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TB DAILY EXAMINER.

DECEMBER 22, (897.

CANADIAN TRADE WITH BRITAIN

Pur plan adopted bv the present Liberal Government of Canada of increasing the

customs rates of duty upon goods imported from Great Britain, lowering or abolishing the duties levied upon certain lines of

goods obtained in the United States, and then making 4 reduction of 12} per cent. of the duty upon the goods of Brithin and all nations enjoying the Most Favored Nations Clause, has not, so far, resulted favorably to British trade. There bas been a posi- tive decrease of Canadian imports from Great Britain. In the eleven months ending 30th November, 1897, according to the Board of Trade returns just published, British exports to Canada have decreased, as compared with 1896, in cotton goods, woollen goods, linen goods, carpets, ready- made clothing, haberdashery and iron manufactures—bar and rod. As to all these lines of imports, thé merchants of Great Britain are in a worse position this year than they were last. The return shows that we purchased in Great Britain during the eleven months of this year,—- -- £110.682 342,578 -- 208,354

. 619,294

Spirits .....ccrcccccecees Cotton ZOOdS...... +006 ee Woollen “

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Linen 7 ewe ~ 40U Bae RII cic cic gc 0c eserevsrececscoores o> 198,008 Hardware and Cutlery............... 63,817 lron Manufactures—barand rod... 8,629 a. semsenemaneed: ae Tron Hoopa—sheets....00..+:-00-0 77,823 Galvanised Sheets................. 52,606 tron—Cast and Wrought... .ceccoo 31,974 Apparel .... 2 cccccccccsesccsereceseee 25,116 PeaerGaehery co ccccesss bce cctcccese $33,314 NE i cendcbecdibthibsevedoane © NEyeee Earthenware and China............ 131,811 SE TIE tiie adttbisivibicdadeceiesesins 38,113 Paper (writing and printing)...... 31,589 Paper (Other).coccccceseecvecees +s 6,923

Total value of these articles, £2,342,429

On the other hand, the exports o Cansda to Great Britain have increased in respect to many articles, the total value cf the following articles being,—

.£1,959,462

90.429 sotcten See nee ¢ erccces, Agh ag ht

Cattle—living . ..s...0....%. Sheep OF ede acnen govesiou SE ccm dese cbece

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TREE Weel. sickens ics ceenes ( COON ay . 261,501 SE coincccelé'n s <aboerboateteotnnd - 497530 alin ca anes a ee a ee | EY rae) FT TE ercdsasocendiincdces cece ecctecede - £65,969 Pihe— Cured ..... anlnc ofa o cieeaie< ame DiC cccccticcccccccccccccesesce 6 BB SET WOE —TROWD. davete cc i.sinsccccceses 787,539 Nc cicisieresese ce GARR IOS

Total value of these articles, £15,541 ,666 It seems that the “ British preference ”

clanze in the tariff, so much dwelt upon by Sir Wilfrid Laurier while he was in Great Britain, gave the people of the Mother Country the idea that they hada real preference iu the markets of Canada; and they straightwsy began to prefer Canadian products when makivg their purchases. When they discover that they were deceived by our smooth-tongued Premier they will naturally be angry.

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HOME READING UNION.

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Ix the long evenings of autumo and winter, good reading at home, aloud or otherwise,is good for the family individ.

ually and collectively. To promote this god the Nationa: Home Read ng Unaiou ws several vears ago formed in London und r the Presidency of Princess Louise. It has been called “The People’s University,’ and it now commences its third cycle of four years’ courses of home reading. The object of the Union is to bring into the homes of the masses of the people of the Sritish Empire, a large education. heen wellsaid that the sorrow of sorrow, jn education is that so much of it disap pears as io aguif wheo the scholar leave: schoo!. With so very many, interest in reading and the world of thought quite yapishes : reeuit,—mercenary lives, dull- est monotony of lives, less to meet sorrow or temptat o2 with, i. é., meatal and mor. ! degradation. Many persons whe have some wish to improve their minds don’t know what books to choose,and want ntorial guidanze. Thry want the inepir- ation and other help of compahionship to keep them at it. These want the Read- ng Union supplies. Apparently the work of the union is the beginning of “ a great vavole ion n educations thro ghout the {ct e country ad its good inflLence may xtend th:oug! eat Greater Britain.;

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THE DATLY EXAMNER CHARLOTTETOWN, DECEMBER 22, 1897.

THE SCHOOL CASE.

We decline to publish any anonymove letters concerning the school case decided by our stipendiary magistrate a few days

ago. Both sides of the case were presented

in Open court and a legal decision rendered |

to which every unpréjudiced person ought to be disposed to bow. Public opinion should support our teachers in the main-- tenance of discipline in*the public schools.

it willdo our boys good to know that they cannot be disobedient, impudent or Otherwise disagreeable to their teachers, and expect to go uupunished. The teachers as well the parents have power to enforce such discipline as is for the boys

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individua!ly and the school at large— though nothing ean of course justify bru‘al Or exasperating treatment on the part of either parent or teacher merely because a boy or girl is in'their power or under their control. The reasonable rule of conduct was verv wel) laid down by the stipendiary magistrate of Halifax a few days ago whcn he said:

In the city of Halifax the teacher has the power, and it is his duty, to act in loco parentis to the extent of maiotaining and esforcing order and discipline. This authority and obligation cannot in my

notice from the parent. The teacher may be aud should be informed of the scholars’ peculiarities, &>., and take them consideration, but it would be subversive of all discipline to declare that each parent has a right to determine just when bis child should or should not be punished, or the mode or measure of puniehment.

The ideas of the parent might be alto- gether different from those ef the govern- ing body. He might consider the use of the strap “brutality” and the school com- missioners migat hold an altogether diffe- rent view. In thatevent,a regulation of the echool board directing or sanctiouing ite use would be rendered nugatory if the authority could be considered only as de-- legated by the parent and reversable at bis p-easure,

I should prefer to adopt the view that where there isa public school act and regulations made under it (which a teacher by his agreementin the form prescribed by law is bound te carry out) the power of control is not to be considered as presum- ably obtained from the parezt so much as frem the law and especially so where there is a provision for compulsory atten dance with penalties OM the parent, or in other words the statute binding the pareat

vente the parent revoking it.

“Section 55 of the Canadian Criminal Code allows forcé to be used by way of correction of a pupil» Section 7 of the same perrerves al! rights under the com- mon law not altered by law. The school regulations for the city sanction and ex plicitly direct the use of a strap to puaish.

The teacher’s agreement obliges bim at bis perilof dismissal to carry out the

regulations. If he fails to enforce proper discipline in the schools his usefulness is gone. Possibly, beisg in receiptof public money to perfurm a duty, ip a glaring case of inaction, he would be liable to indict- meat.

* When it comes to the infliction of punishment he should strive to act as the father should. Although he has not the affection of the parent,he bas special train ing in discipline, the chance of dismi-sal, and the duty of correctly rendering the punishment to keep himin check, and that he is enlightened by education does net detract from his sense of what is his special position as due to public opinion. Theee may go to make up for the lack in affection. Atall¢vents courts regard it that he should stand in the same place as the parent when he is called upon to justify his conduct toward a scholar.”

We incline to the opinion that the occasional use of “the strap” or “ the Tod” im the home and in the school would have a wholesome effect upon some of Our rude Charlottetown boys, as well as upon those of Halifax. The teadency in these days is towards an easy-goiog leniency, ruinous to the character of the rising generation.

—The artist for the Mail end Empir hits off the situation in Quebec by éepicting Premier Laurier seated upon a throne ani Francois Langelier Bucking- ham atvhis feet, saying :—

“My Lord, I claim the gift my due by promise,

For which your honor and your faith

are pawned.”

—The output from the Transvaal mines has this year for the eleven months reach- ed the ¢normns total of £12,146.947. or an alvance on the year’s output of 1896 of £4,814,423. The increase alone exceeded the total returns in the year of the great boom, and yet now the market is in a state of nervous apprehension which could only be justified were the Transvaal fields yet unproved.

opinion be withdrawn or lessened by any |

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gives to the teacher his authority and pre- |

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: ae | THE VENEZULA BOUNDARY CASE.

Regarding the newly found evidence in } this case it is reported that about fifteen or tweaty large boxes full of old records | of the legislature from the date of the esrli- est European settlers, have been collected. A series of volumes of inutes or memor- ra ranuing history of the

anda, containing Dutch settlement from the middle

near y the close of the seyentee theentury,

was discovered by the London experts in the vaults of the Georgetown law courts, The mioutes were written by or at the lictation of “Commandeur” of the settlement, the : which was on the

Rvcr Essequibo, and they contain refer- p:ge

to the Datch depets on the

ences On almost every to trading *xpeditions Upper Cuyuni, and to expeditions to the | Morucaand al! the lands to the porthwest, vhich the Venezuelans, in their statement, assert wus never in the nossession of the

D itch, set the boundary question io such a clear

This new evidence will, it ia said,

light that the work of the arbitrators will

| be greatly facilitated. The minates are al]

| writien in Dutch, and the vo: ! umes will have to be handled with eare, | the raper being very brittle and torn in

| many placer; but the writing is easily read considerable |

/ and although it will take

time to getan English translation of the | contents, there will be no difficulty abou! it, Taking the number of volumes which will have to be perused before the Euglish

made out, it is very improbable that the

intO cCoasideraiion

case can be

commisioners will be able to begin their task before the middle of next year. The newly discovered evidenee will necessitate | ao entirely new statement of the case, such the “Commandeur’s” diary or minute-book of the

ig the importance of the entries in regarding the territorial limits Dutch jurisdiction or influence.

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NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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—To the procession of libera) victories must be added that of Nicolet. Nicolet is interested in a railwsy—and the Premier was in the County!

—A wish for the season: * The beavens forbid 3ut that our loves and comforts should increase, Even as our days do grow.— Othello, ii, 1.

-——The Empire, ot London, remarks that it looks very much as if Sir William Lockbart’s campaign, asa punitive ex- pedition, kad entirely failed. It is an- nounced that the British force caunot remain encamped during the winter on the Tirah Maidan. Sbouwld the Indian Government be determined to achieve the purpose of this expensive little war, it must resutle Operations next spring. Sir William Lockhart and his force are hurry- ing back to India acro-s the mountains. The ringleaders among the Afridi clans, far from beimg subdued, have bee. “chaffing” the invaders, by inviting them to go into winter quarters on the Maidan. The euccesses obtained by the expedi'ion have been meagre in theex!reme. The rea! enemy is sti!l uapunished, unsub- dued. He has defied the smarte-t, eyuipped, aud best-boomed force ever assembled on the frontier.

Y¥.M. C. A.—At a meeting of the new executive of the ¥. M. C. A. held last evening, the situation was discusred and a live committees were appointed to pro- ceed with the various phases of the work. The membership tickets were fixed at the following rates: Sustaining member+hip ticket $5.00 upwards, ordinary $2.00 upwards, ladies’ $1.00. boy’s $1.00. The committee will have another meeting to- night at balf-past seven o’clock.

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HALF PRICE! HALF PRIORY

When we cut we cut. 17 Jackets, $3.50 for $1.75. 33 Jackets, $4.75 for $2.37.

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for 7,50. 23 Ladies’ Jackets at half price, Sileon now, Nothing veserved, Come early—the best Xmas Box in town. (When we cut we ext),

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