Lucknow Sentinel, 1891-02-27, Page 4ST
The I..ucknow ?entinel, Bruce County, Friday, February 27th '
poorer qualities of it would c•onipM e
successfully with the. best of Middle., AT
Western or Northwestern Stat®s GRE.
barleys, and what under a tariff of even
15 cer,tt, per bushel would be fed, at
home would under free trade tind
ready sale at a. fair profit to the pro-
ducers.
bi ty is that inatea• Of a crop o
23,000,000 bushels we should 'see a
crop of 50,000,000 or 60,000;000 ;
and that instead of exporting 10,000,-
000 or 11,000,000 bushels to the
United States, as under the old tariff;
or o. fifth of that amount under the
u _ 'n.e tariff' we should ex ort
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LIBERTY' 'T'LITTER AND TO Isnot
FREELY' ACCIS$DIN0'T0 THE .DICTATES
'OP CONSCIENCE WE i'RIZE'A730AT7y ALL
dTHER LIBERTIES.
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'• GIBS'ON ELE
The Election of the Hon. 3". M.
' Gibson, lie" Provincial' Secretary, in
' liainilton on Tuesday last by the
large majority of 67,,0; was a big sur-
prise to .even the Reformers them-
. selves. His opponent, Mr. Stinson,
..-was. elected by 70 majority in June
,i last, but -was unseated by the , Courts,
...and although the Reformers were con-
): iident of success in this contest, the
:uo.et enthusiastic •of the party never
..-ekpeoted.they would .carry the city by
• saga wa .. sweeping majority. The
.election • bf Mr. Gibson by such a
'''ta'rge: .vote at the present time is a
significant fact, Hamilton being one of
the greatest nranufac.turing, centres in
.the Province; -and--if- the_..R.efortuers•.
• dill win such a victory in the --midst of
. a bitter political , strife for the Do-
.. minion Parliatuent, it looks very. much
as though that city would in future be
)r represented at Ottawa by Supporters,
he Literal s otic
FRES TRADE` IN.BARLEY
' he whole of 'Canada's surplus of
i #.barley has-hitherto,found a market in'
the kU5,ited States, and almost.. the
riiliole. of Flit' is grown in Ontario.- • In
the •sr�ason'of 18tl' about. 909;0013 acres
w tta sawn • to barley in this ,Province,.
sot say. 79 acres to every.1,00f11'weres of
eleaged labile,.. and. the tfit@rl 3 sold was
about 23;500,000 bushels.- Of'- - this'
nnuiunt the United States took, ac-,
tb the conlmerc i''' F
..that..ao4utry, very near4y 11 Ol 000,.
-bushels, the total value of which,* wai3%
$8,960.,000, iuclusi'e of the duties.
...The latter amoun�,ed to $1,140;000,'
:and .of course the Canadian farniet•s.
got that much less for their grain.
...It was 'only the best, grades of our.
barley that went over there—the first, 'tl,e .last te» years anti that a high
•tariff is the. cause, as it snakes us sell'
second and third. Grain of any qual- eheap itnd hay dear? If we must sell
cheap it is evident that if"we can't buy
chsap we Lutist, Tse .money. Are we
as a class • benetitted by coal oi,, salt,
sugar, cotton, iron, etc., monopolies,
and if; not is it reasonable that we
should sanetiun them with our vote ?
We believe in direct taxation we
should know how • inunh tax w e
p ;y, and ' what we • pay it f+ r
as in riiunica al affairs. .That it-
direct taxatiuu leads. to class legislation
that it' is not just that manufactures
should be b.b
oused at the expense of
farmers that under a tariff we Hre com-
pe:led to bonus the manufacturers to
the amount of that tariff. That the
United ' St.a'es and England- are our
best customers, ,and that 'He should
do our hest' to k.r•ep on good terms
44ith them. That we should reach
our: best customers as direct'and as
cheap as stem and electricity can
afford, to do it for "us an i that we
should have the saute shipping facili-
ties as traders and in.rn,ufacturers, and
that we should be h.inipered by no ar-
tilicial' barriers. That ' we' do not
believe. in go�•irnnn nt. pets, hut if the
4 o••ernment. will and must have a pet,
;would not sell half that quantity, or tl.eri let ,us see to it that we are that
or ' C ti '1 v ii
The United States product is now
about 70,000,000 bushels, and Califor-
nia is the only. State that exports to
foreign countries. But the best
quality would secure the markets, and
that is where the opportunity of the
Ontario farmers would come in. Is it
not worth an effort, on their part to
seize the _opportunity now ? It is
within their reach, and they may have
it if they will so choose. If they do
not strive to get reciprocity with the
United States now, and along with it
a settlement of all vexing questions
between Canada and the United States
they -uiay not get it when tt.ey want
t
On the one item of barley it is quite
possible 'to make a .trade with our
neighbors almost equal in volume to
the whole of our trade at the , present
time, for 45,000,000 bushels at 80
cents is $36,000;000.- And this is
only one item. -
iLEARING. SALE
OF WINTER GOODS.
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Furs
Now is. your time to secure bargains.
FREE TRADE.
To the,Editor of the Sentinel :
DEAR SIR,—Farmers of Bruce, if
we wis to couipe a
combinations we must ' ,unite our
efforts and interests irrespective of
parties.. Individual efforts, no matter
how laudable, count nothing. against
the systematic organization of com-
bined interest. The important ques-
tion with us to -day is; are we in a
position in our present disorganized
state to hold .he standing our num-
bers and aasessinents entitle us to ?
Are we doing our duty to ourselves
and country.as ,.� claw, in !our present
isolate state? Is it. not de'rogatary: to
our dignity as a `class of hea' y rate-
payers and, numerous voters to have no
say in melting the prices for Vhat we
buy and' what .we 'sell ; while all'
tither crafts and professions have fixed
Prices? Is it just that we should con-
cede a margin -of profits. to manufac-
turers that, our own industry will not
-afford to us ; it is true that our farm-
ers have depreci.iti d in .value during
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arriving daily Spring. g'
.goods are , y and we will sooD be
able to show to
• ity below these couid not pay the
duties and *compete, with the ordinary
• barley of the 'Western, States. 'Had
:there been rio duties, to hinder trade it
i is ignite likely that Ontario .farmers
-could have . sold at least 5,060,000
rl.ushels more -to American dealers, but
.as it was it paid bettee to feed the
gain at hotu'e."
,In that year the United Straus duty
' -on ►barley was 10 tents per bushel ;
. -now it is 30 cents per bushel. In a
free market, at .the prices which ruled
in 17;88 9,. sales to the United, States
would have realized ;'S,960,000'; but
under the McKinley ta. ifi of 30 cents
per bushel they would realize only
.'0.540,000.
That is 'to say the farmers of Ontario
-would be required glow' to pay $3,470,-
000 for the privilege of selling
11,400,00 bushels of bailey in the
ni.,rke•s of the United sates. It is
.alai ,st. certain. however, that they
USTOM.-
One of the fines
+t assorted stocks in this part of tree
country. All departments will beunusuafly
well represented.
.quarter t f it,, because few• would gi:,w per. If it is true wt are assessed
it
at the prime. , 89('0,000,000 in ..__this proviuee and
The chances are tint instead of a have) '•wo`thiris of the %axe. Tint we
are Ole df sc-ndants of the democracy
veto/ of 23,4. ,t00 bushels of barley 'and not of the rte istocracy c f the old
tills year we Shall not ha'•e 10,000,000 lands, that we time here to Netter our
•bushels, acid that inst,ad of stetting condition and make money 'atel not to
] 1,400,000 !,ushels to Americans we. build up a privileged elms. 't'h'at 44 e
sl)atl riot st 11 '',U1►0,0(�ll. vote only for those w' ho pledge them-
selves to fres? and unrestricted trade, at
The high tariff of the 1.uite,l States least on this continent. Brother fartxi;
is pi setical)v .l�rubi►•itory against Pts this is the.n�•r r .1 look into this
Ontario honey, vi it h th. t x. t I ; i„1+ (•f matter. 47 hat are your views stately
tl;e tine-tsr..arte.4, olid t hf+se as well as this question Concerns ns and is 44 orthy
tiro poorest inu:t pay the duty of 30 1 of.a thorough ei•cusslon.
c.'ntS per 1tush-1 b l
Under the operation of 1. -tire -touted
R..Lflroci•y ()Tonne i' rl�'v w. old 1 t•
s•.u;,1it of.. i• I yy :lilt+'1•). R11
1u,t r4, I t,t.,•t f -r rti9T' Incl te.r*-e.
,rr rc• . ) 1, ci.'.r't or 'e "i`,"` vzit] 4
''TITzs a� T�� sEA.sc�r�-
'For making up Shirtings and Cottonades for the
Spring;
OUR STOCK IN THESE LINES 15 COMPLETE
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values right, ht, D on't forget to ask for the Lybsters.nd g ,
iirtiTt
3001-1. 'St co.
U CKNOW AND DWNGANIsION,.
THEY MUST
SOLS.
Special prices un winter stock for the next two weeks
.
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0 STOCK OF OIVERCO_ T
Must be sold as we cannot afford to carry them over.
SO WITH FURS AND FUR CAPS
And all other lines of heavy foods. We want to en1411
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courage buyers to pay cash by giving
liberal discounts.
WI_ C.. N Z,. ,_
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It will will . profit you if you want to purchase a. good
COOK STOVE, PARLOR, STOVE OR BOX STOVE
FOR - COAL OR WOOD.
' call on us. You will find' our
This� season, tostC 42k
complete andat reasonable prices.
. :-large stook of
Store Purnitgo, , Boards, encs,, Etc., Away • Down 1 Prim
Now is your time, to get a good stove cheap at
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