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The Huron News-Record, 1889-12-18, Page 2&he i1uron , ct1o4itf;olyd • IS PUBLISHED. Every Wednesday Morning —BY---- AT aY— AT THEIR POWER PRESS PRINTING HOUSE Ontario Street. Clinton. $1.50 a Year—$1.25 in, Advance. The proprietors of'17H a CODER ICH NEWS, having purchased the business and plant of THE HURON ItEOuau, will in future ublish the amalgamated papers in Clinton, nder the title of "THE HURON News - RECORD." Clinton is the most prosperous town in Western Ontario, is the seat of couniderab]c manufaeturiig, and the centre of the finest gricultural section in Ontario. The combined circulation of TRI, Ninvs Racoon exceeds that of any paper pub• fished in the County of Huron. It is, therefore, unsurpassed as an advertising medium. g 'Rates of advertising liberal, and furnished on application. "Parties making contracts for a speui• ficd time, who discontinue their advertise• 'tient, before the expiry of the saute, will ne charged full rates. Advertisements, without instructions as to space and time, will be lelf to the juig- uteot of:the compositor in the pisplay, iu• serted until forbidden, measured by a scale of solid nonpareil (12 lines to the inch), and charged 10 cents a line for first insertion and 3 cents a lino for each sub- sequent insertion. Orders to discontinue advertisements must be in writine. tar Notices set as READING MATTER, (measured by a scale of solid Nonpariel, 12 lines to the inch) charged at the rate of 10 cents a line for each insertieit. JOB WORK. We have one of the best appointed Job Offices west of Toronto. Our facilities in this department enable us to do all kinds of work—frons a calling card to a mammoth poster, in the best sfyie known to the craft, and at the Lowest possible rates, Orders by mail promptly attended to. Address The News -Record, Clinton. Ont The Huron News -Record $'.50 a Year -81.25 in Advance. gam' The man does not do justice t.,, li!'x bueiuess who spends Less in ndoertieum than he dues in rent.—A. T. STawART, the millionaire merchant f New i'erlt. Wednesday. 'Deer 18th 1889 AMER1CAN TAXATION AND TARIFF. 1Tnited States Secretary of the Treasury has made a statement of the nation's financ es. The receipts for the past year increased nearly eight millions over the previous year and the ordinary expenditures increased over twenty-three nlillioue, le'.virig an available Cash surplus on Novr 1, 1859 of forty•tive millions. The receipts during the year were three hundred and nighty -seven Millions, making the ordinary taxa- tion for National purposes, on a basis of a population of fifty -live millions, about seven dollars and twenty-five cents per head, a sum considerably in excess of tho Cana- dian taxation for ordinary National purposes. Tho American internal re- venue from tobacco taxes was near ly thirty-two millions. It is pro- posed to reduce this and the inter- nal revenue ou alcohol used in the arts and manufactures, which would lessen the revenue by about thirty- eight zillions, leaving a balance still from internal revenue of abeut ninety eight millions. One reasou given for the propos- ed reduction of tho tax on alcohol is that it can bo exported without paying internal tax thus giving foreign manufacturers of various goods in which alcohol is used an advantage over the home producer of 300 per cent in the cost of the alcohol thoy use. The secretary advises tariff reform :— • 1. i3y reduction in rales of duty upon those articles which, by reason of inconsiderate legislation, or changes which have occurred in the development of our industries, are found to he excessive. 2. By increase in rates upon articles which have not been success fully produced here, because not adequately protected ; tho obvious effect of which increase would bo to stimulate domestic production and diminish importations and revenue. It is plain that such articles should either be fairly protected or placed upon the free list. 3. Ily transferring to the free list articles which,.from climatic or other causes, are not and can not be snceessfully produced horn, also articles which, tinder existing con- ditions, we can not economically produce in sufficient quantities to • meet the needs of our people, or to servo the purpose of competition with foreign productions, end arti- cles the production of which is of considerable importance. HORIZO-NTAL REDUCTION. 'Fite cases are oxocptional under • our tariff in which a Moderate or reasonable reduction of rates would result in a decrease of the revenue. As a general rule, a reduction in the rates of duty would increase irrrporta- tions in greater proportion} than the rates are reduced, and so increase rather than dirniuish receipts. This would be the result of any plan of horizontal reduction yet propose. ; thus„a horizoutal reduc- tion of 10 or 20 per cent in rates might result in 20 or 50 per cent or even greeter increase in the volume of imports. The tendency of this would be to lurfjely increase the sur- plus, and, to the extent of the on - creased importations, to deprive American workmen of the employ nrent which belongs to there, and correspondingly to reduce the price of labor. The disastrous effects of such a policy upon the country would be threefold :- 1. It would diminish the demand fur American labor and capital by the amount of labor and capital expended in foreign countries upon the production of such increased importations. 2. It would withdraw from active cjrclilatiou here the money required to pay the duties ou these increased inlpo'tatious,land thus add to the evils of our present surplus. 3. It would largely increase the adverse balance of trade with foreign countries and contract our'circula- tiun by the amount of money necessarily exported to meet our iecreased indebtedness abroad. TARIFF FOR REVENUE ONLY. A tariff fur revenue only contem- plates such an adjustment of duty as will yield the largest amount of revenue at the lowest rates. It means the largest possible quantity of importations consistent with.the amount of custom revenue required to defray the expenses of the govern' !Hent. If, 'under a protoctive,tari fj', $300,- 000,000 of importations would pate an annual revenue of $100,000,000, to produce the same amount at half the rate, ,under a tariff for revenue only, would require $600,000,000 of importations. 1'he result of this policy in the case supposed 'would be to take fronis American producers their home market for $300,000,000 rf prodact..' and transfer it to their foreign competitors. 117tile it would tines deprive our 'workmen of employ- ment, it would also deplete the coun- try of fluid to par/ for foreign labor and material which should` be sup• plied.' at horse. PRAI'rICES OF 'TRADE AFFECTING TRADE A tariff' based upon the difference in tho cost of labor and materials, in this and foreign countries, will fail of its purpose in times of over- production and depression in nom- peting countries. foreign manu- facturers are compelled to maintain their extensive establishments in order to manufacture at the medium oust, and as this is the only country that will buy more than is needed for present demand, it becomes, at such times, the duwpiug•ground for all manufacturing Europe. For a long time past a considerable por• tion, et least of articles of certain lines of importations; has been of this class. They have been sold here below, in tact without regard to the cost of production, the manu- facturers looking to their own and foreign markets, which they con- trol, for their profit. All these conditions and practices of trade should be carefully con- sidered in framing a tatifF Dither for the purpose of protection or revenue. - SCOTLAND'S NIGHT —Monday night of last week St. Audrew's day was celebrated right royally in the Royal City. Galt did itself proud by turning out 1,200 strong. Ah, what Scottish ascendancy was there'? But it was a noble ascendancy of noble sen- timents. President Anderson honor• ed the day by one of the grandest ad drosses we have ever noticed given at a social gathering. The follow- ing extracts comprise loss than one fourth of tho Pr'esident's address, but wo cannot refrain from giving them though we may be doing the President an injustice by not giving all. Wo find the address complete in the Guelph Ilerall:— I suppose there aro a number of people in this audience who will think that we Scotch folks aro unco' clannish? Clannish'? Aye, this ao nicht. ; but in our general intercourse with our friends and the world at large, I say, clannish, no! We aro cosmopolitan, for it is with the utmost pleasure we welcome amongst us hero this even• ing the representatives of St. George and Merry England, who vie with us in every act of charity anis benev- olence for the benefit of their fel- low countrymen. Englishmen may well be proud of their native land. F,nglnnd stands in the vanguard of philanthropy and literature. The boot has said : "Yon must bo free or die, you who speak the tongue that Shakspeare spoke or hold the views that Milton hold." 1 say, again, it is with feelings of the utmost pleasure that wo have a ruongst us to night the sons and daughters of green Erin. Beauti fol green Erin, sweat gem of the sea. The bosom of the Irishman may swell with pride w'Iheu he thinks of the host of eminent names that have been cradled in the•sea- girt isle, fatuous as statesuleu, war- riors and philosophers. Place an Ir'ishinau iu auy country in the world, in any coiditiuu of life, he never forgets itis dear old home. His sympathy flows like the assuaging waters of the gulf stream, carrying gladuess to the hearts of the d,vellers iu the land of the green. His pulses may not tingle like ours at the sound of "Scots wha hae," but we can join with hitt in his admiration of the beautiful melodyee of Moore ' we cau dream with him itt the vale of Avoca, where the bright water's meet. Lot the Frenchman de- light when he hears the chant of the :ltarsoillaiso, let the countenance of the sons of the Fatherlaud beats when they hear the martial strains of "Der \\recht Dud' Itheiu." Love o1' couutry is a noble seuti ment, 'tis worthy the best instincts of our nature. Let me construe the Ovoids of the great master ut' Lngtts}I ?oetry and say : The roan that hath no love fur the laud that gave him birth, Or cannot be moved by traditionary story and native song, Is lit for treasons, stratagems and spalls. The Motion of his spirits is as dull lis night, His conscience Clark ns Erebus Let no such a titan be trusted. Canada, the:laud of our aduptiou, and Jur children's birthright. Let rue weave you a garland. Not the garland of the old song "Of fillies and roses and sweet blooming posies" but a Canadian garland. Let ate twine togethaer the shamrock, the rose and the thistle, Wawa in the fair fillies of France, and the blue cornflower of the Fatherland, bind it altogether with the glistening houghs of the maple—there is a gar - laud emblematical of the people of this great Dominion, the flower of the human race. This garland hangs nudity the folds of the Uniou Jack ; there is uo slave crouches there. That fl.tg is the guardian of social, political fwd toligioes freedom. We cherish with pride its almost boundless power and gentle sway as it floats from the lakes to the pole, from the blue waters of the Atlantic to the broad Pacific. It is seen with what characteristic energy this young lion of the north has girt this great land with our ribbons of steel, pierced the Rockies with our electric shafts, Made smil- ing homes from out of the forest gloom, reared populous beautiful commercial cities by fake and river, established an educational and con- stitutional system which is as free as the breeze that curls off ourcheek. Yet amidst our blessings and advan- tages there is a vacuum in this groat land, there is room for millions. We turn our eyes to tho , congested centres of civilization and say :— "Come! and shale with us this great heritage. Cottel and make fur your- self a home iu the forest, help us to till our prairiesoil,or draw from the bowels of the earth its countless trea- sures. Come! and fear not, for we aro a loyal and generous people ; we care not whether you bow the knee to Horne, Canterbury, or the Gener- al Assembly, what we want stere is muscle and moral worth. Como! and share with us a freedom that no other nationality can give, for l•i h- tain's freedom is our freedom and as Canadians you shall be free!'.' CURRENT TOPICS. WORTHY OF NOTE —The Galt Reporter :-1t is worthy of note that the new Reads ers prepared for use in the French Schools in the Eastern Provinces are advertised by the firms pre- paring thele as the "French Eng- lish'' series of Readers. It may be an oversight, but how would it do to advertise thong OH the "'English -French" series 7 art NNIPEO RETURNS Following ate the customs re- turns for the port of Winnipeg for November : Exported , .$ 38,927 (foods imported (dutiable)..., 186,529 floods imported (free) 73,025 Total imported $259,554 Entered for consumption (dutiable) $156,486 Entered for consumption (free) . 73,025 Total entered for consump• tion . t1259,51 1 Duty collected $60,158 The total impot is in November, 1888, were $124,218 ; entered for consumption, $126,741 ; duty col Iected $36,088. w'IiA'I' DORS THE nitnl\'alts' !MAY'EIt AvAtr, —'The 1(ev..f. Smiley, \)etho- list, writes the Lindsay 1Vu,'der:-- liut, not to wander away from prayer, it must be obvious that much of the 80 cath d prayer of our average prayer meeting is little hot- ter than bosh, A half dozen per). pie will ask the Loaf fm' the satire thing in succession and in almost the same words. If a widow has been bereaved, all will pray, (,oil bless her in her bereavement. IH the Lord more likely 10 answer the half dozen than the first who asked the favor 1 11 tint, are not LI a tt'uu,ittiug prayers uddrtstied to the widow or her friends more than to the Lord 7 If a pleacher• is popular, every nue will pray for the Lord to bless autl sustailt hilt, but if he gets at loggerheads with his quarterly hoard ho prayers ate offered on his behalf, although then he needs them more than before. Query, Aro not prayers, in the first mentioned case addressed more to the preacher then to the Lord i CANADIAN FINANCiES. The statement of revemue and ex• peudilure for r1'tt. 'rat h , mouths of the current tiaca a 114 as fol- lows • divrvei; ex lur $16,95 441 peudilure, $12,498,559 ; surplus, $4,451,882. At the saute period last year the surplus e as $3,366.000, MI 1111/1 tltt+ $tatrmeut is.uetl 110w shows the count1') 10 10 better off 111 the' extent of over $1,000,000. The revenue returns for November read as fnllnws Oilstotle+.. - $1,991,061 Excise .. 657,035 Post.otfiee. 225,000 Public works (including rail ways) 392,201 M iscel laneoue 183,020 Total ... .... ...-.$3,448,317 And the exemeliture is $3,703,635. The total net debt on Novoulber 30 was $235,107,948, and the expendi- tutenn cul,ital account for the five n,nttths $2,441,783. "UNHEALTHY." Iu a recent issue of Medical Classics appears the following letter :— \VAv'oHT, Nov. 2Gth. DEA'it Ste,—I write this with • a feelin of the deepest irate harrow in toy innards. This pane is caused by an article what I've just read iu your vallable paper. You hey bits sayin hard things of us honest and hard workin folks what are tryin to earn sumpin Ity keepiu a few boarders. Now, I jest want to say no hard things myself, but the fact is, you doctors think you know to much. Now, I'd jest like to know . how long you've ben in the bizness of kee'pin summer boarders. Most likely you halm never kep none, and yet you think you know more about it than a ptacticle man what's had twenty years experience. That ud be jest like you city folks.' Fust, you say that it ain't helthy to 'have hog -pens, barnyards and Bich; clust to the well. You say it aint good fur the drinking water. Mebbo you wont believe it, but what I'tn goin to tell you is true. My grandfather lived to be eighty year old, an lie lived all his life in this very house, and that was fore the barnyard and hog -pen was moved to war tl.ey air now. But may be you city folks thinks eighty years glut long enough, and youd like:to live to a cupplo er hunnerd, 1 dunuo. Shouldent wunder. \Vheu city folks cunts in the coup• try than ain't no telling wat they wont expect, and thats a fact. The truth is hog•pens and barn- yards have an amazin good sannitary effect :ou water. They makes it -tw'iyt as nurr'Ishin as it wood bo without ens. Perhaps you city fellers dont know it, but that aint no place about a farm what the grass grows as thick an strong as about them very places. It stats to reasou that wots good fur grass is good for critters, human or other- wise ; but you city doctors dont seem to have no reasouin faculties. Then agin you say in anuther place that's toads in the wells. So there be, on' I don't argee it. But s fur from dein 'hurt, then there critter's sweetens up the water wonderful. This is shone by a Utile poese or potry what was learn- ed me, when I were yuug. If that's toads in the well 'Phar wont be no smell - Now, I wont deny that a lot or my boarders wax took sick last summer, but that was cause they would lay' on the grass in the orchard un sunshiny days, and they set out on the front porch after dark, singin 'Baby trine.' I says to Orn, says I, you'll got the fevornager if you set out that.' says I. Sez they to me, sez they, 'Rats,' says they, W al,thny took sick, and wont an blamed it onto the well water, an that thar swamp down in the holler back et the house, zif that had any- thing to do wl'th it. \Ve country folks is putty well used to be.in abused by city folks, hitt as shakespero sez: 'Its a long worts that knows n0 turnin," an I feel like as if Id touched the turnip point. So no more froo. Yours respectfully. OITALONU 1I,tysitace. —A Wiartonwo tan, :Mrs. Kyte, committed suicide the other day, —Tho E1ual Rights party have nuinivatod gr. Bonjarnin lo Baron, of North IGatley, to oppose Minis- ter Colby in Stanstead. 1 DOES NOT GO FAR ENOUGH. A Quebec priest, evidently an Ullr,unoqtaue of the first water, has taken L'Electem'Isevetcl y to task,in a public letter, for what he terms its false scruples in not insisting enough ou all Mr. Mercier has done fur Catholic orthodoxy. and especially in not making sufficient palette of the flattering marks of approval trod favor that have beau showered upuu him by the Holy See. This is pretty good, considering that L'Electear• htls been more than once assailed f'ortlourish- ing the Premier's Papal insignia too often and t u 1' 00 11 6Dtl 0 In V in the 1 faces of els adversaries, but its an gelic censor, with his heart full of love for his neighbors goes even further, and remarks : " \\rhy fear to rutile the feelings of the Protestauts 7 Do they over hesitate about represeutiug the Pre- mier as the incarnatrou of wlult they term Jesuitism, as the right arut of the Ultratuoutanes, and the most formidable enemy of Protes- tantism. Either you are Catholic journalists or you aro not; if you are, it is your 'imperative duty, your couscioutiods duty, not to yield one iuch to the, calumets of your ad versarios. You are afraid to be put down as intoleeept if you lay too much stress on 1114. Mercier's cross of St. Gregory; on the blessings sent hint by the Holy Father, on his friendly relations with the clergy, ou the immense service he has douo the Church of Rome 1 You wish to Intake a distinction between his religious and his civil policy. You say that the settlement of the Jesuit lifeir, is one thing and his administrative acts another, and that the people, obliged to approve him .on one point, are nevertheless free to coudomd hint ou the others. FARM MORTGAGES. Sir Richard Cartwright, who de- plores the farm mortgage debt of On- tario, as though this Province was exceptionally burdened in that re• spots, might find not a little consola- tion 'by examining the condition of the farms in the Western States. A correspondent of the New York Keening Post for example has com- piled from "Ohio statistics"—the official report of the Secretary of State of that state—a table showing the mortgage indebtedness from 1870 to 1887. It is entitled very properly "A Mournful Exhibit," and shows that the mortgages on farms and homes in Ohio are in- creasing year by year. In 1870 the number of mortgages recorded was 40,080 and the amount secured $52,- 677,474. Tho number released the same year was 19,072, covering the suns of $24,399,867.; so that the in- crease of mortgage indebtedness that year was $28,277,507. Front that time until 1877 there has been a steady annual increase in the num- ber of mortgages and the amount of indebtedness. In 1880 the in- crease was but a little over $2,000,- 000 ; but in 1882 it was over $80,• 000,000. The total increase for the eighteen years was in number of mortgages 401,719, and in amount of indebtedness $462,834,958. This showing, remarks the Detroit Free Press, is to too utterly incon- sistent with the theory of agricul- tural prosperty to be offset by any suggestion as to "purchase money,' mortgages. It represents an increas- ed indebtedness in eighteen years amounting to 42 per cent. of the entire valuation of real estate in 01110,1111880. And Ohio, itshould be borne in mind, is onto of the thriftiest and best settled cf all the Western States. Its inhabitants, indeed,' hardly care to be classed among Western people when such classification implies anything of newness or iuteeiority to the East. Ontario is in afar better position. • KISSED IIER FUR T1 -IE CIGARS. "I'd give twenty-five cents for permission to kiss that girl," re- marked an 1usipid•lookirig youth on nn Albany -bound train ono night, indicating with a (notion ,of his hand an unusually handsome young woman asleep in a seat near by. The young man was ono of a group standing in the rear of the crowded eon'. Auothor young elan said :— "You have my permission, sir, gratis." "'Fraid she wouldn't regard it as sufficient," laughed the first. "I don't know," replied the other ; "I have a great influence with goosl•lotnkiug girls ---I'll tell you ,what I'll do ; I'll bet you a good cigar I can kiss her without waking her.,, "Donne 1 cried the insipid youth. "I'll give you a cigar if you darn do it anyway, and ,two more if site don't wake tip."' "It's a go." The daring young roan stepped up to the spat where the pretty gill slept, leaned ,over softly and kissed her squarely and audibly upon her mouth. Silo stirred, smiled a little but did 'not waist. The group of mon had ;watch©}. the proceedings in•breat}tless suspense, and a long and, simultaneous sigh broke from thorn as young Impudence straight- ened up after the operation and ro- ,joined the group, several passengers wbo had seen the audacious petfor- utance static g at hitt iu astonish- ment. "By Jove ! that was ele- guut !" said the fellow of insipid aspect as he handed the successfu 1 kisser his thri,e cigars. But t1ttale was another teckoning to be made. The cwlduetor came hur13ing duet the aisle, and "went fur" the dal jug paseeuger, metaphori- cally speaking "h•tnuu 11' and tongs," crying : "See bele youug matt, dou't you ever 1ty Hutt ugaiu ! Ate' you a gentleman, sir 1 Duu'1 you k uu w that I eau arrest you for such a petfortuance as that 7" The young 1111111 cululed, but laughed uetvously as he answered, "No, 1 don't tench lel ii•Ve you cop. I guess there isn't an A melte:in law against a fellow's kit•sing Ills oat 1.1 sister—is there?" It has Dot uppe:u,el vel whether or net the young woman teamed of her brother's astuuirhiug exhtlotiun of disrespect, ur tt'hether, it she did, her displeasure lasered 111 ptallli- catiou derived from the cigars won. in such a tluestlullable 111.11111, r, PRESBYTERIANS EXCI'1'El1. There were livt ly times nue day' last week at the meeting ut' the Pittsburg, 1'a., l'hesby'tet y. Geo. T.Purvis offered a motion to cubsidel• the question of amending =Cud re• vising the confession of faith. Ile was seconded by the Rev. \V. J. Holland, while the ul'positiu11 was headed by the Rev. G. \V, (:hallaut, After a hot discussion the motion was defeated by a slight ulsjot ity. Then the members l uveriug the to - construction of faith sl.tung a bomb. It was on the shape of the lot ow• ing,,ofl'ered by Elder G. W. John- ston : Whereas, This Presbytery views with deep cuueeru the widespread defection tram the received stand- ards of our venerable church ; and Whereas; Our congregations ate in danger of being corrupted by - such, heresies ; tht•tel'ure, Resolved, That the ministers of this Presbytery be required, its soon Its possible, to present to their sev- eral cunglegetiuns uta• belief, as set• forth in the \Vestnritister confession of faith. upuu the following, among other topics : 'That. God has, front all eternity, ordained ;some of Hi•s creatures, for His own glory, to - everlasting death ; tb;r t elect infanta• alone are saved ; and that the Pope of Route is antichrist. The Rev. G. W. Cha Ifaut thought that this was Itf,sutd. Ise styled the resolution a "caricature ou the confession of faith." A motion - was made to bay the resolution on, the table. This was carried, and the fight for the time ended. - 'PILI: LOVE OF HISTORY. The love of history seems insepar- able from human nature, because it seems inseparable from self-love. The same principle, iu this instance, carries us forward and backward, to future and to past ages, and rtlus• through mankind, from Ciesar down to the parish clerk in Pope's Mis- cellany. We, are fond of preserv- ing, as far es it is in our power, the memory of our own adventures, of those of our own time, and of those who precoedod it. Jude heaps of stone have been raised, and ruder hymns have been composed for this purpose, y nations which had not yet the use of arts and letters. To go no father back, the triumphs of' Odin were celebrated yin"' runic Bongs, afld, the feats of our British ancestors, were recorded in those of their bards. The savages of Ameri- ca have the same custom at this day; and long historical ballads of their buntings and their wars are sung at all their festivals. There is no need of saying how this passion grows among civilized nations, in proportion to tho moans of gratifying it ; but lot us observe,, that the same principle of nature directs us as strongly, and more generally as well as more early, to indulge our owe curiosity, instead of preparing to gratify that of others. '1'he c'.aild harkens with delight to the tales of his nurse ;, he learns to road, and he devours. with eagerness fabulous legends and novels; in riper years ho applies himsolf to history, or to that which ho takes for history, to authorized romance ; and even in age, the de- sire alone of knowing what has hap- pened to ourselves. 'Thus history true or Pulse, speaks to our passions always. —A fatal shooting accident oc- curred ono afternoon near Dyer's Bay, on the Saugeon Peninsula. It appears that tho two young Hien named, Alexander Kennedy, of the firm of Wm. Kennedy & Sons, of that place, and Hiram Lymburnor, son of Horace Lymburnor, of Owen Sound, were out after gatno. Tho bush being pretty thick, Kennedy saw what he supposed to be a doer, and, taking deliberate aim, fired at the object, when, to his horror, he discovered he had shot his compan- ion, Lymburner, through the back. The wounded Ulan only lived a foto minutes. He was about twenty-six years of ago, and'leaves a wife and two children.