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We are now ready .to do business with you, and we are happy to say that our position is such
that we are able to give you such, satisfaction as you could only hope to receive in the large
Centres of Trade and. Fashion. We have packed our place with the Best and Newest Stuff to be
found in the principal Wholesale Centres of the Dominion. Already we have gained the reputa-
tion of keeping not a trashy, cheap, low-grade stock, but a Name for High -Class, Stylish, Good
Goods, whioh, as all buyeirs know, are the Cheap Goods. We have this season bought the very
best and Most Stylish Goods we could lay our hands on, and we are happy to say the people
appreciate our efforts. OUR DRESS AND MANTLE MAKING DEPATT1VIENT has develop-
ed into a moat unqualified success. When we began we had no -idea we would be so backed up by the ladies of the town and country, to
say nothing of those who come from a distance. Our MRS, KENNEY is certainly giving the Ladies of Clinton the Styie, Fit, Finish and
Comfort in their Garments that they have long looked for in vain heretofore, as she has not had an alteratien of the most trifling
nature, and we trust it may continue so. OUR DRESS GOODS for the Fall are simply lovely in themselves, and Ladies looking for
Costumes in any of the leading fabrics of the season, may be suited at once. The same maNlbe said. of the Mantle and Cloaking Goods.
Come and see us,
J. C. GILROY, OLINTOH.
Pie Huron News-Recora
1.60 a Year -31.26 in Advance
Wednesday, Sept. 23rd, 1891.
A PLEAFOR PROTECTION.
The aggregation ofcapital iu manu-
facturing concerns is productive of
good rather than evil. It may be
called a combine, but a rose by any
other name will smell as sweet.
The Massey Manufacturing Co. of
Toronto and the Harris of
Brantford have combined with
the result that a large sav-
ing of expense is brought about
and the purchasers of agricultural
itnplements will get cheaper goods
as u consequence. The same result
has been wrought about by a coni
bination uf salt interests in Ontario.
Did the manufaeturera of salt con-
tinue to sell atone time rates, below
the cost of production, a few yeare
would see the whole business wiped
out. The result would bo that in-
stead of present prices of $1.00 per
barrel we would revert to the old
time prices of $2 or $2.50 per
barrel, or more, for the imported
article. When combines unduly
enhance the cost of an article to the
consumer, legislation should come
in to prevent extortion. Thanks
to N. Clark \Vallrce we havo
such legislation, and though he may
have erred in making too highly
colored pictures of possible extor-
tion by existing combines in order
to carry legititnate legialation, his
enthusiasm was the outcome of an
earnest desire to protect the un -
unorganized consumers against the
organized manufacturers. We hope
to see the Government at an early
date reimpose the duty on salt,
which they were led to reduce by a
misconception of the state and con•
duct of that industry fostered by
partisans like John McMillan, whO
distorted everything connected with
it in order to "beat the Tories."
We cannot too strongly urge A re-
coneideration of these salt duties by
those in power at Ottawa. We
thoroughly endorse the intent of N.
Clark Wallace's efforts against
combines that under the protecting
aegia of the National Policy inordi-
nately enhance the value of any of
the necessaries of life. But the
price of salt is lower than it would
be if we had free trade in thearticle.
Free trade in salt would drive
Canadian salt makers from tke face
of the earth in a couple of years.
The reduced duty is even a more
cruel policy. It will cause the more
lingering but equally certain death
of probably the moat exclusively
native industry in Canada, enhance
pricee and send abroad annually a
large euro of money which mould
otherwise be retained to the benefit
of our own people. Our Ottawa
friends should not have acted on
the b.atant exaggerations of their
opponents and the enemies of the
people of Canada by reducing the
duty on salt. As in war so in
stateentanship, a skilful retreat is
the beet evidence of superior ad-
miniatrative and executive ability.
A mistake has been made in reduc-
ing the duty on ealt. It is not an
irreparable one, and under the
But a retreat should he made from
occupying a position logically un-
tenable by a Conservative Govern-
tnent that bases its claims to popu- in the business, it is overdone, the
lar support on protection to native N. 1'. has drawn too many lute the
industries. And we earnestly ask trade and goods are sold on too
the attention of the powers that Le small a margin of profit." There
to not follow the Grit -Bourbon
principle of never learning and
never forgetting anything. They
are the most enlightened statesmen
who take cognizance of their own
mistakes and endeavor tol;rectify
them at the earliest practicable mo-
ment. To persist in adhering to
errors is a crime ; to acknowledge
errors of judgment and to endeavor
to amend them is irrefragable evi-
dence of knowing mote to -day than
yesterday. As we said on a former
occasion and as we ElOW repeat, the
reduced salt duty will not eventu-
ally, though it may temporarily, re-
duce the cost of salt to Canadian
consumers. It will simply transfer
the manufacture of it to foreigners
on a foreign soil, who, under their
gigantic combines, which cannot be
reached by Canadian law, as soon
as they have forced Canadian menu-
facturere to the wall, will make our
people pay through the nose for
dolt. \Vith the old ditty on salt
and the Canada salt association
atnenable to Canadian law, and the
people's tribune N. Clark Wallace
iu Parliament, home consumers
will always get the very best arti-
cle at the very lowest possible
price.
Let justice be done the salt
industry of Canada. Give it ample
protection against foreign greed and
combines, and if our nianufacturers
conspire to force extortionate prices
"put them behind prison bars" as
Mr. Wallace L11. P. properly sug-
gests. But in all fairness to an im-
portant native industry and to
enterprising, honest men, 'do not
kill theru off and make the future
position of Canadian consumers
infinitely worse than it is at pres-
ent.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Mr. Tarte, the promoter of the
investigation committee that brought
out the boodling of Tory McGreevy
and Grit Larkin president of the
Reform aesociakion of Lincoln and
Globe shareholder, voted against Mr.
Cameron's' attempt to convict Mr.
Cochrane of selling public offices.
The chief e of the Farmers' Alli-
ancein Minnesota and Dakota have
issued a million circular lettere to
the farmers, calling a halt in "the
mad rush of grain to the market."
The circular says there is a shortage
in Europe of 678,000,000 bushels,
and that wheat will soon be over
$1,50 a bushel.
cannot be much monopoly when
any one who wills and has the
capital to iuvest can put it into
man ufacturi ng. A Ltd the ftct that
consumers get their gmils lower
than they can be profitably made fur
is certainly against, the iniquity of the
N. P. as a monopoly creator
robber of consumera.
A majority of the committee to
which was referred the MaGreevy-
Larkin contracting frauds has re-
ported against the contractors but
exonerated Sir Hector Langevin
from any guilty knowledge of the
wrong doing of the contractors or
the employees of his department.
A minority report was laid before
the House and Mr. Cameron will
likely itnport a large quantity of
Chicago rnade gas and distribute it
among his fellow obstructionists for
service in a useless endeavor to
thwart the will of the tnajority.
unit
A Parliamentary return shows
that the total amount of subsidies
voted to provincial railways since
coefeleration has been $31,015,491
for a mileage of 4,236 miles. In
round numbers the Dominion
his voted for railways, canals and
various public works a sum equal to
the public debt. Every farmer in
the country receives the benefit of
this outlay every year iu the higher
prices buyers pay for grain, cattle
and other produce as a consequence
of the improved transportation
facilities. Comparatively speaking
the farmers of Huron are RR near
Liverpool market to -day as they
were to Toronto not a great many
years ago.
The Hewitt MA TillteRontlOt the_
itT6-ffitii's—a—gainst the iniquitous
N. P. as tending to produce mono
--
polies, quotes a furniture manufac-
turer as saying, "There is no money
e
The Winnipeg Free Prose pub-
lishes a full page of crop reports
from a small army of correspondents
throughout Manitoba and the
Northwest Territori es, covering all
wheat -growing dietricts. All state
that the wheat harvest end e with
this week, while threshing is in
progress in many places. As re-
spects frost it appears that while
some districts havo been badly hit,
yet the great bulk of wheat has
been harvested unimpaired, and a
vast surplus of good wheat for ex-
port is assured. The correspondents
agree ',bat the average yield of
wheat, barley and oats is much iu
excesss of that of last year, that the
area under cultivation is larger than
that of last year by frorn 10 to 25
per cent., that root crops are itn-
tnense, and that there has been an
increase in population of the rural
districts during th e past pear.
appear to the jury and so desirous
of giving full credit to all that could
be said by the opposing counsel that
that learned gentleman contented.
himself with saying ver 3 little.
Lord Brougham in replying said
that he was so anxious to see justice
done that he had stated the case
only suppositiously, and proceeded
to demolish it to the satiafactiou of
the jury, who gave hint a verdict.
Just so witti Cartwright and the
Globe, they make a suppositious
statement of the progress of Canada
in population just to have au op-
portunity to knock it dowu again.
They suppose Canada to have 6,500,-
000 people, the census says we hire
only 5,000,000, they than suppose
we have decreased 1,500,000 in ten
year, whereas, putting supposition
to one aide the census proves that
we have gained over 500,000 during
the ten years the Globe supposes we
have lost 1,500,000,
It is now quite apparent what the
people of Canada escaped from
when they refused to be ruled by
Laurier & Co. If Sir John A. Mac-
donald had been defeated Mr.
Laurier would have been Premier
and Mr. Mercier his Minister of Pub-
lic Worka. And vigorously did
Mercier work. It now transpires
that the Provincial Government of
of Quebec furnished teus of thous-
ands of stolen money to help Mr.
Laurier and his friends in the
Dominion elections and Mr. Mercier
also appealed to the Quebeckers to
"support Laurier who would go in
for a new division of the federal
subaidy money." Mr. Mercier pre•
stunably intended to recoup his
bribery outlay by making it a con-
dition of his support of Laurier tha
"Quebec should receive au additio
al $400,000 a year to support
provincial school system and ins
tions of charity." Mr. Laurie
timate relations with Mercier
no good for the people.
It is related of Lord
that iri. Jaigeopening- jor
acting as counsel in a
he pictured a suppositi
adversely to the into'
ent. And so earnes
1
fl -
he
titu-
's in -
bodes
Sir Richard Cartwright iu his
rhunchisonant style tells the House
and the country that Canada has
lost 1,500.000 people during the
last ten years. The Globe and the
small fry followers join the proves
eion and forthwith readers who
peruse only the Grit bible and its
weak iinitatious are deploring or
rejoicing, as the alleged fact happens
to strike them, the depopulation of
the country. But it is all a lie—
this statement that Canada has lost
one and -a -half million people in the
last ten years. And Sir Richard
and bis followers know they are
telling lies when they make and
repeat such libels against this
country. 'These fibbers have the
census returns before thew. These
returns show that Canada increase
in population over half a million
ten years. Why will public men
publicists make assertions that
voke and justify their being b
ed as liars. And the official
returns prove Sir Riche
those who repeat his d
population stories to be 1
extent of 2,000,000, for
did not lose 1,600,000
returns show we gain
000.
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in
nd
pro
rand
census
rd and
leful de -
tars to the
we not only
, but as the
ed over 500, -
Union Conventi
West
on of East and
lures's.
The teeohers of Eset and West /1 nron
Associatione held their Union Conven-
tioa iu the Clinton High School, on
Thursday and Friday of last week.
The forenoon session was mostly taken
up by the meeting of Beet and West
Huron Assooiations in separate divi.
sinus, to transact business.
UNION MEETING,
At the nnion meeting of the two As
eoeiationa the subject of the proposed
ohanges in the departmental regulation.
was introduced by Inspector 'rem,
end the dismission that followed was in•
terming and iostruotive. On account
of lack of time, the dieouseion was poet-
pon d till the afternoon seeeion-
AFTERNOON SESSION.
After the adoption of the report of
he general business committee, the die -
cession on the proposed changes in the
departmental regulations was resumed
The following motion by Inspeotor Tom
was adopted :—"That in the opinion of
the combined Associations of East and
West Huron, the subjeots of algebra and
euolid 'honk' be included in the work
fur public school leaving examination."
Mr. a. H. Musgrove of Wingham;
took up the subject of "dew we are gov-
erned.' Be spoke of the diffioulty of
teaohing this part of the history, and
suggested that every teacher should ob-
tain a clop of a little hook entitled "An
Ontario ownship." The vague gnawers
rougham given by inany of the entrepice_puphjs
ka- whim- 'ad not been
taught as thoroughly ea it ought to be.
ertain dase,
He thought the beet results could be ob-
tained by teaching, (l) The government
of the British Empire, and (2) That in
the ooloniee. He would explain that the
British Parliament is composed of (1)
WHEN LOOKI
out case quite
eats of his cli-
did Ile wish to
NO OVER
THE LIST
OF
FANcy WORK
That you expect to
exhibit at
The Miro
You may find s
able material,
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Fano
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te
11 Central Next Week si
orae of them need re -trimming with suit -
and just here we will 'tell you that we have
eived OUR FALL STOCK of
p:Goods:-:Material !
Consisting of all the Latest Novelties in
orking Silks, Stamping Pat-
rns, Cords, Pompons, Tassels,
Fringes, &c.
We have a large stock of the Best Felt which
we are selling at $1 a yard (2 yds wide) also
24 -inch Plush from 81.25 to $3.
Our stock of Berlin Wools, 2, 4 and 8 fold,
has been imported direct from the best man-
ufacturers in Germany, and our Fingering
Yarns are the best value in the market.
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COOPER'S -:-Fancu-:- Store,
Sovereign ; (2) the House of Lorda, and
(3) the Howie of Commons. After the
pupils had A clear oonception of the coin-,
position, duties and term of office of
eau)), he would next kind them to set
the analogy between the Bri ish Parlia-
ment and that of Canada. The govern.
meat of Ontario shifold next be explained,
else that of the municipalities of Ontario,
viz., counties, townehipe, ei tie., to wne and
villages have their head offices and
governing bodies. The judiciary sys-
tem should next be taken up with the
class, beginning with the magistrate
and ending with the Privy Council of
Great Britain. He requested teachers
not to try to teach too much in one les-
son, but to put frequent drill on what
had been taught. A hearty vote of
thanks was tendered by the Association
to Mr Musgrove, for his able and in-
structive sddress.
Mr George Baird next gave a short
address, on "The limit table of Uniform
Examinations," suggesting some irn-
portant changes, among others, that
temperance and hygiene should be
taken up with the third class by way of
talks. The address was followed by a
lively and interesting diseuseion, in
which Messrs Brown, Ross, Delgatty
and Inspeotore Robb and Tom took
part.
Drawing with the third class was
taken up by Miss Burritt, of Godorioh.
She exhibited a few samples of full
hand drawings. based on the figures in
the Ilrst and second part readers. She
40,0-gthowed—her.,, method.- -of—itesehirtr
the subject to a class. She used only
figures containing straight lines. After
drawing a couple of guide lines very
lightly on the blackboard, she would
ask the pupils to draw vertical, 'hori-
zontal and oblique lines on their slates,
as dictated. When familiar with the
work on their elates, the pupils would
next be asked to put drawings neatly in
their books. The lesson contained some
very valuable hints to teachers.
Inspector Robb next showed his
method of teaching arithmetic to third
and fourth classes. He was of the
opinion that two things were necessary,
viz., (1) applying, and (2) rubbing it in.
He began his address by making the
following propositions, viz., (1) That
the educational yalue of a mere problem
is almost a zero. (2) That problems
are best taught in the shape of exercises.
He was in favor of giving pupils a good
deal of practise on questions that have
been already taught, giving as his rea-
son therefor, that pupils learn best by
doing. He would try to teach the pu-
pils to get correct results. He thought
that the teaching of reduction could be
simplified by using coins of different
values.
ENTERTAINMENT.
In the evening a grand entertainment
was given in the Town Hall. Mr Turn-
bull, prinoipal of the Clinton Collegiate
Institute, occupied the chair. Those
who took part in the program did so
exceedingly well as to reflect much
credit on the literary talent of Clinton.
Mr Manning gave a short but instruct-
ive address. He pointed out that the
teaching profession was becoming more
elevated, and if teachers would only love
it more it would soon be in advance of
all others. He lamented the fact that
only about ono in gym rwelve tatle
"tefaiiihrtiN litfai' .`"The
mainder make it a stepping stone to
some other more remunerative bnsiness.
When be considered that about two-
thirds of all the taxes we pay go to-
wards education, he thought that rate-
payers should give the subjeot of educa-
tion more of their attention, and try to
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