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The Huron News-Record, 1894-04-11, Page 4The iiuren News. ecto ;lobes `"s ;,-V.4 1e "Orme:a, W 414," faxc, AMU. lith, •18O . 2 lIIIYXR 4lt4 hal'' .coma osc. he Liberal' The 'greatest wealsitesa�lf the Party in "aanada for thec-past fifteen A iyciars `h;ls been theirivlllingra..ss to change their, policy' end adopt the scheaaies of any faddist who'bappons, for the 'moment; to be pvptilar in their fifotipeils. Walless merriment has been ttrodac.• ped iu• every great, gathering where the. subject has been discussed, and' their .,cluameleen-like conduct referred. to. ,Taken .:as aa' subject of joking, it is un- doubtedly ,fulnny, its, the ludicrous end aridieuloas'always are. it has, how, • ever, a very grave:and'serious side. It is 4grave matter for .the country when men, occuying so high a place !in the public life of the Dominion. are shown to be utterly without stable opinion and totally void of any regard for principles or consistency. When the politics of a party forming a large percentage of the population degenerate into a miserable scramble for office at the sacrifice of every re- gard for national interest or dignity, then it is that a country is in real danger. It, is safe to say that in the history ' of the world for the past quarter of a .:Century there is no such example of political charlatism as that exhibited by the many sided policy efforts of the Liberal party of Canada since they • went out of power in 1878. One. can- not pick up a magazine or newspaper published outside Canada, in which our politics are referred to, that does not hold the Liberal party up to ridicule for their buncombe talking propensi- ties, and their rediness to drop every- thing which they have sworn to stand by if the opposite line of argument should seem to offer a better chance for power. All of this is injurioils to Can- ada, and lessens that faith which is worthy our best efforts to inspire in the minds of the best people of other lands as to the future of the country. Remembering the frequent changes which the Liberal party have adopted, let us all, Liberals and Conservatives alike, ask ourselves the question, "Why have they done this?" We all know the correct answer. "Simply • •because they thought the change would bring them nearer to power. ' Now; the electors all over Canada know this fact. They' are confident that stroll has been the sole and only reason. The next question which electors ought to answer in their own minds is this : "Can we trust these men as to their good faith on any great question sufficiently to place them in office, seeing that they have been will- ing and ready to abandon their princi- ples simply for place ?" There is no fair-minded man—no unbiassed elector if he really wishes to look at the mat- ter honestly, who will not say at once, • "They are unworthy of confidence Now let us in a few sentences show how they have hopped around. When they were in power they had what they called a revenue tariff—a 171 per cent. tariff, speaking generally, with specific duties upon many of the 'neces- saries of life. Their next change was to adopt protection in 1887 when Mr. . Blake made his celebrated speech in which. he said : "A high rate of taxa- tion must be maintained and manufac- turers have nothing to fear." This speech, it should be remembered, was printed in circular form with the words quoted above printed in black type, d mailed privately to every manuffc- turer in the country. They next turn up as advocates of 'Commercial Union.' In three coin - ties then open—Haldirnand, East Nor - %timberland and Prince Edward—the Liberal candidates were out-and-out Commercial Unionists, and their great organ, the Toronto Globe, for months advocated in as open a manner as pos- sible Commercial Union in column after column. - Afterr failure in this the policy of the party was changed, or rather its name was changed to "Unrestricted Reciprocity." Oh, what glowing de- scriptions were given of its great value to the country. Every Liberal paper ' was full of it ; every Grit stump speak- er told marvelous tales of its vallue; Parliament for week after week was detained to listen to a description of its glories. . Sir Richard Cartwright in 1891 declared that the morning after it was adopted the farmers of Ontario would be richer by three hundred and thirty millions of dollars. In short it was to he the veritable touch of Midas by which every baser metal Was to be turned to gold. Conservatives pointed out that it was a humbug—a will o' the wisp—a dream, a fad ; that it could never be • carried out, &c., &c., but the Opposition de- clared that they' had the secret of its practicability and that, having got so splendid a policy, they would stand by it even to the death. Such were the promises of the party only two years ago. • Where is itnow ? Crone I Hopelessly gone) At the great Grit convention during three days of speech making it, was never mentioned, and now noth- ing makes Sir Richard and his helpers madder than to have it referred to. And; the tasting by high ,ditties raw su ar, tea, coffee, .r c and many Other articles which •e0ter Into gener,a4l eons ou aption, as well, as, the taxirl of any and ever raw material • which now conies in reel that t anadi an Johanna), he spent upon it to make it fit for cans sump ion our,. people, 1 P three ree years trout now the'peopleople will have pronounced upon that cry and after heirronouncerneut is given it will if not; 10 l before. that will be buried away with the half dozenotheriCart- wriglitian policies that now sleepthe political graveyard of the 'Liberal party. rf WEAI>w'0941fP.1i4 'N24 ,Probably Sir Iticlactic"l. Cartwright never rnatde himself more . ridiculous than when . in his criticism -of the new tariff, finding that the Government had been true to their pledges, andthat he had no reason in . justice to harp against 'them, he felt compelled to. admit that great reductions bad been made of interest to farmers and other consumers, but he warned the farm he said that this Government w ul go h ck on al �lti aria probably a: a 1 _ reform after the election. Surely this of clap -trap upon the part of Sir Richard is unworthy a man who calls himself, it statesmau. What in plain words is his plea to the farmers. . It is as follows ; "It is true the Government have been your friends, but itis near an election, and they will go, back on you after it is over, therefore take the and my sup- porters to your hearts and punished the Government " Sir Richard may compose his troubled soul in patience. it is not yet near an election ; two years have still to elapse. In that two years the farmers will 'have become even more strongly convinced than they are now that the Government are 'honest in their intentions toward agriculture, and the masses generally. Yes, and in that two years, Sir Rich- ard and his friends will have perhaps two or three times hopped around from one stool of tariff policy to the other thinking to gain supports The farmers of' this .country have no use for Sir Richard. They look upon him as a political quack, a Mountebank, a dealer in bilious epithets, a dispenser' of political gall, but not as a statesman or a friend of the people. If the Re- form party ever wishes to get to power they will have to throw him to the whales. What were the Liberal perty doing while they were shouting the merits of these various policies. Only this, hum- bugging or trying, rather, to humbug the people. liut the people refused to p eo be humbugged ; ust as they will again be proof a ainst being humbugged by -the new fadgwhich has been placed 'Upon the boards., The cry is now : "Every vestage of protection shall he taken out of the tariff." So says the resolution Sir Richard has moved in Parliament. In other words, upon any article we can produce there shall be no duty. 'Upon articles We cannot produce we shall have a heavy tax to raise the VeVenile, This ie the wildest scheme yet. It trieant free meats, free grains, free goods that have been 'rnanufacttired by foreign labor,, the closing of our fac- toirles, the driving of our artizans to -seek ernlrloynient elsewhere, thei. de-. iatruttit,n of the farmer's horse market freen 201,000 i 87,000, Au Inde 112,0Q0, or 4,4' per malt. The av raid increased from 40%000,01W 000,,an increase of $40,000,000, r or 2 i : per cent. The value of rods cts increased trema $300,000,00() to 475,000,- 000,. an increase of 165,000,000, or 58.0E per cent., so that the n surtlen curate, t e.. ri. C in change a t ke place :i.ha h e a thatnoted the Idustrial life of tib country' st O this peroid or the N. Pit e eu t lar ed. by the beststatisties to be had. POSTAGE RATES. We are in favor of an efficient Postal service at as cheap rates as possible. For our.own part, as we do a good deal of correspondence, we would like to see a two cent postage, or, for that matter, a one cent rate. We believe, however, that if such reduction were made there would be a very large loss each year in the management of the Post Office De- partment let it be run as economically as possible. This personally We would not object to because our direct saving in postage would more than counter- balance any share of taxation we would be compelled to pay to make up the loss. • This same feeling is also the feel- ing of the merchant, the doctor, the lawyer and the manufacturer, each of whom pays a large sum each year for postage. There is a class, however, whose interests do not lie in this direc- tion. Take the farmer, for instance. The ordinary farmer does not post one letter to every hundred letters posted by a member of the mercantile, professional or maufacturing class. The Farmer by two cent postage would, therefore, save one cent to the merchants' or manufacturers' saving of a dollar, but he would have to pay his share to the loss of the revenue occasioned by the change. The Grit members of Parliament, therefore, who are talking of two cent postage as a boon to the faemer and the artizan are barking up the wrong tree. Every farmer understands this and don't thank these gentlemen for their sympathy. PROSPERITY UNDER PROTECTION. 'tiler BUJ,1, 'l'JO.Ut,MAQAe v lL.D. The, typical Reform orator is habitu"' fly abusive, 'mendacious and tricky.; aDr. Macdonytid, is iv typical Refprtt' orator.' lie ventured the assertion in. the house of conilnOnsl ast week that Der. Wallace had opened his speech 0,1. the tariff with ty statement he knew to be false. The statement thus :Charac- terized as a falsehood was Mr. \'V'wk.• lac's statement. that Reformers had ad- vocated commercial union with the United States. The speaker promptly. called Dr. Macdonald. to order for his breach, of the rules of the house,. and he modified his boorish itissertion_hyy say- ing that the declaration of 1!•lr. Wallace was one that he aught to have knon to be false. Aw s a matter fact the asser- tion was strictly true. The Reformn party as a party advoi;ated commercial union. The Spectator first demon- strated the financial rottenness of the. ,theme then the Toronto'Globe point- ed out that the thing would not do. After that Mr, Wiman's britt was re- christened and was called unrestricted reciprocity. Still, Ur. Macdonald challenged the world to show where any Reform member of 'the house had advocated commercial union. Mr. McNeill very promptly proceeded to show him by reading from the speeches of „Mr, John Charlton, of Norfolk. " ell," said. Mr. Macdonald : "1 mean any Liberal member who is authorized by the Liberal party to make such a statement." It was a very smallhole, but the doctor crawled through it. Commercial union and unrestricted reciprocity are the same criminal under different glasses. Mr. Farrer hie proved the real name to be annexation. But he thinks it wiser to go for annex- ation directly and not to make two bites of the cherry, while his fellow conspirators want to reach the same end by the circuitous route of unre- stricted reciprocity. As we have previously remarked it was an easy matter for the Finance Minister to show that Canada had made gratifying progress under pro- tection. A look at the returns from the various idustries will he opportune and interesting at this time. The wood industries in 1881 had an output' of $59,000,000, and in 1891 this output had became $80,000,000. Lea- ther industries, boots rand shoes, show an increase of $1,101,000; saddlery and harness, $999,328 ; textiles show an increase from $13,000,000 to $17,500,000 as between 1881 and 1891. Cheese fac- tories show an increase of $5,000,000 Flour mills show an increase of $10,800,- 000. Sugar refineries show an increase of $7,250,000; musical instruments $2,822,158; paper and pulp mills, an in- crease of $1,000,000; furriers and hatters, an increase of $1,631,000; tobacco and cigar -makers, $4,682,000. The wages paid in Canada in the wood industries as between 1881 and 1891 show an hi - crease of $6,994,223; leather industries an increase of $784,485; textiles, an in- crease of $7,167,759; food industries show an increase in wages of $1,861,929; musical instrument manufacturers, an increase of $571,790; furriers and hatters show an increase in wages of $161,859. Taking these industries which I have given, the total increase in wages in 1891 over 1881 is $19,530,014. Taking the grand suimnary of Canadian indus- tries as shown by the census returns, We find the number of industries in- creased from 49,923 in.1881 to 75,168 in 1881 an increase of 20,845 or 51 per cent. The capital invested increased from $165,000,060 'to $853,000,000, an in- crease of 488,000,000, or 114 per cent. The number of eniployecs increased The other day in the Boucle of Com. Mond a newspaper ,article' wagremit which Was 'Written by the Leader of the Opposition . some years ago: In • that article the Tien ., ft.. .)sander• strongly advocated Protection. The Leaders of the Grin parity. at lttakva the other day ail soletnnl • cintrod .that they never had eaippo •ted Unrestricted: Reciproi,ity ca. Genii ser, tial Union, What do their followers through the comity thing of this.. THE PEOPLE SIIO ULD KNOW. Last Thursday afternoon a large deputation, of hotel keepers waited on the Ontario' Government and pressed their claims. Sir Oliver found it con- venient' to' be absent. in order that the temperance party might be throt- tled newspaper reporters were exclud- ed. From the Globe and the Empire we glean the following : NO NEED FOR REPORTERS. "Have you credentials?" was asked. "No," was the reply, "we are report- ers." "Well, get right out," a -score of voices shouted. "This is a private affair and we don't want you. If you don't .get out we will go and leave you here." After protesting against the proceed- ings the representatives of the press withdrew and left Messrs. Harcourt, Gibson, Ross and Dryden to their secret conclave with the hotel men. After the private interview was over, the following version of it was given to the press : ONE VERSION OF IT. These requests were made to the Government : 1. Uniformity as to hours of closing to be settled_by legislation. 2. s Number of taverns not to be re' duced yearly and arbitrarily, but at regular periods, say of three or four years apart. 3. Tavern keepers to be eligible for municipal offices. 4. Power of municipalities to in- crease license duties to be withdrawn. 5. ' Sale of cigars to be regulated and licensed by the commissioners. 6. Clauses requiring a niajority of qualified electors to petition before new license is granted to be amended, and less restriction as to transfers. The question was asked : Will the Government grant compensation in the event of a prohibitory law being enact- ed ? °' The version furnished by authority went on to say that the Grit lawyer who accompanied the deputation assur- ed the Governnr'ept that they were all strong believers in the present system of Government control, and that the delegates all chimed in and, declared that such an admirable system had never before been heard of. Nor did it appear by the report' furnished that any of them intimated it was policy to taffy the Government when they were asking concessions. The report then went on to say that Hon. Mr. Harcourt made the following reply WHAT ZION. MR. HARCOURT SAID. In reply, Hon. Mr. Harcourt said : 1 wish to say on behalf of the Govern- ment that I am glad to meet so large and representative a delegation. I suggest that ,you will send to me your views in writing. They will receive fitting consideration. As to the im- portant question you raise, namely, that of compensation in case prohibi- tory legislation shoul3 be enacted, you will admit that any discussion of the subject at the present juncture of affairs would be considered premature. In . the unavoidable absence of the Premier, you will not expect me to make any other reply to you at pres- ent. I repeat that I will present your views to the Government, and that they will receive due attention. After the Treasurer's reply a general discussion took place, in which Messrs. Ross, Dryden and Gibson joined. The Grits say the tariff hasn't been amended at all, or. net, enough to speak of,, The maiittfacturer's and merchants say it has been amended too much, •eau pays your money and taloa your choice, The British and foreign Bible Society celebrated. its ninetieth birthday lately. Between March, 1804, and March, 1893, the society distributed throughout the world 185,80.1,552 Bibles or portions of Bibles, almost every written language being represented in the number. The issue of new copies of the Scriptures by the Society is now about four millions a year, or 1$,000 for every working day. The Globe hailed the Wilson tariff in the United States as a consumer's tariff. It now attacks the Canadian tariff because it is ' not a consumer's tariff. Here are some of the rates tinder both—Starch carries seventeen and a -half per cent, with us, and thirty per cent. with our neighbors. Wady - made clothing is thirty-two and a -half per cent, here, and forty pe"r cent. across the line. Cut'tacks, averaging seventeen and a -half per cent. in Can- ada, are placed at twenty -live per cent. in the United States. Rice, which is taxed one cent a pound here, is tarred one and a -half cents per pound there. Mr. Clarke Wallace made a good hit in his budget debate speech when he pointed out that in five years the pro- vinces had increased their annual ex penditure from $9,600,000to $12,200,000, or by 27 per cent., while the expendi- ture of . the Dominion had in the same time remained practically stationary. The Liberals have control of the pro- vinces; the Conservatives guide the Dominion affairs. ARE YOU HOUSE CLEA Will you want some New Carpets to K replace ones ..• worn , ou This Store ' Sells great W Carpets—people say t les . houses.prices than zubst u t, Mog .. et Carpets, .arpets, Stair Rods and rub, .. 'arlor, ands �. g Hall Stair Drawing -room " Hemp The Evening Reformer, Galt, le the latest newspaper venture. The Week- ly Reformer,' under the manage- ment and ownership of. Mr. An- drew' Laidlaw, has made rapid and progressive strides during the past year. If the Reformer reflects the prosperity of Galt and neighbor- hood the country is quite safe in the hands of the Conservative Party. Galt.should be proud of its papers. The. 13th annual meeting of the share holders in this railway was held in Montreal on the 4th. The reports submitted showed gross earnings of $20,962,317. The working expenses were $13,220,901, and the net earnings, including interests on deposits $7,951,- 278. Deducting all other charges the surplus was $2,612,681, from whicha sup- plementary dividend of 1 per cent, was paid in August and a full half -yearly dividend of 21 per cent. in February eaving a total surplus to carry forward of $7,281,213. 3 ply wool Union Superior wool " ra �r It works both ways. When a news- paper performs certain work, advertis- ing, and gives value, there is nothing wrong. Conservative newspapers have been pictured by the Grit press as. "pap -fed organs" because they now and again have a dollar or two of Govern- ment advertising. Just now almost every Grit newspaper in Ontario is running a nice 'fat Liquor License Act advertisement for the Ontario Govern- ment. But these very, very conscien- tious Grit papers will fail in their own case to see where the "pap" -feeding comes in., To be honest, there is no ground for the assertion, but we sup- pose the Grit newspapers will continue to grasp, all the "pap" within reach and exclaim "thou art a man." Why - not be consistent and refuse all govern- ment advertising ? Inquiries made. in a haphazard way, says the Baltimore Sun, shows that the pension list, costing the United States annually $160,000,000, contains many names that should not be on it. Athletes and fox-hunters are said to figure, on the list as totally disabled persons. Persons not in the army have by fraud gotten on the list, along with their fathers, mothers, widows and children. "Why," asks the Sun, "should not the government ferret out these cases? Why not publish the list, so that every village may see what citizens are getting money for their reputed services? Let the worthy enjoy the bounty of the taxpayer, but let the `frauds' be 'smoked out. It has been estimated that $40,000,000 are wasted yearly on them. A bill forbiding "treating" has been passed to a third reading by the M ansa chusetts Legislature. It is proposed, says an exchange, to make the Massa- chusetts saloons consist of cells or boozing booths; into which only one drinker is admitted at a time. He goes through substantially the same solemnities that accompanying voting has a certain time to take a drink, and' must then yield to his successor. If his name • is not on the -register list of drinkers, he is thrown out. No saloon- keeper or bar -keeper is allowed to see a registered drinker toss off his cup. In solitude and silence the tossing is tossed. The tosser isn't allowed even 'to wipe his moustache out of doors. No evidence of his crime is permitted. In dark places and solitary, the deed is done and the registered drinker ,goes on his way deploring. -� e What --- • What Canada Escaped. The benefits we should have reaped from unrestricted reciprocity, had Sir Richard Cartwright been in power and been able to achieve that policy, are susceptible of easy illustration. The 4general liabilities of mercantile failures m the United States increased last year four hundred per cent. Had Canada adopted the counsels of the Liberal leaders and entered into cote- mereial union, ours would undoubted- ly have increased'iuthe same ratio.. This would have given us for 189: failures amounting to forty-six millions, just three tittles what they actually were..,. London Free Press. Cocoa Matting. Lineolius, Crumb Cloths, Floor Oil Cloths, Lace Curtains, Window Blinds, Curtain Poles. Chenille Portiers, Window Shades, GILROY & WISEMAN. The Central Drug Store, J. H. OMBE,CHEMIST■�y�■/A■ AND DRUGGIST. - SEASONABLE G OLDS. - - CARBONATE OF COFFER for Spraying Trees, destroys all Insects and Fungus Growth, Black Spots on Apples, etc. HELLEBORE AND PARIS GREEN. 11=AYLCR'S AND SELLEY'S P.ERFUIIES at CD: -.F PRICE We are special agents for PARKE, DAVIS & CO., and carry a large assort• went of PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS. N. B.—We carry the largest stock in the County of Huron. a A Talk on Various Topics. The strong petition of the Band, ask- ing the Council fora grant of $100, will, it as popularly believed, be successful. It is now before the Finance Com- mittee (which meets as TUE NEws-RE- CORD goes to press) and there. is no doubt but that the committee will re- port favorably to the whole Board where the boys can count on a major- ity, we think. The Band intends • to add $50 to' the grant and offer the whole amount as a bonus to get a good cornet soloist who has had experience as a band -leader.. They find it. is im- possible to get a situation. that will afford wages enough to induce a com- petent leader to come to town so they are forced to offer the bonus. If they are favored by the Council the boys have agreed to play in some public place every Friday evening during the warmer months, but we think the Council could drive a tighter bargain and get them to play say twice a week or three times every two weeks. We are sure they will do better than they have agreed. We have no doubt at all but that a capable leader would 'do well with the material there is now in the band and the citizens and the boys them- selves would take more interestin it. No band can make expenses in a town of this size and we who are entertained have a right to pay for the entertain- ment if any one has. There is as usual a little keep -down -expenses talk, but a :_glance at the solid names on the peti- tion will show that the idea has met the favor of our citizens and that it will go. The petition was one of the strongest presented to the' Council in years and it should he recognized by those; who as far as the money part of it is concerned, do not fayr• it at pre- sent: At the lest meeting of the Council the By -Law Committee was instructed to draw up a by-law regarding the pro- tection of boulevards, etc. This is id line with THE NEWS -RECORD'S idea and we' hope a good by-law will be reported and that it will be well enforced after it is made law. Knowing that the Council are only too pleased to protect improvements made on property in town and rejoicing the curtailed liber- ty of the cow, our people have shown a praiseworthy industry in the matter of making green lawns, pulling down hideous high fences, planting shrubs and in many respects making our town assume a somewhat 19th century as- pect, with the result that the only un - unproved part of the town was the roadway, the part the council deals with, and we are sure that with the knowledge of what the Council will do in the way of protecting improve- ments, many of our citizens will this spring_fixup their properties beyond the fence line. There is no reason Why the delivery wagons, and they are the chief offenders, should be all over the road. The drivers are in the habit of driving right up to the side -walks, de. stroying the water -tables or ditches, exposing and damaging trees and their roots and disfiguring in general the whole street. The beauty of Ratten- bury street, for instance, is in many ways spoiled by the badly disfigured and cut up roadway. If the council will onlysay the word we care sure there wilhe no trouble in keeping the rigs in their right, place. The drive- ways in this town are too wide alto- gether. 'The changes will cause a lose of revenne—en it le aid. Unfortunately, the condition of Canada hi each that a heavy revenua is a necessity. Bet the lees of revenue, be it large or small, should he met by a corresponding reduction of expenditure, and we will be greatly surprised if the consumers of Canada look open the present tariff as one that mete their require- ments. A iWeeping moaeure of tariff reform and cor- respondingly reduced expenditure, la the chief thing that will put Canada permanently on the high road to prosperity.'l i say that wo are better off than the people of the States is no argument, even Mt is true The above is taken from an editorial on the recent changes in the Canadian tariff. We believe there will be a'very considerable kiss of revenue. Hereto- fore the Government have derived large revenues from certain goods which are now on the free list or the duties on them materially lessened. As several items have been added to the free hist, the taxable list is neces- sarily smaller than before for there have been practically no increases. The duties that are now imposed are really for the purpose of protection, for the goods which bear duties now are as a rule manufactured or partially so, and raw material is admitted free. The necessities of life are free of duties of any kind with but one di' two excep- tions, and surely it is a most desirable state of affairs when by protecting our own industries, as we have every right to do, we are without cost to the masses raising, sufficient revenue to meet all expenses. These goods then that will pay duty will be for the'most • part manufactured. 'We believe that if the past revenue is to be kept up it will be because of an abnormal impor- tation of manufactured goods and we see no demand for any such importa- tion, hence our belief that the reven will be smaller. ' M There is "unfortunately" for the New Era, too many who with us do not agree with the expression he uses, "unfortunately the condition of Can- ada" etc. The "condition" of Canada is all right, thanks in a great measure to the N. P., which kept bankrupt Americans from making our country a dumping ground for their stocks. Every commercial country in the western world, have Canada, experienc- ed a financial and industrial panic last year. To -day the credit of Canada in the Old World is higher than ever be- fore, notwithstanding Mercier of Que- bec. If the Blue -ruin members of the Reform party would give us a chance, Canada would really enjoy a wonderful prosperity. * We must take itthat the Era has not' read the Budget speech, for in it our clever Finance Minister stated that from this out the expenditure of the Government would be very much re- duced, as the expensive but necessary Soo canal was just finished and the only extraordinary expense yet to be incurred' was the deepening of the St. Lawrence system of canals. The ex- penditure being less, less taxation re- quired under a Conservative Govern- ment. And here is a point worth noticing. The Government did away with duties on the ordinary necessities, but protected as much as possible the industries. They showed that they had the interest of all in mind and what party could do more? The Government having reduced the ex- penditure and also the duties, should receive the support of the Era, for ac- cording to that paper, it has put the Canadian people "permanently on the highway of prosperity" and we believe it has. 4 The tariff is satisfactory to the great majority of people, and it is the great majority of people whom the Conserve. tive party has been 'trying to please and 'have succeeded in pleasing for many years. There is no use trying to satisfy every one, for there are some who, like the Era, ars not satisfied with anything the Ministerialarty do. The Era will be "surprised,' again when it finds how very general is the popularity of the new tariff. To say we are better off than the people of the States, is no argu- ment, even if it is true. How long since has it ceased to be an argument ? If we remember rightly it is not so very long ago since our friend, the Era, thought he was using the most con- vincing argument when he could sham,, up the States to the detriment of thi. country and he has been given credit for believing that the only way for Canada out of the "Slough of De- spondency" was for her to become part and parcel of the great American Re- public to the south of us. Dr. McIntosh, of 'Unless, who was out on a charge of 'forgery, and who was twice remanded to jail in default of bail. finally succeeded in getting his brother-in-law, Mr. Mckinnon, to go surety for hint. Ills examination wait to have taken place in, Walkerton Fri- day week, but the doctor failed to show up. The amount of Dr. McIn- tush's bail was $100, and of 'course Mc- Kinnon will have to pay It •�I - t..,.,.�:•i.. r.�.e ,r,:a.w. A}aY'a�u•''XawSk:.:Yt%.� . , �_,. • _..d...:]--.`�{,., �Hy,��-.la a elf..a.. _. �,1S..a.. —^' 1 'Y ��_'ivu...._.•• 'i. b ._ y._ra � �..`�.ie`�..'-'•':"'i yrv.�