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Queen’s County—The Liberil-Con- servative Candidetes. \} Hon. J. C: Porn; / ) Hon. F. De Sr. Chorx BRECKEN, §

Prince County The Liberal-Con- servative Candidates.

{ Connerius Howart, Ese. ( )} Epwarp Hackett, Ese. }

King’s County—The Candidates

( Austin C. McDonatp, Esq. ( )} Dr. Murrart. {

THE Datty EXAMINER,

“AUGUST 9, 1878.

MePherson on the Read- Oe manen of the Tariff.

SenatoR McPHerson—who is one of those dreadful ‘‘Ontario Protectionists’” —

says :— ‘‘Unless my unimportance in the State rotects me, I shall probably be accused of aving abandoned my Free Trade princi- ples. Such an accusation would be unjust. { have always been in favor of Free Trade. But the conditions on which nations trade must necessarily be a matter of arrange- ment either by treaty or reciprocal legisla- tion. We have been asking our neighbors of the United States for years to enter into a commercial treaty with us in the general direction of Free Trade, and, so far as the natural productions of the two countries are concerned, on the basis of entire Free Trade, but they have refused, and more than refused, they have legislated against our industries. These are patent facts, and shall we, acting like unreasoning, way- ward children,neglect and refuse to advance ourown prosperity, although we see our neighbors advancing theirs, simply because they will not agree to take common ground with us ! Shall we insanely persist in starv- ing ourselves to death because our neigh- bors refuse to eat with us?

Two statesmen, whose devotion to Free Trade principles will not be questioned, the present and ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sur Stafford Northcote and Mr. Gladstone, have recently spoken words of much signi- fieance in respect. to industries which may be unfairly pressed by foreign competition. In reply to a workingmen’s deputation asking for protection on behalf of the Bri- tish sugar refiners against the competition of the bounty-supported French refiners, Sir Stafford Northcotte is reported to have said :—

**He could assure them that this was a question which had given the Government a great deal of anxiety, and they did not at all wonder at the representations which had been made that day, following up other re- presentations which had been made that day, following up other representations which had from time to time been made, He knew it had been said sometimes he had seen it put strongly in the journals, that, if foreign countries chose to pay boun ties or anything in the nature of _ bounties on the sugar which they exported and they thereby supplied us with the article cheaper than it otherwise would be, we as a nation had nothing to do but to take advantage of their folly, and we need not trouble our- selves as to the effect it had on this or that particular trade. He wished to say he en- tirely dissented from that view. He did not think we ought to comfort ourselves with arguments such as these. In general he agreed in principle with what had been said by so many there present. He agreed with what had been so well said by Mr. Sainpson Lloyd, that we ought not by any legislative enactment to interfere to prevent other countries making use of their natural advantages to supply us with the products which they could supply more advantageous- ly than we could. But that principle did not apply to a case in which by legislative action on the part of a foreign Government, by any artificial action on their part, they could supply us with an article which, if things were left to their natural course, we could supply as cheaply or more cheaply ourselves.” —.

Mr. Gladstone was addressed on the same subject, and in his letter of reply he gave expression to views substantially similar to those of Sir Staffard Northcote, and con- demned not only the French sugar bounties, but everything in the nature of what he described as ‘‘concealed subsidies.” It is clear from what both gentlemon said that they consider it their first duty to guard and protect British interests, even if to do 30 effectually should require them to discard some of the Free Trade principles which they have long held, and which at one time he have regarded as immutable.

e system of ‘‘concealed subsidies” would seem to admit of vast extension; and, unless it be nipped in the bud, a serious blow may be struck by means of it at the prosperity of England. It has served al- ready to injure very seriously the sugar re- fining industry. Could it not be directed effectively against the woollen, the cotton, and the iron industries? Extreme Free Traders maintain that a nation has no con- cern with, no interest in the condition of each trade 0. manufacture whick may be carried on within its borders, and. that the succumbing of particular industries before foreign competition, only proves that the people are being supplied with the foreign commodity at a lower price than the home manufacturer can supply it, and that the nation is a gainer thereby—a gainer by the ruin of its industries.

Carry this argument to its legitimate con- clusion, and Suppose the principal industries of Great Britain falling before unfair for- eign competition created by ‘‘concealed sub- sidies,”” and laid prostrate as the sugar re-| fining interest now is, what then would be the condition of the nation? Who in Eng-' land would be gainers by having offered’ to

them in their markets foreign goods made’

ti : 4 similat hortie-made artificially #lheaper thait similad Who would Have money to buy the

goods? “heap forei@n govdst What would have ae ‘of i. capitalists. _what of the work

ing men of England? They must have re- moved to foreign countries to find employ- ment for the capital and labor which could no longer be profitably employed in Eng- land, because the people of England had thought it sound national policy to allow her industries to perish rather than to pro- tect them from the unfair—from the ‘‘con- cealed subsidy”—supported competition of foreign countries.

I shall not proceed further with the argu- ment. England is too wise and too practi- cal to allow any theory, however plausible, to interfere permanently with her material interests. She wiil awaken to the fact that her industries are members of her body politic, and that she cannot lose of them without suffering in national vigor and vitality. She will reject the counsel of those who advise her not to care for the withering of certain of those members, and who tell her that on the whole she will be a gainer by allowing them to wither and drop off, and by providing herself with arti- ficial substitutes of foreign manufacture. It will be well for Canadians to ponder over these matters.

In ovr own case the United States has by legislation virtually excluded our pro- ductions from her markets, and, by a vicious commercial practice, the producers of that country are seriously injuring the producers of Canada. I consider the sell- ing of goods systematically below cost a vicious practice. It should be called com- mercial Tauggism. If it were extended by the Americans to their home trade as well as to their Canadian trade, it would, of course, quickly result in ruin to the Ameri- can producers. If we allow the Canadian manufacturer or producer to be annihilated by unfair competition, the Canadian con- sumer will then be at the mercy of the American producer, who will make him pay for the sacrifices made in destroying the Canadian producer. The state of affairs which I haye described inflicts, in my opinion, a deep wrong upon the Canadian people, consumers as well as_ producers; and calls for legislation to save our indus- tries from destructicn. If our Free Trade theorists should pronounce this opinion to be commercial heresy, | hope they will answer the arguments of the English states- men to whom [ have referred and in whose opinions [ fully concur. It is noteworthy that sugar refining, the injury to which by unfair competition is arousing England, should have been one of the industries which our present Government allowed to perish in this country. Our direct tea trade with China was stifled by their legis- lation.

THE McCARTHY MURDER. DorcueEster, Ang. 7.

This morning, William Hayward, fore- man of the brass foundry of the I. C. R., Moncton, was sworn. He said he was at Osborne’s on the 7th of last November, and talked about McCarthy. John Osborne said he was sick on the night of October 12, and that McCarthy went away at ten o'clock and did not come back. Mrs. Os- borne said he came back late and produced a flask of brandy, when she would not give him any. Eliza said if he came back she did not see him. Mrs. Osborne said his wife wouldn’t see him again. Eliza told of the dispute they had, and showed how large McCarthy’s roll of bills was. Eliza also said Mrs. McCarthy had been there with a woman, and stopped awhile.

In reply to Mr. Palmer, witness said he was sober at Shediac, and that it was his son that was charged with the misdemean- or in Moncton, which he settled. Mr. Palmer read his statements at Moncton and Shediac, most of which witness recog- nized.

Charles C. Hamilton, merchant, Mirami- chi, testified that he was at the Weldon House, Shediac, on the 12th of October last, and-saw Dr. Hewson, Wilson, drug- gist, and others in the smoking room. He went to the hall, and a man answering Mc- Carthy’s description came in. Chip Smith called him McCarthy, and took witness by the arm and asked him in to drink. McDonald then unlocked the bar-room door, and the four went in and drank. This was about half-past ten. McCarthy, Smith, witness and McDonald were all the men in the bar-room. Witness then went to bed and left them. He only heard some step on the platform after he got in bed.

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Dorcuester, Aug. 7.

Mr. Steadman continued to describe his visit to the Scadoue.

To Mr. Hanington—It. was just after Annie Parker was made a prisoner for act- ing a part in the murder that I saw her cry- ing. After she cried she appeared to stick to the same story.

Mary J. Riley, St. John, deposed that she knew McCarthy, but had not seen him for three years. The witness occupied the Adams House, Shediac; on the 12th of Oc- tober in the night a knock at her door woke her; she asked who was there, and an an- swer came, ‘All right, Mrs. Moncton.” She got up and told them to leave or get scalded. he heard steps along the hall as they left. She was alone and could not tell from steps whether it was one or more per- sons. She did not know the voice or what time it was,

Annie Riley, St. John, deposed that she was in C ne on the 12th October, and did not senlieCesthe

Henry Schalfer, Station Master at Point Du Chene, said the freight train arrived there at 7 p. m., October 12th, and 7.38 on 13th.

Thos. E. Smith, Station Agent at Point

Du Chene last October, showed by books that Antione White’s oysters arrived there on the 11th for Amherst.

William Richards, Weldon’s hosiler, said he saw McCarthy last about 11 o'clock in the bar-room with Chip. Smith and com- pany. He went to bed and left them after putting MeCarthy’s horse up for the night.

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Franchise Deprivation.

Thé Herald says ; *‘ There was a rumor throtigh town that Judge Alley intends to appeal the Registration of Voters’ Case, which was decided against him in the Su- preme Court on Monday. This action will shut off all possibility of putting on the list of voters the young men who have been disfranchised up to this by Judge Alley’s wrong interpretation of the Act. It ap- pears, moreover, that Judge Alley’s discon- tent arises, not from the reversal of his judgment on the meaning of the Act, but from the means which were adopted to bring his judgment before the Superior Court. ‘In other words, a dispute about a mere technicality is deemed sufficient to prolong the disfranchisement of many voters. We may make sure that if the case be referred to Ottawa, no decision will be given till after the elections.”

cess .— woe > -- Mr McKenzie on Contracts.

While Mr. McKenzie was yet in Opposi- tion he was good enough to say :—

‘“‘THE LOWEST TENDERS SHOULD ALWAYS BE ACCEPTED, and that the people were robbed of their hard earned taxes when a Minister of Public Works conferred upon partisans and fuvorites contracts that legiti- mate tenderers offered to take at a lower figure.”

And after he obtained power, he was kind enough to observe :—

‘‘T assert, in the first place, that since the inauguration of the present Government, the most scrupulous care has been taken to have the contract system so administered that it would be difficult, mF NoT IMPOSSI- BLE, for the public contractors who are friends of the Government to obtain any advantage, or that public contractors, who are opponents of the Government, should suffer any wrong in the administration of that Department.”

Then he undertook to call for new ten- ders for certain sections of the Welland Canal, with the following result :—

ECONOMICAL RESULT.

Tenders rec'd by the present Gov't, with ) per cent. security.

Tenders rec'd by the late Government.

Sed. Pisces 2 $325,000 Ree. 2.3 $396,565 Bat... 291,000 3. 26aL% 328,415 5.....: 296,885 Bis. ibei 312,465 6. citi . 70,000 G Jum 68,000 aso de 251,770 Puwks G 283,935

| ery 270,950 isc vA 313, 160 * See 971,950 14...... 292,395 Total... .$1,994,935 1,747,496 Total— Ditference—

This difference is just 14 per cent. in ex- cess of the offers to the late Government. But Grit contractors got the money, and who’s to blame?— Moncton Times.

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Working Wonders.

(From the Toronto Mail.)

The Brampton Times says: ‘‘ Mr. Mc- Kenzie and his colleagues have effected wonders during their five years of office, considering they had a hostile Senate and Civil Service to contend with and hamper

every movement for the public good.”

The wonders they promised to work were these : Senate Reorganization ; Civil Ser- vice Reform ; Representation of Minorities ; Elevation of the Standard ; Compulsory! Voting ; Reduction of Number of Cabinet‘ Ministers, and Increased Prosperity. They have worked none of these, nor can it be said that the Senate or Civil Service has baulked them, for they have never even attempted any one of them. The wonders they have worked are these :

(1) Deficits amounting to $3,500,000, al- though they have increased the taxes by $3,500,000. This is a startling wonder. From 1867 to 1872-3 the surpluses amount- ed to $10,186,900, and in 1873-4 and in 1874-5 to $1,824,700.

(2) The wonder of having violated every a they made when in Opposition.

is is a rare accomplishment. Politicians always attempt to fulfill at least some of their promises, and generally succeed in fulfillmg one or two. But these gentlemen have failed in everything.

(3.) Subsidising Mr. Speaker—a novelty in Anglo-Saxon Government. The case of Sir John Trevor, the Speaker of the British House of Commons, is the only parallel; but that occured two centuries ago.

(4.) Squandering fifteen million dollars on @ public work, and giving the taxpayers little even to look at beyond the rusty steel rail piles. This is all the more wonderful because the Premier is said to be a tho- roughly practical man.

(5.) Increasing the public debt $33,000- 000 in four years. The like of this was never before accomplished in Canada. It is a wonder of peculiar significance to the tax-payers.

(6.) Establishing the doctrine in this nineteenth century that a Government has no right to attempt to relieve commercial distress or protect the industries of its own people. This was never before attempted in any civilised country.

_ Here are half-a-dozen wonders of far more interest to Canadians than the seven the rest of the world boasts of.

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Excess of Canadian imports over ex- ports :—

In 1873-4 861

In 1874-5 ———

In 1875-6 12,244,000

In 1876-7 23,452,000 $119,740,000

If an individual trader bought $1,000,000 more than he sold in four years, even Mr. McKenzie would probably admit that his bankruptcy was only a question’ of time. —

Mail.

Also, Mantles, Centre Table Tops,

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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, |

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“MERCHANTS _ Marine Insurance Company, OF P.E.iSLAND. |

NOTICE.

FEXWE Company having facilities for rein- suring, is now prepared to issne Policies for double the amounts heretofore insured on any one bottom, on VESSELS, THEIR CARGOES, AND FREIGHTS. Risks taken daily. FENTON T. NEWBERY, Manager. Aug. 9, 1878—pat 3i tri wkly, ah 21

LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE

PIC-NIC!

A PIC-NIC,7

under the auspices of the Liberal-Conservatives of Lot 34 and Scotch Fort, will be held at

Tracadie Harbor

OoNnN—

Saturday, the 17th instant,

A Special Train will leave Charlottetown at 9.30 a. m., and return, leaving Bedford Sta- tion, at 8p. m. Teams will be provided to convey the excursionists from the station and back,

Speeches will be delivered by the Hons, J.C. Pope and F. Brecken, Austin C. Me- Donald, Esq., and other leading politicians.

Liberal-Conservatives from different sections of the Island are respectfully invited to at- tend,

Refreshinents at reasonable rates may be obtained on the grounds.

No intoxicating liquors allowed.

Railway tickets, 40 cents ; fare from station to grounds and back, 25 cents. By order of

Committee. . ABRAM GILL, See’y. Little York, Aug. 8—ar pres n e her li

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A CHALLENCE. —

J WILL DANCE any one of these parties who took the prize at the Caledonia Club

on Wednesday, the 7th August, for the sum

of Ten Dollars or wpwards, on oo a

day or time for that purpose, as I consider I

did not get justice from the judges.

DUNCAN LIVINGSTON. Clyde River, Aug. 8—wkly ar pat

SALVAGE CORPS.

MEETING of the Salvage Corps will be

held in the City Court Room on MON- DAY evening, the 12th inst., at 74 o'clock. Citizens Se

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A full attendance solicited. to join the Corps are also respectfully invite to attend or send in their names. By order,

A, A. MACKENZIE, Secretary. Ch’town, Aug. 8—

E. C. HUNTER,

—IMPORTER OF—

Italian and American Marble,

AND MANUFACTURER OF

Monuments, Tablets, Headstones, Tomb Tables, &c., &c.

Bureau and Commode Tops, Wash Bowl Slabs, Bracket Shelves, &c., Ke,

Granite, Freestone, and Soapstone Work done in all its branches.

PRICES TO SUIT, SATISFACTION CUARANTEED.

ba Designs furnished on application. @

Next Door to Mark Butcher's Fur- niture Factory, Kent Street,

a ne ee eee

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,

CRAND REGATTA

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE

Charlottetown Boating Club |

A Regatta will be held on the

26th day of Aug., 1878,

ON THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER,

on which day the following prizes will be contested for, Her Majesty’s ship ‘‘Belle. rophen” is expected to be in the Harbor on that day, and will add considerably to the interest of the Regatta.

Ist—Sailing Boats, Ist class, 20 feet and up. wards; first prize, $50; second prize, $25: entrance, $5; third boat to save her en. trance, should 5 boats be entered.

2nd—Two-oared race for boys under 18 years of age—boats no longer than 18 feet—first

rize, $10; second prize, $5; entrance ee, $1.

srd—Sailing Boats, scond-class, boats under 20 feet; first prize, $30; second prize, $15; entrance fee, $3; third boat to- save her entrance should 5 boats enter.

4th—Mens’ four-oared lap-streak boats; first

rize, $50; second prize, $25; entrance, ; third boat to save her entrance fee should 5 boats enter. oth—Four-oared lap-streak Boats—boys under 18 years of age—first prize, $16; second prize, $8; entrance, $1.50,

Gth—Single Scull; first prize, $30; second prize, $15; entrance, $3.

7th—Canoe race—two paddlers—tirst prize, $6; second, $4; third, $2.

Rules regulating the sports of the day may be had at the office of Dean Bros., Water

Street. _ ARTEMAS LORD, Secretary and Treasurer. August 7, 1878—2aw

THE CITY SCHOOLS,

be re-opened, after the :aidsummer holi- days, on

Tuesday, August 13th inst,

at the hour of 9 o'clock, a. m. A punctual attendance of all pupils, on the day of . ing, : requested. By order of the City School TC ° ISAAC OXENHAM, Sec ° Ch’town, August 5th, 1878— ra

General Insurance Office.

IRE and MARINE, LIFE and ACCtI- DENT INSURANCE effected.

Office, opp. Post Office, South Side. ! HORACE HASZARD,

SURVEYOR OF SHIPPING,

OPPOSITR POST OFFICE—SOUTH SIDE.

HORACE HASZARD, Surveyor.

Ch’town; Aug. 2—_. House for Sale. HE Subscriber offers for sale her House and Lot, situated on King Street, .

site the residence of H. J. Cundall, , Application to be made to the owner on the

premises. : SARAH McKINNON, Ch’'town, July 30-—6i

Low Rate of Freight from Boston.

The Brigantine * HARBY

DAVI Montague Yates,

master, will receive Freight at

Boston for Charlottetown, up to

the 10th of A at low rates,

For particulars apply to DANIEL DAVIES. Water Street, Ch’town, Aug. 1—dy pat 61

MACKEREL BARRELS.

wm for sale—a large quantity of the

very best Mackerel Barrels, R. BRIDGES,

Ch’town, Aug. 1—#i

Charlottetown. August 7, 1878.—3taw

To Builders.

f bare will be received by Neil Me- Leod,

Mackerel Barrels} +, peck Resa daiche tee ta

ASH HOOP. 1,000 IN STORE. CARVELL BROS.

Stable and Coach-house. Specifications to be seen with Mr. THOMAS BAKER, Kent Street. .

Plan and

Aug l—lw

Ch’town, July 30—pat 3w 2aw

PLAISTER PARIS !

$2.50 Per Barrel—Cash.

CARVELL BROS, Ch’town, July 26—pat 3w 2aw

_ HOUSES TO LET.

r Tr LET—4 Tenement Houses on Long-

worth street, near the residence of Hon. L. C. Owen. These dwellings have been carefully fitted up, the proprietor sparing no expense upon- them. Each tenement has a stable and carriage house attached. For fur ther particulars apply to

RICHARD WEEKS. Aug. 7, 1878—3aw

COAL! COAL!

W. W. CLARKE, Agent. Head Lord’s Wharf, Charlottetown, June 24,

To Blacksmiths, Lime-burners, &c.

COAL! COAL!

RDERS for ALBION MINES’ (Pictou) SMALL COAL can be obtained from

the Subscriber until further notice.

G. W. DsBLOIs,

Sole t for P. E. Island.

35 Water Street, Ch’town, July 31, ’78. dy p tf

NOT TO BE UNDERSOLD WW PLAISTER |

PLAISTER PARIS

FRESH,

TONS NUT & R : $2 25 cheap from Shed, eo tin ° per Barrel.

H. COOMBS.

Ch’town, July 29—Si eod