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The Huron News -Record
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WednesdtY. March. nth. 1889
MR. PORTER AND PROTEC
TION.
Our towu totem made an in-
correct statement the other week
pretending to give Mr. Porter's
views on protection. We challeng-
ed it accordingly and refuted it by
giving an extract from the official
report of Mr. Porter's speech which
can be found in Hansard p. p."
532-8. In the face of our official
disproof of its assertions the New
Era has the hardihood to reiterate
its former fabrications. And, it
adds, "Air. Porter, iu his canvas
"and public addresses asserted that,
"regardless of prices elsewhere, the
"nationitl policy would make prices
"higher." That is a misstatement
on a per with the New Era's former
incorrect one. Mr. Porter did not
make any such statement in his
public addressee, and our totem
must -ramie under the stigma of
telling a fib any sticking to it or
produce the proof of its statement.
To show how fairly Mr. Porter
puts the case we will now produce
from his recent speech in the House
enough of his authenticated views
to show how greatly he is wronged
by our partisan towu contemporary.
, It will be remembered that in the
extract which we gave last week from
this same "'pooch Mr. Porton showed
that in the eight years preeeediug
the _ National policy se imported
for home consumption $103,330,
226 worth of breadstufla; where-
as during the eight years that
the Natioual policy has been
in force we . have imported of
like goods only $78,000,000. It•
regtteisi! no sophistry to convince
farmerg that prices would:have been
even lower than they have been
during the last eight years slid not
the tariff shut out over $25;,000,000
of wheat, .flour etc which, but for
the National policy would have
conte into eotnpetition with the
hone .gr:own.
J.R. PORTER.
exTRAOT
SARD.
FROM HAN-
Let them point out, y:article of
the farmers' :produce
say would have been hi
if the tariff were ybolislie
h they can
rein price
Can they
mention a single article that would
benne .cent higher if the National
Policy were aholi0hed to -morrow ?
Not one. 'Then, it the protective
tariff does not itself lower the price
of :these articles, why , should they
charge .it and make it blameable for
all the evils which affect the Canad•
ian farmer? In the year .1873, a
notieable downward tendency of
prices began in very many articles,
notonly in Canada, but all over the
world, and, as Canada is a country
which still exports largely of agricul-
tural,products, and these have been
affected by this decline, I shall enc
deavor to show, as clearly as I am
able, ,how this downward tendency
has affected the produce of farmers.
In 1882 we exported a certain quan-
tity of wheat, we received a certain
sum of moony. In 1887 we exported
41.9per cent. more wheat, and re-
ceived 3.6 per cent, less money. In
other words, in 1883 we sold 10.)
bushele of wheat, for which we got
$127,and in 1887 weeold 141.9 bushels
of wheat. for which we got only $122
50, the price falling in that time .40
cents per bushel. Do the hon. gen•
tlemen mean to say that the National
Polley was responsible for that, or
that free trade would have been
responsible for it ? There are causes
all over the aworld which result in
this downward tendency, but what
the National Policy has done is to
allow our farmers to stand more
firmly against that decline than the:
farmers of any other country in the
world. Their own energy and tour.
age, .combined with the National
Policy, .have enabled them to stand
more .steadily than almost any far-
mers .In the world. Of flour we ex
ported in 188.7, 4.5 per cent. more
than in 1884, and we reeeived 19.'a
per cent. less :money ; that is, for
every 100 barrels of flour in 1882 we
got .$518, and for eyery 100 barrels
sent out in 1887 we got only $446.
We will take also cheese, another
very important article in our agricul•
tura! industry:; infect, it is the main-
stay of many .farmers in the western
section of the Privince of Ontario.
Of cheese, in 1887, we exported more
than in 1882, by 42:04, for which we
received 26.03 more money ; that is,
for every hundred pounds of cheese
exported in 1882, we got $10.80 ; for
every hundred pounds exported in
1887, we only got $9.60. Numerous
other articles might be taken to show
how this fall of prices has affected
the value of the agricultural products
of Canada, bow the volume has un-
doubtly increased, and the value has
diminished. But, Sir, the National
Policy is not responsible for tfiat,
Now, time hon, gentlemen have
found th'g`causes of the ills, which,
they say. affect Canada, but they
propose no remedy. Well, suppose•
that all the evil things which .they
have declared to exist,do really exist,
then we will enquire of them, What
,remedy do you propose ? What have
you to Offer instead of the National
Policy that will better promote the
nntionel sentiment, the national
prosperity, the nationnl progress, the
national life ? Have you a policy of
your own, which you, as Canadians,
can formulate and devise and main-
tain, that theever changing, ever
varying conditions of Canadian life
demand ? No, Sir, they have not.
They have nothing to offer as a
remedy for tbia alleged pitiful and
mournful condition of our country.
They have nothing to hold out to tis
except the pity of a foreign nation
which bas never been remarkable for
its generosity, but always remember-
ed its own self•interest. Sir, a broad
line of distinction is very marked be-
tween the two great parties that
divided the political sediment of
this country. For the alleged dis-
tress and depression of trade, the
gentlemen have nothing to offer ens
cept that whioh they may obtain
from another country, they have
nothing to present by which this dice
tress and depression may be remov-
ed. 'twelve years ago, when tnis
distress and depression were real and
undeniable, did the Conservative
party eppeal to a foreign power ?
No; they only appealed to the intelli-
gence and the enterprise.of Caned.
inns, and Canadians only.
MORE ABOUT THE JESUITS
ACT.
Last week the Hon. J. S. D.
Thompson, Minister of Justice,
placed before the House all the
correepondouce between the Quebec
and• Dominion. Governments, ree-
pecting the Jesuits' Estates Act ;
and petitions against its allowance.
It was received by the Dominion
Government on the 8th of August
1888.
On Oct. 15th 1888 the L'eut
Governor .of Quebec requested to
know the fate of the Act as soon as
possible.
On the 19th of
Governor General
the act be left to its operation.
On the 16th of Jauy the Minister
of Justice reported in reference to
the petition of the Dominion Evan-
gelical Alliance and also to a peti-
tion from the Presbyterian .church
in Montreal, that he had—already
recommended that the Act be left
to its operation before the petitions
in question came before him, add-
ing "the petitions referred to have
not convinced him that the reco-
mendation should bo changed, the
subject matter being ono of Pro-
vincial concern only, having rela-
tion to a fiscal matter entirely with-
in the control of the Legislation of
Quebec.
On the 19th of January the
Presbytery of Miratnichi, N. B.
petitioned against. the'Acft.
On the 28th of I+eby, the inhabi-
tants in the village_of .Huntingdon,
Q, P. petitiuuod against the Act:
About the 'lame time, date not
given, Loyal Orange District Lodge
No. 4, Ottawa, petitioned against
the Act.
It will ho seen that before any
petitions were received asking for
disallowance the Governor General
had been advised by the Minister
of Justice and the Committee of the
Priv3 Council that the Act be left
to its operation.
THE NEwe-RECORD must agree
with the petitiouers that the Jesuit
Act is both uucons&itutional and
inexpedient.
Unconstitutional because (1) In
consequence of the dissolution and
legal death of the Jesuits in 1774
the King of England became the
heir, and in 1831 the estates were
confided in trust to the Provincial
legislature, the revenue accruing
from thele to be inviolably used for
the purposes of education. .(2) The
property was only held in trast by
the Jesuits and they have no right
to compensation for 'what belonged
to the people. (3) Even if it had
belonged to them they were and
are dead in the eyes of the law as,
notwithstanding their revival by*
the Quebec legislature that body
cannot override an Imperial Aot
dissolving them ; the heirship of
the Pope is too far fetched to be of
avail.
But the Minister of Justice, the
highest legal authority iu the Do-
minion, says the Jesuits' Act is con-
stitutional.
Those who disagree with him say
he is a Roman Catholic and would
favor his church; that he is biased
and a partial Judge. In reply to
this we may recall the confidence
the people of Canada had in him
when he advised that the law be
allowed to take its course in the
matter of ltiel—a matter that had
aroused Roman Catholic, more es-
pecially French .Canadian Roman
Catholic, prejudice to a very high
pitch.
This being the case we as Protes-
tants have no right to charge him
with wilful violation of the oath of
Jany 1889 the
approved that
his high office, however much wo
may doubt his judgment.
It tuay teen be asked are we
going to suffer an iniquitous meas-
ure to become law because of even
of the Hon.
the ,faulty judgment
Minister of Justice 1
By no means.
What are yuu going to do about
it then 1
The matter having now passed
beyond the control of the Dominion
Parliament or the Government, it
will be seen by the foregoing that
the Governor General had sanction-
ed it before any petitions were
urged against the allowance of the
Act, the only recouroe now left and
the best one iu any event is to
appeal to Her Majesty or her Privy
Council of England to pass upon
the validity or constitutionality of
the Act.
We say this is the best course in
any event because it relegates the
matter to where it originally emanat-
ed from. By the act of the Imperial
powers the Jesuits' estates were
confided to the Legislature of the
Province of Quebec, and ouly by
the Imperial Queen harself or her
Privy Council, the highest and
last court of resort known to the
people of the Empire, .an the
matter now be forever set at rest.
And we are glad to notice that
the latest action of the Montreal
Presbytery is in that direction. It
is now it purely legal or constitu-
tioual question which should be
removed from the areua of popular
debate, and the • case presented in
proper form before the high tribu
nal we have referred and wo have
no doubt the Act will be disallowed.
On another page will bo. fuund
the statement of the Montreal Pres-
bytery's resolve to appeal to the
Queen ; also a chronological history
of the now famous Estates.
The Ontario Legislature was pro-
rogued toll Saturday. And never in
the history, of the Province did a
patriotic band, though few iu num-
bers, more strenuously champion
the cause of the people, in the
Legislative Assembly, against in-
iquitous pnrtisanism, than did Mr.
W. 1lorcdith and his colleagues.
Pathmasters, poundkeepers and tax
collectors and assessors are about
the only municipal officials whose
appoiutment Mr. Mowat has not
taken out of the hands of the peo-
ple.
DREADFUL DAKOTA.
We have before us a letter written
in Dakota under date of 14th March
1889, addressed to Mr. H. W. C.
Meyer, barrister, Wingharn, from a
former resident of the county of
HIuron, and who is still the owner
of , considerable farm property in
this county, in which is a .doleful
picture of the dreadful condition of
farmers in at least one portion of
Dakota. From the letter we refer to
the following is taken verbatim.
"Farriers here are actual'lyfhiort•
gaging their chattels and paying
ten per cent a month and.lwentg five
per cent commission for money, mak-
ing in all 145 per cent. You have
no idea what this crup has brought
these people to. We have made a
good start but if unable to seed our
land this spring it will ruin all our
prospects. Please let me hear from
you as soon as possible."
" Yours Truly,
THOS. A.TKINS0N."
EDITORIAL NOTES.
With 200 members in the House
of Commons on one night last week,
the largest voting number ever pre-
sent, Sir Richard Cartwright's unre-
stricted reciprocity commercial -un-
ion -annexation resolution was lost
by a majority of 44 against it.
The Buffalo Courier gives as a
reason for wishing for co,nmer•eial
and political annexation that the
American du not sell nearly us
much of their produce to Canada as
they should. It wants the Cana-
diau tariff' taken off. It points out
that last year Americans exports to
distant Germany exceeded Anted -
eau expotts.to neighboring Canada;
also that their exports to Britain
were last year five times what it was
to Canada. Here you have the
pith of the whole commercial onion
business --the Americans waut to
sell us their surplus farm and other
products, and they could do so with
better advantage to themselves 'but
at our less wore the tariff taken off.
There is a story told of a very
hard case who had passed in his
checks. At his funeral all present
had., no end of difficulty to find
anything to say of hits that was
favorable. At length a gond honest
German said, "Voll, he vas a good
schrnoker." Now we often try to
find something in the Globo that i:+
worthy of commendation, but it is
as difficult as to think of anything
good of the late lamented aforesaid.
We have h(iwever found out nue
good thing in the Globo.—It isgood
at flopping. Can do the turu over
trick with the dexterity of a shanty
wan flopping over a flap jack pan-
cake. A few days ago it said the
Jesuit Act was coustitutioual and it
would stand by Sir John it ho re-
fused to disallow it. Now it says
the Act is unconstitutional and Sir
John ought to be compelled to dis-
allew it. Anything to beat Sir
John.
The immigrants settling in Onta
rio the last few years have been large-
ly English. In 1888 there wore 11,-
`984 English ; 3,598 Scotch ; 2,801
Irish. For the last ton years the
proportiou has been somewhat the
same, whereas previously the figures
were reversed'.
Land in Ontario does not appear
to be lessening in value except
through depreciation in buildings
thereon. The latest Canada Com-
pauy's report shows that land sales
and leasee decreased 854 acres, as
compared with 1887. Receipts de-
creased '..£11,:397. The average
price, however, increased from 80i.
to 99 shillings an acro.
Tho colonists had a carnival of
their own on the coming of age of
the Royal Colonial 'Institnte, Lon-
don, ling. They dined together,
the Prince of Wales presiding. The
dinner was notable for not lees than
three piincoly speeches, pit,hed in
just the way to suit the colonial
ear. "We regard the colonies,"
said the Prince of Wales, 'ate integial
ports of the Empire, and our warmest
sympathies ars with our brethren
beyond the seas, who are no less
dear to us than if they dwelt in
Surrey or inahent,"
ILLINERY.
B.ERTSON
of the Great Cash Store, makes a
A - Specialty - of - Millinery
this season. He has just opened up a Magnificent Stock.
This department is under the managership of MISS
SHERRIN, an accomplished artist. Give her a chance
with your SPRING HAT.
DRESS & MANTLE HKIN�.
Is another specialty with us and is still under the control
of MISS. CURRELL, whose fame is known far and
near. Try her.
.Our stock of SPRING AND SUMMER DRY -GOODS,
is complete. It will be to your interest to inspect it be-
fore buying elsewhere. .
Robortsou's �reat Cash Store
manner that was ricl, to listen to.
Mr• McMillan is one of those broad-
epeaking Scotchmei who, unlike the
typical native of Scotia, is not very
cautious about his utterandes, and
the member for Centre Toronto
showed up bis reckless use of figures
in amusing and effective style. Fur
instance, the horny -handed Son of
toil had said in his speech the other
night that each farmer on an average
paid ?$:32.50 in taxes on his imple-
ments and $50.84 on clothing,
grog -tries, household furniture and
other brie-a-brac. This would
represent a contribution of $50,000-
000 by the fanners of the Dotuinion
but inas.nuch as the total revenue
from customs only amount to some
$22,000,000, Mr. Cockburn called
upon the Minister of Finance to ac-
count for the enormous balance
which must have conte Biro his
bands. Mr. Ale -Milian had wept
over theeiormous burden of $3.50
upon each farmer in the way of duty
on .twine, but on ascertaining that
'the total reveuue from that source
last year bad been but $15,904, he
saw that the tax was but 2i cents
each. _._In. this way_, item by item,
Mr. Cockhurn showed how utterly
absurd had been the fignres foisted
en the House. He remarked that
they might do for some Grit Meet•
ing in the hack townships, but
they .would never answer in Parlia-
meet, where the facts were.r►t hand
to disprove them.
EDITOR'S TABLE
Harper'sMagazine forApril promises
to be fully up to its usual high stan-
dard of literary excellence. Among
the interesting contents will be
WASIIINGTON'B INAUGURATION. By Pro.
fessor John Bach McMaster. Recalls
the genesis of the Constitution and
the preliminary steps toward the
establishment of the new govern-
ment. . Describes Washington's tri-
umphal progress frorn Mount Vernon
to New York, and the ceremonies
connected with his first inaugu-
ration. Three full-page illustrations
drawn by Howard Pyle represent
peighhors wishing godspeed to the
first President elect on his departure
from hone,his taking the oath of
office on the balcony of Federal. Hall,
New York, and astreet-scene during
the celebration on the night of the
inauguration. Hughson Hawley adds
several drawings from, old prints.
CHARACTERISTIC PARISIAN CAFES. By
Theodore Child'. Eight illustrations
drawn by French artists, In which
the reader becomes acquainted with
several famous types. Resorts, of
the Boulevardier, the Bohemian, and
the Student of the Latin Quarter.
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN. By Andrew
H. Smith, M. D. What is and what
should be understood under the re-
lation existing between the family
and the doctor. The medical pro-
fession a court of Net appeal to de-
cide in regard to whatever way have
a present or prospective influence
upon conditions of health. The ac-
cumulated experience a trust for the
benifit of the public.
A LITTLE JOURNEY IN THE WORLD. A
Novel. Part I. By Charles Dudley
Warner.
ANNIE. A Story. By Rebecca
Harding Davis. An old lady's life
telescoped in a dream; and the re-
sults.
TANGIER AND MOROCCO. By Benja-
min Constant. Twelve illustrations
drawn by the author. A land where
"there are pictures everywhere."
Life and landscape seen through an
artist's temperment. Aocepting the
hospitality of the Grand Vizier. Meet-
ing the Sultan Sidi Mohammed.
A COMMERCiAu UNION. A Story. By
Dr.'I'hnnies Dunn English. Love as a
factor in a business enterprise.
CURRENTS TOPICS
NOT MUCH OF A JUSUIT
Cardinal Glhbons is reported as
expressing the hope in a recent after-
dinner speech in Philadelphia, that
the day may conte "when we shrill
he obliged to call open the State to
iuild our churches ; for if they build
our churches they may dictate to
us what doctrine we are to preach or
what we are not to preach. As for
myself, 1 believe -in the union of the
Church and the people."
INCAUTIOUS .JOAN.
Mr, Cockburn rnkwl over Mr.
A1.11illan, of South Huron, in a
as the crops is harvested the land is
again plowed and sown, the first of
September, to winter wheat. Grace
seed is sown with the wheat in the
fall, and with clover seed on the
surface the following spring. The
clever is mown for hay and afterward
for seed, and the next year is some,
times plowed up again or is allowed
to remain another year either for
pasture or for timothy hay. Probaby
no better rotation of crops can be
adopted in the winter wheat growtng
sections. But great care must be
exercised to kill thistles and other
weeds, or the thistles, especially, will
overrun our farms. . Fall plowing
after the corn or potatoes or beans
are removed and thorough and ree•
peated plowing after the oats and
barley are harvested are the true
methods of killing thistles.
MARKET REPORTS.
(Corrected every Tuesday afternoon;)
ToaoNTo MAaKETs.—Wheat 1.07
to $1.30, the latter price for No. 1
\Iaritoba..itatd Barley 48c to 60c.
Oat . �.to•86c. Peas 60c. Potatoes
t3j3t to ,'1(•)c per bag. Eggs, fresh, 17c.
Butter 160 to 19o. Bogs $6.25 to
$6.75.
DE'raoiT MARKPITS.—Wheat $0.9214. n
to $0.98. Barley 45c 5¢ (luta__ se -
27c to 200. Butter 1 c to i q Fgge_-__•—_
l$c. Apples $1;00 tq $1.50 Dressed
hoes, $5:00 to—$5.51I Potatoes, 'Este'
lt9. per bushel in car lots.
AN UNRELIABLE GUIDE.
•
It was on the 7th of March that
the, Globe took occasion to say that
"A Liberal Goyrrnnient, were one
in power, could not consistently dis.
allowed the (Jesuits') Act." That
was its view of the matter at that
time. No doubt it had in view the
fact that it were a Liberal 'govern-
ment that passed the Aet incorporat
ing the Jesuits iu Quebec, and that
after that stub to refuse to grunt
them a suit, of money in Wmpet,sa♦
tion for the loss of the estates that
were at one time held by them in
Canada, would he a, trifle "incon-
sistent," But on Saturday the 16th
of March new light seems to have
hrbket in upon them on this queer,
tion, for they'ere found saying diet
the "Globe uuw entirely and absolute-
ly dissociates itself from all mem,
hers' who may be found voting
against the motion that is to come
up in Parliament in favor of disallow•
ing the Jesuits' Estates Act. At
one time it told its readers that a
Liberal govertimen,t could mit; if it
were in Mower, disallow the Act, and
then in the course of a lithe ,nnri'
than a week it turns round and tells
the "reform" members that it will
dissociate ita'1f from arch of theta
as may Vote for the motion against
the disallowance of the Aut. Well.
how do we know what new twist
is in store for those dint pin their
faith to the Globes Standing on the
ground of provincial rights, it 'sari
on the 7th of the month that a
Liberal government would find it-
felf obliged to allow the Act, and in
the course of nine days it warns its
fellow Liberals who may not vote
for disallowance that it will spurn
then) altogether. No wonder it is
that the public ere taken by surpris.•
at this whirligig business.
FARM AND MARKET.
Joseph Harris says: 'Che old fashs
oned summer fallow was an excel.
lent method of killing thistles, but
we have outgrown it. Our farmers
prefer to use phosphate and grow a
crop of outs or barley or other spring
sown crops instead of letting the
land lie tallow. In this way they
are probably right, but this constant
cropping creates a necessity for
better (cultivation. We plant corn
or potatoes and give them suliictent
cultivation between the rows to hold
the thistles in check. The . shade
from the corn also dwarfs the thistles
but does not kill the roots. The
next spring, the land is plowed and
; sown to oat, or barley, and as soon
r ';r
BUFFALO \MARitkrs.—Oradet'l steers / r�
.1.500 to 1.000 lbs $4.25:: -to $4.65 ;
from 1.800 to 1.400 lbs $3.80 to $4.15 ;
light butchers from $2:50 to $3.0.
Hogs, $4.00 to $5.25. zee
CLINTON. (r;.„�
Flour $5 to E?~ -8t1•-
Fall Wheat, new St, old 100 to 1 03
Spring Wheat 1 00 to 1 03 e'”"
Barley C o 0 4$ „
Ua . 0 40 tCff 0 "
Peas . 0 5`•'•t»•-0•`5fi:,, L. ;;
Apples,ts(winter) per bbl 1 00 to l 50
Potatoes .. 0 25 to 0 30
Butter .. 0 17 to 0 1f3" . /
1
Eggs 0 otr- o`0 10' - i
Hay 12 00 tol4 00
Cordwood 300to400
Beef 0 00 to 0 00
Wool 0 20 to 0 25
Pork 6 50 to 6 70
Ifs RTIIi S.
SM1Tlt—In Clinton on the 250 March,
the wife of Rev. James Smith, Baptist,
of a son.
ADAes.—In Ballet on the 170 inst., the
wife of Homy Adams of a son.
DEATHS.
Ra•r•risatjq;t:v=In Bruceftcld, en Tuesday,
Mar 20th, 1889, Mary Ratteubury,
sister. of the late John Ratteubury, of
the sante place, aged 74 years.
A l'T1O ' SALE I
_OF— r;
Blouse Dd Lots in,Atiiitton,
That desirable iroperty comprising the
rlwellhig house end remises on Albert
St., lately occuptet .y Mrs. Jessie Smith,
deceased, will bregol by public auction,
/ on
Satin -4r4, A.prif A it, 1889.
At 2 o'el�sic p in., on the Mn et Square.
The dere ling contains six ro Ins, with
gond ,yfYri cellar. There is a gond., frame
stabjb and large garden with fruit`4rees,
etc. The lots comprise In all about 11
neves. b a. teems and particulars apply to
D. DICi:INSON, JOHN RIDOUT,
Auctioneer, Executor.
Section of Railway Between
Annapolis and Digby.
Tender for the Works of Con-
struction.
SEALED TENDERS addressed to the under-
signed and endorsed "Tender for Section of
Railway Between Annapolis and nighy," will be
received nt this oi5ce up to noon on Monday, the
8th day of April, I89A, for certain works of con-
etructfon.
Plans end profiles will he opet, lar iins}nn'.YMn
at the (Rice of the Chief Engiaterof Government
ItalAva}-e at ()ttan•n, o,t n xl after the 28th day of
March, 18.49 when tie.gencral specification and
form of tender may lie obtained upon nppileation.
Notender will he entertained unless on one of
the printed forms and all the conditions are
complied with,
t,y order,
A. P. RR:1DLEY,
Se:•retary.
Depart nent of its ilwa•a and Canals,
4 t(;1l(a, Ath Jiai h, IsaA.
Ma -2t