The Huron News-Record, 1887-09-14, Page 3• , „ , „„ „ „ .
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WethiesdnY, Sept. I4th, 18.87
.POUND4 TWA LESS YARNS.
At a Provincial rights Ineetiug in
. Winnipeg a week or so ago, a lead-
ing local conservative merehaut,
Whitia, was reported to have
-said that Sir John. A. Macdonald
'hail prompted Sir Sir. George
Stephen to telegraph that the C. P.
R. company would withdraw their
workshops from Wiunipeg it the
people persisted in building the
Red River Valley railway so as to
divert Canadian trade to American
lines. The Ontario Grit !)res e was
jubilant over the idea of leading..
Winnipeg Conservatives denounc-
ing Sir Jelm's treachery. The
basis ofthe. charge in this matter
as iu the imperialeroops to -shoot -
down -Canadians cry is devoid of
truth. Tho 'Winnipeg papers have
since published the 'following tele.
grain from Sir John "Toronto, Sept. 7th.—Mr. Whitla's
statetuent as to my being privy to
Sir George Steplieu's telegram is
altogether untrue. (Siguod) John
A. Macilonahl.'r. Sir. George Steph-
en also wired as follows :—"Montre• •
al, Sept. 7.—Please publish in Call
that I ,alone ani responsible for the
telegram to Norquay, relating to tire
-
removal of the 'company's shone to
Fort 1Villiam, and the statement
Vhitla is reported to have made,
that Sir John Mcdonald was privy to
my action, is entirely devoid of truth.
(Signed)George Stephen." Alr.Whitla
also Ablishes a letter denying that
he used language hearing the con-
struction placed upon it.
EDITORIAL NOTE'S.
The widens extracts which we
luake from the letter of the Hon.
James Young will repay perusal to
those who take any interest in Com-
mercial 'Union. Mr. - Young en-
larges upon the statetnent medo and
confirms the position taken by THE
Niews-RE0Onn a few weeks ago:
That Commercial Union means an-
nexation ; that it means the destruc-
tion of our forests and timber for
the benefit of ti few American mon-
opolists; that it would destroy our
commerce ; destroy our manufac-
turing concerns, almost crushing out
of existence those in towns; that it
would impair the value of the bulk
of Canadian farmers produce.
Much ado is made about the fact
that there are a great number of
Canadians in the United States. It
is an undoubted fact that there a re.
It is also an undoubted fact that as a
rule they occupy responsible posi-
tions and aro respectable milliliters
of society invariably. We tiro
proud of this, that Canadians are
the peer of their fellow men \vinare
OTT they cast their lot. But there
is another fact which is lostsite of.
There are a great many Americans
in Canada. In our own town of
Clinton there are quite a number of
American birth. In .1881 the ecu
sus shows that there were 77,753
persons of American birth residents
of Cauada. Surely if Canada was
the God-foreaken, impoverished
country some of our native Croak-
ers wo'ild make her out to be, the
would not have 78,000 Americans liv
ing, moving and having their befng
and domiciled with in our borders.
They cannot urge sentiment, loyalty,
or The old flag as an excuse for mak -
ing their homes with us. It is be-
cause they cal) better. their worldly
prospects and luive the protection of
the host lawS and government under
the sun.
CURRENT TOPICS.
WHAT BUT nene1.1.10N
‘Viiitt are the rights of the cell.
tett isovesiireent tinder the North
. A meriea Ast 1 .14 p•.t they sps
peretitis lets, never been settled.
A re the diffe
it provinces of the
Doinis•en at !select liherty to go
out ef rhr•ir present position lit alit
11s i.hir Federal Oevernment, the
rights to disallow a'iy ard1 every
leaistritive of t h. Prov 1 fleet;
!Is it tho legal riglit, to do whit it
lltildne •.vitli the railway legisla-
tion.of If 10, clew what
are the pr,sont proceedings 111 that
Province lett r.t.hljou 1 If it bas
no such right then a hat ritzlit has
it ? fs 'Confedsration anything
better than a rope of 8911(1 l.
the Dominion in atty sense or on any -
issue auereme1 r r?seal
inatily people talk It woidiTseem not.
H9.8 the C. P Jt. a twenty years'
monopoly of the North wast traffic ?
If not, then what had it? If it has
that guaranteed by a F1041111i bars
gain then what is all the fuss about?
Is i(not the simple fact that the peo-
ple of Manitoba and the North-
west generally want to trade with
their near neighbors in St. Paul's
and Minn eapol is, because they
third
vantage I Let them come frankly
out and let the worlfl know what
they want to be at.
CpaarattlaroniEVUt.ent,
The folk:swing is only a portion of
a letter from Hon. Janies Young of
Galt, an ex -member of Mr. llelowat'e
cabinet, which appeared, in Suter-
dey's (tube. The gentleman is one
of that cities of Reformers who are
out of their element when allied
with the ordinary Grit
diacussing this question it is
high time every candid writer ceased
to apeak of Reciprocity and Com.
merciai Union as the unite thing.
They are materially different. Reci-
procity is one thing, -Commercial
Union quite another. The former is
simply a commercial question; the
latter is, in addition, a national and
political question of the most vital
character. Many of its advocates
/seek to shirk oi• ignore this. But it
is impossible. It is of the
VERY ESSENCE OF MR. 13UTTER.
WoRTH's
ample proof of which, if any were
needed, might be found in the fact
that whilst in Canada its friends are
considerately protesting it won't af-
fect British Connection and lend to
annexation, its popularity.: in the
States rises chiefly from the belief
that it, would speedily bring about
these very results.
The proposed measure, therefore,
must stand the test politically as
well as commerciality ; but before
considering these points let me
briefly glance at,:without discussing,
what I regard as a few out of many
iucorrect assutnptions.
(1) flow absurd it is, not to say
unPatriotic, to speak of Canadians,
esPecially our farmers, as being
poverty-stricken and suffering seri-
ous disadvantages as compared avith
our American neighbors. Sixty mil.
lions of people will naturally have
larger cities, larger industries and
larger wealth than five millions.
But as 1 have had occasion to remark
before, I do not believe that in the
most favored parts of the Union the
masses of the people are wealthier,
healthier or happier than in our own
noble Province of Ontario, whilst in
the majority of the States and terri-
tories their position is quite inferior
to ours in almost every respect.
(2) Equally tenacious is it to as-
sume that the Canadian farmer pays
all the duties on the horses, cattle,
barley, etc., which are exported
across the lines. I've fortv years the
Liberal party bare been taught &fee •
ently, and the demonstrations of
Adam Smith, confirmed by all great
living political economists, as well
as by practical experience, clearly
prove the contrary. •
(3) I may also notice the assump-
tion so frequently indulged in, that
Commercial 'Union would open to
our farmers a market of 60,000,001) of
consumers. With equal truth it
might be said that it would bring
upon them sixty millioneof compe-
titors, for a nation which exports
over $100,000,000 worth of farm pro-
ducts, annually,' cannot require to
import similar articles for their own
consumption.
Now, how would such a sweeping
measure as Commercial Union
AFFECT OUR PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES?
Some would undoubtly be benefit•
ed, others as certainly crippled and
inittred. Our fisheries would not, it
seems to me be improved. • Our sea
toilers would secure an open market,
but this would be more than offset
by being crowded off their fishing
grounds by New England fishermen,
who would have the best chance in
American markets, and who: might
soon reduce our unrivalled fisheries to'
the same condition as their own.
The removal of duties would give a
temporary stimulus to the lumber
trade. But, as our neighbors are
annually becoming more dependent
on our lumber, it can hardly be
doubted that the cluty,almost invar-
iably falls on the American consum-
ers, and its removal would be sure to
be followed by a readjustment of
prices. Exchanges would be more
easy, which is always an advantage,
and production would probably be
stimulated ; but, with the eeception
of a few large limit holders, • the
latter would be an injury rather than
a benefit to Canadians, as our future
wealth and prosperity largely depend
on the conservation of our forests.
• • • s . •
Mr, Young- then shows.' that alter
considerable commercial confusion,
it wanld be found that a considerable
portion of our iinporting trade from
Great Britain and abroad had been
permanently transferred from Mon-
treal, Toronto, Halifax, Winnipeg
and other Canadian cities to Port
land,13oston, New York, Chicago and
St. Pant. Proof of the soundness of
this view may be found in the action
of the members of the Toionta Board
of Trade, who almost unanimously de•
skied against Counnercial 'Union, and
who are not only competent lout
T115 11E8Tr7I'D(1Es
how it would affect our mercantile
interests.
.Sgriculture being admittedly our
chief' industry, 11 it, could be proven
the t Commercial would greatly
benefit our f • ,without entailing
d isad %quite them, it would
certainly roc • my most favorable
consideration. That
SIMPLE RECIPROCITY WOULD no THIS
every body is agreed. The benefits
would not be so great as under the
former treaty, for there would be no
Crisean war, no slaveholders, rebell.
ion, no Grand Trunk construction to
raise Ipricee abnormally high ; but
the complete freedom of exchange
of all products of the farm, especially
on the frontiers, would be both con-
venient and profitable, and . add to
the prosperity of both countries.
But, as I have remarked before, Re.
ciproeity is one thing, Commercial
Union quite another. The latter
would open the markets of both coun-
tries, but only on' certain conditions
specified by the United States, and
these condition, as T will endeavor
to rove would largely, ffnotwhoIly,
es roy i s a vantiges to our Term-
ing conlmuflity. The conditions re-
ferred to are the adoption of a con-
tinental tariff, discriminating against
OU r trade' with the Mother Country.
Our farmers, we aro told, are suffer,.
ing from an ,tappreeeive system of
Protectiee, winch 16 manually Isecoins
ism more unbearable. But, what
gain would it be to then], by accept
ing the above conditions, to place
themselves under the still higher and
more exec -Ling Proteetion of the Un it -
ed States, whose policy approaches
nearer the Chinese principle of non -
intercourse than any other modern
Government ? We are also told that
our farmers are suffering from high
taxation, levied largely for the, bene.
fit of other favored classes. This is,
unfortunately, too true, but farmers'
votes have upheld the high taxation
system, and they have the power to
undo it; but what relief would it be
to their burdens to place themselves
under what would practically be
the United States tariff, which is at
least ten per cent, or fifteen per
cent. higher than the taxes they have
to pay at present?
Whilst improving our farmers'
Amerioan trade, Commercial Union,
unlike Reciprocity, would
INJURE THEIR DOME AND BRITIsi
MARKETS. •
These three markets absorb nearly
all our agricultural produce, and the
formers 1 submit, is the least impor
tant to our farmers for the following
reasons :—(1) Because our neighbors
raise annually over s•t,210,000,000
worth of, the same products which
we raise ; (2) because the British is
the consuming market for the sur-
plus products of both countries and
determines the price; and (3) be-
cause they take less of our products
than the hone or British markets,
and what they do buy, except horses,
barley and a few other items, is
either re-exportest, or displaces pro-
duce of their own—in either case
adding to the competition of our
direct shipments in the Mother
Country.
It is the very marrow of the ques-
tion to determine the relative value
of these three markets to otn• farm.
ers, and we are fortunately now in
passession of some reliable data
which may guido us in doingso. The
able head of the Ontario Bureau of
Statistics, Mr. Archibald Blue, in a
carefully prepared statement, now
in wy possession, makes the value
of eyerything produced on Ontar-o
farms in 1886 to have been close
upon $160,000,000. Adding $140,•
000,000 for all the other Provinces
which must be a moderate estitnate,
we reach a 'total production for the
Dominion of $300,000,000. Assum-
ing that one-half of these products
were consumed by the farming com-
munity themselves, the surplus was
disposed of as follows:
Surplus farm prod notion 8150,000,000
Ex ?ortedto Great Britain $22,543,03E1
United States M,495,733
A4 elsewhere 1,670,493
— 39,L18i212
Home market consumed $119,219,738
Although only an approximate
estimate, these figures clearly indi.
cate that the home market, made by
our manufacturing, lumbering, mer-
cantile and other classes is incom-
parably the best which our farmers
possess, while that of Britain ranks
second and that of the States third.
As indicative of the relative value of
the two latter I subjoin a statement
of our total shipment of products of
the farm (goods "not the produce'.
of Canada included) to each respec-
tively since 1880 :—
Year. United State( (1reat Britain.
1880 .$13,177,724 :•325,79:1,797
1881 14,199,707 34,037,300
1882 10,297,200 35,163,191
1883 18,770,292 29,557,012
188414,512,522 25,750,891
1885 15,592;633 30,449,401
1886 15,931,188 20,700,161
During the last seven years, there-
fore, Britain took more agricultural
products directly from the Dominion
than the States did by nearly 8100,-
000,000. This makes it tolerably
clear that it is our principal market
for foreign export, and its superiority
is enhanced by the fact that whilst
the Mother Country sends us compar.
atively'no faros products in return
our . ••-.
AMERICAN NEIGHBORS -ARE ACTIVE coir.
, eererorts;
not only in foreign. but in our own
honie• market. In order to throw
further light on this important point
I have compiled from Dominion re-
cord's Me following table of our chief
agricultural exports to each country
respectively during 1886 :-
•
(it. Ibit
iCirottitslit:s . 82,1782,1:34V1 ;S44,997,3'27
19,279
Sheep 831,749 317,9.87
Batter
. 17,545 20,219 7,27071;554121
2;,,ise
• 1,722,579
M7,ats, all kinds, 83,570 098,7761
Wheat .325,271 4,789,276
0)1111,711 . , it,1,.:338t? 297,415
12V20 1,092,461
11,298
Indian 00111 . 5:), 451) 1,330,131
01,18 , . • . ' 87,697 1,10c10,5432,8i
sac/4:80006e 1,7:39,9170
Potatoes „ 374,122 192
!fides and skins 478,461
• 870885
.. 271,421 45,294
55,302 410,
These various' statistics will I trust
furnish our farmers some reliable
data upon which to estimate the re-
lative value of their three chief mar-
kets. The surplus farm production
of the Dominion (only one half the
total amount) for 1886„ es we saw
above, was about $150,000,000, and of
this our home market absorbed (to
, use round nrimbers) t1.110,000,000, or
73 per cent. ; Great Britain, $22,500,-
000, or 15 per cent. ; and the United
States, $15,5000(.0. or 10 per cent.
It is quite evident from these facts
that it must, be abiunt to represent
our farmers es dependent, on a mar-
ket which for twenty years hes only
taken 10 per cent, of their total an-
nual production, and that the bene-
fits of Commercial Union
MIGHT 011 DEARLY PURWIASED
if it weakened their home aud
British markets, which together
absorbed 88 per cent! Now, this
Tifirgai-us another crucial point in
Mr. Butterworth's proposal and re.
veals another serious, if not fatal,
disadvantage. It would undoubtedly
s. • ; ' , •• , • - r••
's IS • • es
•
-e....sa.aiteetessses se...se:see;
affect. both the home and British
marUets lojarionsly"es pOrchafiero of
our farmers' prochtotions, and time
they .1itight find in the end that they
bad. lost asmuch, if tacit mord then
they had gained by the measure.
Under commercial Union some-
thing like a reyolution would take
place in our British and American
trade. At pretieut the latter sells us
taking all description of geode,
about $7,000,900 more per annum
Until the fernier. Tithe all duties off
America,) goods and raise our tariff
wall still higher against the British,
and a large tit:et1ic:10 our whole trade
with the Mott or Country, and the
complete termination of some branch-
es of it, would inevitably result.
But some may say, "What 'natters
that to our farmers? Britain would
buy our productions from us the Bruno
as before," Not so, friend 1 Politi-
cal economy and experience alike
teach, that as our imports froni
Britaiu dwindled to zero, our ex-
ports to her would also decline, and
as these are mostly agricultural pro-
ducts, it follows that tho Mother
Country would more or lees :,"ease to
bo the direct, couvenient, first-class
market for our farmers which it is
at present.
I would hivito the atteutiou of
farmers i9-tholtiet table given above,
which may aid them to figure out fur
themselves what they wodld gain or
lose by soaking the American mar'
ket a little better and that of Britain
a little worse. To put it in a soi.
tence, wltat \multi they be in pocket
if they got a trifle more on 82,1840,•
000 worth of horses, 85,703,0)0 of
barley, and 8831,000 of sheep and
lambs, but had to take a little less
on $4,008,000 -worth of cattle.. $6,-
179,000 of breadstuffs, anti e8,065, of
cheese and butter ?
Front all the foregoing consider.
ations I ant forced to the conclusion
that, even commercially, there aro
two sides to the proposed nnion, and
that its itch Bow Icdiptl. ael Van tages
are offset by still greater clisadvam
tages. The wide difference between
it and Reciprocity must be apparent
to every one. The latter tvould bene-
fit the farmers and the people gener-
ally of both countries it would in-
flict injury on none. It is a fair and
square deal on both sides, but that is
just what Commercial Huion is uot,
for aside from its national entangle-
ments and injury to our manufact-
uering, importing aud other interests,
it would eo damage both our farmers'
home and British markets that I
feel assured if our neighbors will
not Owe to a fait' tunt just measure
of Reciprocity, the great majority of
Canadians will come td the sage con•
elusion of the poet :—
"Better endure the ills we have.
Than flee to others we know not of.'
JAMES YOUNG.
Galt, Sept. 1, 1887.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
. „ .
IV, wieh it to be diebnetly uncteretood that we do
wot hotel coceelees responsible for the opinione
ozpreeeed by correspondent.- 10,. Niswe-Hx.
cony.
Regulation Better Than Prohi-
, bition.
E,titer A -see -Record.
considerable speculation
is rife touching the use and sale of
alcoholic drinks, allow use a word' in
nioderation. A8 to the use of them :
I hold that it 'should be permissible
for all persons of mature years to use
alcoholic beverages. Each indiviciti.
'al should le the best judge of what
suits him in the matter of drink as
well as of food. 'Judgment is given
to men that they may use it. Be-,
cause it may be used erroneously,
arc mon to be told that they Should
not use it at all ? It is admitted to
br) part. of the duty of individuals
and governments to -form the truest
judgment and hold the'itiost enlight-
ened opinions regarding the sumptu-
ary habits of the people. But opin-
ious should uot be forced upon people
by governments or individuals when
they relate solely to such a matter
as &hiking. • Ifiterforence with free-
dom of opinion regarding what con-
cerns alone the indinidual himself is
never justifialele. But)the moment
the actions of the indivit nal interfere
with the wellbeing of of ier individu•
als or society, then society or goy.
erement has the right to step in and
control those actions. No one has a
right to prohibit another from drink-
ing beer or wine. But if the drinker
commits an offence against society
and endeavors to shield himself
behind the drinking habit, he ehirlis
his respousibility and negatives the
individuality which lie asserts when
he says, PI .have the right to drink
my beer if f like." The pith of this
drink question ought to be easily got
at. Don't prohibit the use of it, but
punish the abuse of it. A man hires
a livery team. He is of opinien that
he can•drive and coutrol them. They
run away with him and injure others
and himself. It is an unfortunate
affair. But should livery men be
prohibited from biting their property
to all and everyone because one
individual miscalculated his driving
ability and caused serious injury to
others and himself ? He is respon-
sible for the injury done, Tho great
majority wife have occeeion to use
hired horses should not be prohibited
from getting them because an excep-
tional individual, either by bad
judgment or wilfulness, makes a bad
use of them. Neither should the
majority of the people bo prohibited
from using an article of drink because
tin exceptional individual or so makes
a bad U80 of it. I may be told that
the drink does not do even the tem-
perate individual any good, that be
Is just as well without it. I shall
retort by saying that even the judi-
cious use of the livery team does the
person hiring it no good, that his
mouey would be better in his pocket
and that his time would he better
occupied in reading Tin: NEWS.
RECORD or some other reliable and
instructive historical record. Incli.
yidnal liberty is one of the material
elements in human well-being. That w
we NetkfT00
—OPENED iJI11 BERTH
And still there's more to follow. Our stock is now one of the FINEST
and MOST COMPLETE in the County of Huron. Every buyer who
has any respect for his or her pocket book should inspect it before buying
elsewhere. Wo Inc showing
Cottons at
3c and Beautiful Wool Cretonne (just the
Toweling at tic thing for curtains) at
Towels at
-40e
Table Linens at 5c Muslins 5c Tweeds 50e
o0c A ntagnificent lot of Dress Goods
Grey Flannels at 15e., 18c, and 20c ...t
Blankets $2.50 . 10e'and 1.2ic
Carpels 50e Cold Cashmeres, worth 40c., at 25o
A BIG VARIETY OE MANTLE GOODS which will please the ladies, also a large
shipment of READYMADE MANTLES, expeeted this We( --hold your orders till
they come 01. In intenVir-Fti I rt Is tt 1 usg-s we Kaye 0 FINE ASSORTMENT',
%latish, like the rest dem stook. will be sold eflEA1).Te4 Yon will always receive
prompt and eeturteousltreatnient at ,
ROBERTSON'S GREA f CASH STORE,CLINTON
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refrains from molesting others, ho is
entitled to act according to his own
inclination iu what concerns himself
alone. If throngh extravagance or
niter:Terence a man does not pay
his debts or assaults another person,
he can be compelled to pay in the
one case and be'prinished by befit-is-
om»eut or otherwise iu the other,
but ft is for the assault or the debt
that lie is halite, not for his extrava-
gance or hamper:wee. But all peo-
ple slionld not be prohibited from
buying what they are able to pay for,
or all individual liberty prohibited,
because there are a few who do buy
what they cannot pay for and a few
others who lose control of their tein•
pers and commit assaults. The
licence system with individual re-
sponsibility muter 11 114 much better
than no license and no responsibility.
Some supporters of the Scott Act say
the license systan) implies restriction
and regulation, and that when a cane
tom ueeds regulation it must be a
bad one, and that the only way to
deal with 11 18 to prohibit the custom.
That is fallacious reasoning. The
holiest and moist sacred custom
amongst us is that of marriage ; 11 18
regulated and restricted by law, but
it is not at all considered a bad cuts.
ton) and should not 1,e prohibited
The effect in case it should.woeld
be analagetta to those under the
Scott Act. Where the natural in
stincts and desires of. man are re-
pressed they will find vent in unnat-
ural ehannels. There its no inherent
sin in malt or marriage ; and though
both cause much misery iu the world,
yet licensed regulations regarding
them cause them to be of less inair
y
to mankind than .would either free
trade in liquor and free love, or the
converse—total prohibition.
Yours,
MODERATION.
.A. Prohibition Blast.
Ectitoe News-lice:ord,
believe you are among the
number of those who say that if Pro.
hibition was the result of the Scott
Act they would bold up both hands
for it. Now in spite of the illicit
selling of liquor under. the Seott Act
you must be aware that the law is
virtually prohibitory. 11 18 quite be-
side the question of Prohibition to
refer to the disgusting scenes enact-
ed in Clinton and on the i-nce
grounds last week as proof of the
non - prohibitory tendency of the
Scott Act. The beastly scenes of that
day, tome and others, seemed the
results of an organized conspiracy
against the law of the land. I have been
told that almost any quantity of liquor
was brought to town on that day in
flasks etc) by the enemies oftemper-
anee and order and passed around,
among youth and boys ea well as to
inert in order to create such a scene
of debauchery as would' bring ever-
lasting reproach upon the Scott Act,
I do not know that the liquor came in
the way rumored,- but I can well be-
lieve it, judging by the results. If a
conspiracy against: sobriety and
and decency was formed, or whelbet•
it was or not, the result was a sue
cess from that stand point For
there were to be seen drunken boys 11
barely in their teens and men well
up to three score and tee, 011 the '
day in question. I hear the rum ra
men say "It was st• glorious victory." 1)
They boldly and gleefully assert that
there never was so great a, victory N
for the demon of intemperance; that
the rum fiend was to be seen going t'
up • and down among the people L
transferming the erst while bright ta
eyed youth and respectable men in- he
to begrimmed and besotten images w
of the very arch -fiend himself'. And e,
these enemies of the Scott Act and ;
the human race alternate with their r`
glee at this beastly result of the in- H
fernal traffic, a pity that, it is tis so. tb
But they will tell you it would not fo
have been so had they permission to 10
sell liquors. 0, no. Under the et
license system we never SIM any 1,
one (blink 1 Get thee behind me
Satan, No one except inspired of the be
devil himself could argue that the eV
big drunk of the Clinton race day as
was the:legitimate result of Scott Act 1.11
temperance. I venture to say, how- ing
ever, that it was the outcome of a de.
liberate effort ori the part of the
opponents of the Act to bring it in- bet
to disrepute with a few weak•kneed. Tu
temperance men, who seem to have nui
expected that three years of prohile $5
ition could obliterate ; the trans-
mitted te
effects Of three centuries -
violation of moral laws and Astern -
list
ly against us. As a local measure
the Scott Act is doing all that can be
rersonabl? expected. It is not all
we want. But whether we sooner or
later take hold of National Prohibit.
io», we shall:get there by and by. In
the meantitne there is urgent neces-
sity for hard work against the liquor
men. 'rake it for granted that their
buoyant hopes of repeal are well
founded, the friends of temperance
have all the more need to gird on
their armour in defence of "Uod and
home and native land." Wee must
not rest on our oars relying on a
grand wave of honest public feeling
to again bear upon its snow crested
white caps of purity another 1600
majority. It was .• the widespread
interest worked up in the cause of •
God and humanity that gave us our
former victory. Prejudices were
broken down then which we will not
have to overcorre this time. If we
work honestly :and perseveringly
again I see no reason to fear such a
set back to the liquor men as shall
forever prevent them from again at.
tempting to repeal the Scott Act in
this county.
With permission, .
Your Friend,
PROHIBITION.
THE WEEK'S DOINGS.
CANADLAN.
—A Battleforcl special says
Dr. Miller was found dead bis
room yesterday with his laraiesehlown
out. Deceased was a medical officer
of the Northwest Moueted Police,
—The Glo6e. Loudon correspond-
-ent-says it is believed there that
Canadai will ask for au exchange of
natural products with the States in-
stead of it.ineney equivalent 11) the
settlement of t11 Fisliet•ies questions
and that the Britialt Commis:dialler,
will suppot t this view.
—Joseph Elliott, of Claremont,
Ont., 'as killed one afternoon while
working about a scaffold at his SOD'S
res'atinee. A falling plitilk struck
his bare bead, knocking down.
11 is head struck on a stone when he
fell. He lived about ten minutes
afttn• receiving • the blow. I-16 was
about 65 years •
—Brant comity council refused
to pay P. M. Grace's salstryerid he
entered suit for the 88111e, A writ
was accordingly issued and served
on the warden.. Since then the coun-
cil have reconsidered the matter and
a few da,t s ago tiry paid into the
court the first quarter's SIII91V,
gether with the costs of the writ.
—The Sidney Morning Herald
quotes att repoi•t. relative to
attempts to 811 ,p188 the rabbit
plague in Australia and says —"The
evideece gore to allow that the pre-
sent 8.) nteln for the destiuction of
the rabbits has 1,e,)) a (complete
failUre. .1.'here •has been X361,492
8IIPI1 aid beeii killed, 7,28'41r:a3,t,78i37, rabbits
rahbab‘iet
as cost nearly a shilling to kill,while
)0 lane:eatable fact remains that the
bbits have not decreased in num
ers, but have rather increased,"
the steeplechase at the
iagara Falls, N. Y. racecourse
oseyli Warder was riding Limy
ightfoot. The mare stumbled after
king ono of the jumps, brieging
✓ rider and herself to the ground.
artier fell underneat h, and the
eight of the mare crushed in his
bs, which penetrated his
e lived hut a few insnutee after
o accident. The betty with he
retarded to his parents at London
toorrow. Joateph warder, or
Inch," as he was; conmonly celled
those who knew him brst, has
en for tunny years weft known on
ery race. track in Canada, as with
011 almost every course in the
lite& States where Canadian rac-
strblee were reyrsentcd,
—James McLean, who was tried
ore the titatford police magistrate
esday morning for committing a
sance on the streets, was fined
and costs. He was given a week
mittle. According to the Chief's
the fotiowing articles were found
pocket : One mite of tobacco
ousness. I hardly have patience
• with bite off corner ;one cloy pipe
with broken shank or stem ; one pair
I t, us class of temperance tnen, I
liberty may be restricted. But if lie Kaye more with those who are open -
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