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THE PLEBISCITE.
On Thursday, May 180, the delegation
of liquor men met the Premier and Sir instruments of destruction.
Richard Cartwright in the lower room of Many even today look upon New
the house of Commo0s. Mexico as that little oorner of the United
T. H. McPherson, M, P., Hamilton, States where the lawless take up their
abode, except the few who flee to Canada
or to old Mexico, but in spite of the un-
favorable opinions that have been held
t
concerning this territory, it stretches out
here in beauty and I might say in nbun•
dance, waiting for those who wish to in-
vestigate its resources, or benefit by its
climate.
New Mexico has a total area of 122,444
square miles. When I tell you that it is
as large as England, Scotland, Ireland
and Wales, you will see that it has room
enough and to spare.
In whatever direction you look your
vision is bounded by the great towering
moaotaio peaks. Here in Santa Fee we
are at an elevation of about 750D feet and
yet all around ns are the mountains run-
ning up to au elevation of 11,000 feet, and
last week I bad the pleasure of looking
upon one which is 14,100. Many a time,
not only in this oily bat in every town
and hamlet in the territory that I have
visited, the reverent mind is found,
dwelling on the assurance of the 125tH
Psalm, "As the mountains are round
about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round
about his people from henceforth even for
ever."
We bare here people from all parte of
the union, indeed I might say from all
parts of the world, for it is a question if
there is not to be found in New Mexico
representatives of every country in the
world.
The Mexican as now found is no doubt
a descendant of the Spaniard with not a
small mixture of Indian and Amerioan
blood in his veins. They resemble great-
ly in their manners and customs, eapeo.
'ally in their way of living, the Canadian
Indian, although they do nob seem to
have enough ambition to run about from
plane to place es the Indiana did hunting
for their prey. The Mexican is naturally
polite, he seems to have an aversion to
speak Euglisti. If you ask him a ques-
tion be always invariably answers "kin
nave," "no 0omprehecdo, "no Engligb,"
antes, when money is in the question and
then they can all speak English.
The people live mostly in houses built
of adobes. The adobe house is most
easily made and most habitable, cool in
the heat and warm in the oold. I believe
it is the beet house for New Mexico. The
real adobe building 1e a box, board with
sods also called adobe, 2 feet long, 8 inches
wide, and 4 inches bhick, cut, turned
over and left to dry, then laid upon ono
another in a mortar of their own mud,
floored with clay, and roofed with peeled
pine poles, crossed with branches which
are io turn thatched with hay and then
covered with clay and gravel. The holes
to let in light may or may not be—if they
be—the smaller the better. The back of
the house is generally toward the publio
highway, and very often a number of
these rooms open into a square which
seems the general property of all, comers,
Where no court is the dwellers seem to
live chiefly about the doors and in the
summer time they even sleep out in the
pure air.
The Mexican people are the very essence
of hospitality, and although in most oases
they aro very poor, yet they always give
to the stranger the very best they possess,
and if you are oompelled to stay over
night they insist on the stranger having
the bed, if the whole family rest 011 the
floor.
Of the climate I must say a word. The
air is dry and pure, and the average ele-
vation of the valleys above the sea level is
one mile. Fogs that matte boxy weather
are unknown. The average number of
cheery sunny days is 290, while of the
balance there are very few when the sun
is invisible. During the past 20 years at
Santa Fee the thermometer only regieler.
ed 90 some times. A0 au altitute of from
5000 to 7000 feet, one would expect a
long winter but lying between 32 and 87
parallels of ]atitude,thecold ie minimized
while the heat is reduced. There is frost
in the winter, and quite severs al times,
but the dry air seems to minimize the
effects of both heat and cold. The alt
coming over the monntaine from the
Paoifio seems to got dried out and is orisp
and rarified, itis filled with ozone and all
the elements most favorable to excite
bodily functions necessary to produce'
animal heat, Tho air is 8o rare that die-
tanoe is practically annihilated. Moan.
thine and bills 30, 40 and 00 miles distant
awn only one, ewe or three, and you can
see them from base to summit ad if you
were at their side, The effect of the ate
it to quiclten and enlarge respiration.
The lungs expand and in otter to pOo0ure
the neoeseary amount of oxygen in the
thin wit, more of it moat be inhaled, the
first effect therefore ie more rapid breath-
ing but in a little this 80001000 into a
natutal deep inhalation, and in a very
short time aeons of invalids who come
seeking health ore in a fair way to re.
covery. I am only 000 of the many that
have been bsnoliitted by the olima*e Of
New Mexico. Some of yowl' teacloth may
know what the tonclition of my health
was when I was ordered to this 00000ry
by my 1etli0al adviser ; indeed 1 tbotight
THE BRUSSELS POST
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NEW NMEXIGO. myself that it was a hopeless ease. For
the lireb few months I simply hold my
own until the latter end of May, when I
The followingletter l8 clipped from Oho commenced to Rain end eantinned to gain
p at the rate of two pounds per weak until
Clinton New Lira : T had gained 00 pounds, and at the same
The Manse, time doing all my work, whioh was by no
First Presbyterian Ohuroh, means light.
Santa Fe, New il'fexioO. I do not believe that for persons afflict.
April 20111, 1807. ed with asthma or in the first stages of
Mr L)Een Sce,—Sone Hina ago you lung bronble 0 bettor place could be found
asked me for a letter giving some facts on the American oontioont, but at the
about this country, De people, Rs climate, med0 ical1130 I elf intheEast do with
ot t° endn
its resoDee, n. from home even to New A2exioo
' Ln 0 a moment of weakness" away I sant you
a card promising that when I got a little men and women in the last stages of the
over the rush of work that seemed to be disease, eepeoially if they have no means
on at that time that I would comply with of rapport. It is cruelty to the patient
your request. I cannot say that that and dishonest to the people of the West.
time has come, but if yen are ever going I would al the same time encourage all
to bear of New Mexico front me, you will others in the fleet stages of pulmonary
have to be satisfied with a few lines trouble to lose no time in getting to this
written in the midst of a busy life. country, as I have seen and conversed
Let me in the fleet place oongratulate with scores, yea, hundreds, who are
you on the marked improvement that has strong find well today, who had to be
taken place on your paper 8inee T was a parried from the train on their arrival
regular reader of its ooli1m06 in the days here a few years ago.
of Auld tang Syne. When I looked over New Maxim) has its drawbaoke. The
the pages of the copy you so kindly sunt high winds al certain seasons are mi-
me I was carried away bank to the days, pleasant, the sub is far from desirable
the happy days, I spent in Holmesville the Sabbath is not observed, the educe,
and tried to teaoh a school that averaged Bonet advantages are poor oomparativety,
eevenby.Ave from January to December. the moral influences and the leek of reli-
As that time New Mexico was to me es gioue advantages are depressing in the
it ie to -day to most people in the east, extreme. "Every prospect pleases, only
only a place on the map, and indeed from matt ie vile."
what I have seen in some Oanadian news- I would like to have told your readers
papers I have been forced to the omelets- something of our church wootc, of the
ion that even some editors know this land composition of our congregations, of our
of sunshine only as a spot where wild mission schools, of our trips of 100 miles
Indians roam and Spaniards watoh their over the mountains to attend the meetings
chances to use their stilettoes or other of Presbytery, and of travelling all night
to attend a meeting of a committee. I
would like especially to have bold you of
the "Penitenties" of this country, and of
what we saw of their heathenish cere-
monies on Good Friday last, as, with
bared bodies, they lashed themselves with
their orttel whips until their backs were
manses of raw flesh ; laid upon their
shoulders the huge 01101118 plants, or
groaned beneath the immense creases that
they carried on their bare shoulders. I
would like to tell you of their meeting
of darkness wbioh I attended in one of
the Mexican villages many miles from
here, but alieady my letter is far too long,
and perhaps some other time, 10 you care
to hoar our story, we may be able, either
with pen or in person, to tell you more of
this .land of sun, silence and adobe, for
that is New Mexico in three words. I
would just like to say in closing that if
any of your readers are contemplating a
0limate for the benefit of their bealth,
I will be pleased to give them any infer-
mati0n fu my power. I may also say
that since coming here 13 months ago we
have bad the pleasure of having over 20
Canadians visit Santa Fe, most of whom
are still here, and intend to make this
their home.
With kindest regards to you, Mr.
Editor, and to your readers, many of
whom I remember most kindly.
I nm yours, very sincerely,
R. ET. Caere.
introduced the Ontario men, and Mr.
Brodeur, 1'i. P., the Quebec men. Mr.
$averson, solicitor of the Ontario Li-
cense Holders' Association, presented the
views of the delegation. He said that be
represented, besides the Ontario liquor
men, similar associations in Quebec, i. ew
Brunswick and Manitoba. The question
of submitting the plebiscite was an im-
portant one, because, if prohibition was
carried one.fourth of the revenue would
be swept away. He did ootlargue against
the plebiscite. The Government bad al-
ready decided upon that point. While,
therefore, he did not give an assent to the
submitting of a plebiscite, he wanted to
refer to how it should bo submitted.
There was no country under the sun
where a plebiscite was submitted to the
people in this way. Mention bad been
made as to tbo French plebiscite, but it
was wholly different. The Swiss refer-
endum carne nearer to it than anything
else, but it wag also different, and first
originated with both Houses of Perlia-
ment before being submitted to the peo-
ple. The reverse was the case in this
iustan0e. There was, however, some.
thing similar in Ontario. He meant
looal option in 1804. The question was
submitted in Ontario in an abstract form.
n
IG asked for a mere yes or c. The On•
tario plebiscite was therefore of little or
no value. The only result was it was
used to =harass the Government of the
day. The same thing would likely he
experienced in the Dominion House.
The question was more or less mixed up
in politics.
The first point, then, that he wished to
ask the Government to do was that in.
aemuch an the plebiscite vote is a Do-
minion measure, that the list to be used
in placing that vote before the people of
the Dominion should be the Dominion
voters' list as it stands ab present, with
the repeating vote struck out, its some
men had more than one vote. He did
not think that it would be right to vote
more than once on a question of this
character.
Then, there was the important question
of taxation. At present 38,000,000 Was
collected from the liquor traffic by the
Dominion for revenue purpose and there
was about 92,000,000 collected by the
municipalities and the provinces, so that
altogether there would be a loss of about
910,000,000, If prohibition passed, it
would take 90,000,000 to enforces it, so
tbat what he wanted was that in submit.
ting the question to the people the mat-
ter as to how this loss of revenue was to
be raised should also be submitted. There
was no other way of raising this loss of
revenue than by direct taxation, and that
point should alae be submitted,
The other points which Mr. Havereon
submitted were that an absolute majority
of the entire electors of the Dominion be
got before the Government take any steps
to enforce a measure of prohibition, and
that those who would be affected would
be compensated.
Hon. Mr. Laurier, in reply, congratu-
lated Mr. Haverson on the lucid and
oleos manner in which be had presented
his case. The question was no doubt
surrounded by difficulties, but the Gov-
ernment Was there to settle difficulties.
Regarding the use of the Dominion
voters' lists for the vote in the plebiscite,
he was prepared to agree with Mr. Hav-
erson. He Was not prepared to say yea
or nay as to the adoption of one man one
vote—there would be objeotions raised to
that. The Government would be charg-
ed with adopting a special law for aepeef-
al case instead of using the general law.
The question of taxation was an im-
portant one. As pointed out, there would
be a loss of revenue of 98,000,000. The
only course left the Government to collect
this loss of revenue was the imposition of
direct taxation. The present Govern•
mast did not intend to raise the customs
revenue any more, they were rather in-
clined to reduce it, and therefore direct
taxation was the only other alternative
of covering this loss of revenue. If any
other method was shown the Government
they might adopt it. It was only fair to
the prohibition party to say that they
contended that the people were prepared
to adopt direct taxation if prohibition
wes adopted. A8 to the question of ace.
peneation, it was not one which required
immediate attention. In regard to a
majority of the votes on the list being
necessary, he would only say that astrohg
expression of publio opinion was noses.
sary to carry out the law, Any law
which was doeignod to matte the people
virtuons,if not beaked by strong public
opinion, would fail, 11 was not a loyal
act on the part of any citizen to vote for
prohibition and then not aeeist in parry.
ing it out, In regard to the Province of
Quebec, Mr. Laurier tbooghb that it was
satisfied with Moos option as it existed
today.
Sir Richard Cartwright indorsed what
Mx. Laurier said, retnatking that justice
would be done to all parties.
Mr. Meyerson thanked the Ministers
for the reoepbien the delegation received
and then they withdrew.
A despatch from London, England
Bays :—"In circles in which there is trade
with Canada the opinion is freely ex-
pressed that if Hon. Mr. Fielding has
really made a reduction of 20 per cent.
on British goods, he has swept away the
greatest barrier to a large and most pro-
fitable Anglo Canadian trade, and must
greatly strengthen the Impetial senti-
ment. If, says one terilf expert, this
pro•Britielr tariff bed been in force, the
Canadian cattle would never have been
shut out of the British inn rkebe as they
dire now."
It is reported in parliamentary oirale8
that the Government hes decided not to
press the Franchise Bill this seeeion, bet
to hold it over until next session. This
being the ease the end of the session is
well within sight. Outside this bill there
is not likely to be anything to create a
prolonged discussion and prorogation will
likely take place between the 10th and
15th of June. Hon, Wilfrid Laurier
leaves for England on the Ord of June.
Madame Laurier a000mpaniee her bus,
band. Lt. Col. Domville, 117, P.. will be
one of the party to go with the Premier.
The Toronto World eaye :—About the
crossed men in Canada today are the oil
refiners. They consider they have suf.
fared the worst blow through the new
tariff that the Government has admin-
istered to any industry. The abolition
of vegetation forbidding the importation
of oil fn tanks by which the Standard Oil
Company will now be able to bring its oil
to Canada in tank vessels, throws the
door open entirely to the giant monopoly
of the 'United States. The Ontario oil
men ooneede that the maritime provinces
ere lost to them altogether as a market,
the American oil under the new tariff
being placed in those Provinces far cheap.
er than the Ontario produot. The change
made by the Government in these duties
is equivalent 1,5 a out of 8 cents a gallon.
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