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The Huron Expositor, 1893-09-01, Page 44 • NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. _______ Ilaatie figure between the parenthesis after each one denotes the page of the paper on which the " advertisement will 'be found. Threshers—WW1 Bros. (6) Ready-to-wear Clothing--Jaekeon Bros. Listowel Races. (0 Lost—C. A. Strong. (8) Teacher Wanted—John Elliott. (6) Still They Come—T. Menlo. (8) Farm for Sale by Tender—Chas. Robb. (6) Alma Ladies' College—B. F. Austin. (8) Received—Wm. Pickard. (8) Bieyoles—Hoffman & Co. (5) Fall Dress Goods—Hoffman & Co. (6) Autlunn,1893--Jackson Bros. (I) Washable Gloves—Hoffman & Co. (5) Stocking Yarns—Hoffman & Co. (6) Fall Season, 1893—E. McFaul. (8) New Frillinge—Hoffman & Co (5) Hand Made Boots—Robt Willis. (5) 1.7nderwear—lioffman & Co. (5) Notice—Samuel Smillie. (6) Jewelry—R. Mercer. (8) Ulster Cloths—Hoffman & Co. (5) Horses for Sale—Scott Bros. (8 FIannelettes—Hoffman & Co- 6) Dress Goods and Mantles—D. N eismiller, (8) Boots and Shoes for Fall—A. Weseloh. (8) Farmers Attention-L-Robt. Scott. (8) Change of Business—J. T. Cairns. (8) Millinery—D. S. Faust. (8) Mare Stolen or Strayed—Wm. Tenny. (6) House to Let—F. Holmested. (5) Plows -0. C. Willson. (8) Gang Plows -0. C. Willson. (8) Stop—Estate H. Robb. (8) Dinner Sets—Estate H. Robb. (8) thi Minn &imam SEAFORTII, FRIDAY, Sept. 1st, 1893 Hon. Mr. Laurier to be at Mitchell. The Young Men's Liberal Club, of Mit- chell, have completed definite arrangements with the Hon. Wilfrid Laurier to deliver an address in the Matheson Park, Mitchell, on Thursday, September 14th, 1893. James Sutherland, M. P., Thomas Ballantyne, M. P. P., James Grieve, M. P., John McMil- lan, M. P., James McMullen, M. P., are also to be present and deliver addresses. In the evening a grand banquet is to be held at the Royal Hotel. The YOung Liberals have already made sure of the finances nec- _essary in order to carry the demonstration to a successful issue, and it is confidently expected that this will be the greatest political gathering ever held in Western Ontario. Since the above was in type, we earn that the following well-known mem- bers of the Liberal party will also be pres- ent, viz : Hon. David Mills, James Lister, M. P., Dr. Landerkin, M. P., Dr. McDon- ald, M, P., T. Gatrow, M. I'. P., and A. Bishop, M. P. P. The Silver Question. A bill unconditionally repealing the Sher - men Silver Law has been passed by the House of Representatives in the United ,States Congresst by an unexpectedly large majority. It also looks as if the Senate would ratify this bill in spite of the etrenu- ous efforts of the eilver kings who sit in that body and wield such a powerful influence there. It is a pity, however, that such a state of affairs could not have been brought about immediately after the assembling of Congress. We do not believe, as many do, that the Sherman Silver law, or even the Silver question, was the entire cause of the financial trouble. Nor do we believe that the repealing of the Sherman law is all that is needed to restore confidence and bring things back to a healthful state. It appears to us that the enervating system of paternal- ism in force so long in the United States had more to do with the causing of the state of affairs that made a panic possible than anything else. The Silver question was simply the lever that set the stone roll- ing. However, as almost every Board of Trade in the country, outaide of the Silher Stetes, has said by resolution that the re- peal of the Sherman Law would cause a re- newal of confidence in the business commun. itY it probably wille at least a a great ex- tent, simply because everyone thinks it will. But the country will never be safe until its business is placed on the bed rock of prac• tioal free trade. Sand enters too largely into the composition of a protection founds.- -Lion One thing the repeal of the Sherman Law will assuredlT do, and that ie, give confi- dence to foreign investora, mostly British' wile se largely withdrew at the very begin - ...Laing of the storm. It is in a time such as this that cousin Jonathan realizes how much he depends on old John Bull, By theene we know that whenever demand exceeds available supply values will rise, whenever supply exceeds demand values will fall t by the other we know that the only way in which we can successfully met competition is by equaling or excelling op- ponents in fitness. Protection is an endeavor to fence off some particular portion of the earth's surface and exempt it from the operation of theiie natur- al laws ; it is, in fact, an attempt to circum- vent nature. In every civilized country there are two distinct industrial classes— those who produce raw material and those who manufactere this material. Protec- tionists recognize this ; they surround their chosen territory with a tariff wall of import duties, thus limiting the supply, creating, as it were, a vacuum ; demsnd must be met, the vacuum must be filled,and so there is in- tense activity. So much raw material is re- quired that the produeers ef it increese rapidly. As they increase the demand for manufactured goods, of course, increases, so that manufacturers must multiply. These, in turn, require more raw material, and so it goes on, everybody becoming busy, rich and happy. This, as we understand it,' is ideal protection.' Of course there are many phases, ranging from very moderate to com- plete protection, but they all have the same tendency and are intended to achieve the same results in a greater or less degree. Protection will succeed under certain cir- cumstances : First, when a country is found which can make itself totally independent ; Second, when the secret of perpetual motion is discovered ; Third? when human nature becomes perfect. A Ward With The Free Press. The London Free Press, in commentieg upon one of our recent editorials, says : " THE HCRON EXPOSITolt thinks it is • pretty small bueinees.' for a nation of sixty millions, that a Canadian cerpenterovho was given week on the New York Central rail- way, should be deported simply because of his nationality. Our contemporary thinks it 'smell bueiness' on the part of Canada to, protect its own workmen by the tariff, and wants the tariff removed so that the pro: ducte of foreign workshops in every quarter - of the world might come in a flood to swamp them. The EXPOSITOR is forever arguing for free trade for Canada—' let in every kind of fareign goods ; never mind the Can- adian artisan,' t' But it should recollect that the alien lebor law in the States is but en expreseion of the fierce competition there going on 41.mong bread- winners, who have to guard their interests jealously at every point. It seems ' small busineas for the officlals of a great and pow- erful government to administer such a law, but the existence of it is a great matter to the individual American workmen, just as the tariff in Canada is a great proteator of the interests of the workmen here. ' ' ' The grand 'motif ' of the N. P. was noe to give exclusive advantage to manufac- turers, but to make it possible for our minor manufactories to exist, as a means of giving employment to the people. It was the arti- san and laboring man who- was conaidcired far more them the employer but they both _had to 'stand or fall together. The Alien Labor Law in the United States shows how keenly they feel the effects of the competi- tion of comparatively a few new comers from outside." The Free Press somewhat misrepreeents what we did say, but let that pan. It sim- ply uses our article as an excuse for a pane- gyric on Protection, and to that we will de- vote our attention. There are certain natural laws as firmly fixed and as unchangeable by human effort as fate, which govera all the dealings of man with man in a commercial way. Chief among these is the laiw of supply and de- mand, and second may to it is the law of Probably the most successfully protected country in the world is the United States. No better spot could be found for such an experiment, It embraces so large an area, so many gradations of climate, such a large range of products, that if any country on the face of the earth could shut itself' off from commercial dependence upon the re- mainder of the world, it could. Let us see what protection has done for it. Since it adopted a protective tariff the country has advanced with giant !strides ; immigrants have poured into it ; cities have sprung up like mushrooms and have grown like the magic plant under the Indian juggler's hand- kerchief ; fortunes' that astound the world have been built up in marvelonsly short spaces of time ; wages have been higher an there have been fewer poor, proportionately than in any other country under the asun in fifty years the United States has sprun into the first rank of nations. Is not this fair picture ? Protectionists in the Unite States have boasted proudly on the 'pub'. c platform that they have vanquished natur . And yet, this picture is on a ‘..; shield, a every shield has itse reverse side. This the other side : A low tariff was sufficie at first, maeufacturers being satisfied wit little protection, but the cry has been mo more without intermission ; British goo because of their superior quality, k crowding the American product on ev market ; when one duty was raised by section another was forced up by the see which formed tbenounterpart ; as menu tures increased rapidly there was a he demand for labor, and wages reached as I point, but when competition in the 1 market began to make itself felt the w men organized to prevent wages from ing ; then a point was reached wher competition between both manufaet and workmen became exceedingly protection failed to protect either man turers or workmen ; then cembinations resorted to ; manufacturers combin limit output, thus keeping up an sr demand and a consequent high price ; ed output entailed the employment of workmen, and the workmen who steadily employed combined to defen position's and their wages against thei fortunate brethren, and have gone so to demand that no more workmen be ed to come into the country ; the mo cal are crying that there are enough in the United States, and demandin the doors be shut. In short protec the United States has not only 'faille( object, but has enhanced the very was designed to destroy. :Where it tended to create and maintain a de has gorged the country and produ necessary competition. The peopl niza this factt and at the last Pr election, when the issue was clearl between protection and tariff redue free trade ultimately in view, waa repudiated by an immense States which had been thought im Republican were swept from th that, the protection, party. trade from the beginning, the c the broad basis of its inherent m have been built up juat as surely is a s, pt ry ne ion ac- vy igh bor rk- fall- the eon ; fac- were d to ificial limit - fewer were their less far as allow - t radi- people that ion in in its vile it was in - and it ed un- recog- sidential defined ion,with rotection majority. regnably ranks of nder free untry, on rit, would if not se ing, th climb think ads a for if Matill the h men of w Oases than thei left rapidly. tVe have before point ed out the many evils which have attended , that too ra,pid growth, so we need not/ now dwell upon them. If a protective policy was uriwise in the United Stateseand the great majority of the people eay it wae, it must be ahsolute folly in Canada. The one is almost independent commercially, the Other can never be. It is not necessary to argue about the success of protection in Canada. It hale had a fair trial for fourteen odd years, and duting that time one of the most richly endowed coun- t tries in the world naturally', has virtually stood still. Nothing has! increased but debt. That Canada can be a great carrying nation has been shown y the Canadian Pacific Railway ; that she an be made the first agricultural and rnine al producing na- tion in the world. we firm! believe ; and she certainly has all the advantages that could be wished for to form the !foundation for a ereat commerce. Protection cannot aid her along these lines. Protection in Canada simply means taking money from the pock- ets of seventy-five per cehts of the people and giving it to the remaining twenty-five per cent, nothing more nor illes3. We are not efraid of leaving Canadian workmen unpro- tected. There is no' menace to them in free trade, for there is not a single industry in the country. to day, that is alitenefit to the the survival of the fittest, It is unneces- community, that would, be injured by the eery to consider why these laws exist, and '! removal of the tariff. If our manufacturer?' foolish to rebel against their being. There can compete with American and Eeglish they stand, in so far as we know, forever. manufacturers in Australia, as they are do - I that not tur it the in Jo ed his pl an vi to a THE HURON EXPOSITOR. re is no dsnger thet Only will no- n their home market Indeed, we e are doing the workingmen of Can- avor when we advocate free trade, the combinations that control the &during industries were knocked on ad, honest, intelligent Canadian work- ould have a chance to Hoe to positions althand importance, which, in many they would fill much more creditably the idle sons of men who have made money under a' proteotive tax, and t to those who never earned it. e thoroughly agree with the Free Press the "srand motif ' of the N. P. was o give exclusive advantage to rnanufac- re." Oh ! no, that Was only a lever, as ere, a means to an end. The 'motif ' of N. P. was to place John A. Macdonald power—genial, crafty, -devil-may-care. n A. Macdonald,who would have wreck - world if he might thereby 'have kept fingers on the heart -strings of men ; ose one overmastering -passion was to y on men and events as a Paganinni or Ole Bull would on a violin. If John A. odonald were with ue again in his pristine or, he would throw away protection as htly as he took it up. He Would appeal the oountry with his old audacity, and n men's =hearts to his cause as of yore, and e Free Press would be shouting itself arse for a ncw Canada and an Internation- Policy, instead of clinging to the old orn-out tool which servedits purpose. ut those whom John A. Macdonald has lfsft in command of the old guard are not as Wise in their generation as he, and at the ext Dominion elections that poliehed, re- ned gentleman ; that magnetic orator, Mr. aurier, the leader of the Canadian Liber- ia, will taste the sweets of victory. ailinansimisilinc=1/1111M being made for swearing voters. In addi- tion to this, the hotels and saloons were all open, and all in favor of' Sunday oars, and they were made sort of head centres during the day. But most powerful of all, the street oar men had plenty of money, were well organized and worked energetieally. Those opposed to Sunday oars had no money, very poor organizetion, and depend- ed mostly on the good sense of the people and platform talk. The result is a credit to the oity and will raise Toronto and its people in the estimatilon of all right think- ing citizens. Honoring the Premier. Ontario's veteran Premier, accompanied by Mr. Dryden, Minister of Agriculture, has been on a visit to Northwestern On- tario. Everywhere they were received with the most marked d)omonstrations of friendship by the people. They were hceipi- tablY entertained in a publio manner at Port Arthur, Fort William, Rat Portage end other places. They left Port Arthur for Duluth on Tuesday, end will return to To- ronto by way of Chicago. This is Mr. Mowat's first visit to that part of Ontario. An idiot of the reception accorded him.; by the people will be given by 'the follow- ing despatch from Port Arthur, dated Mon- day last : Sir Oliver and party arrived at Fort Wil- liam from Rat Portage Saturday. The Port Arthur council met them at the station and took the party and the Fort.Williarn 0012e - Cil over to Port Arthur on a special eleotric oar, handsomely decorated with mottos and evergreens. Port Arthur streets were lined with evergreens, and bunting floated on all the housetops. Arches of evergreens, dra- peries of bunting and mottos fairly covered the main street. At Pearl street the band met the car and marched alongside of it, ec- companied by 1,000 people, to the Algoma hotel, which was entirely covered by the flap, evergreens and mottos. On the bal- cony the Mayor read the town's address to - Sir Oliver, and the Shunian Council read its address -to the Minister of Agriculture. Miss Ethel Downing presented a boquet to Sir Oliver, and Miss Gladys Clark to Hon. Mr. Dryden. Both addresses were replied to in fitting terms. The party then visited Woodside Bros'. foundry and witnessed the run of the first pig of iron ever smelted in Ontario west of Toronto. The evening meeting in the rink was by far the largest ever held in the district. Addressee were presented by Fort William council and the Liberal Association of Port Arthur to Sir Oliver, and by the District Agricultural So- ciety to Hon. Mr. Dryden. The Premier and Mre Dryden brought forth repeated cheers by their praise of the country, es- pecially the Rainy River Valley, which, Mr. Dryden estimated, would hold 300,000 farmers, or 1,500,000 persons. On arrival of the train back at Port Arthur the party were placed in a carriage and, accompanied lair' a torchlight procession and the band playing " See the Conquering Hero Comes," were drawn by the peoele to the Algoma hotel. Thus ended the most enthusiastic reception ever given to any public man in Algoma. 1.111 THE CLINTON News Record seems to be greatly disappointed because we made no reference to a couple of columns of nonsense it indulged in last week in criticism of THE EXPOSITOR. Our space is too precious tedte wasted in personal recriminations with the News Record. It is a matter of very little concern to the public what the future aims of the Editor of this journal or of the Editor of the News Record either, may be, but it is a matter of very great importance to every person that an organization claiming to itself the championship of Protestantism should be used by a few political adventurers for their personal and political eggrandizement. That this is being done THE EXPOSITOR very plainly pointed outand any amount of per- sonal abuse and misrepresentation on the part of the News Record and its correspond- ents will not correct the evil. If the News Record were as disinteretted a friend of Orangeiem as it professes to bet it would second the efforts of THE EXPOsIToR instead of abusing it for saying what it well knows to be true, and apologizing for and excusing the conduct of those who are trying to drag its favored organization down to the position of drawer and carrier for a political party. in its paragraph of this week our contem- porary says " The News Record has proven that the charges are not true. * ' The News Record would invite THE Ex- POSITOR to make good its reckless aseertions," Now, if the News Record has proven our charges untrue, what is the use of its calling on us to make good statments that it has proyen not tree Our contemporary is just abhut as consistent in its statements as it is id its support of the ()lenge order, notwith- standing its loud professions. In the mean- time we would ask The News Record, simply for the information of its read- er'', to publish the letter of Mr. Daw- son, M. P., which appeared in the Toronto Empire a few days ago and which doeamore than prove every state- ment made by THE EXPOSITOR concerning the use that is being made of the order by the political wire -pullers of the Grand Lodge. , After publishing this letter it 'might publish the resolutions passed by the Grand Lodge giving to Mr. N, Clarke Wal- lace the power to deprive subordinate lodges of their charters providing they pase resolu. tions reflecting on the conduct of officers of the order. It would, in this way do its readers a much greater service than were it to continua its discussion of the merits of the Editor of this journal, as it seems so anxious to do. WE notice by reports that the Quebec Conservatives are' making an attempt eo galvanize Sir Hector Langevin into political life again, and some of them are doing their best to work up a Langevin boom. It is undoubtedly true that there are several men in Parliament and in the Government too, who are just as bad as Sir Hector, as the mein who knowingly profits by stolen goods is as bad as the actual thief. But, for all that, it is to be hoped that there is sufficient honor and .self-respect among the Quebec Conservatives to keep Sir Hector in the plaoe to which public sentiment very proper- ly relegated him. His punishment has been severe, but it was not by any means com- mensurate with his crime. McGreevy, Murphy, and the whole pack whose rob- beries are now a matter of history, are not one whit worse than Sir Hector, and should he be coated with the party white-waeh and again placed in power ' and position, the whole batch,of thieves who were exposed so thoroughly a few years ago, would soon follow. It is to be hoped that such a dire jealamity may be everted. The Ontario Conservatives are patient and long-suffering. They will stand a good deal for the sake of the party, but we can hardly think that they would swallow the Langevin•McGreevy- Murphy-Connolly combination. tBut, time will tell., M111111111111111111111/110•11111MNIMII THE people of Totonto did a gtood day's work on Saturday last. On that day the vote as to whether or not street cars should be run on the Sabbath day was taken. The vote was the largest ever polled in the city snd resulted in showing a majority of 1,003 to be opposed to 'Sunday cars. The vote stood, 13,154 for Sunday care _ and 14,157 against, making a total of 27,311 votes polled. When the vote was taken in Jan- uary of 1892 there were 10,351 votes cast for and 14,287 against Sunday cars, leaving the majority against at that time 3,936. It -will also be seen that the increased vote is almost entirely on the side of the running of the cars. This ts accounted for by the fact that this time -the vote was a purely in- formal one, taken, as it were, for the guid- ance of the Council, and consequently the laws and restrictions which usually govern elections were net in force. For these rea- sons many voted who had no right to vote, there being many repeaters, no provisien THE DOMINION CAPITAL. suit of seals in future the arbitrators en- deavored to solsoe the United States by granting to them, under the name of regu- lations, nearly eVery point they coetendied for in the name of international law. An examination of the matter reveals the fact that the regulations as adopted by the ma- jority, &nil therefore binding,were anticipat. ed by Mr. Tupper in the preparation of his ease, and he pointed out that if regulations were made applying to the catching of seals in the Ivater and not applying to the Priby- loff Islands, the breeding ground of the fur seal, they would be unjust and ineffective for the purpose of protecting seal life. Yet not a single regulation made by the tribunal is applicable to the Pribyloff Islands, where the slaughter of seals can be eontinued at the mere will and discretion of the United States Government., The close season, which extends not (ally over Behring Sea bat over the Pacific Ocean down below San Francisco, does not apply to the Pribyloff Islands. The abolition of the use of shot guns in a3ehring Sea is an almost fatal blow to the taking of seals in the open water, but this does not affect the monopoly of the Americans, who have a lease of the Priby- loff Islands, because there they kill the seals with clubs at the rate of hundreds in a day. Dr. G. M. Dawson, who was a British Com- missioner to investigate seal life in Behriag Sea, told me that the close season establish- ed by the arbitrators would- not be effective in preaervingeeal life, so that, according to thit expert authority, who is also an officer of the Canadian Government, and who has just returned from Paris where he followed the whole proceedings, the object aimed at ostensibly by the United States has not been accomplished by the regulations adopt- ed. What has been accomplished and what was the real and sole object of the United States is the practical exclusion of Canadian sealers from the industry, As the leading Government Organ inVictoria, British Col- umbia, well says; the arbitrators declared that Behring Sea was not a closed sea by law, but they have practically made it so by regulations. They might have added that the arbitrators had alienated their rights over a large portion of the Pacific Ocean as well. Sir John Thompson disaented from these regulations, and cannot, therefore, be held responsible for them. Mr. Tupper, whose suggestions for regulatione were one and all discarded by the arbitrators, must suffer most in reputation from that fact. A reorganiiation of the Militia staff in the Dominion. has taken place, beginning at headquarters with the appointment of a Quartermaster General in the person of an English officer named Major Lake. Lieu- tenant Colonel The Hon. Matthew Aylmer, of London, Ontario, Brigade Major for that district, has been appointed Assistaot Ad- jutant General at headquarters. Lieutenant Colonel Straubenzie, of Kingston, and Lieu- tenant Colonel Villiers, of , Winnipeg, have been retired from their poeitions se Deputy Adjutant Genera.ls, and their places filled by their appointment at Kingston of Lieuten- ant Colonel Cotton, and at Winnipeg of Lieutenant Colonel Holmes, who formerly commanded " C " battery at Victoria, Brit- ish Columbia. Eleven sta.ff appointments, such au .Brigade Majors and Paymasters, have been abolished. It has been decided that it is outside of the power of General Herbert to discipline the members of the 14th Battalion, King- ston, who were insubordinate oh a visit to Montreal on Dominion Day, and that if they arc proceeded against at ell they must be arrested and taken down to Montreal, where the offence was committed, and placed on trial before a civil justice of the peace. It remains to be seen whether this rather cum- brous method of disciplining members of the Force will be adopted by the General. Sir Charles Tupper came over on the same ship with Sir John Thompson as- well as the Hon. C. H. Tupper, but they did not come up to Ottawa with him but went on down to Nova Scotia. As neither of these gentlemen were arbitrators at Paris they could not be included in the address of wel- come, and the Tuppers wont play second fiddle to anybody, ,so Sir John Thompson Oatne on to Ottawa alone. . (By Our Special Correspondent.) OrrAwe, August 28th, 1893. Sir John Thompson arrived home on Sat- urday,and was received at the railway eta- tien by the Mayor and a portion of the City Council, who presented him with an ad- dress. A civic reception to Sir John Thomp- son as a member ef an International arbi- tration on account of the triumph for peace involved in the principle of these arbitra- tions would be an eminently proper affair, but the circumstances of this reception are so peculiar that it did not at all partake of this character. A month ago the ,Macdon- ald , club in this city communicated with the senior Conservative Association inviting their co-operation in giving Sir John Thomp- son a demonstration on his return. When the news came that so far as Canadian in- terests were concerned the arbitration at Paris had been disastrous, there was a feel- ing of disappointment among, the Conserve, - dyes at not being able to receive Sir John Thompson and Mr. Tupper as conquering heroes returning home after a well fought victory, Added to this there were a num- ber of well known Conservatives who stood aloof from the preparationsgor the reception, being disinclined to do honor to Sir John Thompson in any way. They might vote or the Conservative party, but they would not burn incense under the nose of the Primo Minister. Under these circumstances, a meeting of the leading Conservative wire pullers was called at which the Hon. Mac- kenzie Bowell attended, and r believe it was on his suggestion that it ryas decided to have a civic reception. This was decided without consulting the Mayor or any mem-, ber of the Council, because everyone knows here that the Government have only to say the word and the majority of the Council willalo their bidding. Even on the morn- ing of the day when the City Council met, the Mayor said he had heard nothing about the matter yet, at the same time a resolu- tion had already been written and the con- sent of Alderman Bingham, a Roman Cattle-- lic Reformer, obtained to act as mover of the resolution. Alderman Bingham was am pealed to on the ground that a co -religionist should not be slighted on account of his re- ligion, and in addition to this, Alderman Bingham was promised atiPport, in the next mayoralty contest from Conservatives, The circumstances being known, six members of the City Council voted against the resolu- tion to prepare an address to Sir John Thompson, and Ur. Cox, the president of the Conservative association, refused to have anything to do with it. The public generally having been informed through the press that the City Council were simply be- ing used as a substitute for an abandoned party demonstration, the Liberals of the comtnunity refused to have anything to do with it, and Alderman Bingham was severe- ly censured by his political friends. After the Toronto Globe, apparently in total igno- rance of the real circumstances, had endor- sed the reception, the Reformers of Ottswa were within an ace of calling a meeting of their association and publicly repudiating both Alderman Bingham and the Globe ar- ticle. 1 repeat that a genuine civic recep• tion, conceived spontaneously out of honor to a representative of the grand principle of international arbitration, would have been a movement to which not an objection could be Trhaiesemdo. re the Behring Sea award is stud- ied the more it becomes apparent that Cana- dian interests were sacrificed. The just claims of Great Britsin to a recognition of Maritime law, under which all nations are free to fish in Behring See outside of three miles from the shore, were properly recog- nized by the arbitrators, but when it came to making the regulation to govern the pur- resulted from eating crabs taken at New- ark. A third person, a woman, is at the point of death. The cases are now being investigated by the health authorities. DROWNED.—A yacht owner named With- erbee, of Port Henry, New York, took six boys out with him for a sail on lake Champ- lain Monday. The host capsized, and Witherbee and five of the boys were drowned. FABRE'S CIRCULAR.—Arehbishop Fabre has issued s circular asking that a collection be taken up in every public church and chapel each year on -The Feast of the Ros- ary on behalf of the establishment of Roman Catholic ,seminaries in India. GREAT1 STORM.—The New England coast has beeni swept by a storm which destroye shipping' and did much damage , on land. The loss at Coney Island is $50,000. Many yachts were wrecked, and there are fears of heavy loss of life. A CRUEL BRUTE.—GUStaV Scharff, of Milwaukee who had been living with a Mrs. King, of 'New york, tied stones to the woman and her daughter, the other night, and threw them into the river. On being arrested he said they had become a burden to him and he demded to get rid of thena A COLD-BLOODED Bon MURDERER.— Frank Johnson, of Anaconda, Montana, aged 11 years, went hunting grouse, accom- panied by Alexander McIntyre, aged only 4 years. Johnson had a rifle carrying 22 calibre bullets. Net finding any game John - e'en said: " As I cannot kill grouse I will kill you instead." He then deliberately shot the child in the neck, and left him dy- ing in a pool of blood. CRICKETS EAT THE CONN.—Farmers in some parts of Illinois are becoming much alarmed over the appearance of myriads of °rickets in their cornfields. The corn has already suffered greatly from the dry weather, and now they fear the crickets will finish the crop. A despatch from De- catur says : The crickets come into the city in swarms at night, and are killed by the electric lights by thousands. Clydesdales at Chicago. The following Canadians have been awarded prizes for Clydesdale horses at the Chicago show. It will be noticed that Hu- ron holds a good place : Clydesdale Stallion 5 years old or over - 6th premium D. & Sorby, Guelph.; 7th premium, iobert Nese, Howick ; 8th premium, Adams Brothers Drayton ; 9th premium, National Haras,,Montreal ; 10th premium, M: MeGorrigle, Howiek ; llth premium, Joseph Moffatt, Teeswater ; 12th premium, G. B. Stewart, Howick. Clydesdale Stallion, 4 years and under 3 —6th premium, Robert and John Turner, Calgary ; Sth premium, Robert Ness, Howick. Stallion, 3 and under 4 -4th premium, Wm: Innes, Rockford, Ontario ; 5th premium, S. C. Johnson, Manilla, Ontario ; 6th premium, J. Davidson, Askaiurn, On- tario ; 10th premium, A. Bell, Trout River, Ontario. Stallions and under 3 -8th premium, Wm. Philp, Yelverten, Ontario. Stallions, 1 and under 2 -7th premium, James Snell, Clinton, Ontario, Hullett Pride ; llth premium, William Phillip, Yelverton, Ontario. Stallions under 1 -7th premium, A. Bell, Trout River, Mare, 5 years old or over -8th premium, A. B. Scott & Son, Vanwick, Ontario ; 9th premium, Robert Davis, Toronto ; 10th premium, James Snell, Clinton, Gypsy Queen ; llth premium, James Davidson & Son, Balsam Ontario, Mare, 4 and under 5—Sfith, 4. B. Scott & Sou, VanWicli; Ontario.: , Mare, 3 and under 4—Second, Robert Device, Toronto ; fourth, D, & 0. Sorby, Guelph, Ontario • seventh, Robert Davies, Toronto ; ninth/R. & G. Ratcliffe, Ander- son, Ontario. - Mare, 2 and under 3—Foneth, Robert Davie% Toronto ; sixth, same owner, Pride of Thorncliffe ; twelfth, J. I. Davidson, Balsam, Ontario • thirteenth, J. Snell, Clinton, Ontario,Ozzie Larimore ; fifteenth, A. B. Scott & Son, VanWick, Ontario. SEPTEMBER 1, 1893. From Lsmbton, Simooe, Middlesex, North- umberland snd Durham, Prince Edward, Lennox end Addington, and Frontenac, come reports of great destruction to every- thing growing in the fields. Correspondente report them more numerous and destructive than for many years. Although the acreage originally sown to oats was larger than usual, the total yield will, contrsmato earlier pros- pects and indications, probably fall consider- ably below what would be considered a geed yield for Ontario. good. The vines podded well but the drouth has prevented the pods from filling alasnddeistingd eLxateknesEivreie perfectly. The " bugs" are again reported Peas.—This crop promised to be fair to dadinis targiectien. tlimeWgoeiestgMoviedr- the entire province the crop appears to be - somewhat uneven, very light in some places owing to drouth and rspid maturing ; badly damaged by the pea bug in others, while in some townships it is excellent. On the whole the crop will be about up to the aver- age. Harvesting had begun Augustist in a few places, and was still in progress August 15th all over Ontario. Timothy and Clover Hay.—The hay aet. vest began about the last week of June, and ran on to the last week of July. The earl est cutting reported to us was June 20th ; on August 12th some hay was yet to be cut in Muskoka. Clover is by far the best crop report comes to us of less than one ton to of this season, timothy secoasl. Not a give the sore, very many give two tons to tbe acre, some give three and a few even go over whole very favorable, and the crop housed three up to four. The weather was on the or stacked in fine dondition. Some of tile early cut was injured by rain ; some of tee tae wheat harvest, and matured too much. Farm help latest cut was interfered with by hay and wheat harvesting were both in pro. was short about the middle of July, emelt gress. A few sample comments may be given : " could not be better ;" " the helm'. est crop for many years ;" " never sew better ; ' " secured in good condition .;" it beat in 20 years ;" " in some places clover had to be drawn from the field it grew on to dry." Although the 1892 crop WS/ very large, that of 1893 is larger by 578,719 teak The,second crop of clover was practically a failure. - This report on hay is final, Corn.—This crop is cultivated in the Lake Erie district more extensively than in any other district, and the crop is reported on the average to be very fair though -the drouth has affected it. In other districts what corn is grown is reported to be fair. Hill cern is excellent, while ensilage is not up to the mark. Potatoes.—Potatoes will -only be up to the . average, and probably not that. In several of the districts, particularly in the western part of the province, this crop has suffered from drouth, vvhile in the other districts they are, as. a rule, reported small and scraggy without any cause being assigned. Roots.—The reports regarding roots are encouraging. They appear to have had s good start, and in spite of the drouth com- plained of in many quarters they give good signs of yielding above the average. The Apple Crop. Frank Rand & Co., of London, England, write that the English apple crop this year is abundant, and that they really see no chance for Canadian apples there before the end of the year. However, English apples are a month earlier than usual, and conse- quently the great bulk of the crop will be cleared away before it will be necessary to send Canadian winter apples to market. M. H. Peterson, of Colborne, Ont., cor- roborates the statement that the European apple crop is large—enormous, in fact. In the United States the crop is about equal to that of last year. The greatest scarcity , is in early summer and early fall varieties. As for Ontario he says " It is true that in the heavy growing sections of the Province, such as Huron, Bruce and Grey, the yield this year -is considerably mailer than last, but in some other counties there is a per- ceptibly heavier yield, and it can be safely asserted that apples this season can be found in every apple growing county of the Province, and although more scattered. than last season, yet when all are gathered the quantity, in my opinion, will be from 30 to 40 per cent. greater than the estimates stated in the current reports. In addition to this the auality of the apple is inferior to last season, and it will cost the dealer more to gather the fruit on account of it being so scattered." Owing to the trouble in the United States, it is thought the pur- chases there of Canadian apples will be very conservative, while;their own crop of small fruit is unueually large. The present indi- cations are that Great Britain will not re- quire any Canadian apples for some time, while for winter varieties the late demand will probably be fairly good providing the quality is choice and the quantity not too large. He advises greet care in grading and packieg, and would suggest that an extr6me price for the very choicest Canadian winter apples in the orchard would be $1 per barrel. News of the Week. DIED.—The Right Hon. 'William Ben- nett Chester, Proteatant Bishop of Killedoe, died in Dublin last Sunday. INCENDIARISM AT THE FAIR.—An at- tempt was made to burn Machinery hall at the Industrial Exhibition grounds Sunday evening. Damage $300. A FINE SET-TO. —The uneinployed and the police of Chicago had a fierce battle last Saturday, in which several on both sides were severely injured. HURRICANE WITH Loss OF LIFE. Over forty persoos are known to have lost their lives in the recent hurricane aff the New York and New Jersey coasts. Fifty-eight persons are still missing. PROSECUTING GAMBLERS. —Eig hty se yen indictments were found against gamblers in Chicago the other day. EPIDEMIC IN JAPAN.—Word comes from the south of Japan that an epidemic of dys- entry exists there. Of 3,000 oases, nearly 600 have proved fatal. THE SILVER' QUESTION.—The Wilson sil- ver bill has been passed in the United States House of Representatives. This means the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman Act. AWFUL RAILWAY COLLISION, —Fourteen persona were killed and thirty-five badly injured by a railway collision at Laurel Hill, near Long Wand City, on Saturday alight. DEATHS FROM EATING CRABS. —The Greenville section of Jersey City was thrown into a state Of excitement Saturday by the announcement that two more deaths have The Harvest in Ontario. The following is a condensation of ;the report issued by the Ontario Bureau of duetries concerning things agricultural up to the 12th of August last. It will be seen, that the crop of this year, taken on the whole is not more than a fair average, The several grains are dealt with as follows and the information given is based on reports from correspondeete in many pains of the Province and may be considered as reliable so can be secured : Fall Wheat,—Harvesting began in the south-west about July 7th ; on August 10th wheat was being out in Algoma, and en the 15th in the north-eastern section of the province. The great bulk of the crop was cut between July 15th and July 25th, As to yield, the reports indicate an average for the entire proviuce of 19.6 bushels per acre. Some threshing had been done, but most of the reports were estimated in the sheaf. As the reports of thin straw and small and shrunken grain are quite common from all parts of OntariO, and the fields are some- what uneven, our later reports from exact threshing remits may show a yield lower rather than higher than this. The yield per acre appears to be a little higher than the general comments of the correspondent' would supahrt. The conditien is up to the average ; reports of runt are rather numerous, but little or no damage from insects is men- tioned. The grain in inany sections is re- ported as having filled a little too rapidly and to be small or shrunken. On the whole, the prospects, according to correspondents, point teem average yield of fair quality. Spring Wheat.—This is probably the poorest grain crop of the preaent tseason. Everything appears to have been against it. First, the wet spring gave a late and uneven start to the wheat. Then the drought of many distriets caused too rapid filling, and has produced much shrunken and inferior grain. Ruet has been common in ail parts of the province. The midge and other in- sects are reported as being very destructive this year, especially in West Midland, Geor- gian Bay, and East Midland districts. Grasshoppers were more nu meroue than usual, and in the Georgian Bay and neighboring counties did a large amount of destruction. Maturing of the crop has been very uneven, and harvesting has been early in some coun-1 ties, quite late in others. On the whole spring wheat promises to be a very poor crop, small in quantity, and below the aver- age in quality—in fact, from the reports of correspondents, it might; almost be set down as a failure. Barley.—This crop had a later start than usual ; then, in most parts of the province the growth of straw was checked by dry weather, and filling of the grain and matur- ing took place too rapidly. The straw, as a consecmence, is somewhat short, and the quantity is below the average yield per acre. The grain is on the whole of fine, bright color but smaller and lighter in weight than ususl,. The yield per acre is below the aver- age. The six -rowed variety appears to have done better than the two -rowed, the short growing season being against the perfect de- velopment of the latter. The barley crop reports may be summed up thus :—Total Fruit.—The reports regarding this crop indicate that apples are a complete failure throughout the province. Very few sched- ules give one-third of a crop, while in the majority of instances 'the answer tto the question is either " complete failure" or " none." In the Lake Erie district gripes appear to be exceptionally fine, while pears _ and berries are above the average. In the Lake Huron district berries are good, and cherries and grapes fair. In the Georgian Bay district cherries are a fine crop inGrey, while in Simcoe the berries are excellent and grapes fair. The St, Lawrence and Ottawa, East Midland and Northern die tricts do not report favorably on anything but berries. Several of the fruits do not appear to be cultivated in meny sections, Pastures. and Live Stockhe-The reports from all districts show that pasture, op to July 20th, was good, but _after that the fields began to suffer through lack of rain, Pasture, therefore, fin the past few weeks has been a failure, save in the Northern, East Midland, and the northern portions of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa districts. In these the pasture has been and is good. The stock, however, has done well, conaideo ing the season ; and the indications are that fall and winter fodder will be ample. The supply of dairy produce, considering the province as a whole is about the average. Complaints are made that there is a scarcity of butter in the west owing to the dry weather causing the supply to lessen. In the north-eastern part of the province there are no such complaints. Bees and Honey.—From every quarter the bees are reported to be in a healthy con- dition, and they have not suffered from any complaint during the summer. Frem the Georgian Bay district it is reported that a large number of colonies were destroyed by the aevere weather of the past winter. Bei/arming all over the province wherever bees sre kept was good. The supply of Sea- ter, in field and forest, in one or two in- stances only;ist, reported to have been defici- ent, but in all others it is good, exeept ins Jew cases, where it is giien as superabun- dant. The average yield per colony ie ously stated. Farm Labor,—By the answers given to the questions on this topic it would appear that farmers do not have much additiond help in the harvest. They appear to hire men for the greatest part of the year, say seven or eight months, and trust to ma- chinery to enable them to secure their crops. In the Lake Ontario district there appear to be a scarcity of farm laborers, with wages in harvest tithe ranging from $L25 to $2 per day, and from $15 to $40 per month, From the St. Lawrence and Ottawa districts, some sections report a scarcity because the young men are in the lumber mille. In the Bast Midland district the supply of labor is given as fairly good, and the wages $L25 per day, and $26 to $30 a month. Other sections of this district report the anomalous condition of the scarcity of labor and low wage". In the Northern district the supply was notsuffi• cient, save in Algoma, where quite a number could not get work. The supply in the Lake Erie district appears to be not 'quire sufficient," and the average wages are qUofed at $1,25 per day, and $25 per month, In the Lake Huron district labor is 'plentiful., except in the county of _Bruce, while there is a scarcity in the Georgian Bay and Welt Midland_ districts, The average rate of proviuce is about $1.25 per month. wages for harvest hands throughout the day, and $24 Per Huron Notes. Building stone is being shipped from Brussels to Grand Bend for bridge building. —Hen. J. C. Patterson has presented the Episcopal church at Port Albert with a fine bell. —Mr. Will Elford, of Holmesvilla gone to Manitoba where he hits Obtained a position as weighinan in at grain elevator. _Considerable sickness prevails in Gren Townehip, and fears are entertained that & typhoid fever epidemic may set in. —On a recent Saturday eight Brussels was in darkness as far as the electric light was concerned, owing to the breaking of yield for the province below the average, armiture in the dynamo. 112 grain lighter in weight than usual but first- —Morris &Grey cheese factory has et ,_ class in color. boxes last half July make to Taos, Thant Oats.—The oat crop has not turned out tyne, of Stratford. The price was 9g Cell" BO well as its condition on July 1st indi- per pound. cated The excessive dry weather checked —Mrs. Maggie Ashley of Londesbn the growth of straw, which, as a conga has gone to Chicago, where she will ate° quence, will be somewhat shorter than ueuel, au end will give le lighter yield per acre. The grain is not filled perfectly, and wiii be a little light ; the yield will be only fair. Some damage by rust has been reported, but the almost universal complaint is from grass- hoppers. Four-fifths of the correspondents from the Lake Erie counties refer to them. Mr. Moody's college, in view of becom g evangelist. —A team of horses belonging to Mr. fi• Elford, Holmesville, had a rather unnsusl experience the other day. They had WO hauling in grain, and at supper time eel were unhitched and left standing on tio barn floor, tied. 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