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The Exeter Advocate, 1895-2-14, Page 4THE, ze er A.lvo t , SANDERS es DYER, Prop, THURSDAY, FEB, 14th, 189.6, THE POLITICAL ISSUE. Befote many tnunths are over --that i s, probably soon after the next session of Dominion Parliament --the ponple of this country will bo called upou to de - tide by their votes between free trade and protection. That is the square issue to be placed before them. After various somersaults performed by the leaders of the Opposition, in a truly acrobatic style, in which they tried to ieyokc the gods by pleading For continental union unrestricted reciprocity, commercial union, and reciprocal free trade, --their latest plank, as expressed by the Hon Mr. Laurier, is "free trade as in Eng- land," It is wail for the electorate to remember, first of all, that the condi tions of trade and commerce in England are entirety different 'from those in Canada, For five hlutdred years—that is, up to the era of Cobden and Bright —England's policy was one of protec- tion, until she secured the lead over all other countries in the output of her matnifacrures. She was able to man• ufactare for the world; and, in order to Bud a good market for her wares of all kinds, she invited the trade of other nations by throtciug dowu her wall of protection and admitting foreign pro ductiotts free of duty. England was more of a manufaeturttlg than an ag- rirultural ctuutry ; aud the abundant supply of coal and iron within the Kingdom, besides the number of people whu need+ d employment for cheap la- bor, enabled her to compete with the world in the manufacture of cotton and wooden goods,—as well as in cutlery, hardware, watches, &e. But latterly foreign nations have been gradually raising their protective duties, until they have become a'int,st prohibitory. The result of that policy has nearly ruined the farmers cf England, who hays had to compete; with Canada and the. United States, as well as India and other eoiantrites, in rhe supply of bread - staffs and ocher necessaries of life. So that the col ditiotts of the two countries —England aud Canada—are totally different. Yet Mr. Laurier now pro- poses to draw the wool over the eyes of British subjects in Canada by advocat- ing "free trade in England" —and pro- fessiug to give us a revenue tarriff, in- stead of protecting the people of this young country in their manufactures and farm prodacte. These two cle ments in trade are what the Liberal Conservatives have for the last sixteen years sought to eucoura,:e and devel- ope by a system of moderate or loci - dental protection. Flow Mr. Laurier can reconcile his doctrine of free trade and a ret e"ue tarriff,is beyond the com prehet sion of ordinary mortals. If he should adopt free trade, where is a rev euue to be derived from to carry on the business of the country? Because no less a sum than 836,000,000 is required to be raised every year from customs and excise duties And if he be sincere in propesiug .a tar- iff from customs duties, el hat reform on our present system of moderate pro- teetiou is he going to advocate? The government now in power have re ducted the tariff duties on many hun- dreds of articles, while a large number of goods that we caunot raise in Canada are admitted free. Trade and revenue are intimately bound up together, and we have ot'y to10ok across the line to see the irreparable injury done by tar- iff reform—in which we have an object lesson that aroused the American na tion to reverse by overwhelming- ma- jorities in nearly every state of the Union the free trade policy of the Dem- ocrats;—and such a lesson ought to deter Canada from ever tinkering with a policy which has extended our man- ufactures, encouraged our home mar- ket, and given employment to thous awls of people who would otherwise have been driven out of this country People talk of hard times, and our farmers complain of the low price of wheat, but they forget that the whole world has been passing through a fi n'tneial crisis; and surely no sane man will pretend that the National Policy is •P. tsnns!ble fordecline a CIIne in the e rices pP of wheat,—when we that the m i - men se crops grain in a t4 P a'the N. V. ter, rit ne v as well as in Inr n Russia and o'her countries, is what has affeeted the farmers of Ontario. We are doing fairly well as a young country, and therefore our safest policy is to "let well enough alone!" immoOmmernmectanexiiiivaiiimiimaiaii U, FUJI&'fED OR/MC Tho number of murders in the Unit- ed States has almost doubled ill the past four years, In 1891 it was 5906; in 1892, 6,791; in i$93, 6,615; and in 1894 Aetua11y as high as 9,800, This appal. ling increase isnot at all surprising when taken in connection with returns showing' the proportion .of cases in. which themurder pays the penalty of his crime with his life. The legal exe- eutions during the year were only 132, or six more than in the previous year. Only one legal execution to every 74 murders! We emphasize the word "legal" because we are dealing with a country in many sections of which the people are quite accustomed to taking the law into their own bands During 1894 there were no less than 190 lynchings—that is to say, the il- legal executions out -numbered the leg al by nearly 50 per cent, : Happy Can- ada, in which lynch law is unknown, in which punishment for murder is us.; dally swift and sure, and in which the chief objectof civilized government he protection of life and property, is as thoroughly attained as in the Mo h er Country herself, Whenever the Brit ish flag floats British law is enforced. Dr. H M. Smith, of Port !Huron, has collected statistics showing that $10,- 056,381 pound of fish of all kinds wore caught in Lake Huron during the past year. Of these 2,514,455 were herring. 1,717,628 perch, 1,505,619 trout, 1,483,- 072 pike and sturgeon. The catch in Lake St. Clair was 2,994,371 pounds Whitefish and trout have diutished in abundance, while herring, sturgeon, pike and pereh have increased. The total value of catch in both lakes, was about $300,000. Around About Us.. Clinton: Messrs. McGregor and [Rutter, shipped 640 lambs to the old country a few days ago, via Portland. Rheumatism is primarily caused by acidity of the blood. Hood's Sarsapa- parilia purities the blood, and thus cures the disease. Brueefield: Mrs, Briggs. Sr, of our village, died a week ago in Manitoba, where she has beeu living with her sou Ur. Edward Briggs. McGillivray: Mrs, A. H. Hodgins had the misfortune to break her arm the other day, She slipped on the, ice and fell, with the above result. Parkhill: Mrs. Wm Reid, died on Sun- day rnor,tiug after a few weeks illness at the age of 68 years. The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon, Cliuton: While toboggatiing on Sat urday evening, a young daughter of Dr. E. tlerrnau cut her Face pretty bad- ly by running iato a barb wire fence. Kirkton: There is one case of ty phoid fever in the village.—Mr. G. L Money has left fr1l Lo don, Ont,, where he intends gnatifyieg for a position in this Military Colhge. Shipka: Owing to the severe storms last weer our school was closed for sev era! days. If the school were a little nearer the village it would undoubted- ly be more convenient. Chilton: The private bank at Blyth has passed into new hands. Messrs. James McMurchie, and H. 1'.Rauee, so long in Ferran & T'[sdal!'s bank here took possession on Monday. Biddnlph: lir. Carrigan of this town- ship was married on Tuesday of last week to Miss Murray (daughte,r of Mr. C. Murray, 10th con. Plympton.) The ceremony was performed in the R. C. eh arch, 1!'orest, AilsaCraig: Mr. Geo, McE i is 9 progressing favorably from the effects of a sad accident which occured in Al- exander Bros,'foundry. While pouring hot metal he was burnt by some of it falling on hien. Clinton: Tuesday's frost was hard to stand and frost bites were numerous. Wm. Forster, in walking from Weir's bush to town, bad his ears, nose, and fingers aud thutnh of right hand so badly faozen that he has since been laid off work, Bethesda: '1'he job of repairing the the school house of S. S. No. 1, has been lento Juo. Evans, Exeter. The cost of repairs will amount toMO. The build- ing is to be raised on a three foot found- ation and veneered with brick The change will greatly improve the ap- pearance of our commuui:y; Sylvan: Mr. Jas. D. Mackey who has been confined to the house all win- ter from pulmonary trouble is some- what worse aud grave fears are enter - rained as to the ultimat result. It is to be hoped that Mr. McKey will pull along until warm weather when he will no doubt regain his wonted health Clinton: Mr, D. A Forrester is feed - 75 head of cattle at his farm; as an experiment 50 of them are kept in con- finement and 25 of them allowed to run loose, (being fed the same in other res poets) just to see wt ich will do the best. Mr. Jas. Fair is stall feeding about 70 head. Ransford Bros. are not this seas on stall -feeding any. IiiPP A t the rest Mr. - en: deuce of Jas Anderson,on Friday,his daughter,ht et f Grace Ella, was married to P. C. Mac- donald, of London. The ceremony was performed by Ruv. Mr. Acheson I n the presence of a number of friends. The bride was assisted by her sister, Miss Jennie M. Anderson, while- Mr J. Mac kay, of London, attended the groom. Br!usleq:-•-Many friends will regret to learn of the death of Mr. James O'Leary which occurred on Wednes- day last,,in her 27th year. The de ceased had been ailing with whooping cough which' turned to inflammation on the lungs, which caused her death. She leaves a husband and two child Cert t0 mourn her ,loss. Icer remains were interred is Mount Carmel eeine- tory on Friday, and the funeral was largely attended. Tuckersmith: Turner's church will be re -opened on Sunday next, Rev, Mr Stewart, of Clinton, will take the afternoonservice and Mr. Coombs, of the Collegiate, will preach in the even- ing. There will be a tea-meetiug the following Monday, Feb, 18th, Inter esting addressee will be dellvored. throughout the evening, Everybody will be made welcome, Parkhill: The residence of Mr. John Griffetll.. Mill Street, was on fivers. day the 31st January, the scene of a. very interesting and happy event, wheu his chaining and accomplished daughter Sadie, was united in the holy bonds of wedlock to Frnuk J,, Hutchins, our esteemed and popular Postmaster: °ally sou of W, H. Hutchins, M. F, 'The ceremony was performed by the. Rev Mr, Holmes in the presence of a number of invited guests. Mitchell: While attending the Mc Neill protest trial- on Friday morning last Pollee M gistrate Flagg fell to the Hour in a faint. Dr. Ilnrlburt, who was seated by him, laid hint on his back aud mail for a times thought him dead. Areas A while he rallied slightly, and was helped out of the room. We learn 111tat the trouble was weakness of the heart, and that this was his third at tack. fie is again able to be about and we hope that he has yet a long lease of life before him. >I'uckersmith: On Saturday last a young man named Pitzeratd, of this towush:p, became violently iusane, aud it was necessary to take hint to Goder- ich fur safekeeping, which was done be Reeve Sit ppard aud the young man's father on Monday; be had to be taken in and out of the train by force, and kept up a constant unintelligible talk Some years ago he went insane, but recovered and went west; he came back a short time ago and seemed to be all right, until the malady mani fested itself, Clinton: The residence of Mr: J. P. Tisdale had a narrow escape from fire last Friday moruiug. Abeat 10 o'clock the previoes evening the inmates smelled smoke aud the furnace was ex- amined without detecting- a y cause for alarm. In the moruittg the servant girl awakened Mr, 'I'isda'l by the au uoucemeut that the place was on fire It seems that the tile in and around the coal grate on the upper floor had conveyed tire to the joist mi. der the flooring and it had been smouldering all night. It was noticed just in time to prevent a serious fire. The damage was slight. Brucetield: Mr, Alex. Yule, of Port age La Prairie,Manitoba, is visiting frieudsand relatives iu this vicinity. It is 24 years since he 1 "f1 the neighbor hood to make a home for himself on the prairie. Ile sees many changes, iu the neighborhood, many of the old settlers having gone to their long home, while others are tilling their places His par etas' Mr and Mrs. David Yule are still living near the Portage. They: former- ly lived. on the 2ud eoucessiou of Stan ley, on the farts now owued by 2iIr, William Grabatn. Mr. Yule's sister, Mrs. Lasky, of +Manitoba, and husband are aleo visiting.in the neighborhood Dungannon: On Weducsclav Lest Justices Ward. Roberts and Mallough hoard the evidence in a charege of stab bing brought by Geo. Smyth against Wm. Milligan, arising out of a row be- tween the young tam' about two weeks ago. Lymth was stabbed over the chest, but the bone intervening 110 doubt saved his life. The magistrates didfastened Dot thiel: the a curd , e,lcefas sl tc , c.d the the stbbiug Milligan sufficiently to se.ud. him for trial, so the pri vate prosecutor was bound over 10 prosecute the case at the assizes. Syrnth was foundguilty of common i assault aud fitted $5 and costs for his part in the affray. E. Chain poi I appeared for Milligan, and E. N. Lewis for the prosecution. Kipneu: The sparrow match has beeu brought to a close and was very successfully and satisfactorily to all concerned. The supper in coni ectiou with the same was given as per an- nouncement, all the members being present along with a number of one side people, and it is needless to say the oy eters, candies, nuts, oranges, etc, were eujoved by all of them, old and ladies iu yono ,,, eluded, After supper the official couut was given which resulted in the proclamation that near ly 2,000 sparrows had been killed, Mr. Cooper claiming 1,127 heads while the remainder were placed to Captain Thotupson's credit. The members, but more espec.aliy those of the members who worked hard, are to be compli- mented on their capturing so many .uf these birds. Doubtless a large.area. of country was covered in search of the villains, aud it is to be hope.d the Kip - pen people will reap the benefit aud re• peat the operation in another. A short program of music and addresses fol- lowed, and the folks alt dispersed, feel ing better for their treat. Salt Men Meeting in London. The salt men of Western Ontario were closeted at the Tecumseh house again yesterday. This was the third meet. ing within a month, the Object being to [ix a sta 1d i andn rice o • th p e product. Among the manufacturers Pres ent were: Rev Dr Armstt ong04 , core' Jahn Ransford int. n C1 c E. C. Cole, t� eaforth• S , t W m. r Gray, ,Seaforth; J. Carter, Sar nia. The meeting lasted all day and was of course, held behind closed doors A committee was appointed to wait up- on the Ontario Salt Company, of Kin- cardine, and the Windsor Salt Com- pany, to tell them that their demands re allotments are excessive. The meet- ing adjourned until the secretary re- ceives a report from the committee, A prominent dealer who atteode the ineeing said: "Undoubtedly the price Of salt will go up." "flow high?" was asked. "Well, to 75 emits a barrel at least," The price at present ranges from 60 to 05, Another ChurchBurnedin London The fire ftend seems to pursue the Methodists of Loudon, Hardly had the citizens recovered from the shock produced by the burn int of the Queen's avenue edifice ou tete night of the 2nd ifst., than is wit nessed the destruction of the Dundas Street Church •Iv was a few minutes before two o'clock this morning; when Mayor Thomas Beattie and Dr. Bayly were re turning home from a party, and when they had reached Maitland street, on Dundas, they were startled by a strong smell of smoke. They stood for a mom (Jilt, when suddenly they sawthrough the church windows A I3LAZE OF LIGIiT in the rear of the building, which as quickly disappeared. Mayor Beattie hastened to his resi- dence, a• few doors off, and .telephoned the tire brigade. The respuuse was very prompt, and the men soon had half a dozen streams playing. The firemen worked with vigor and soon had the blaze, which was located at the north or rear end, extiugetsh:ed Batt that there was still fire in the buildiug was plain, for DEMISE VOLUBLDS OP sermon poured from the windows t hes conic tied for tweuty ;minutes, at h n, tike a Bash, !'lames burst through the roof eat windows with a roar that mi„•t`it have been heard blocks away, and in loss than a minute the eutiro top of th• building was a roaring, seething mass from one end to the other, while the in- terior bore the ;appearance of al huge f lll'11aCe An alarm was then given that the parsonage, next door east, occupied by Rev, E. 13. Lanceley, was iu da tiger, aud two branchmen were despatched to that point to preveut the further spread of the flames. It was clear that there was no possi- bility of savior the church; neverthe- less several streams were kept pouring 00 the burning pile with apparently no effect, and it could he seen that not uu til the fuel tan out would the blaze Subside. .At 3,30 this morning the iiremau were still hard at work. INOEINDtARISM SUSPIJCTISD The tire starred in the north e d of the church, but from what cause could Lot be learned. Mr. Wm. Bowman, who is a promi- nent member and official of the church, was early at the surae:. Asked what he thought was the cause of the fire, he replied:— "I believe it was set on fire." The buined edifice, which was sec- ond only in importance to Queen's Avenue Church, was built only 25 t ears ago, and included in its member ship many of London's wealthiest cm - Zeus. There is considerable insurance on the church, but the amount, nor the extent of the loss, which includes a line organ, could not be learned at the late hour. The loos of their two leading church es wi hie a period of ten days. is a most ser se one to the Methodist of Loudon— and one of which will be deplored by the citizens generally St. Marys: Co January 25th, Mrs. Carr, ut„tlter of +fir. J. Carr, sustained a very serious accident. She had boon out hanging up some clothes, and upon enteriug the house the snow ea her shoes caused her co slip on the floor, and failing broke the bone of one of her limbs close to the hip joint. Mrs. Carr is about 80 years of age. An amendment by Mr. Jeffreys calling upon the Government to take some action regarding the prevailing industrial dis- tress was voted Clown i the u h e British I- Ionse of Commons by twelve votes on Friday, the Government majority without the Parnellites. The :first annual convention of the Good Roads Association of Ontario, held en Thursday at Toronto, was a pronounced success. His Honor Lieut. -Governor Kirk- patrick, Mr. A. F. Wood, ex-M.P.P , and Mr. John Dryden,Miuister of Agriculture, were among the speakers. • Storms, accompanied by heavysnow- falls, prevailed generally on Friday throughout Canada. There were also high winds along the Atlantic coast, and iu many parts of the United States rail- way traffic was generally interrupted, and many marine accidents are reported. At San Francisco an attempt was made on Sunday to. kill I. W. Hellman, presi- dent of the Nevada Bank. William Hol- land fired lol-landfired two shots at the banker near his residence on California street • and then shot himself. Ile is mortally wounded. The shots fired at Mr. Hellman went wide of the mark. A meeting of the business men of Port Hope was held on Monday in response to a call from the Mayor for a public meeting to consider the Trinity College School fire. Resolutions offering assistance were passed and the Council was recommended to make &grant of $1,000 towards the rent of a temporary building for school purposes. At Pittsburg on Friday an electric car became uum^nageable while descending the Wood's Run Hill. The motorman and conductor jumped from the car, leaving the occupants to their fate. The car plunged down the ser ep grade, jumped the track, and struck against the end of the bridge which spans Wood's Run, 150 feet below. Three of the passenger,, were bad ly injured. 7.1,e Brook! >u Grand Jur 3on Friday y handed in a batch of indictments a is ag ainst men who cut the trolley wires, obstructed threw bricks and track.S hr eomm[tt' e1 other er acts tointerfere wit the running of car. 8. charge against them The ch is malicious gcrows in • 13 l terference with the runningof cars. This ! is felony, Miss May McDonald, eighteen years old, the •leader of a mob on Fifth avenue, was also indicted. At Friday's session of the convention of St. Andrew's Brotherhood of Canada, at Woodstock, Ont., Canon Du-N'oulin, of Toronto, delivered an eloquent address,in which he said that Woman had forsaken the vocation God had givenher in being the keen and constant coinpetitor of man. Ile said • that this wonerfut evolution. was inIlscrfptural, and that sooner or later` it must totter to its fall. The.,time was A not fartlistant when woman would hr, de- posed from the throne she had usurped, tutd be driven back to her own domestic Cto- mah s, k., umE1Vi�� special IN STOVES & TINWARE Nuw is the time to replace your old stove with a new up -to date one, as we are clearing them all out at low prices. We have a number ofsecond hand cook stoyes in good condition, yery cheap TINWARE CHEAP. Don't fail to buy now if you want to buy cheap. Cross out saws, Axes 65 cents, Lanterns, etc., at H. BISHOP & SON. P. S. 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Canadians won many prizes at the New York poultry show. Mrs. Thomas Shrewsbury of Cobourg died at the age of 110 years. Queen's Avenue Methodist church and Wesley hall were burned at London. Mr. F. W. Stone, the well-known stock breeder, of Guelph, is dead, aged Si years John M. Lord, ex -tax collector of Lon- don West, has pleaded guilty of embezzle- ment. Mr. William Brownbridge, stone -cutter, cut his throat fatally at Rockland, on Friday. Mr, Melvin McPherson was killed near St. Catharines by falling out of a tree on Friday. Tho Cntario Government has been sum- moned for the despatch of business onFob- rnary 21. The new and colossal battleship Majesty was launched at Portsmouth, Eng., on Thursday. Coatieooke, Quebec, suffered 8100,000 loss by fire on Thursday morning. Insurance, about 845,000. A Manitoba school teacher has been bounced from North Dakota under the alien labor law. 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