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The Huron News-Record, 1891-08-12, Page 4WE WANT 7/IE PEOPLE TO KN;W T1--L.JT Bigger Bargains, --Cheaper Goods,—are Being Qffered NOW For the next few lays than have ever been seen in the County of Huron before. The Sale will continue for THE PEOPLE'S BENEFIT, for I want you to remember that COST PRICE IS NOT CONSIDERED while this Sale continues, but EVERY SUMMER ARTICLE MUST BE CLEARED ' OUT ! within the next few days, and it is PRICE that is going to do it. So while the Goods last come along. You may depend you will not go away dissatisfied, rhe Huron News -Record 1.50a Yuar $1.25 in Advance Wednesday. August 1':th. 1891. CANADIAN NAT ION ALIT I" .S1R JOHN'S MONUMENT. Erastus ligan has had a letter published in leading English news papers in which he states that "no monument to Sir John A. Mac- donald will be necessary t'u luno es the barrier exists which his National Policy hue erected hetweeu the two sectious of the Anglo-Saxon people on the Ninth American continent." Now, thoug'i Witt) In does not lie so directly as he often hue done when tvri!iug upon C:auadiau affairs, he in effect says it was Sir Juhn A. 111ac,iunaId that erected the barrier between this country and the United Settee. Mr. \Wimau knows better. He knows he ie attempting to deceive when •he writes this way. He knows it was the Americans who erected the international tariff barrier. He knows it is the Ameri- cans who keep the barriers up ; that it is the Americans who keep continually making the barriers higher. They staked and ridered the barrier not long ego with tho McKinley bill. Their duties are more than double as high as ours are. What a knave \Vitnan or any- one else fust ho to say thatJohn A. Macdonald or the Conservatives put up the bars iers that exist between Canada and the United States. Let the Yankees take their barriers down and we will take ours down so quickly it will make their heads swim. But in the event that Whiten moans that Sir John A, Macdonald's policy has prevented Canada from being annexed to the United States he could pay no higher compli- ment to the deceased statesman If Wiman means that the National Policy has kept Canada from falling a prey to the commercial and Political cupidity of the United States, then long may the N. P. wave, and long it shall wave or sotne other policy that will pre- serve the patriotic spirit and power of our people. Britons never shall ,be slaves, least of all Canadian Britons to their American cousins. Political affiliation will never take place between the now separ- ate sections of the Anglo Saxon people on the North American continent. On the other hand it is as sure as that history repeats Itself, that the sou'hern portion of the United States will yet form an independent eepublic ; the Western States another. Thoughtful Union then have for years admitted this, and with the lapse of`tilne the pros- pect of a division of the United States into two or more republics becomes more apparent. The South to•rley honors its Con- federate deed, glorifies theta and the "lost cause." 131171,18 monu- ments to them. Orates iu burning words the nobleness of their cause and the patriotism of its defenders. The change iiiay be brought about without bloodshed. We hope it will be withotllt bloodshed. But so sure as anything human has ever • hap penelejust so stere is .the, Arneri can republic destined to split in pieces from its own weight and unwieldinoss. - The British empire with its world dotted colonies is not so unwieldy governmoutally as ie the United States. The tendency in affairs of govern• went throughout the British empire is a centralizing deceutralizetion. Thetis there is a centralizing of power in ',ark:lite ceutres through- out the British possessions. The various provinces of British North Antetica have centralized their power iu the Dominion of Canada, and in doing so there was a sub• stantial decentralizing of power that formerly inhered in imperial Britain. The Australian colonies have under may the centralizing of their provincial powers in one Comtuon• wealth. With this Australian cen- tralization, as was the case with the Dominion of Canada, will conte a decentralization of power now inherent ill the parent State. And thus it will go on, the vari ous parts of the Ilritish empire will form virtually independent king- doms within one grand Imperial kingdom. And there will be such distances between these variolis parts of a British Imperial Federation that much of the friction that often follows upuu a next door neighbor - ship will be avoided. The reverse conditions obtain in the United States and reverse re. suite will follow. Centralization is the tendency in the United Status The Federal authority is gradually becoming more arbitrary.. The civil war scare will for some time act ne a nightmare scaring all individual states or collection of thein from disputing the necessity for encroach- meut on state rights in order to perpetuate the "strong" government which it was necessary to establish after the war, Herein lies the prospect for not ouly two Anglo Saxon peoples on this continent, but four or five—the ultimate desire for decentralization of governmental 'power which for years has centred and for years to come will centre at Washington. Aud this desire for American de- contr•alizetion will be fanned into fresh life when the success of the various self•governing parts of a British federation forces itself uu the American mind. Thoughtful Americans will ad- mit that there is more real personal liberty in Canada than in the United States. They admit that. the people have more to say in the governing of the people in this country then prevail() on the other side of the Tines. There are ignorant Ameri- cans who will not admit this, but well informed Americans are•aware of it and candid enough to admit that there in a freer scope for the intellectual and governing powers of the people among the masses in Canada than in the United States. Centralization of wealth as well as of poverty will aggravate the nources of weakness in the fabric of our neighbors, while the masses of Canada and other parts of a British Imperial Federation, through the ownership by the average individual of "three acres and a cow," or of a moderate competeucy, will aurvive the decentralizing disruption that is surely, in the interests of good goveruwent and the welfare of the people, awaiting the neighboring republic. Tho principles that Jefferson Davis contended for will survive along with the principles that \Vashington and Sir John A. Macdonald con- tended for. And those principles will be kept alive by more or teas insuperable harriers between peo- ples on this continent speaking the same language. And a Canadian nationality is the embodiment of those principles. — At Moosejaw Mrs John 11 (;innis was killed by lightning Thursday night. -'Pht 'Dereettwttsmi'r•iiverites-flie l'ef f' is mounted to $2,528,601 and the expendi- ture $2,345,027 — John Jackson, aged :ib, was dr•,wn- ed in bhe mill pond at Greenwood, Oat., on Wednesday, A.11ERICAN "RECIPROCITY," (siderable tiaflie in manufactures." Not nue word, it will he observed, The American idea of reciprocity is to get all they eau and give noth- ing in return. f'nev arranged a reciprocity treaty with the Spanish American eoleuies, and they aro quite as jubilant over getting the 1,44 end of the stick rt: 1ii7y would be under 11 rt','ii,r,r:ity treat.' with C;uradtt carried out upon rhe li a s laid down by the 12tn t.lt,tu U )pu.i. tio:r, I.euli•: Aue•rican )tapers; referringto the. arrang-nreut with I:uh:i and Porto Ftico are quite jubilant. The New York herald says : "Whatever criticiser may be made upon any of its proyisions, the treaty is to be hailed as a substantial ad- vantage to American trade." America for Unitedstatesers. Detroit News : The new com- mercial treaty will undoubtedly open the way to an enlarged sale of many American manufactured pro- ducts. 'Troy Times : The agreement opens a wider market for a great variety of United States products without inter- fering in any way with domestic in- dustries, and is therefore of distinct advantage to us. Albany Journal: The enlarged volume of our export trade which Secretary Blaine's enforcement of the reciprocity provision of the Mc• Kinley law is causing will redound to the benefit of the Republican party, and strengthen the R.epulicltn policy of protection with the American people, Pittsburg Chronicle•'l'elegraph: Al- most all that is manufactured or pro- duced by our iron, glass and steel industries is on either the free list or the list on which there will be a re- duction, and no State in the Union and no section will be more benefited than Pennsylvania and Pittsburg and its surrounding country. Milwaukee Evening IVisconsia The treaty is a masterpiece of diplomacy, due not only to Secretary Blaine but to the rare ability and extraordinary address ot.John W. Foster, the epeeiai envoy who nego• Mated it. This reciprocity treaty will electrify the country. The New York .4lail and Erpress : The consummation of this treaty is one of the most important diploma- tic events of the year, and to the President, ;Secretary Blaine, and to Mr. John W. Foster are due the thanks of the American people. Minneapolis Tribune: Northwest millers will see business in the fact that they can enter their wheat flour at Spanish Ports by the payment of a duty of only 90 cents per barrel, and may enter their bran, buokwheat flour, oatmeal and rye flour free of duty. Minneapolis lumber mills and wood -working factories will hereafter enjoy fres entrance into Cuba and Porto Rico for ail forms of lumber, sash and doors, and other wood manufactures. Milwaukee Sentinel: The poliby of the present administration, that is securing such results, is in marked contrast with that. urged by its Democratic predecessor, which pro- posed to open wider our markets to foreign competition without taking any steps to secure reciprocity. The Rapublicen policy is to protect American interests. New Orleans Picayune: This treaty promises important gains in the foreign trede of this city, as it opens up the possibility of a liberal busi- ness in flour, grain, and meats, in addition to considerable traffic in monufactures. It will il- suet, that the prevailing American view of "reciprocity" is to get "an enlarged sale for American manufactured products." 1'o get "a substantial advantage to American trade." "'To open up a wider market for a great variety of American products" "To enter a great, variety of American farm products and products of lumber efills and facto, �les Fra of duty." "Not to open widerAruerican mark• et.s to foreign competition". "To ofCPn up a liberal business in flour grain -and ineat in addition fo con, about giving anything in return for the privilege of these "wider mar kets' . This in the reciproui•ry which Sir Iticheril Cartwright brnnglit up it, the Canaille's Parliament i" the in - wrest of Anrrricena and which Parliautent hail the goo.; sews' to reject. No doubt it will he profitable to the Americans, but ruin to the outer fellows, TJIE ,1IILL OF THE GODa MAY GRIND SLOWLY, 13 UT IT GRINDS ALL 'TIII;' &1 iii''], AND S17REL)'. The wheels of the people's gov- ernment still go round. Gritty particles were introduced on the opening of parliament, but with the the exception of causing a little extra friction, the old machine went ou as usual. The election of speak- er was going to knock the balance wheel off its base and cause confus- ion, Int the old machine wont right along grinding up the obstructions. Then the address from the throne was going to cause such ivabbling that the driving wheel would fail to connect, but a few Globe prophecies were fed into the hopper and caused the whole machine to work yet more smoothly. Then the Chief Eugul eer, the lamented Sir John A. )lac onald, by overwork waa called to a higher sphere, and the ioonoclaats were sure the machine would stop from want of the old guiding hand. But it still moved. Then a medley of tariff and budget iutractable ore was fed to the machine and it was ground to impalpable grit powders. Nothing daunted the would be ob- structionists kept feeding the ma- chine with all manner of foreign and crude stuff; it still went ou with its grinding. And now after three months of the most severe teats poss- ible, the wreckers are whistling to keep their aourege up by shouting "another three months and the Con- servative government will be a thing of the past." But as during the past three months so during the next three and sixty mouths will the machine keep grinding out legislation in the interest of the peo- ple, munching up in the meantime all the grit particles that may be fed to it. It may be that the grinding out by the people's government ma- chine at Ottawa of "lasbins" of cheap sugar may have had something to do with keeping it in such perfect run wing order. EDITORIAL NOTES. The Opposition objectors to the new Ministryformed after Sir John's death, brought the dreadful charge against it that in some way, not definitely stated, it changed the old policy. Well, that much cannot be said of the Opposition. It never had any real policy to change. And its geuer•illa apology for a policy continues. Anyhow the Con- servatives are quite willing t� acknowledge that their policy is ons, of continual change. They are not a stand -still party, and when they change they advance. Progress is their motto.... , _�..,_e_ ._... And still the air is chargodtet Ot- tawa with alleged corruption upon corruption. The Dominion Govern - To keep you cool in church, an(1 A HMMOCK To recline in 11'hen at home, are two necessities for the HOT WEATHER. ---o--- WE HAVE a LARGE STOCK of both these lines and our prices, will please yon. As we are now busy taking and re marking stock it will pay you to SEE THE BARGAINS ---we offer at - Wm. Cooper & Co's BOOS STOEE; N1111112911•112;1111:1131112). ment gave several hundred thous ands of dollars to aid a Quebec rail- way. The old company got into difficulties. A bill to incorporate a new one came before the Senate the other day. Creditors of the old company opposed this and are prepared to prove that $100,000 of the Dominion grant which should have gone to there had been divert- ed to aid Mr. Mercier and his henchmen in the Quebec Legisla- ture. This knoklts Mr. Mowat and his Ontario satellites and intimida• tion quite into the shade. Even Globe directore' participation in de- frauding the Dominion Government in the matter of Larkin and canal contracts is not as bad. If the depreciation in farm pro• petty across the lines goes on at the rate it has for the past ten years, another decade will see farm lands sold in tho best parts of the Union at such low figures that the cheapest cheap farme'svt-pro ciuee-cheap-oouri- try•to-live-in-annoxationietca itch his tent amid the impoveris' ent he longs for, The American cenane shows that in the State of Ohio farm lands have depreciated $57,000,000 in the past ten years. And Ohio is one of the progressive sections of the Union. There is the kind of progress there — backwards—that Cartwright would like to introduce among the farmers of Ontario. The Dominion Millers' Associa- tion met in Toronto last week. Sec- retary Plow() estimated the wheat crop of 1891, in Canada, as 55,160,- 000 bushels, required for home con- sumption 22,825,000, for seed 4,- 147,000, leaving for export 22,188,• 000. The committee on seed wheat reported. The rod varieties recom- mended for their milling excellence we' -e hybrid Mediterranean and longborry red, American bronze, red velvet chaff and Egyptian. The Manchester variety was not favored, being considered a weak wheat. Of the white variety, the Sur rise was "cunei ©r`ed' tfio Tical: tario` -lie ni , combining color and strength. Canadian velvet chaff, Gosfiold, Ramsey, were also recommended.