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The Huron News-Record, 1889-02-06, Page 4The Huron News. Record elm a Year -4140 in Advance. Wednesday. Feb. lith, 1889 A POINTER FOR PRODUCERS. Ono of the most potent proofs of the coiregposs of the position we have taken : that were the duty removed from agricultural products, or, what is the same thing, did we have continental free trade, com- mercial union, or unrestricted reci- procity, the country would be flooded with a portion of the immense surplus of our neighbors, to the financial ruin of Canadian farmers, is to be found in the Trade aud,Navigation returns. It will be remembered that the Cynadian Goverment committed itself to admit free iuto Canada certain pro - dude of that country so soon as the Americans pet similar articles on the free list ou their side. One year ago last April the duty was taken off green fruit coming iuto Cauada in compliance with the arrangement referred to. And what has been the consequence 1 During Aro ttt411tlw,uradPr.re. tt acle.$4 iM, 803 words of green fruit was immpor- tcd into Canada, as against only $159,419 imparted during the pre- ceeding twelve months under protec- tion. • This is proof strong ai holy writ itself of the impolicy of com- mercial union. No amount of sophistry or "ifs" and "ands" can brush away the practical proof here given against free trade. That the enormous disadvantages which this :vection of the tillers of the soil labor under with free trade would be extended . to the growers of wheat, oats, corn and other farm products, uuder free trade, there' cannot by any possibility be the shade of a shadow of a doibt of. And as the tillers of the soil form probably seven nights of our people, it is quite obvious that protection in the present state of our exietence affords the greatest pos§iblo good to the nreatest possible number. It may he sand that the consumers received the benefit of the ruinouscompetition with or displacement of our home grown fruit products. But such .:ot the case. The cost of tho. free imported fruit was much greater than that of the home grown. And why 1 Owing to cli- matic conditions most of the impor- L,,l fruit ripens on the other side probably' two weeks earlier than on this and was rushed in here and eolel at oxhor•bitant figures. So tat not only was our hone market forestalled by foreigners, but our hone consumers were taxed `through the nose,' or rather through their pal .tos, by free trade and green fruit, while the home producer carne in at the 'heel of the hunt.' And like Lazarus had to be content to pick up the crumbs left after' the enriched foreigners had become gorged at the expense of Canadian producers and consumes. DISTRESSED MISERY -MON- . G +.RS. It is said that a very distressing state of affairs must exist in the shipping trade of Canada because as many ships have not been built the last few years in Canada as during the years immediately following Confederation. Those misery -mon- gers ignore common sense. With Confederation our trade with foreign countries .took an enormous leap. 'l.'o carry that trade large numbers of vessels worn built. Most •of those are as good to -day as when built. No sand person would say that thoir increase should be in the same ratio now as formerly. The rolling stock that tho C.P.R. put on at the comple• tion of that grand enterprise ,to meet tho demands of trade resulting from the opening up of our Northwest, cost millions of (Vara. And though a gratifying dincroaso is noticeable in the volume of business done by the Road, it is not necessary to renew the rolling stock every year. Ships ore the rolling stock of marine highways and do not regniro to he renewed every year though additions ale Made to them every year to meet rho requirements of even a gradually exlianding trade. A farmer sets out to cultivate a 100 acre farm. 11e 1 as to stock it with horses and in.p1' c... uts etc. lie acquiree "auotleer 100 acres but 1.e does not require to double the number of his homes and implements to farm thio double quantity of laud. A merch- ant can double the amount of his trade without doubling his outlay upon capital account. The Trade aud Navigation Returns show a• gratifying measure of success in the ship building trade, which is keep- ing pace with the enormous develop- ment of our gross trade. • This too in spite of the fact that the Ameri- cans, whose oommeroial marine was almost swept front off the face of the watera during the little "unpleas- antness between the North and the South, are gradually becoming their own builders of ships and carriers by water. PERVERTING, The following chaffing of the Hon. Minister of Customs by an Ottawa correspondent has au impor- tant element of truth in it which ought, to convince those who are continually bellowing out that Orangemen are cut-throats hanker- ing after the blood of Catholics; that such statements are tho veriest rot imaginable :—"Hon. Mackenzie Bowel' is regarded as a representa- tive Oi ii onlan, 'beitig an -active member of the order and a Past Grand Sovereign. It will then shock many of, the brethren to learn that the roan Mr. Rowell picks out for his private secretary and confi- dential clerk is a Roman Catholic ! In fact Mr. Sanders is a leading light in St. Patrick's church. The fact that a private secretary is always a minister's personal choice makes. it the more astonishing, but Mr. Sanders' presence may explain what has been a mystery. When Mr. Rowell took his British Colum- bia trip, a charwoman cleaning out his office found a eat of beads in Mr. Bowoll's own robin. No• one accepted a wag's theory that the private secretary had converted the minister, a Past Grand Master, and it was urged iu his behalf that the goods must have formed part of a customs seizure. When it -became known to the 1� nowing ones, how- et'er, they explained that the rosary roust belong to the private secretary." EMBARRASSMENT. The Globe is embarrassed. It rises to remark that "it is surprising that Canadian trade is as large it is." Ah -or -yes. Just so. That powerful journal has in so many w•iys en- deavored to belittle our country— its industries and its commercial policy, its solvencfand the sanitary condition of its asmests as a whole, that "it is surprising," to it "that Canadian trade is as large as it is." Mrs Partiugton, Sidney Smith tolls us., had her cottage on the sea shore. The tide rose and invaded the domicile of the good dame. She used her mop to retard the tido of old ocean, She desisted, surprised at the advances of the Atlantic not- withstanding her strenuous efforts to keep it back. Tho Globe aright as well desist in its attempts to retard the trade of Canada. If it does not, there is a succession of surprises in torn for it, and at its age they might prove fetal. DISLOYAL DISCRIMINATION Tfie Globe talks about "35 per cent. loyalists causing our import trade with the Mother Country to dwindle away." As•the Commercial Unionist Annoxationists come the nearest of any class of people in Canada to favoring.a 35 per cont. tariff, the Globe is rather hard on its friends. These gentry are loyal to the American tariff, over 40 por cent., and want to get Canadians under it. Loyal Canadians aro committed to the present Canadian tariff which averages about 25 per cent. on all importations. Conser- vatives and Liberals form this class and favor no discrimination. Com- mercial lTnionists and the Grit faddists are anxious that wo should have free trade with the United States and a 40 per cent. tariff against the Mother Country. It needs no expatiation to show who are loyal to the Mother Country as well as to Canada. PROVINCIAL RIGHTS. '1'he Toronto Globe endeavors to make capital against the Dominion Government for its non-interference in the Jesuit's Act Bill of Quebec, which allows a compensation of $100,000 to the Jesuits fur estates confiscated to the Crown many years ago. The Province got the beuotit of those estates. If the Province thinks 'it has received $400,000 benefit that is ite own business. But a minority in that Pruviuco do not think so. Fortunately or uu- fortunately under representative in- etitutions majorities rule whether in municipal, Provincial or Domin- ion legislation. Whatever the merits of the case may otherwise be it was clearly beyond the province of the Dominion to interfere and say the majority of the people of Quebec shall not spend their own money as well as that of the minor- ity iu their own way. The Globe trays it has out tu- deavored to work up,tlte Orangemen against the Dominion Goverunteut. Thou it has been saying what•it did not mean. It says the Orangemen " worked up" themselves. It would be nearer the truth to day that the chief ones " worked up " were the Protestant Ministerial Association of Quebec and Protestants gener- ally:' It is true that Orangemen as Protestants sympathised with the Protestant minority in Quebec who cons i.dei-,.the:unselvea-.,nggrievsd.. jay. having to contribute their quota of the $400,000 granted to recoup the Jesuits for property alienated from them. But the Quebec Government give the Protestant minority $6000 of the sum named, which, with the accrued benefit which they in com- mon with all the people of Quebec do - rive, is alleged to place them on an equal footing with Rornan Catholics. If the Province has,received $400,- 000 value in property for which it paid nothing, and if that property was arbitrarily confiscated it would seen that ne injustice has been done, however touch one may regret the putting of such a large sum in the hands of a Society whose aims and objects have always been as much deuouucod by the Church bf Rome as by Protestants. No matter how bad a man may bo the State has no right to confiscate his property unless he has been legally proven guilty of overt acts inimical to the State and subversive of the best interests of society. Whatever we may believe, we do u'ot think such acts have evor. Leon proved before any legally constituted tribunal. If every individual believed to be a dangerous man to the State and society were to have his property -confiscated there vpo'tild be 'a much greater number of poor men then there are now. In any event the law advisers of the Crown declare any interference iu the Jesuits Act Bill beyond the jurisdiction of the Dominion Government, and all good citizens 'roust acquiesce in that decision, though the Globe, for political purposes, should never so maliciously try to inflame Orange - mon and Protestants against the Government. Just as it endeavor- ed to iuflame the Roman Catholics against the Government for not interfering to save Riol against the consequence of his overt murderous acts"proven in a properly 'Constitut- ed court of law EDITORIAL NOTES. Dominion Parliament opened last week. Mr. R. S. White of Cardwell and Mr. Lopine of Montreal in torso and complimentary terms moved the reply to the address from the throne. Mr. Laurier replied. Sir John A. Macdonald took the floor after Mr. Laurier and complimented him on the good natured monitor in which he had addressed the House. Sir John was argumentatively and his- torically happy in his remarks. Referring to Mr, Laurier's remarks that the bill of faro presented by the Government for the considera- tion of Parliament was a very weak one, Sir John said : " I, as fhb leader of tho Government, set this meagre bill of fare to aid the diges- tion of hon. gentlemen opposite. (Laughter and cheers.) Milk for babies and strong meat for men. The hon. gentlemen are just now in the infancy of political position, and we have, therefore, considerate - who was planed in Simcoe, and alt those who with him submit to the discipline of Lhe church aro. In the G4 be of Monday one of the eouetiti ioualiate, who signs himself Thos. W. Jacic0on,goes for Mr. Donly without gloves, denying his state• menta and quoting that a member of Donly's own family was heard to say: "That : 31loty Donly should have been iu the penitentiary years ago." Jackson also calls brother Douly an "unmitigated falsifier," a "wilful slanderer" and other names quite in keeping with the accepted char4 actor of one who seta the rules of his church at defiance and persists in auwfng discoid. ^ • Tho Globe bewails the alleged fact that with our 25 per cent tariff our ituportatious are greater from the United States and less from Great B'1lain than they should be. in order to reverse this, even to it uudosirablo state of affairs, it persis- tently advocates flee Lynda with the United Staters and the imposition of their higher tariff of 40 per cent on importations from Britain. Cue cau- uut udurire the logic or consistency 'of the Globe, though we may be .asloundod at its perverse persistency in preaching against the palpable outcome of its own premises. What with wrestling over the " inboiug of holiness " among the Presbyterians, the alleged Roman - ism of ritualists iu the Church of England, the kicking of Methodists against the existing discipline of the Ch.aruh, the expulsion of Bap- tists by the Church authorities in the lower provinces, and the Mc- Glynn and other schisms in the Catholic Church, the Plymouth Brethren have sown foundation for alleging that they are the only ohristion sect. CURRENT TOPIC EVIL COMMUNICATION. Mr. Milburn, the blind chaplain of the American House of R.epre- sentati 'es, has contracted the tobao• co fever from close association with eolgressnteti during the past four years, and he is now an inveterate smoker. It is said that he smokes at least half a dozen cigars daily. He can ho seen in the house lobby, back of the speaker's chair, almost every morning, pulling vigorously at a cigar, while his daughter sits by his side; running through the morning papers in search of topics for his congressional prayer. He res quests his daughter to read to him anything touching upon national affair, and she is particularly in- structed to read to him items of a nature personal to members of the house. ,The deputy doorkeeper, Mr. Isaac Hill, who is assigned the fluty of looking after the absentees, also assists the blind chaplain in keeping posted concerning the health of metubers sick. With these and other sources of information Dr. Milburn contrives to deliver an original as well as an interesting' three ininute prayer daily. He fre, quently manages to inject items of real news into his invocations. METHODIST LA`YMAN'S CON• V ENTION . In another column we give the resolutions passed by the kicker's of the Guelph, Niagara and London Conferences at a mectiug in Word- stock Last week. They also appear ed in the Hamilton gpectator to which the following is a reply : In your report of the absve convention you give two resolutions which, to those who know the facts, are so contradictory as to be absolutely ludicrous, if not worse. In ono resolution the convention wishes the "right of quarterly boards to invite, and of ministers, provisionally, to accept, invitations to be fully 'recog- nized, subject, in all cases, to the stationing committee and the con- ference." Another •was a strong resolution of sympathy with the Simcoe Methodist church, and, in particular, with Mr. Donly, in the struggle which is being carried on between that church and the authorities of the Niagara con- fereuce. That these two opposite resolutions could be passed by the sante body can only he accounted for on the ground of want of sincer- ity, logical acumen or of knowledge of the facts. As the .majority of those present reside outside of the bounds of the conference whose ac, ly kept the diet to suit the situa- tine is criticised, let .us in charity suppose the latter cause, though men going into an "agitation" should not The Idol of the rebels crenae, the make such a pitiable exhibition of o themselves as to be ignorant of the vital facts involved in the issue. These gentlemen evidently have the itn'proesion, or try to make it, that in the Simcoe case the stationing con, mittee objected "to quarterly boards inviting and ministers provisionally are, and inductively and positively accepting invitations." This is what a bad man Rev. Mr. Coiling totally untrue, What the opinions Lion." Simcoe Methodists seems to be one i)only. lie has the past week hail columna in the Globe endeavoring to show what a bad lot of mon the Stationing Committee of Conference A DOG IN THE HTL* Ell I/IS BARK IS WORSE THAN HIS BITE. 0 TO THE PEOPLE. Business is business every time, and when a Business Atm (7) will lower itself to Slander, which is the last :esort of a narrow mind, it is time they quit the ranks agate and returned to farming. We appeal to THE PEOPLE as to the GENUINENESS of our GREAT GIGANTIC GIFT SALE. They also know that not only do we lead the Trade in COTTON AT THREE & FIVE CENTS, but that every other article in our store is equally cheap. When a Friend (7) runs down oyety other, in the same line, at the expense of Fair Play, and vaunts itself as the only one that advertises the truth, wo ask you won't their claims bear testing 7 and themselves be worth watching? We have sought during eel' business earner to Inel'it THE I'EOI'LE'S confidence, and sincerely thank them for the liberal patronage they, have afforded, and respectfully solicit a continuance of il,o same. Our Great Slaughter Sale is Still Going On. SEE OUR COTTONS, the cause of the fuss. SEE OUR DRESS GOODS, the talk of the Town. INSP'ECT OUR STOCK and be convinced that we are THE PEOPLE. Robertsoll's Great Cash Store of individual Ilteninsid.e or .o_,rl.,yide the stationing committee were is nothing to the purpose. What the committee as such really did is the only thing worthy of consideration. What, -then, are the facts 1 The committee decided to consider each invitatiou on its own merits, and actually did so—Simcoe's, of course, among the rest, and this carefully and repeatedly. Novi, these rights are to be recognized, the convention goes on to say, "subject in all cases to final deciaion of the stationing committee and conference." Then logically the following resolution should have been passed : "And, whereas, such conditions were ful- filled by the Niagara conference stationing committee in the Simcoe case last June, therefore we hereby denounce in the strongest terms the action of the Simcoe quarterly hoard, and Mr. Donly in particular, for persiatent and unfounded opposition to the final decision of the stationing committee, thereby disturbing the' peace of the church and fomenting disloyalty and rebellion throughout the conferences, to the great injury of the cause of God." But lo ! on the contrary, they pass a resolution of "sympathy !" Bah ! "0 consist- ency," etc. • LOYALTY. -�v — In And About The County. —Ilssex farmers were plowing on Saturday. —It cost'Sar•uia $3000, to get rid of the smallpox. —There are five doctors in the Bruce county council. —Mr. W. H. Copeland, of Wood- stock, whn has been buying apples in the north end of West Zorra. on Monday stripped at Stratford 16,000 barrels to Chicago, Mr. C. bus gone to Chicago to superior Whether the shooting was the tend their disposal. result of accident or of suicide while —The Times says the Waterloo laboring under a tit of temporary street Methodist choir, Stratford, Lgot their backs up on Sunday week last owing to the pastor condemning their giggling. In the evening the service went on •without the choir. wore kiss pot."-,Iu,riupt.he• -instant the point of cottage umbrella was thrust from the window, fol- lowed by the pious injunction, 'Scat, you greyheaded wretch.' He scatted. • —'111r. Robert Armstrong, of Erie street, Stratford, underwent a pew, liar experience on Sunday morning. 111r. Armstrong threw himself on a lounge in the sitting room near the stove. He hadn't laid there long before a needle that was sticking in the back of the lounge ran into his right side between tine ribs. This happened about five o'clock a. tn. and when medical aid arrived the needle, which was about one and a half inches long, had neariv disap• peered and considerable trouble was experienced in extricating the •foreign instrument as the action of the muscles sent it. in farther with every breath. The doctors Ray that illr Armstrong's days would have been•numbered had the needle disap- peared before assistance arrived. —Shortly after one o,clock Jany 31st., Rev. Father Coruyn, of Strath- roy, was found by his housekeeper shot through the head in his own study. From what can be gleaned it appears that Father Cornyn had been unwell for some time, and his medical attendant, Dr. Bettridge, had been in constant • attendance. In • fact Dr. Bettridge had just left hint at one o'clock and Father Cornyn had seen him to the door. A few minutes afterwards the housekeeper was startled by a loud report, arid,,_ thinking the stove had fallen over, went up to his study, where she found Father Cornyn with a gun- shot wound through the head, the gun lying near the body. Death Must have been instantaneous, as the charge had entered near the chin and passed out near the top of his head and entered the ceiling above. —Fine samples of gold, silver and copper have been brought to Lu'iknow by Mr. A. McCharles, of Sault Sto. Marie. They were all found in Algoma between Sudbury and Batchewana bay on the north shore. —Sandwich has a clergytnan who is free with his 'dukes.' As the Rev. Mr. Hinds was crossing the M. C. R. bridge on Wednesday night he was accosted by two men, one demanding money. Just as he placed his hand on the divine's shoulder the latter let go., his right and tient the highwayman spraw- ling. When he got up they took to their heels. —About eight years ago Angus McQueen was in vicinity of Ridge. town, Elgin county, getting out square timber for McCrimmon Bros - While there he made the acquain. twice of a young lady, and contract- ed an engagement. He went to Montana. He is today worth a quarter of rnillion dollars, having recently sold a half interest in one mine at $150,000. But in all his wanderings and prosperity Mr. McQueen's heart was with the "girl he left behind hint," and returned a couple of weeks ago and carried out the agreement make yeare since. Mr. and Mrs. McQueen left last week for Butte City, Montana. —A Watford man went to the cars one day to- see his favorite daughter off, Securing her a seat he passed not of the cars went round to her window to say a parting word. While he was pas- sing out the daughter left her seat to speak to a friend, and at the same time a grim old maid took the seat and moved up to the window, Unaware of the important change inside, he hurriedly put his face up to the window and said, "One insanity is not known. The de- ceased was widely known and a general favorite with all classes. Our Weekly Round Up —Hon. Alex. Mackenzie was 66. years old on Monday of last week. — The steamer Symington was wrecked on the Devonshire coast and ten persons were drowned: —Some thirty persona were killed and many more injured in a Bulgarian railway wreck yesterday. —An Indianapolis despatch states that Mr. Blaine has accepted the Secretaryship of State. =tiVm. O'Brien strenuously resis- ted the changing of his clothes in Clonmel gaol, but he was overcome. — The lastest Indianapolis de, faulter, County Clerk Sullivan, is said to have made away with over $100,000. — Police Inspector •Martin was killed at Gweedore, Donegal, Satur- day while arreating Father McFad. den. —Last Saturday a big fire de. stroyed $3,000,000 worth of prop- erty in Buffalo, fortunately only one life was lost. —It is stated at Chicago that the total visible supply of wheat is now 6,212,030 bushels less than at the corresponding date last year. —Rev. Mr. Tolmie Inas been given it call by the Presbyterian congrega- tion of Whitechurch, with $900 stipend and a free manse. —Bills have been introduced in the Illinois and Minnesota Legisla- ture to prohibit the employment of Pinkerton private detectives for the suppression of industrial die, orders. • —Rev. Father Leavy, of Munro, Mich., died Jany. 29th, of small. pox. Tie contracted the disease while visiting small -pox patients at Deerfield, two weeks before. —Governor Beaver, of Pennsyl- vania, signed the joint resolution t! A