi:e—.11e, stock of the Consolidated
tarfireft- to'Clese
doors sineethe stoppage of.the Meehan-
. ice- Bank a 'short time ago. The yevela-
tions made, aftee the elese, of ele Con-
eelidate_d; ,tte oits atfitire, wore of such
a- nature as to still further shake, public
eonfidenoe in. the banks, and a run upon
theCity and District Savings, the Ex-
change, and .the'Ville Marie Baieles'eves
the .resuleet causing the stoppage of . the
latter two.: Tliatt there willbe any very
great losses , to the general public, we
do uot suppose, the shareholders being
the principal sufferers; but a great deal
of inconvenience will be experienced in.
eonsequence, of motif having •bills .of the,
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suspended baiiks in their possessien.e
This disturbance in our banks „Will
strengthen -the. Amide', of those parties
---Wieoittela1404 for -geat1y Inc re -need
• issue of DeminiOh notes; believing, as
: they are bases( tewthe nation
there will be no lose engtained by banks
brealdng... The object of the advocates
• of this increased. issue of nationalour-.
rency , is to Mater: treeney plentf, And
thereby, • ae .ther suppose, make -'the.
' times better financially. elt stead of
this idea --plenty of risoney-e.making
• the times better, .it has actually been
one of the muses in making tittles bad.
. :Wholesale houses have 'been too liber-•
, ally accommodated, and theY have been
too ready to sell go9ds to men who
really bad nothing atstake to lose, and
theee latter. liar) entered. into competi-
s. .tion with dealeis who hai,-e• been years
• • in building up, ft business, and honestly
meeting their Paper as it aline due, by
economy e and petidence ,. while ethe-fen.me
er lived in good style Tor a short tithe,
iieekets: well, end, compro-
rnisedot; beettriteltankrtipt, the' banke
being thd actual losers. 'There is plenty,
of money in•the country to transact all
• the businesa Wo• have got to do, tlie
trottlele is there fs ton7inuelt credit-;
many persona gotting'crodit. that .nevel.
iriteeded to pay,. and thehonest enos,.•
consequently, haying to make geed tbe
/asses. . .„ ,
• ...When the 'Consolidated Bank, closed
• it doors it wasefound-thatonany-Vartiee
in this neighborhood 'held. considei,7
'able number Of ig-bills. If, instead Of
thus hoarding them up, they had invest-
ed them.in ineeperty, . 1een`4irthene; or
• deposited them lii. the bade', there would
ons, as it does uot take snore than from
four to six days to get et cheque from
Ottawa through the postmasters.
As' thee charteis of most otir banks
expire in 1881, there is Le doubt hut
what sowe sl,ittuge will take place with
respeet to the privilege of issuing paper
money, ,and ;there is every likelihood
that the government will only enjoy
thet privilege, the bankdoiug business
on their eapital and usieg the bine'asa
circulatine. medium.
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AMALGAMATION ' OF TUE GRAND
TRUNK, AND GREAT WENTERN
ILKIlla WATS .
• The indications are that the two
above-named railroads will soon be tin-
der one management, and en ,end put to
the- wetting of „ft eight rates, local ,ones
at eleest.- , As fate. as. the-ni ore: aeon° lei -
cat uninageufent onte IWO :roads te con-
cerned the pnblic can have nO objection
• to the nition; or even thee an-end:is pet
tO t•he ruinpus competition, and paying
rate. eller& ; but that excessive local
treigliriaTei; 'tan tit
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thernettrointaiii through rat tea,
, will be submitted to; ie out of the quese
lime It wil1tiatbe for their interest
'Solo do, for they would be only killing
the goo's° that laid the- golden egg, ea
;they would, by that temps, stimulate
the construction • of ether - Competing
lines, Such as thetiredit Valley and To-
.. • . . •
.ronto andOttawa, and if, these were'
brought into competition the gond tion
Of the tWo arnatgainated• reticle •Vould be
•
wove() than before.
• The 'only wise waY to carry on busi-
ness or-fhis character, in a profitable
Manner, isto practice the closest e'cono-
My and prudence, , and lastice towards
the shipping community 'and, travelling
public.' No, ofie cart honestly' object te'
raileVeYellireetorte iteyhig" SO ol
•
will give a, reasonable return to the
shareholders of such eailwawe,Ite_this.,
--ers
nociple ispiactised,--infil-life -(1 ii• -e anis
refrain from, oily political ihterference
. ,
in the •eountry, We 116 110t: alltithp;ie
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any. „serious opposttion to- the amttlga2
-Illation. • . s -
IMPROVEMENTS IN. ETOER
4%. 1)E31lONST,RATION.
Thy Clinton New Bite approvee of the idea
of gettiug up a Baena demonstration in HA-
ron, but woula prefer tliuton to Goderioh, ae
the place of boldieg it.. 'fl Clinton is the
'beet point, so be it, so long as our object is
attaioed,
We ,gladly joie halide with our con-
frere in UM' endeaver to get opa de-
monstration in this county, believing
that good would result therefrom, and
are pleased to seo it so willingly cencede
to our proposition, of, leolding it lieree
The railway facilities tt this point are
such as to enable itTo-ccennutnel a larger
amount of territory than any other place
in the .country, hence our object in sug-
gesting Clinton. Let our Reform-friende
take the necessary action in the Matter.
nob have been so many in eiretdatien,
and the general public Weida have
been -the gainerit; 'the bank'
would lave been.in a sounder condition.
4:1'reterallyspeakingettrbtfnksare Sofind;
oad if they aro managed as they should
they will be paying inetikutions; but
if the speculators and adyenturers are to.
bo aecommodated more liberally than
the more cautious, honest and *bentt
Isusine88 inftu; then nothing else but lois
'and rui)L may be eXpected for our banki.
To those pirt•tiee,Whe do not like to
deposit in. banks 'or their agencies,
mould recommend ?the pea office savings
bankovlatro every facility fel: deposit-
ing and withdrawing is offered, and the
111.0gt peefed security guaranteed. We
learn that some people are under the
impression Oat it requires from one to
three- months notiee to Withdraw de-
posits, hitt this idea is 'entirely errone-
. .
SUGGESTIVE. ItEIRA ftE.S.
Last week a farewell supper:Was given
Mr. Blue, of the Awed, prior to his
removal from St. Themes, to, take a 1)07
sition on the 0Obo. In his teply t� a
Moast occurs the following remarks,Whici
explain the position of a journalist, and
also the too-ceinnion appeecietion of his
efforts. There is also a moral contained
in the speeeli which sheuld be applied
The jourpelists'e to/petition puts ildeness
out ot the queation, for, like the horse on
the treadmill, his work muse go on all the
same whether he wills it or uot, It is an
u n resat* round of toil and, endeaeor. The
newspaper-reatting public never say
enough.' The paper remit cogne cut With
the regularity of' the daY; and the public:
atitIcistu is jut as unfailing in ite regular-
ity. There are eo many matters which
cutlet be dealt with, and there is so little
time given for consideratien, • that to me
•the greateat'wonder is that the people. ate
so well ,pleeeed with what they gest and that
gi vs, o , The journalist's
posiisouorof 'greet -responsibility- and
•calls foiequiehetti -srehert-judgment..._The.
Than eseerety-wleote 'feelings -me hurte
is dew to forgive, for now, as of old, it is
impossible but that offences 'Ain come. I
have noticechtliat whilsonien take e -whole
column spokel, itt their favor as a thing of
course, ope sentence spoken against them
7rnAlo341yem-vitirvne nip torl iffy netitot tor
hoe, .deserving'. that . sentence :may be.
'AUX and fir Popleii," greatest- en eo itigettetti t-
end comfort to propped' wes, to -fied •mee
• who had no shame; and no fear of anything.
else, touched .by his satires: To attack
views in the abstract; he said,' may. be sefe
fightieee,ebut it is fighting, with shadows,
So the eoureeliat finds that to be of service
in his profeitiiin;;IO curb Moral er pelitieal
wrong -doing and to put a mark on rascality
of every kind; be must topch persons, and
• be latlat strike them where they live'. He
must beet ub1t meteor as well as a ptiblie
educator, and wisely fulfilling thoseflint:-
Hone is.rounding off the.sphere of his dutieS
And .heeel would :like to, say a word aboet
our local 'journals. I am afraid. that there
ere very few of them in Ontario who get the
support and eneouragement that they merit.
• It lathe local peter that writes your legal
iictryethatadizewates-yonreleatiLinterestsr
Hutt .prometes your local; hnsinese, that
fights the pen tical liatirelof your county. It
is week after Svetikhringing your town -into
notice, and everyy sign vt proaperity is °tiro-
nicIed -as soon as it aopoters. What, I ask,
w St..Thounis de w ithoue tw-o newspa
• eraPalley, to yourselves that both:offices-
etere_elosediet.e.y,eateand thatsyousie.p_erede.
ed for local netseeed•the advodady'Of local:en-%
tereaticeetheleindeni;Hatiiilton.and Teron-
to newapapers. What would beconee of yOur
zfrittiffil7Wh-6-wo,fild-Intiwa'qthinetaboW;•
Witnivonkteo meth iteto--e ra hatter
What would its merchants or its reanufae,
tutors do witlic;nt peinter'ainke The, tanii
to -day has re:potatiota abroad. second -lb,
that of Ito other town; or 04y...in •Ontarie,.
and every few.days soin.e good -.man Waft-
ing hero to estabtlish a beitinesi or eettle'
as a Citizens,' How -has it itequire this, ee?
natation 7 What:interest :ints • the•mews-,
paper's of `..tOndoh; gantiltotr • or Termite
ever:taken' in the prosperity ef-St. Thomas?,
No, gentletnaneyoe must depend 00 your
loeel papers to write petheineeeests of your
town and °Minty mid to _discuss your local
questions. For 8o. doing they deserve 'your
'SU pptiti,i tit Mit , your .suptjdu
don't deserve their good offices. Every. citi-
zen of the county ahould -feel a" woe is one"
on Id at to support at least one of his locni pa-
pers, and every business Man wha has a sense
Of 'gratitude In •his'breastWill feel tilt he
might to. advertisein ewe,. if. not in toth.
remember Some year ago reading the story
eta Otte Yankee vtlrowent out west and set-
tled in Illinois.. He showed a disposition to
get along, and his neighbcirs.helped him with
.e geed starb In toshert time he 'had be-
• come wellfiled, but 'there weanne thing
needfith--7 liereehieeYan-keeectitepess came
-.lute setvite., He went to one neighbor and.
• said to him,- 'I ane, -neighbor„ have you
nary old henornothin' you Could lend.
,felloW, have yon?'• The neighbor, had,
and gaye one ofthe best in the. Yard.
Toes.nother he.went and borrowed a dozen
eggs, and the hen was set to hatching them.'
A• dozen ehicirens dame in dlie cotirse;. and
after some jeidichnui 'feeding theold hen
laiddozen fresh eggi. The cute farmer
Total -fled what lie borrowed; and -as he did
tie said; 'Thar, nooty ; I've get. a dozen ae
fine,cluckens as ever you sot eyes on and'
they didn't cost me a ,cenb nuttier'. Well
it is a pod deal after this manner that. tee
many of- our businese men act. The'news-
papersoare writing up the town, giving it a
reputation as a busineiss °entre, and tittraat-
ing traders from far aud nearewhile there
arebusiness thee in the town whoprofit by
ehis newspaper enterprise and make their
boast :that, it don't cost .them .a 'cent. I
Will not say that:ehis is fair,. mid I will
uot say howelcsng the businetis tnere of •it
toWn can :afford to pursue anch a course
in their. `ewn interest. .YOu can't always
go on drinking the cider find giving to your
keel newspapers only a smolleof themug.
They deserve other patronage, and,What
say of them may, I am afraide be said with
equal tenth of every local newspapet in the
Province. •
EDITOMALr NOTES.
- 'fittri:3euretary-Of tlfereintset'Vutivh -U7-
-17.4- Chill, Tal'oriratiTaWay-Irtt-St;:weeliTio:
leaving the (gob in, tint lurch.,
many 1., 0. IT's did" it. :
goltieleceitvritmle.477ititnhet.4v;rorimisPrelooepurotlpstrtity,..11 is
Of $ir ,Tohn A. cateees.the* break '9f three..
banks.in four months, how long will it
faketo breakithian all "? • •
• ff the world despises a hypocrite, What
must they think of • hint in,. heaven.—
Price Reporter. :Calmat say, we haVe'
never been there. -,tiecknoin Spit inel.
And you, never will he there, 'Unless you
reform. ----God erielt S` tar. , The same , to
you, brother.
It's about tinie the, peopleof 'Toronto
,
got over the Hanlaneraze. It's Hanlon.
this, Hanlon that, and Hanlon the other
thing. Last week some very philanthre-
W-It-idierlige-nrairhis' few -weeks -old
clitughter'ivith it ffilver spoon, and the
amount of gush over. the affair is eicken-
ing: • As • timedare doubtless many in
Termite mere in need Of charitable assist •
ance.than._ffunlan, it ty-ould-reok
sincere on their part if their charity WAS
turned in that direction. • ,
• Perhaps in no. county izi•the .province
have greater:improvements been made in
the 'quality of tho stoek kept, within the,
last ten 'years, ' thanin. the county of
Hume. With reference to horses aii-cr
hornedeteck this is.particularlithe
but while nearly all have improved their
breed ef horses, only 'it few hav6. made.
any extensive ire preyem en ts inregard, to,
cattle; Now that en& a 'yost"tharket is.
open fer the surpl us stock of this coleattere
„Mit farmers Shouldplace themselves ina
position whereby they could take advan-.
lage or it.. :"It- costs .comparatively, littlo
mete toraise a good than it Pooranimal,
and the price obtainedter the One -is often
. .
double what svotild he for :the other:
While liable to disease,stook are not ,es -
likely to turn out unsuccessful 'as grain
-.-in face the One -May be said to be al
-
Most certain; the other Uncottain,-7-aild
we wonder that moreattentionis not
devoted to the raising of stook and leis
to grain. respect, to sheep great
im-
prot'ements have aiso.beett Made, .,trut
farnmrS,Will find that' they will bayo to
go into the, -raising offiner-woolled sheep..
At preSent it swims to be the aim' • te'reise
a :sheep that will 'produce ..the ,greatest
'amount of wool, irrespective of 'qUality.;„
&le coarse Wool is -notelet much called for.
itt mertufaeturing is Toetterly. We doubt
if there ie . at presenta dozen real 6ne-•
woolled sheep ine the . country., . and tho
ones who firse make en. imprevement in
this respedt will reap a layge yeturn, -
• Well as have:the:honor of takinga 'step
• forward itt the progressied of . the titiWe'.'
o• le et's,
.-TUE 41.1EBEG LEGIELA TORE.
The vote in which Mr. Soly was kap
week defeated was an unimitertant- one,
and in order t,; test Cho acttilel -
leoline of
a
the Ifortee, ono of Mr. .Toly'S friends On
Thuraday proposed a vote of confidence
in the Governittent. Atter a lengthy de.
• bate, in width the Opposition steoye hard
to take all the advantage they- could of
the vote referred to, tho members divid-
• ed, and Mt, ,Toly .was sustained by a
mejerity of four, the Speaker not Vdting.
That result pute an cnd to the capital that
was being made of the affair by the Con-
servative party, for it proves that on
-welters of pOlicy, at least; the Govern-
ment can command a satisfactory major'.
ty, and that is all that is IleOesSar3r.
7We- liacrin-steiritendpiFeeetrbioning:Otti.
RefOrtie-ecenteroperferies against
lit -ogees a scandal the Porter'e Hill PostOftce :change when our eye 'met the.
following.: itt th e. in reference'
thereto, - We cannot be charged with
,
generally endorsing :it A views, .. bat
.. • .
make an exception in the 'present in.
• .
stance, and do so, as the matter is juse
as repre,cented: in the extract e-e-
'"1"he Porter's Hill post office, Whilst in,
'elfairgelerMr.:13. MeDousfall, from the 1st
of Stine, 1878, to the aid ult.,was a most
inconvenient plane, and was so represented
by petition to the Department by parties
in the localky. -The Postmaster -General
directed an enquiry to be naade by the. int
speotor eq.' the diitisiou. Mr. McDougall
promptly -admiteed ',that, the proper and
best place for the post office was 'et the
'Corners, three -eighths -of a mile front Mc-
Deugallts, where it had been prior to, the
'1st June, 1878, and tendeied—his resignee
tion_to_theiespeetor,_ askingAt tlie. dame
eime that ther•ptist office -might berestored
• to the Cornets as soon tea convenient;')
Politioal and Personal Notes..
The Dominion Mihiateris noW inhloge
land are expected to 'sail for home on
the I st • instane.
. .
' The rumor is revived that Senator;
Mapplietson wiltbe the next LieU tenant-
Ooverpor of Ontario. ••
The,rumor is reVivedthat 11. E.
. .
Ptineess Louise will, return le England.
about Oct. and return. to Canada in
• the spring. • .•
The protest. against title election of
Mr. Gunn, M. P.. for Kingston, who de-.
•feated Sir :fohu A. Macdonald on the
l'itii-Sept., has been dropped.
The GoVernor-General and the Prineess
Louise, after visiting tie Mifitime Pro-
' yinces and probably Bostop, New:yeek,
Saratoga arid seme other places4resoyt
in the United' .States, will return to
Quebec at the end of date Month.
Hie Excellency the Go -Verner -General
and the Princess Louise have shown
theiv syMpathy for the poor and dis-
tressed of St. John by. sending a joint
gift of $500 to the 'Mayor of the city,
As) he by hitn distributed for tho relief
of those niOst in -want.
;Hamilton Times ; • Ie is eometifints
worthnote that itr less than a Year
after dye Conservativeparby swept ttrii
Dominion, (tad within four months
since tbe new tariff Whieh was te scatter
blessings far „and 'wide was brought
down, the Cabinet is afraid to open a
eingto constiteency itteither Ontario et'
Nova Scotia -the two provinces that.
were to be made particularly happy:
A rumor which is gradually. gaining
Credence Will be
appointed ,Land Commissionet on the
return of the Ministers .from England.
M this connection it is rumored that
thedneumbent of the office will have a
seat in the House, so tut.to speak en be-
half of his own Department, and yet not
be a Cabinet Minister nor ainvel to hic
censtitnents on taking dim
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.11UUL',01' 14, 1,879
to only aboet 18,000 head. TtOts will give
a fair idea ofthe vast increase in this branch
of trade. It may- be fairly estimated that
the farmers throughout the Dominion have
killed annually half a million calves hither-
to ppose to have been •worthless Now,•
however, the increased vele° of this class
of stock, with the prices and facility for
Bale, will huloce them to raise a still larger
percentage of what would otherwise have
:been killed. It will, therefore, 'be readily
seen that if even one in ten be raised, it
will treble the present nuraber of cattle for
shipment, and when the extraordinary ad-
aptability of our great North-West terri-
toriesie considered, together with the im-
portant fact that they are rapidly becoming
peopled by European stook raisers, it will
at once be apparent that the cattle trade of
Canada erg long will Marne great proper,
Hons.
Canada is the only cattle raieing country
in the world free from contagious diseases.
All other countties are more orients affected
by it, which necessitates the slaughtering
of antmals at the port of entry, while, on
the other hind, eteeetclittn oaItle 'ban be
reifted for any market and shipped alive.
This gives at least an advantage of „thirty
-per trent, in-favto of the eel-Jong:ton of
Canadian stock:ewer...all_ other hompetitoie
'that can't be so shipped. -21/entreat Witness
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TIM CROPS.
:This eroP tepotte from all parte' of - Europe'
for the last week indicate that the amount Of
grain remand frone.A.morica this year willbe
greater Oen 'than %We -have before ne-
aced the, extremely', unfavorable °nation -Of
-Wiper-he eengland.- Russia. very -coo,
tiselietersereporerhayeleeen-feeeived: 'eft car
as can be gathered from thew; however; the
crop in the northern and central geterruneuts
will be about an average• woe as • regarda.
wheat and rye, but spring crops have suffer-
ed Severely from d Tenth and etherealises, In
the easterm portion of the Empire, it re-
ported that the mops haVes beentotally de-
stroyed by the continued drouth. In the
South, especially in tbe valley of the Cauca-
sus, the crops have been destroyed by grass-
hoppers aud insects. It is, expected; theret
fore, that the Russian crop will be below the
averaga this year, Russian journals report
that the Government intend prohibiting the,
eXpoOation of cereals, which would be neut.
ous matter for Western Europe'which-draws
a great part of it 9 suppli from there, but it
.is hardly probable, and is believed•that these.
T..ePorts ormiohlitibedin_tbeIntereata_of.spoca._
lams. The meaning of such 4 prohibition.
can be- understood when it is stated that the
average yearly export of wheat from Russia
for the past fourteen years was tifty millions
of taishels,' end daring 1878 . amounted to
about ninety million of bushels. In Austria-
liungary the erops are maturing unfavorably,
and-thewheat crep; Which het -year wasten
• per eent,,aboVe-the.aerage, , will this,. it is
'estimated, falltiventy,five..pur,cent below.
Ita Italy and, Spain -the cropa.havi,.beeri, very
• light, and it is exPeoted that hall of these,
-neautriet2avitt-a.e..qrtirettrcrtipurc'.itnirge..
amoent of:wheat-during thillittErtlrelel1oW7,-=:
Mg -year,- The advices from Prance; especi-
ally with tegard to tbe crop from tlie -south
'andeseet, aro very. utifavoreble. • The Wheat
and rye crops -Will be snialler e.ven than those
of last year. In 13oine parts Where the harvest
is now well begun' the crop is,reported tutu:-
tisfactory, both, as regards rinantity and cilia -
lily. it is well that theseraps inAmericaare
largO,:and wain a great :measure .traitlte up
the 46°10'16,. Except in some isolated pro-
vinces there can be little danger new of fa-,
mine, and even seri-re distress IS very undam-
moil. Every year sees an increase in the,
acreage Under cultivation. The increase in
Canada is happily this year above . this ever-
-age, The increase of our exportation in the
next few years is likely to be very great owing
to the opening up of the Nertli-West, and to
the inereased huraigration of . farmers' from,
England in -consequence of the failure of the
Crops there; 'and the corapetition of American
prodircefs.' Rtitiskjudia is obtaining some
prominbnee in Great Britain as a Wheat -pro
diming country. The Panjartb and the North-
westeni Provinces yield each about an amount
equal to that of the United Kingdom, and be-
, sides these Cade, Bengal, Bombay: and the
uerare produce a large quantity.• • Southern
India also prodiweilet variety of white wheat,
which, being white and hard, is very suitable:
for
'of driatth the Crap is not large; and the ship.:
ments this year to the 'United Kingdom show;
as cotnpared.with 'last year, 9 considerable
falling off.
. -
here remains, it argues way thttecend,
which it looks upontte the wapifest des-
tinee of the conittry. It doubts whether
there is any gain on either side by the re.
tendon of Great Britittnee hold on Canada.
Her isonnection with the mothercountry,'
it declares,odisturbs iter, while to us she
DO a prt!gnaut source of disquietude and a
,perennial' expense, A.bentption into the.
American Upton -would, the Examiner
thinks, prove beneacial to her in a high
degree, and it goes op to gay Canatte
needs new life, freah impulses, and increate,
ed population. AU these advantages would •
naturally and inevitably Queue were her
destinies united with those of her neighbor. - •
As it is Canada is but dragging out a mis-
erable existence, struggling, as it were,
against fate, and going ,frorn bad to worse
with every tentative attempt made by her
statesmen in order to.insure herproaperity,
progress and autonomy,"
• After such frank talk from an intelligent ,
oglish source, it may not be out of place
for us to atete whet we understand to be
the American view Of the question. People
in this couptry believe that at some timent
the future the Canadian 'previnees Will be-
come members st the AmeOictin Union, and
-that-such-a,connacticsr would' bee tientsfigiir '
•tothern and advantageous -to new .„
•to them becauseethey. would "save the expense of theirDominton government; obtain
free access to our markets, be permeated by
the currants of our active business Wei and,
share in the growth and prosperiti Of the
strougest, rlehest, and moat progressietenale„.
donne the advantageous
tons because. we shouldegain-a large-poi-me-1-
lation of industriousestearlyegoingeself,goveeseeee—
ein higpeotde of out own iiassgsiancTshould-----
get possession of the great northern water --
Way from the heart of the continent to the ,
.A,tlantie ocean -the St. Lawrence river.
At the saine time there is not the least.dis- •
position CO press the matter upon the coo.
aid eration•of the Cartadiane. No propagand-
ism of annexation ideah has ever been at-
tetnpted by our government Of would be
favored by oue people. Some day the pro-
vinces will reach the coeclusien that it la
better to be states of e great republic than
mere colonial attachments of a diatant king-
dom, but they will reach their own
good time, and through the lesions Of theie
-own eiperience and their ownsober judg-
ment, eitithout threat' or coaxing from us.
When the time' comes they willfind the
door orthe ninon hoepitafily open to them,
and the Mother tiountry Will, no doubt, bid
them go'nt pettee - Only in the improbable
event•of a war between thalThited States
and Greet Britain is, enneiation likely to be
brought about in any other way than by the
.deliberate desire of a large Majority of the
•Canadian peeple. , • .
The Canediatie are fast outgroWini thei6
illusions: •They'eee 'that theie lialf-autonos
-mousDorniiiion- government iitamt.geting to,,
_lead to .separate netioesiiteeelhannarrew:
eetrifteeEcountrYstee t chime- frennethe lane,
fictiitliePaciticeand coeepressed lietween
a frozen wilderness' on one sicle_aust a poWere
ful, oenipact n•eighhor on the ether, Wilt' ;
never (stow into ein independent, sell -exist-'
exit natiOn,; that the highest clevelcip-
ment, material•And intellectual, of; which
theircountry is capable ITiII never be
at-
tainod'so loegeas they remain in tte.colonial
- condition.:Ilow long it will be before they
see the direction in which their true inter-.
eats lie is a questioe which.eoncerns them
lit more than it does us, and which we aro
• quite content to leave thern'to answer. • .
—.—eseeeeee—e---,- • •
TO; CANA NAN , CATalit, TILA
EN:1OM.:1S INCEESSE IN MI NT$ -sous
. mrnitsfrraio mina: °.
4 —
• Komi interesting figures regarding the
theirtrionti growth of the cattle trade in the
• Dominion love .beeti obtained.' It is ah
approximate statement given by Professor
• MeEtchran, "Doininion Government In-
spector at Montreal, showing that during
the moths of May, 4tine antle,Jilly, of the
present year, Canadian farmere received
the sum of $048,46e, for stock sold for
axportation, made up as follows;
etatie, at the moderate valuation of S, 00 nr 41;605150
Shoop, at 80 or head, .•
Pigs, at; tt/ per lien.d„,, •
Tottil number, 50,023
The above values is rather under than
over the mark. At a rough estimate the
steeenship companies alone, independent
of any eonnectitei with the railways, re-
volved for the trensport of the stock
$310,474.
' The nuInber.of cattle eatried 'last year,
ineluding American stock, which fortned
a large proportion of the .whole, =minted
•
. Naito Talk About Canailite
Froin the.New .1COrk Tribune.
The pram Of the 'United 'States has not
been ie the habit of looking closely into the
-condition of .affairs in Canada, (mot mea-
suring the Political inSatutioni and in-
dustrial progress of our northern neighbors
by mw own standards. Their ways are
not always our, Ways, but We have not ob-
truded advice upon them, nor has theVe
been any display of Pharisaical feeling on
this side of the boder at their failure to
realize their hopes of growing into it pow-
fut nation, ender British tutelage. The
• dispceition here has been to loek: upon thew
as a people of kindred bleed, laboring
under disadvantages of climate and gee -
A .Word o..Y.PMM., AM&
written 'for the'NEw EttA,
Young men -I -should say boys,---oely
for the fear of giving °eerie°. r, myyoung
days boys were boys, until they were twenty-
one. However, it is of little conseqpence
what they -are called, it ia by their behaviour
that they•are judged,' When 1 see a yoUng
:lounging_along'tlie Streets, with _both •
hands in hie 'pockets, and trying- to Walk
like a sailor, beetling from aide to side, I
always make up my mind that he will never
amount td anything,' ancrl -ant never far '
wrong, -that he will probably die in a poor
house -3-.4f -we-have-opts,- yezy sorry,. • -
to seer that I have seen several of this type-
lately, This • style of young: man iiva1Iy_
enters it roohi with Bits hae,en, and throws
himself into the easiest chair, thereby cans-.
big great mortification to his inothee'and
sisters ; and if they rebuke him, he taken
no lieed;• thinking that it does not matter
how he behaves at home, but I say it does..
The youth who beats his motherand sisters --
with politeness will :never be at a loss in any
aociety.. *others who are kind to their
sisters never lose by it, and home shoild bo
the place to practice all these little acts tie
politeness and kincliiese'' go trilling in them-
selves, Mit go vast in their. influence on the ,
character. Little acts of cheerful self -de- "
nial towards those around you willemake •
the plainest face radiant with beauty and
happiness, If you don't believe me try it.
Ofours there Will always be some towdiels
who are toady to sneer at a'Well-behaved
boy, but it is enly because they have not
senseeenough to, follow•his example.If e
graphical position? and relying too much young man is .careless hi his mermaid he
on the kading-striega of the tnother coml. ivilleo,on•beso in his morals; if he hasno
„try; but on. the whole, getting along fairly regard for his beating and personal appear'
well, awl entitled to Our friendship for •be-
ance, ho will, no doubt, in Hine grow inclife
having like good neighbors, and to our re- ferent to his good name. Scime boys seem
spect for maintaining an crierly reprosen- to think it is very Manly -to -be insolent to
tatite Government, closely akin to out
even in many estential features, In e word their elders, shoeing off their leat ging, ale,
;Lives in company With. One, of this kind a /
we have held to the friendly and sensibl° few days ago, and it youna lady said to Me,' • •
policy of lettingCanada work out her own "Really, Mr. -e---, e mild be quite a nit()
salvatie0 by her .ow.n Methods, free front
influence or criticism; .and have left the you's; man, if he wee net stieh an upstait."
discussion of the peobrows pf her cieson5b. kIeneorlwiapplsewnitlyenothgeiirsl'selnyobbob:rdentit,lite.t,1;betcacinido.t,
to her town people.'' .
What thatidestiny is to he is a Iniestion Itieeneymoya'reo.t know quite se nauchein another
thht begins to attract fiesh attentien in s A. gentle unassumieg manner
England, The Exaininer, a London week- wins nniiersal approbation/while the re-
ly which is not.in the habilsof carefully roe .ectse merits pothing bet eontempt. Soma.
spading traditional feelings and prej mikes; inn ma icir
ladiei of thy acquain thrice were recently ask -
speaks plainly on this subject, Ib: regards eabeso of thought the hot weather was the
the experiment of a eanfodoeated terra of • gentlethen,e4ho did knots, bettor,
refraining from r lasing' their hats when
'governinent for the :Provinces, if • uot A theyaalute thew.: if it is phYsical prostra- -
Hon that mesa forgetfulness in this rnat ter,
they will be willing to excuse them from
bowing at all until the cool weather comes
toi
ovigii.it7e tm hesuffipient strength for the • .
. .
, .
New, boys I would say, in merichtsion,
thet although' I am getting too old myself'
to play, yet 1 watch your games with ill% ,
terest,-you excel in cricket, -let it 4113n
tried in the Dominion form of goverament.;
Bin" "b"n' tabeesataima oth;a14 theaticl ti.o.;inteof.yoCul5n7mnec:ni nt a itli7e:
not only the best cricket players, but the,
of the Powers. The first has
the third is pceitively .regarded by the'
dounty, 0 not in the province.
CLINT±0,1; Atig. let11, I
.. kyrttrax Pm -spray.
Ewer:titter as wholly impritetie,able ; and
signal fitilnrti, as far from satisfactory at
.tho present Or reassuring for the future.
The Dominion ia heavily in debt, and its
revenues tall below it ospenditures. Eho
late D'Arcy Ale(4ee once remarked that
there wore but thteb future relations open
to the Teeple of the Province-fitst, a
closer conhection, offensive and Mende°,
between themselves; second, annexation to
the United States, and third, a guaranteed
neutrality under the third jeint protectiOnt
•