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_ nies — earl red. On, We are pay iy porsons clear for our flies. (Cheers and laughter.) Mr, Cartwright went further. He said every- thing in the nature of protection was
neither more nor less than legalized rob- bery. That was the expression of our Finance Minister, of the man you elected to so regulate our taxation as_ to assist the struggling industries of the country.
Mr. Cartwright, 1t is true, increased the tariff from 15 to 174 per cent, and instead itin the manner I told you, ut it upon everything, and more than damaged the old tarit were in power, fer,
~ j h . iy per cent., there » i
of re-adjusting he | that, he greatly which existed when we although ours was only was a large free list.
ave the manufactures ot Lh ed raw materials, cotton from the United States. which could be worked up here, cables, ropes, Ge. » assist svip
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, . i ae ow to be bro ht free, 80 that 17 echanies OF tis country might work it up imto manufactur 8 reed in Canada. Well, he raised the taritl
to 175 per cent. and did not protect any one interest, but taxed articles formerly acdinitt ed free, and which were marked in the in- dustries of this country as raw material. Then that was not enough. He found that his 174 per cent. would not give him money enough and he inereased the duty on tea and cok
re Brown is the man that pulls the strings, whe has wade them and can un- make them. He like the man in the play, who said to his neighbor : Thou shalt be king but I shall be viceroy over thee.
Mr. McKenzie may be nominally the Pre- mier, but there is one behind who is viee-
Creor
is
roy over him.
Mr. Cartwright destroyed, through mere iynorance, in the first place, the wholesale tea trade coming to this city. I believe myself, he did not know what he was do ine, but such was his pride and obstinancy, and want of magnanimity, that he has noi the credit to admit he had made a mistake. { have made many mistakes, and have ad- mitted them. No man is fit for public life who will not sink his mere private opinion
for the public good. The tea market in Montreal brought the Western merchant here. and when he was here he did not
limit himself te buying tea, but bought other things. That whole trade has been destroyed by Mr. Cartwright’s igno- rance and opposition. Look at the sugar re- finery. A grit will say thatthey have not al- tered the sugar duties at all, that the sugar duties remainas they were passed by the late Government. That is quite true. But the circumstances have altered the case. The American Covernment have granted a bounty upon their refined sugar ; they take off the duty upon all sugar shipped from the United States to Canada. The con- sequence is that Redpath and Drummond have been obliged to close their refineries. Ido not know how many men were em- pleyed in these factories, but 500 heads of
families are given asthe number, which would give a total of 2,500. Not only
2,500 people, but every one of those wanted boots and shoes, clothes. provisions and shelter. Every industry—the butcher, the baker, the grocer, the merchant, the market gardner, the old lady who sells cabbages on the market—was injured by the removal of these 2,500 people from their midst. But, says Mr. Cartwright, we cannot help that; we are simply the flies on the wheel. (Laughter.) Mr. Cartwright, true to his maxim not to regard the interests of the country, increased the duties on tea. He put six ceents on green tea per lb., and five cents per lb. on black. You know quite well the price of tea varies. The rich man pays $1 to $1.50 per lb. for his gunpowder and his imperial. The poor laborer is ob- liged to take home to his old woman a thirty cents mixture. What was my pro- position! I said to Mr. Cartwright : Do not put a tax on the old woman's tea pot ; put it upon gin and whiskey if you like, but spare the tea. Is it not oppressing and un- just that a pound of tea worth thirty cents has got to pay six cents as the pound of tea worth one dollar and a half? If I buy
and I have fattened upon the public plunder, as you know—(loud laughter—tea at $1.50, | only pay six cents, and the man who digs in my garden has to pay as much as |. There is no sense, reason, justice, or equality in such legislation,
What our people have most to contend with under our present system, is that this country is made a sacrifice market for the Americans. The manufacturers, in conse- quence of the high tariffof the United States, are at theirfeet. They have _ forty millions of people and the whole con- trol of their own market! At the end of their season, after supplying their own
people, there isalways a small surplus left |
over, of culls, the articles that do not suit the public taste and which they want to clear out of the warehouses. And what do they do? They send them to Canada and auction them off for what they will bring. I wil! give you one instance in a trade in my own constituency—the lock trade. We have an establishment where they make locks to a very large extent, but they find they can no longer work at a_ profit, because there is a lockmakers’ union in the United States, which sends gvods here at any price the merchant chooses to buy them at, in order to erush this trade in Canada, and have the monopoly of the business. If any merchant goes to buy in the United States, after making his bargain, getting discount for cash, all he has to say is, ‘* These goods are for Canada,” and the United States merchant will say immedi- ately, ““Oh, we will knock off ten per cent more.’. Ihave seen in Toronto, last year, the sacriiice made there of American goods. Robert Hay, who is going to be the future member for Centre Toronto, (great applause) a mechanic himself, the largest furniture maker in the Dominion, has had 200 skilled workmen under him. He was anxious not to dismiss them, and kept them on the spot, notwithstanding the de- pression, at three-quarters and half time.
And | haveseen the poor men returning from Havy’s manufactory, Toronto, with thei heads hanging down in despair, a miserable half dollar in their pockets, im- stead of 81.50 or $2, when, at the next door, there were the culls and refuse of the United States market.
’ . . . You have heard, as the Grit’s last cry, that we are disloyal when we say Canada for the Canadians. England does not say The British Government are willing to allow us to tax ourselves. If we choose to tax her goods she allows us to do so. The consequence of the present policy is that every year the amount of goods imported from England decreases, and that from the United States increases. h to re-
soa.
If you wis! store the old state of things and give Brit- ish mechanics and industries a chance in our makets, the only thing that we can do is to have a new system of tariff. L have only one thing more to say concerning change of policy. We have in Parliament and out of Parliament laid before the pub- lic this matter. our shoulders and has fallen upon yours. lt is for the electors of Canada to say whether, for the next five years, We are go- ing to continue on the road to ruin, or to vain renewed contidence, energy and enter- prise. If Montreal is true to herself, if the workingmen are true to themselves, we will have renewed traffic, our shops and manu- factories will re-open, and Montreal, in- ‘stead of being in a state of depression, will be a great artery of commercial life. (Loud and prolonged cheering. )
Toe Dartty EXAMINER,
SEPTEMBER 13, 1875.
Is Canada for Sale ?
Wi direct the attention of all loyal elee- tors to the telegraphie dispatch which re- ports thata creature of the Annexationist Huntington has been detected at Washing- ton, seeking funds there for the pur- pose of bribing electors to support the Mc- Government. bears
kenzie The report
credibility upon its face. Itis a notorious fact that Huntington—though a member of the McKenzie Cabinet—is an avowed An- nexationist. It is not, therefore, suprising that jis erveature should be at Washington
trying to get funds to bring to the support = to the _—_ totter- ing combination whose policy tends to annexation. If, by any means, Mc-
Kenzie should be continued in eflice, we should not be at all surprised to learn that the issue at the next general election will be Annexation to the United States. young country cannot stand another such
This
When the United aid ; paid otf debt built great mante
every
has just passed through. States enormous public up, on firm basis, her facturing industries; when dustry worth having in Canada is as dead as the sugar refining industry ; and when $40,000,000 or $50,000,000 more have been added to our public debt,—it will be in or- der for the people of this country to go down on their marrow bones to the Great Republic and ask for Annexation.
This is the bourne to which we have been
by our
has, her and a in-
tending since McKenzie attained to power. The people of the United States know it ; the Annexationist Huntington knows it ; and, it is therefore highly probable that the mission of the minion to Washington will be successful.
It is said that money was liberally sub. scribed in the United States to aid the Grits in the elections of 1873-4; it is said that no less than $240,000 was paid in 1876 by parties owning the Sugar Refinery of New York to stop the proposed change in our sugar duties. The people of the United States are very speculative. They paid a good deal to get the Grits in ; they will pay a good deal more to keep them in—so that they may get complete control of the mar- kets of Canada, and eventually necessitate Annexation. So rich a prize is worth the risk of a good deal of money ; and the peo-
they expect to die.
ple of the United States do not atick at trifles.
a -asinnenmcaielitiaggiate this Island.
The Young Men of
Tuk young men of this Island have now a chance to punish those who attempted Without a shadow of excuse, our representatives used their most strenuous endeavors to deprive
to rob them of their franchise.
th. : of the right to vote. This is a privi- le . which they long enjoyed, and which
they never abused. The young men are the bone and sinew of this country. They are intelligent and law-abiding. Their in- terests are identical with the interests of ‘the Province. This is their home—the place where they were born, and where They are not like the floating populations of large cities, who are ‘here to-day and away to-morrow. They have a vested interest in the land of their ‘birth. They contribute to its revenues and are prepared, if necessary, to fight in its ‘defence. Why, then, should they be dis- franchised? What crime have they com- ‘mitted that they should be subjected to
}this outrage? What excuse have our ro-
| . presentati vos to offer !
The responsibility is off
five years of bankruptey and ruin as she}
These are the ques: tions which our Grit candidates must satis- factorily answer. Let Messrs. Sinclair, Yeo, MeIntyre and Perry state the reason why they voted for the disfranchisement of the young men of this Island. They can- not and will not. They dare not volun- tarily refer to the subject ob the publie platform. ‘They shirk i they shrink from it.
They sat like Com-
dumb dogs in the
wons while the matter was under discus- sion. When Dr. Tupper and others ex- posed the true character of this iniquitous transaction, they spoke not a word, but vave their votes in the sullen silence of the assassin committing his crime. Had they openly declared that the young men of this Island were unfit to vote, we could under- stand their position—however much we might differ from their views. But they had not the manliness to act their part openly, and were compelled to resort to one of the lowest tricks and meanest subter- fuges that ever disgraced public men. What must the representatives of the other Provinces have thought of the willing tools who connived at this outrage—of the trait- ors who were sent to Parliament by the votes of the young men to protect their in- terests, and not to betray them?! Let the young men of this Island thank Dr. Tupper and his gallant band for their noble, though unsuccessful efforts ; let them never forget the manly and effectual opposition of Sen- ator Haviland and his colleagues ; and let them, on Tuesday next, punish the design- ing men who every effort to de- prive them of the most sacred right of free citizens—-the right toa voice in the Gov- ernment of their country. Young en, who value your privileges and. who respect
used
yourselves, assert your manhood, and vin- dicate your rights; resent the insult and avenge the wrong; and hurl into well- merited oblivion the unprincipled traitors who betrayed your confidence and violated
red trust.
IN THE ABSTRACT, SIR JOHN MACDONALD IS AS MUCH A FREE TRADER AS L[;,AM.—Hon. Aleraiuler
Mek. Mz ie.
their sac
oe
The Seat in the Cabinet.
Tuts Province is either entitled to a seat in the Cabinet, or it is not. If it is not, why was it given to Mr. Laird five years ago? If it is, why is it deprived of it now ! Was it given to Mr. Laird to secure the support of the Island members then, when their votes were necessary order to break up the late Administration ; and is it net denied to this Province now because Mr. McKenzie has had a sufficient follow- ing to enable him to carry on the Govern- ment without their assistance? Or is it because, as has been stated, none of the five remaining Grit members have been considered competent to fill it? latter is the only reason yet assigned by Mr. Me- Kenzie or his friends. some time ago, that if an able Grit should be returned to sueceed Mr. Laird in the representation of Queen’s County, the vacant seat would be given tohim. But the people were not to be cajoled by this unworthy promise or purchased by this in-
in
my
ile
sulting bribe, and they triumphantly elected Mr. Pope. Mr. McKenzie, in
spite, filled the position by appointing an itinerant pedagogue from Ontario, and Messrs. Davies, Yeo, McIntyre, Sinclair and Perry sat quietly in their seats—sub- mitted to the outrage without a murmur— suffered the rights of their constituents to be trampled on without a protest, and con- tinued to the last day of ‘the last session to give -the Government their undivided,
servile support. If Mr. Sinclair is unfit w hold a seat in the Cabinet, is he competent, we ask, to represent the second largest con-
stituency in the Dominion? Mast this Province be deprived of their just rights on account of the incapacity of Dr. McIntyre in the eyes of Mr. McKenzie himself? Are the intelligent electors of this Island to be denied their just share of representation in the Cabinet, because of the incapacity of Messrs. Perry and Yeo! The incompetency of our men is the only excuse alleged by Mr. McKenzie. If it is a sufficient one, let the electors blot out the reproach and return | men of acknowledged ability, who will be able to take their share in the government. of the country and represent their constitu-_ ents in the Cabinet. If the excuse is not a. valid one, then we have a right to assume’ that our members basely sold their votes at |
a critical juncture for a portfolio—that they sutiered that portfolio to be taken from them when their services were no longer absolute. | ly necessary—and that they dared not re-| fuse their allegiance to a: leader who had’ them so completely in his power. When Ksau sold his birthright he had, at least, | some justification : It belonged to himself, and he could do what he wished with his own. Our representatives bartered their support for a Cabinet office, and tamely yielded to be robbed of the price paid for,
their subserviency.
We were told, {
- - eet
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The Local Government.
Tur Local Government has determined to the bitter its organ --- the ‘ Patriot”’—this
morning contains the following announce
to brazen it ont end,
semi-oflicial
ment :—
The resignations of Messrs. DeBlois, Le- ;furgey, Gordon and Prowse have been ac- cepted,
The Honorable Thomas Walker Dodd has been appointed Provincial Secretary and ‘Treasurer.
The Honorable Dr. Roberison hasaccept ed a seat in the Executive Council.
Pending the election in Belfast and Tig- nish, the remainingtwo seats have not been filled in.
At the formation of the Government, two years ago, Hon. Thomas W. Dodd was not considered the right man even to have a seat in the Council, to which, at that time, he was entitled. But Mr. Davies, failing to seduce Mr. Conroy from the Opposition, has ordered the Legislative Councillor from the City into the breach; and forward he goes, to assist in drawing from the farmers thousands of dollars per year to feed the grand army of unnecessary officials the Province has been filled. Myr. Dy «lal
for election ;
with which But the end is not yet. has to
face the citizens and when the time arrives they will inform him by their votes that his services as a Legislator are no longer required. - ~-+<—-o Will Our Honor Be Redeemed.
THe eyes of Canada are upon Prince Edward island. For three years a stand- iag question at Ottawa was, *‘ Has not the Island by the sea—the garden of the gulf— any better men than Perry, Yeo, McIntyre, Davies and Sinclair to send up here to re- present her /” Those who knew the Island and felt for the mean position she occupied in the Great Council of the country have answered, ‘* Yes, she better but made some mistake
time”! The people of Canada are now watching intently to see whether or not that mistako will be renewed !
We are confident that it will not be re- The people of Prince Edward Island wiil assert their manhood and their SEVENTEENTH ” ;
has plenty the electors
men last
new ed.
corm
intelligence on THE
atives will be returned to the privacy and obscurity of their own homes. ———— —— <P >. —- -— ELECTORS OF PRINCE, IF YOU WANT THE PRIVILEGE OF SELLING
YOUR PRODUCE IN THE UNITED STATES MARKET—VOTE FOR HOW-
A’? AND HACKETT,
_>---
WHERE TO VOTE.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR CITY
ELECTORS.
In Charlottetown there are six polling divisions, at which the votes will be taken, as follows, viz: The Poll for the first Polling District shall be taken or held at or near James Curtis’, Sydney Street, and all regis-
tered voters on the revised list for the WESTERN POLLING DIVISION of Charlottetown, Common and = Royalty,
whose surnames begin with any of the let- ters of the alphabet from the letter A to the letter G, both inclusive, shall vote at such Polling District, and not else- where.
The Poll for the second Polling District shall be taken or held at or near the New Engine House, on King Street, near the Bank of Prince Edward Island, and all registered voters in the revised list for the EASTERN POLLING DIVISION of Charlottetown, Common and Royalty whose surnames begin with any of the letters of the alphabet from the letter A to the letter G, both inclusive, shall vote at such Polling District and not elsewhere. The Poll for the third Polling District shall be taken or held at or near the Market House, Queen Square, and all registered voters on the revised list for the WESTERN POLLING DIVISION of Charlottetown, Common and _ Royalty, whose surnames begin with any of the let- ters of the alphabet from the letter H to the letter M, both inclusive, also in- cluding Macs, shall vote at such Polling District, and not elsewhere.
The Poll for the Fourth Polling Division shall be taken or held near the Fire En- gine House at or near King Square, and all registered voters on the revised list for the EASTERN POLLING DIVISION of Charlottetown, Common and Royalty, whose surnames begin with any of the let ters of the alphabet from the letter H to the letter M, both inclusive, also in- cluding Maes., shall vote at such Polling Division, and not elsewhere.
The Poll for the Fifth Polling Division shat be taken or held at or near Freder- ick Curtis’, head of Queen Street, and all registered voters on the revised list for the WESTERN POLLING DIVISION of Charlottetown, Common and Royalty, whose surnames begin with any of the let- ters of the alphabet from the letter N to the letter Z, both inclusive, shall vote at such Polling Division, and not elsewhere.
The Poll for the Sixth Polling Division shall be taken or held at or near David R. Hooper’s, north of Euston Street, and all registered voters on the Revised List for the EASTERN POLLING DIVISION of Charlottetown, Common and Royalty whose surnames begin with any of the let. ters of the alphabet from the ijetter N to the letter Z, both inclusive, shall vote at such Polling Division, and not elsewhere.
. ° / and every one of the Liberal mis-represent-
Seer en
ENTS,
ag
VOTERS’ LISTS!
NEW ADVERTISEM
S in Char. ttetown and Royalty, for sale at the
AAVENER OFFICE. 10 CEn?s,
CROMPTON’S
ADJUSTABLE CORSETS
NOW ARRIVING AT THE
LONDON HOUSE,
September 13, 1878.
aR TTT es ees se —_ — eee
FPKINTED LISTS OF VOTER
.
a he
PRICE
.
—-&AT THE
ONDON HOUSE
NOW ARRIVING
NEW FRILLINGS
—AaT THE—
LONDON HOUSE.
September 13, 1878—
Debentures ! FEYNHE City School Board offer for sale SCHOOL DEBENTURES, amounting
to 36,000, payable in 20 years, and bearing in- terest at 6 per cent. per annum. Interest guaranteed by the Provincial Government,and payable half-yearly at the office of the Board,
sy order, ISAAC OXENHAM Sec’y of Board, Ch’town, Sept. 12, 1878—pat lw
“Vor Newfoundland, Direct,
HE Brigt. “* FLEETWOOD ” will sail for
ST. JOHN'S on Tuesday next, the 17th, and will have room for six horses on deck, on freight, if engaged immediately. Apply to
LONGWORTH & CO, Sept. 10-—di
- OUSE TO LET.—A Two-Tenement House on Cumberland Street, near the residence of Pope Welsh, Esq., each tenement containing 8 rooms, new and well furnished with first-class cellar and good water in the yard. Enquire of R. B. HUESTIS, at A. A. BALDWIN & Co’s, Queen Street. Sept. 7, 1878.
Montreal and Acadian
-
r Sperm S. S. ‘* VALETTA,” Capt. Anderson, 4 leaves Montreal on or about the llth iust., for this Port, sailing from here, after dischargmg cargo, for Sydney, C. B., and St. John’s, N. F., carrying freight and passengers at moderate rates. For freight or passage
apply to OWEN CONNOLLY & CO., Agents. Ch town, Sept. 10, 1878—4i
HPURNITURE !
FEW ELEGANT BEDROOM SETTS, from $20.00 to $85.00 each, at
: A. McNEILL’S AUCTION ROOM. No. 11 Queen Street, Sept. 2—tf
To be Let,
FFNHE House and Premises on Richmoad Street, known as the ‘“‘ RICHMOND HOUSE.” Possession can be given immedi- ately. Apply to
FRANCIS P. McCARRON,
Ch’town, Sept. 7, 1878— ved COAL!
COAL ! ANTHRACITE.
[ur LAST CHANCE for the SEASON! $00 Tons of Anthracite Coal daily et pected, and will be sold cugar from Orders left with F. T. NEWBERY & CO, er’ Bes. CASELY will be promptly a
0,
Ch’town, Sept, 7-3 aw pat 3i