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Wednesday. March 13th, 18S9
THE BUDGET
The Financial Situation Ably
Reviewed.
BY THE HON. GEGRGE E.
FOSTER. •
Hon. Geo. Foster, lefiuistor of
Finance, delivered the budget speech
last week. He opened with a com-
plimentary reference to the, men. of
acknowledged ability and experience
far greater than his own who
preceded him in the office. Canada
tceday, he said, had every reason to
survey her past record with pride,
and to look forward into the future
with confidence,of peace, plenty,
prosperity and cntinued greatness.
Canada .asked no concealment of
her record, no flattery, and what-
ever merits or demerits his state
nrent would have it would have the
merit of candour and frankness.
Referring to
THE ESTIMATES OP THE REVENUE
of the year 1887.8, he gave the fol-
lowing tabulated statement: --
Names E.timate Actual Difference
Customs ' 822.000,000 $22,105,926 8105,000
Excise........ 6,450,000 6;071.486 378,013
.Misrelaneous.. 7,550,000 7,731,050 181,050
Total.. -.030,000,000 '035,908,402 8 91,538
The estimated expenditure had
been $37,000,000, and the actual
expenditure $36,718,494, leaving
the difference of $281,506 to the
good, so that the actual deficit was
only $810,031 in place of the mill-
ion dollars estimated. It must be
remembered, however, .that though'
there was this deficit there had been,
sot off in the. sinking fund $1,939- •
077, so that if we had not this set
off on the debt there would be a
surplus of.$1,129,046.
FOR Tun PRESENT YEAR
—1888-89—the estimated receipts
had been $36,900,000. For the
eight months concluding the actual
receipts were $24,616,766. IIe now
estimated for the remaining four
months receipts amounting to $13,-
984,528, and the amended estimate
of receipts fur this year now stood
as follows:—Customs, $23,533,971;
excise,$7,068,143: miscellaneous $7-
999.180—total, $38,601,294, or to
bo within the mark,say $38,500,000.
Tho expenditure would amount, he
estimated, to about $36,600,000,
leaving a probable surplus of $1,900-
000. This receipt had not arisen
from any increased taxation, but
showed an increased ability to con -
sumo and increased prosperity in
the country. There was necessarily
far less of certainty about the year
1889-90, but
THE VERY FAVORABLE OUTLOOK FOR
TRADE
gave him confidence in making the
following calculations, the increases
in which were based simply upon
an increase in population of, 'say
nearly two per cent,—probable in-
come 1889.90:—Income, customs,
$.23,900,000; excise, $7,125,000;
miscellaneous, $8,150,000; total,$39-
175,000. The estimates now before
the House amount to $,35,400,000,
and the supplementaries would not
reach an excec lingly high figure,
so that the total would probably not
be above $36,500,000,Ioaving a pro
balite surplus of 82,675,000, The
eetimatos brought down made a very
eatiefactory showing, he held. He
reviewed the Boner's showu in the
priutud estimates. Auloug the in-
creases was a heavy amount for the
Iuterculonial lLdlway, which was
accounted for by the proposed pur-
chase of new rolling stock, and be
thought the iuorea-ed receipts would
du much to make up for it. With
referenee to
THE CONDITION 01' THE DEIST
the figures of the not debt wore in
1868, $75,728,641; in 1874, $108,-
82.4,964; iu 1889, $23.4,581,358.
Flout 1880 to 1888 the Canadian
Pacific hallway had beeu completed,
and yet the burden of the debt as
represented by the interest charged
was only increased by fourteen
cents per hoed between those years.
Comparing our debt with that of the
United States, while the compari-
sons wade with a view to discredit-
ing the Canadian Goverment were
to the effect that the United States
were in a more favorable position,
the facts were otherwise. Gimped -
Se 11 could nut be fairly mads tie -
cense the united States hag assumed
no debts el the provincr'a, gave u0
subsidies to pruviucos, and paid a
very small proportion of the cost of
admin istratiuu of justice. The
militia WILE kept up by the several
States, the penitentiaries were not
in charge of the Federal power, the
Governors were not nt,the charge of
the Federation. In conuection
witn this comparison the foliating
statements of
PAYMENT ON ACCOUNT OF TIIECONSOL-
IDATED FUND.
from let July, 1867, to the 30th.
June, 1888, would be interestiug:—
Subsidies to provinces, $72,316,029-
95;
72,316,029•95; interest on public debt, $147,-
384,634.96;atlministration of j ustice,
$10,821,542.81; militia and defence
$21,851, 635.50; immigration and
quarantine, $5,571,631.81; peniten-
tiaries, $5,911,696.54; salaries of
Governors, $2,250,642.01; assumed
debt of provinces, $106,472,033.00
—total, 8372,279,847.67. If Cana-
da had set out on the same basis as
the Uuited States she would have
saved—assumed debts,$206,472,033;
subsidies, $72,316,029; interest on
debt, $70,000,000; penitentiaries,
$5,611,696; salaries of governors,
$2,350,643; militia and defence
(half) $10,925,812; administration
of justice (half), $5,410,771, initni-
grationand quarantine $5,571,631—
total, $278,558,615. Our net debt
is but $234,531,358, so that if
Canada had set out on the same basis
as the United States from the first
she would not only •have no debt
to -day, but she would have a surplus
of forty•four millions. Just as soon
as this statement went before the
people' it would
REMOVE A STOCK ARCUMENT
of tho opponents of the Govern-
ment, who argued that the United
States occupied a more advantageous
position with respect to her debt.
Tax:rfion was of two kinds—volun-
tary and involuntary. For instance
hundreds of thousands -if not
millions—in this country did not
DSO intoxicating liquors or t,pbacco.
The tax on these a man might pay
or not es he chose, as out of the
total of twenty-eight millions
taxation in 1888, eight millions
were paid on theee two articles of
luxury. The involuntary taxation
was found to be only $3.88 per
head out of the total of $5.66 per
head. But the per capita mode of
reckoning was Hot a fair oue, and
over estimated the amount of taxa-
tion levied upon the poor man.
Canada had within her own
boundaries the great staples required
for the sustenance of her people. A
welhto-do-man of luxurious taste,
if he went to New York and there
purchased his furniture, his musical
instruments, statuary, plata jewel-
lery,wines, silks, carriages, carpets
and a modest outfit for his establish
+Wont• might easily be taxed $1,700;
but take
THE CASE OF THE FAMER
IIe grows most of the articles of his
food. The raw material for his
clothing is grown or is brought in
without tax. His farming machin-
ery is made in this country. His
fuel is found here in inexhaustible
quantities. All the great staples
required are untaxed. The case of
the artisan is similar. Canada's
peculiar, natural' advantages placed
the taxation most heavily whore it
should rest—upon the man • of
means. The customs returns show-
ed that one third of the total imports
for home consumption were free of
duty; and sl -o that more than 200
articles of raw nuttcrial came in duty
free. The United States had dur-
ing the past 21 years paid an average
of $6.64 per head, and the average
of Canada was $1.70 per head less—
that is, that were Canada's taxation
as heavy as that of t:10 United
States she would have paid for
customs and excise $1.82,000,000
more than she has paid. It had
always been the policy of the Gov-
ernment to
EXTEND TRADE RELATIONS WITH
OTIIER COUNTRIES ;
but if the country to the south of
us would not deal upou fair lines,
it was Canada's duty to stand upon
her own resources. There was a
great country iu South America
ready to trade with us. There was
an opening for' permanent and
profitable trade with the West
Indies, and the Government had
decided to assist in the develop -
went of this trade by granting such
a subsidy that would wake rapid
communication possible. To the
east of us were China and Japan,
and our Government had promised
to aid this with a subsidy to a line
of steamers already subsidized by
the Imperial Government. To -day
thu surplus of our cotton mills
found a market in these countries.
The Government was also prepar-
ed to give aid for the establish-
ment of a direct line of steamehips
between our west coast and Austra-
lia. Though our Atlantic service
has been good in the past it was
not as good as might be, and the
Government was considering steps
to make it more nearly equal to the
service running to New Yolk.
THE PROPER CANADIAN POLICY
was that we should look first to its
development and live at peace with
other countries in the world, but at
the sante time no blandishments
from ,without or specious pleas
from within would induce her to
hand over her commercial govern-
ment to any nation outside of
Canada.
After recess, Hon. Mr. Foster,
continuing, took up the subject of
INTERNAL OR DOMESTIC COMMERCE,
the full extent of which it was diffi•
cult to get at, In 1867 this. com-
merce was very small in extent, but
at the present time it had attained
w a development which well deserv-
ed to be studied. Before the Con-
federation of 1867 the provinces
were scattered, had hostile tariffs
and each of common interest in
commerce. It was impossible that
there should have beeu a very large
stream of internal trade. The
growth of this was indicated by the
growth of lines of communication
connecting the remotest part of the
east with the Pacific Coast, develop -
lug the parts through which they
go, as well as facilitating the through
traffic. If we knew the extent of
the great stream of commerce stead-
ily flowing through the country we
would not put such Stress upon the
foreign trade. There was a great
deal of light thrown on this by the
report presented by the Labor Cool-
urision which had held sittings all
over the country within the past
few months. The Maritime Pro.
vinces had sent to Ontario a very
much • larger quantity of goods in
the past four or five years than they
had kreviously, and a steady in-
crease-in
n•crease in sales to the Upper Pro-
vince was reported ou all sides. The
volume of trade was continually
growing between the Maritime and
the Upper Provinces. The Inter.
colonial Railway returns were ample
evidence of this. The coasting trade
of the Dominion showed correspond•
ing development artd increase, the
tonnage being 18,000,000 in 188'8,
against 12,000,000 in 1878.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF T1113 COAL
TRADE
gave another indication. The pro-
duct of Canada in 1868 was 628,000
tons, and in 1888 2,449,000 tons.
The C. P. R.'s great line of com-
munication between the: central
system and Pacific Coast was be.
coining enormous. Froin all these
indications it wits evident that10the
inter•provincial trade had increased
at a rater quite satisfactory. He
quoted from Mr. Laurier's Oakville
speech, in which the leader of the
Opposition declared that in the
twenty•one years since Confedera-
tion we had not advanced one jot;
that we had failed in linking the
Provinces, in binding together the
people of the country in mutual re-
spect and affection, and in making
of the country a nation. Ile thought
Mr.Laurier must have closed his
ears to the bounds of progress heard
from every part of the Dominion.
He then proceeded to contrast the
state of Canada at present with that
of 21 years ago, and declared itis
astonishment that a man of patriot-
ism and intelligence should have
uttered the statement made by Mr.
Laurier. Canada had a record in
the `past which she could survey
with ,just pride and admiration, and
could
LOOK FORWARD WiTII CONFIDENCE
to the future. In conclu-ion he
said that although a greet many
r'ep'resentations had been made to
the Government as to changes or n'd-
.lustnietlts in the tariff, he had made
his statement to -day Weed up on the
present condition of the tariff, as if
there were any changes determined
upon later they would not be of such
a character as to interfere with the
calculations made.
Hon. Mr. Foster Was vigorously
applauded as he took his seat at 19.
30, having spoken upward of four
hours.
—Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., claims
to he the hest lighted city in Cana-
da, having 1,000 incandescent lights
in the streets.
—The Kootenay, British Colum•
bin Smelting and 'Trailing Company
has been registered in London,
England, with a capital of £40,000,
for the purpose of erecting smelting
works and acquiring mines in the
Kootenay district.
FOR OUR STORY -READERS,
A STUDY '1N RED.
H. Rimmer's house was getting
on its winter coot in the shape of a
new wash of paint. Red was too
feeble a name to desoribo the color;
it was of so dazzling a scarlet that
it put to shame the October leafage
of the village trees, making the
brightest beech among them look of
a wan russet hug. There was
nothing far and wide in the old
town but lent itself as foil to H.
Rimmer's, which was a low brick
building standing ou a corner,
its upper story staring with little
green -curtained windows, some of
which, having the shades awry,
had an aLr of winking jovially upon
the passrs in both streets. Con-
sidering that the lower part of the
house was given to the offices of a
general store, this kindly expres-
eion of the windows might have
assumed a business aspect, like the
nods and becks of a showman en-
ticing the public into his tent,.had
there been anything except the new
paint to indicate th.t H. Rimmer
wished to attract trade.
There ores certainly no signs of
any such iutent in the one ehow-
window, the fly -speckled miscellany
of which had neither arrangement
in•tlle whole nor novelty in detail.
Tho tin fruit cans and rolls of time-
worn ,shelf paper. had been.,, for
years in the position which they
now held, something screened from
too critical glances by the string of
printed ballads stretched across the
panes, each one of which, from
"Lily Dale to "Lottie Lee," was
-known by heart to such of the
population as had sufficient height.
and learning to read it off from the
oiltside.
H. Rimmer being a rnan of cer-
tain conservatism of character, best
described- in saying that he knew
how to leave well enough alone,
had thought the effect of the win-
dow singularly good when the store
came into his hands a number of
years back, and he had never
thought of meddling with it. The
outer aspect of the house might
have remained unchanged ,as well
but for the necessity of blotting out
the name of Mr. Rimmer's pred-
ecessor, which spread over the side
of tho place in great black letters on
a white ground. Since the need of
painting the store had arisen, Mr.
Ritnrner had selected red as a color
having a distinctly commercial
bearing from its appearance in the
seals of public documents. There
was also another and paramount
reason for choosing so brilliant a
hue; but this one transpired only in
Mr. Rimmer's secret ruusings.
\Vhen he picked out the most
vivid carmine on the card of colors,
the paint dealer had thrown in a
warning that them high reds were
commouly mighty treacherous—a
judgment which the paint selected
had, fully borne out by bleaching in
no time to a dull brick -dust tint,
which so wrought upon Mr.
Rimmer's feelings that inside of a
year he had gone over it with a
new coat. This also faded, but the
store -keeper kept on renewing it, as
the ant rebuilds a persistodly de-
molished nest or the bee refills a
ravished honey cell, with' an in-
stinct that looked very little 'further
than the exercise of the functions
needed in the work.
For H. Rimmer --Hatfield Rimmer
in whole—did the painting him-
self when traffic was dull of after-
noon's doing a bit now and then, as
occasion offered and always wield-
ing the brush with so delighted an
observance of its contents that he
saw earth and sky of a bright green
for a long while after lie had, come
down the ladder.
"Store never looked so sighty ez
it will this trip," thought Mr.
Rimmer, as he stood off near the
hitching post this afternoon, and
complacently regarded the result of
his last hour's work, which had
extended the new surface in a
square below the end window, the
lower edge of the painted space
dripping with rod, and suggested
that an ox had lately been slaughter-
ed over the sill and left to bleed
down the side of the house. "Kind-
uh comf'table-lookin'; warms the
view a heap. Folks up street,
now—I wouldn't wonder of this
buildin' was ez good's a blazin'
sunset to 'ern ; for look this way
they roust," emphatically consider-
ed Mr. Rimmer, assuming a judi-
cal air; "whether they only sweep
off' their walk or water their flowers
in the front winder, they can't no
more git shot o' seein' this place
than ef it walked up an' shook
hands. Unly fear I got is thet
bein's'd've 'bout touched the end o'
the reds—Robbs said this last time
Met another spunful o' yeller in
the keg o' red paint ud turn the
hull thing orange•color—thet she—
thet folks up street may git so
used to skyarlet they won't notice
ft no more : H. Rimmer ,en' his
I' house '11 drop plumb out their
minds. Ef a thing gits fainilinr,
you don't pay no 'tentiou to it:
that two -headed calf o' ileasley's
wasn't nothin' after you'd seed it a
0001)10 0' times."
The thought of having reached a
gorgeousness of effect which he
could never hope to surpass, since
• it bespoke the limit of .1110 com-
biue,d powers of chrome and red
lead, gave Mr. Rimmer's face au
expreeeion which would have been
sorrowful could such a look have
been harbored in hie kindly visage,
its breadth increased by tufts of
ruddy side beard spreading out
from his cheeks like oherub wings,
itli ainple chin furrowed with a long
dimple, its wide -apart blue eyes
glinting intimations of the
cheery soul within. The shadow
passed off, but it left a certain
quivering of the muscles at the
corners of his "eyes, indicating a
spiritual uneasiness evidently not
connected with red paint, Mr.
'limner having turned the least
degree from his own dwelling to
shoot a furtive glance down the
side street, which backed up a hill,
and ended sharply in a tuft of
thinning trees set bolt -upright
against a ribbon of blue sky.
From his perspective of this
narrow thoroughfare each of the
small houses seemed to stand a step
further front than the one before it,
and to wear in consequence a
strained expression, as if it were
trying to catch a glimpse of Rim
Deer's store. The apparent attitude
of the last house but one, a tiny
gray cottage clinging to the hill -side
like a bit of lichen, was the real
posture of the woman who sat sew-
ing in the front window, now and
then lifting her chin and craning
her neck for a better view of the
gaudy manse square off.-
"P.ed !" she exclaimed to herself
for the twentieth time, the expres-
sion of her face suggesting a mild
disgust. It was still a pretty face,
though it bore only that relation to
Sarah Tucker's early beauty which
a pressed flower bears to its first
froshncss : there was a delicate
color in the cheeks, which wore
beginning to crumple all over like
the scum of boiled, milk ; the nose
was as straight as ever, but its
skin looked as if drawn too tight ;
and despite their smiling sweetness,
the lips lay back upon the small
teeth almost with an effort of closing
over toothless gurns. All about•the
head, poised daintily on its thin
neck, hung row upon row of faded
brown curls, each one exactly
tubular, and so light and feathery
that it fluttered with the faintest
motion.
A number of flower -pots were sot
along the window, and as Miss
Sarah nodded and smiled behind
them, she looked like a withered
house plant herself, perhaps more
like a fading white rose than any
other.
"Red", -she smiled sweetly to
herself—''of all colors going."
Then elm ' .said aloud, 4.'Hatfio1d
Rimmor's house looks like it's
gittih' into red flannels for winter,
father:',
"Shows his common idees oz
usual. No man that c:emo of good
stock wquld make a display of his
'bidin'-place like that. Though ef
ire like it. ain't none o' my affair ;
reckon ho thinks it's cheerful -look -
in'," responded Mr. Tucker, an
aged men with a form which seem-
ed to consist of parchment stretched
over a bony framework. His thin
nostrils lifted at the aides with a
supercilious curve above a long
upper lip reaching pompously
down to the white beard which
overgrew his gnarled chin like a
kind of moss.
"Folks must lay hold o' comfort
best way they kin in this world o'
grief," ho added, smartly rapping
the ashes from his pipe into the
fire about which;he was sitting, en-
closing the whole hearth between
his knees. •
"Red would be mighty slack com-
fort for me," commented his daugh-
ter, peering over the flower -pots.
"Every time I glimpse thet way
my heart fahly jumps up 'n' down
thinkin' it's fire,"
"Don't look that way, then,"
advised the old man, sharply; his
eyes shooting a quick gleam upon
her.
"Now my pick would a bon drab
—a nice mouse color, with green to
the shutters an' right white window
facin's," went on Miss Sarah,
droamil'y, still looking sideways
through the glass—a condition of
view which transferred the uneven-
ness of the medium to 'the object
inspected, giving if. Rim mer's
house an effect of swaying as if it
were being consumed with flame.
"Then I'd hev down them old cur-
tains, an' put up white muslin
trimmed with knit lace an' tied
back with blue—"
"Sar' Jane Tucker," 'interposed
her father, in an accent of angor,
"do I hoar my ears 1 Name o' the
just ! be you a layin' out what all
you'd' do ef you'd a happened to
hev a say-so in Hatfield Rimmer's
c0nsairns 1 Mobby you better go
right down an' tell him you're
po'rful sorry you give him the
go-by long ago when you was a
gyrl mobby he'll be glad to know
you've changed your mind—though
you ain't ez pooty-looltin' ez you
was oncot, Sary. I was noticin' in
meetin' last Sunday was a week
how whits your ha'r is over the
temples."
He eyed her ruthlessly. All the
delicate pink had faded from Miss
Sarah's cheeks, and her lips gave
hack so that the small, ohildish-
looking toeth showed plainly, but
her dark brown: eyes kept Olt. biut
as if she were 'fascinated by tiro
very cruelty of the words which
were cutting away the last belief
ehe had cherished—that she had
still some remnant of the beauty
which had once drawn all eyes to
her face.
"Reckon you've hed your day,
Sar' Jane. 'Y George! I. mind
when thar used to be three an' four
beaux callin' to; see you of one
evenin', every last one glowev'in' at
the other, an 'Iowin' to set the rest
out ef he died for't. Hoh 1 most o'
then young roosters hes darters
grown : Bub Jenkins, that like to
went deranged when you wouldn't
hev him, he hes three likely gyrls,
eyes in 'em like gimblots. Hatfield
down here, he's the uuly oue o' the
crowd thet hasn't married. Ef
you're sorry you didn't hev hint—
though mebby he never give 'you
the chance to th'ow hint oval 1"
"You kin think what you please
about thet," gasped Miss Sarah,
turning a lively red. "You know
very well he never paid ro atten-
tion to .any one but :mo.; an' I-
1—"
"You give him the laugh, didn't
yell, Sary 1 • I know you've always
let on thet way. You couldn't a
done nothin' else, you beiu' a
Tucker an' him bein' a nobuddy—
left on Rimmer's doorstep when he
was an infant, with no signs o'
belon_gin's'cept,a 8uckin'-bottle, an`„
a red plaid shawl. Reckon he
must a ben light-headed to run
arter a darter o' Zebulon Tucker, a
man that could altesely count his
°niggers 'fore the wah. Still, ef
you think you'd a donee- better to
take him, I kin—"
"I don't want to hear another
word," breathed Miss Sarah, stand-
ing straight, her breast heaving,.
her head thrown back, the ringlets
blowiug about like dust spirals iu a
breeze. "Mebby I'rn old an' ugly
like you say, but I was handsome
ouce—yes, I was so !—an' ef I'd
wanted to marry, I hed my chances.
Ef I staid single it was because I
never keored the wrappin's of my
finger for any man that ever ast me
to hev
"Thesso 1" commented Mr.
Tucker, in a tune of rather surprised
relief. "I'm glad to find you never
hed no fancy for IMin',mer I always
hed the notient—" He glanced
up and seeing that Miss Sarah was
leaving the room with a spasmodic
energy in the motion of her reedy
figure which hinted openly of
coming tears, he paused in his
remark, and finished it mentally :
"I could of swore she liked Hat-
field pooty middlin' well, an' unly
th'owed him over cuz she. was too
proud to' take hien; but Sary's
truthful for a woman person, an'.
arter what she said jes now I reckon'
I hod the thing up wrong." His
face had assumed an easier look,
not unlike the settled calm of a
mummy's visage. " 'Twould o'
kilt me for her to hev married a
foundlin' : the Tuckers was always
the cream o' the risin'—the fiery
top o' the pot."'
As daya passed by, Mr. Rimmer,
in ignorance of the episode to
which he had given rise, went on
painting his house, while the
beeches grew paler, the maples
thinner, and the air dreamier with
the breath of late fall. IIe had it
vaguely in mind to be done with
the work before frost, but it was
well on in November, and the way-
side sward had several times dis-
played itself of mornings •furl•ed
over with white, before he laid bis
•
brushes by. •
No marked public interest was
called out by the appearance of the
building ; this was its sixth coat of
red, and no longer took the eye
with a show of novelty.
Besides, there was a feeling abroad
that those who had the town's good
at heart would do well to frown
upon Mr. Rimmor's manifess spirit
of enterprise, before tho infection
spread and a fever, for needless
improvement set in. There might
arise talk of filling up the time-
honored mud holes in the streets,
of which the very horses had in-
herited a knowledge from their
ancestors ; and • now that several
generations of feet had, got the
sidewalks packed to a degree of
hardness,, modern folly might
demand that they be paved.
So Mr. Rimmer's friends were
wary iu their expressions of praise,
and those who did not stand much
upon the demands of friendship
said nothing at all. It was -only
when the village eye took in the
full extent of the fact that Mr.
Rimmer's improvements wore not,
as usual, stopping at the paint, that
public excitement began to ferment.
The windows of the upper floor,
whore the housekeeper lived by
himself, were observed on a fine
fall morning to be wide open,. one
of them affording a lavish back view
of a portly black woman engaged in
washing the glass, her form wedged
in the frame like a burnt muffin
which has overflowed its ring. That
}windows should ho washed after
warm weather in a Kentucky ham-
let was unprecedented enough to
cause marked surprise ; that Mr.
Rimmer's windows should bo wash-
ed at all was matter for appalled
conjecture.
When, something gator on, the
green shades were ousted for new