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THE DAILY EXAMINER.

NOVEMBER

24, 1837.

Rad Roads.

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and an unusually

Wer warm weather

large traflic have combined to make the

roads of the country almost impassable in some places. Com- plaints against the Supervisors are

consequently rife lf Jack Frost does not

soon interfere tl.e Commissioner of Public

Works wil! have to his good

behalf of the

interpose

ofticers 01 travelling and hauling public iii Clearance Sales. Havine regard to ‘the greatest good for number,” and seeing that tho

are being made with a view

the greates learan e sales to the

‘Sere entirely too small,” or with a view to

enlargement of premises which

improvem nt in one way or the other, we

cannot share inan **¢ id Gent's regret at

the reduc f the price of sture goods. We must assume that the leading dry goodsmen know their business; andas forthe

purchasers, they need not be told that ‘now's the time to get bargains.” Opposition is, we

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know, the life of discussion ; and competi-

tion is, we have heard, the life of trade. If

the proverb be true, vur dry goods men,

leaders and followers, will, no doubt, sur- vive the clearance sales.

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: Fair Trade.

‘* Farr Trape.” according to the

Presi lent of the Nationa! Fain Trade League,

means ! ther more nor less than ‘‘ free

protection against adopted

trade within the empire ; Such probably make Commercial Union ‘mpossible Mr. Lister's letter to Lord Randolph, which ‘*The Fair

having the

the world.’ a policy if

would Here is an extract from

will be read with interest:

policy is b sed on

our Empire to rely upon for

Trade resources of such supplies of necessaries as the United Kingdom

sources, and to find work and labor for our

may require from external people in the full return trade such policy

vould assure. It is because our Empire

can feed the mother country, and, with disposal, trade, that we are better tariffs and will ne longer give a free The United States embrac-

snch a market at its give an

adequate return enabled to retaliate on foreign say that we market place. ing an immense territory, with every description of climate, is self-sustaining, and can, therefore, exclude foreign supplies by a high tariff. The British Empire is ina still more commanding position, and beyond its boundaries we need not travel for the supply of all our wants. Let us have free trade within the empire, or as nearly thereto as may be possible, and no longer should we be dependent upon the foreign who refuses to deal with us. Any questions of detail arising out of special circumstances, such, for instance, as_ the national danger of corn lands going out of cultivation generally, or the fall of silver, would have to be dealt with separately as they arose ; but points of this character in no way affect the general principle of Free Trade (as far as possible) within the empire and protection against the world.” Canada’s Trade With Great Britain.

rhe Board of Trade returns give some figures relating to commercial intercourse between the United Kindom and the Do- minion of Canada during the month of Oc- tober, months ended the 31st of

The aggregate value of the ex-

and ten October. Britain to Canada for the month £288,495,—-a_ de- $119,805, or 29.34 per cent. com-

ports from of October amounted to crease of pared with the total for October last year } but for the ten months the total value, £4, - 713,429, showed an increase of £74,041, or 1.59 per cent., as compared with the cor- responding period of the year before.

['wenty-seven articles comprise the

list of exports. Of these only half a dozen show an_ increase during the month. They are: Spirits, £000; sugar, £3,400; ribbons, £1,370; iron hoops, £350; machinery (other than

steam: engines), £775, and earthen and china ware, £130. The shipment of horses to Canada in October showed a reduction of £7,130. Of the value sent wr, £430 less than during the corresponding

month in 1886, £449 wrth

salt,

and of wool

was exported, or £3,850 less than in Octo- ber of last year. The decrease in cotton piece-goods was £7,700, linen piece-goods £3,370, silk broad-stuffs £410, articles

partly of silk £1,680, woolen fabrics £20,170, worsted fabrics £8,350, and car- pets £3,050. There was a decrease also of about a thousand pounds in hardware. In pig-iron, there was a falling off of £10,500, in iron bars £13,640, in railroad iron £23,030, in tin plates £5,870, and £1,950 in cast and wroughtiron. Machinery in connection with steam engines showed a decrease of £247. Apparel and slops were shipped in reduced quantities, viz.: £2,880, while in haberdashery the falling off was £930, in seed oil £6,160 and in stationery £2,966. The imports from Canada to Britain show that the shipments for the month amounted to £1,061 ,397—a decrease of $42,608, or 3.93 per cent, and for the teu months the total reached £6,632,208,an increase Of £474,093, or 7.69 per cent., as compared with the same period last year. Che arrivals of animals exhibited an expansion, There was an increase of £35... 000 in oxen end bulls. Sheep and lambe decreased £16,500 and onan £700. In dairy produce the showing has not been contemptible, the expansion in cheese being ~15,320. In butter there is a decrease note of about £2,180, Wheat ‘eel i” retluttion of £V5, 400, antl fish £15 bo

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| There was less activity in the lumber trade, as usual. In hewn wood, the increase footed up £36,690. In sawn lumber, however, the decrease was the large sum of £73,880.

The tonnage of vessels entered and cleared at British ports with cargoes from and to Canada in the Month of October, and ten months ended the 3lst ult., was as are given below:—

Month of Oct. Entered, Cleared. A ee 169,370 ; 80,27 1886 170,036 .... 78,400 Ten months ended Oct. ar 0 - cada 990,076 742,897 ee Sewell 1,030,603 753,905

The showing, on the whole, is not satis- fretory from an Imperial point of view, the exports to Canada having suffered « serious contraction in all branches of business.

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—Mr. Schreiber, we are told, looks for- ward to a very satisfactory shoving for the Government railways at the close of the year.

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-The Liverpool Mercury states that European competition, especially that of Germany, is seriously affecting export trade. This is shown particularly in cotton goods. Inthe year 1875 Germany, Hol- land, France, Belgium and Austria export-

ed goods to the aggregate value of £7,000, - 000, and in 1885 to the value of £9. 900,000, | an increase of 30 per cent., while in the | case of Great Britain there was a decrease | in the same period of from £59,000,000 to” £57 000,000.

— The Iron Age, of London, reports an) invention by which the exhaust steam of |

into the boiler. The invention will have «

wonderful effect upon the economy of the| world of commerce and trade. It is cal-

culated that the City of Rome, which now

burns 400 tons of coal, costing $1,700

daily, could, by the use of this invention,

be run by means of coal costing only $200

a day; and when applied to engines on

shore it would be equally economical in its

eltects.

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—~Says the Ottawa Citizen : Dr. Mallory,

has been unseated. The cross petition against Mr. Cochrane, the Conservative candidate and former member, was with- drawn. Mr. Campbell, M. P. for East Kent (Liberal), has also been formally un- seated. In rendering judgment on Wed- nesday, Mr. Justice Osler said he would report that corrupt practices extensively prevailed. In the West Kent, Ontario, case against Mr. James Clancy (Conserva- tive), the case completely broke down, and the petition was withdrawn. Wednesday was a bad day forthe Liberals in Ontario election courts.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR eniinepiies Selling Of. Sirn,—In Tue Examiner of this date I notice advertisements inserted by some five or six of the leading business establishments of this city announcing great clearing sales of their stocks, to effect which they state their willingness to reduce prices to extent of twenty to thirty per ceut. As an old shopkeeper, it strikes me as a yery foolish proceeding. It is well known that within the past five years competition in Charlotte- town among business people has increased very much, so also has the cost of doing business, while the margin of profit is smaller ; therefore I cannot see how busi- ness people can be truthful in their state- ments who make offers of these extraordinary reductions. Business cannot be done for nothing, and] yepture to say that very few goods sold under ofdjnary conditions yield a profit of 25 to 30 per cent. I know that the profit on many lines of staple dry goods does not exceed ten per cent., and out of this, ail business expenses, rent, taxes, fuel, insurance, light, wages and living has to be paid, to say nothing about bad stock which has to be sold for what it will bring. I have said it seems a {oolish business-— this cutting and slashing without a profit— for this reason that with eight or ten pretty evenly matched shops, any one of them cannot expect to gain any considerable advantage over the others: the result is, no one is advantaged except the consumer, while the injury to smaller traders is avery serious matter to them. Would it not be wiser for our leading dry goods people who are now making such strong efforts to give away their goods, to put their heads together and endeayor to allow the old maxim to prevail, ‘* Live and let live,” and so let others besides themselves have a chance of gaining a livelihood. Yours truly, Orv Gent. November 22, 1887.

Presbyterial Notices.

The Eastern Presbyterial Committee will visit the Belfast congregation on Monday, 5th December, at 6 o'clock p. m., the Rev. W.H. Spencer to preach—and on the fol- lowing morning will visit the Orwell con- greyation at 10 o'clock, the Rey. J. W. McKenzie to preach.

The following arrangements have been made forthe supply of the Rev. A. W. Mahon’s congregation for the month of December : Dec. 4th,*Rev. J. W. McKen- zie, Dec. 11th, Mr. T. C. James, Dec. 18th, Rey. J. G. Cameron, and Dec. 25th, - Rev. A. B., McLeod.

J..G. Cameron; Chaiman.

ee Beston Markets. Boston, Nov. 21. Ecos. —Receipts to-day, 1644 packages. There is a full supply of everything except the choicest fresh stock, and the demand is only fair. P. E. Island firsts, 24 cents. otatTors.—P. E. Island Rose, per bbl., $2 to $2.15; P. E. I., N. 8. and N. B., per bush., Hebrons, 70c.; Rose, 68c.; White stock, 60 to 65c.; McIntyres, 50 to 53c.; Ohenangoes, 50c. Presa Biscuit, Figs, Cranberries and a lot prime groceries cheap, at R. K Brace’s. th > novl9 lw Ger ready for winter by having your clothes cleaned and repaired at W. N. Riggs’, Kent Street. nov 18 eod 2w ————_.-e FivE HUNDRED pairs Mens’ Long Boots, manufactured by the Amherst Boot Company, every oe a .% Saren satisfac- tion, se yat J, B. dongld’s store. ~ dy wpe

an engine is utilized, by forcing it back |

M. P. for East Northumberland (Liberal) | P4$

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. ieenal, Desvatiiens oo Tur Exam INER, ] The French Crisis.

Panis, Nov. 23.

M. Grevy to-day informed M. Maret, Radical member of the Chamber of Depu- ties for the Department of Seine, that he had decided to resign, and would to-morrow ask M. Ribot to form a ministry to super intend the meeting of the Congress of Senate and Chamber, which will select a new president. If M. Ribot retuses he will ask M, Goblet. He will not quit the post before issuing an address to the country, repudiating responsibility for the present state of affairs, and declaring that his retirement is forced by an impossibility of governing the country, and will depart from the Presidency with the sincerest wishes for the future of the Republic,

The Terrible Drought.

Kansas Crry, Mo., 23,

Special advices from Indian Territory Southern Kansas bring news of a terrible state of affairs in that country, consequent on the long drought and the prairie fires that have ensued for the last seven months. People living in a sectioa 200 miles square have been hoping and praying for rain to relieve their sufferingrs.

Iu all directions from Vinta can be seen a glare of prairie fires which are sweeping everything. The sun is obscured by the dense smoke. It is impossible to give an estimate of the loss, but it will reach into millions. All wells and rivers are drying up, and the people are begin- ning to realize that they will have to leave their homes and the labor of years and re- turi enst,

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Struck the Wreck.

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Lonpon, Nov. 23

The German steamer Leander from Cadiz for Hamburg, struck the wreck of the W. A. Scholten last evening, and has been towed to Dover in a sinking condition, The Channel! has been crowded with vessels the t few days, and the wreck of the Scholten lies directly in the path of trattic. At the inquest on the recovered bodies of the victims of the W. A. Scholten disaster, the Rotterdam agent testitied that there were 214 persons on board, of whom 89 were saved.

Guarding the Dynamiters,

Lonpvon, Nov. 23.

Extraordinary precautions have been taken to guard the dynamiters, Callan and Harkins,- in prison. In the dust holes of Callan’s lodgings were found three pounds. of dynamite and other explosive compounds. Compounds were found buried in the neighbor's garden. All water closets, drains and other pipes of Harkins’ residence were searched for explosives.

Deplorable State of Affairs.

Monrreat, Nov. 23.

It is stated that unless means are found to. remedy the deplorable manner in which justice is administered in this district, the lawyers will follow the example of their brethren some years ago and refuse to plead.

What Gen. Gourke Said. ©

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Warsaw, Nov. 23.

At a military banquet this evening, Gen. Gourko said: ** Unless the Almighty al-

lotted me a brief space of life, it will not be.

long before I will again lead you to the field as I did a decade ago.”

A Big Blaze.

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Monrreat, Nov. 23.

Four thousand tons of coal at the Water Works are on fire. va Weather Bulletin. wi

Toronto, Nov. 24—10 a.m. Northerly winds, fair and colder, preceded by local rains.

Mrs Leonowens Lecture.

Do not forget Mrs. Leonowens’ lecture to-morrow (Thursday) evening in the Y. M. C,. A. Hall, on “Siam, its Court and Cus- toms.”

As this talented lady was a resident at the Siamese Court for some years, she had exceptionally favorable opportunities of ac- quiring material for such « lecture. Mrs. Leonowens is favorably known through her books as a lady of marked literary ability and culture, and the object for which she —altogether disinterestedly—lectures, viz: the School of Art and Design, Halifax, must commend itself to all right-thinking people.

This sciool prevides tuition of a high class in painting, drawing, modelling, de- signing, &c. The classes held during the day are attended by pupils who are in a position to pay for being taught, while the evening classes are free. The latter are already attended by over 100 mechanics, &c., aud although the school was only open- ed last month, the present accommodation has already becn found quite inadequate for the numbers seeking admission.” Such an institution in Charlottetown would supply a want for this Province that has been long felt, and we trust that the success of the Halifax School will react on our people here, and stir them up to go and do like- wise.

The school in Halifax has been organ- ized and carried to success largely through the efforts of Mrs. Leonowens, and now she continues her labors of love in behalf of an Endowntent Fund to establish it on a sound and permanent basis.

—— HOTEL ARRIVALS.

RANKIN HOUSE.

Nov. 23—-Wm re. Millvale; E C Moore, St John; E P Romerel, Montreal; J A Jelly, do; MS Casson, Truro; T A Coss- man, Halifax; W L Kane, do; W P Downey, do; W A Major, do; B E Creighton, Quebec; W C DesBrisay, S’side; A © Fife, do. OS BORNE, HOUSE, + +- Nov 23—E Boswall, Victoria; D McCallum,

Pownal; AJ MecAulay, Halifax; A R O’Brien, Pictou; W Mutch, Eldon; J E Morrow, Dun-

dass Chas Dalton, Ti ;G A Angdergon, onlton, M¢; Wim Richards, North Caritoy.

AY. NOVEMBER 24. 1887.

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Mare For ‘Sale.

Y:AUCTION at my Salesroom to-morrow at }2 o'clock, one good Driving Mare.

G. M. HARRIS,

Auctioneer.

Nov. 23rd, 1987.

It's ay. ill wind that blows nobody Good.”

1 HE leading Dry Goods firms of the City

are selling off at 20 and 30 per cent. dis- count (see advts.) Perhaps their profits war- rant the reductions in price; perhaps not. Anyway, it’s a good thing for the purchasers.

OUR ADVICE.

Don't buy any more Dry Goods than. you

need because they are cheap. Buy just what

on would have boughtif no reductions had

n made. Then you will find that you have

a good many dollars ou hand that you did not

expect to have. Now, bring those dollars over to our store and lay in a stock of

GOOD THINGS TO EAT.

(You can’t live on Dry Goods.) Get a box of Raisins, a few pounds of Currants, 5 or 10 lbs. of Tea (orahalf chest if you havea large family), a good supply of Sugar, Rice, Spices, a tin of Kerosene Oil, and such other Goods as you need, We havea

BIG STOCK,

WHICH WE WILL SELL

VERY LOw.

and the more you buy, the bigger the disco unt.

GEO. CARTER & CO.,

MARKET SQUARE, Next to Chappelle’s Bookstare. noy24—law wky

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School of Art and Design (Halifax)

(Intended for the Benefit of the Mari- time Provinces).

MES. LEONOWENS will deliver a Lecture in the Y. M. ©. A, Hall. here, on THURSDAY EVENING NEXT, 2th inst., at 8 o’clock, on

Siam—Its Court & Customs,

aented with aero’ oe eee. the peoples, as, great sleeping i and other remarkable views of Siamese Lite. ,

Proceeds to to an Endowment Fund on bebalf of the above School.

a Honor Mr. Justice Hensley will ocoupy the

chair.

Tickets, 25 cents each, may be had at Reddin’s, Rankin’s and Doéd’s Drug Stores; also at,Theo, L. Chappelle's.

Nov. 18, 1887.

Dividend Notice,

THE M cRCH ANTS Kank oF P. E. L, CUARLOTTETOWN, Noy. lith, 1887,

OTICE is hereby given that a halt- N Dividend at the rate ot Bight per oot > 7 aonum on the Capital Stock of this Bank

been this day Pe paren at its Banking

office, on and after T tSDAY, December Ist prox.} By order of Board, F. MITCHELL,

Cashier. Nov, 15—tu th sat tl dec 1

NOTICE.

THE Sabsecriber, thankful for the patronage

' extended to her late husband. G. W. Millner, wishes to inform the 9 that the Tin and Gasfitting business wil] continued in the old

MAKE NO MISTAKE!

THIS IS YOUR CHANCE

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W* offer our entire stock of Cloths, Hats and Caps, Fur Goods and Men’s Furnishings at a Discount of 26

Per Cent. The best stock of

OVERCOATS, REEFERS AND SUITS

in the city, and we offer these at a Discount of 25 per cent,

Our Goods are all marked in plain figures, and are new and fresh this Fall.

There is no delusion about this advertisement. just what we advertise.

We mean

In our Tailoring Department we guarantee entire satisfac tion, or no Sale,

DAVIES & CO.,

BK. S. CAMERON BLOCK,

Ch'town, Nov. 22, 1887—dy & wy 3mos

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COMMERCIAL UNION,

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GEORGE E. FULL'S,

Where You Can Exchange Your Money for What You Want at the Very Lowest Prices,

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Ladies’ Dress Stuffs, Meltons and Cashmeres, Wool Shawls and Squares, Fur Tippets, Flannels, Hats and Bonnets, Gloves and Hosiery. ——— ALSO———_

Men’s Overcoats, Reefers, Coats, Pants, Vests, Linders, Knit Top Shirts, Hats and Caps —All Too Cheap,

Qe Perse

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30-CENT TEA FOR 25 CENTS.

GEO. E, FULL

Sign of the LION, Queen Street. Ch’town, Nov. 12, 1887—eod & wky a ee ——

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Fall and Winter Stocks of English.

American and Canadian

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PAINTERS’ SUPPLIES

are about completed— Wholesale & Retail.

NORTON & FENNELL.

Nov. 3, 1887.—2aw & wky

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Old Lasts Thrown Away ; New Lasts Received. The Long-Looked for Boot at Last. Great Comfort.

Great Wear. Best Value.

stand as formerly. u abDa oe he Ch’tows, Nov. 8, 1g87-eod » ER.

GOFH BROS.

Ch‘towu, Nov. 14, 1887—eod & wky