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THE DAILY BXAMINER.
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AN ENGLISH OPINION.
Ir seems that there were some people in
England whotook Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s
speeches seriously, and really believed that he meant what he said when he inti- mated that Canada did not desire a prefer
for her products in the markets of
Great Britain. Butthe shrewd men of business, the men who are conversant with the facts of the case, evidently did not take much stock inthe premier’s statement. The British Trade Journal, the principal paper of that class in Gyeat Britain, was itself “ We
“have frequently «directed attention to
not “deceived, and
after the
expresses following fashion :
“the fact that every trade journal in
“England entertains the opirion that
“preferential tariffs on the part of the “colonies involve an equivalent preference “on the part of Great Britain. During the England it that “the accomplished and eloqueut premier of loyalty of **Canadians their affection for her majesty “and their attachment to British
“srand jubilee celebration in
“Canada sbould dilate on the
institn- “tions. It may have been quite fair tnat “Sir Wilfrid Laurier should claim ‘for the fact that Canada granted prefer- “ential tariff treatment to England withou “any stipulation for an equivalent, but i “‘was an act of supreme folly for him to tell that “Canada neither hoped nor desired any “preference for its products ia the markets “of the mother country.” The Economist seems to have taken the weight of the “accomplished and eloquent” premiers» utterances,
credit
“the British government and people
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NOTES AND COMMENTS
—‘Sir All Over Mowat” is what the Brantford Courier calis him.
—itissaid that Japan ‘s smuggling a large number of soldiers disguised as laborers into Hawaii, to resist, forcibly, if necessary, the annexaticn of the islands to the United States.
—Professors Sbutt and Gilbert delivered interesting and instructive addresses at a farmer’s meeting in Ludlow Hail, Sum- merside, on Saturday afternoon. But, as in Charlottetown the meeting was not largely attended.
—The Brantford Courier says that as a matter of fact theassertion of the Grits that they have made a nation of the Dominion because Great Britain has denounced two trerties whose effects the aforsaid Grits were in complete ignorance of, cannot be regarded as otherwise than a most grotesque avd laughable claim.
—The Halifax Herald rises to remark that the New Canadian Atlantic service consists of grit ministers. It has been running all summer without intermission, and the season is not over yet. The run- ning expenses for the season would be enough to subsidize a useful freight line; and one of the latest trips will consist of Fielding’s to the London money market to get the wherewithal to pay the bills. This i8 an economical administration, you see!
—The Paris Figaro is “authority for the report that Slatin Pasha on behalf of Great Britain, and Zobein Pasha on behalf of the Khalifa,have arranged the following terms of peace: “The Anglo-Egyptian oceupa- tion to extend up to Khartoum, but no further. The Khalifa to remain governor of Khartoum district under Anglo-Egyp- tian protection. Gsman Digna to transfer himself and his fores to the service of Great Britain,—of course for a considera- tion.”
—Mail and Nmpire: The gentleman who wants Canada to be designated hence- forth “the British Empire North-West” is ploposing a rather complicated name. We are all right as the Dominion of Canada. It is to be hoped that in time a sister- heod of Dominions—British Dominions -——will orrament the map of the world, Some of our Australian friends are talk- ing of calling confederated Australia the Commonwealth of Australia. Let them uame it the Dominion of Australia. Then when Africa is united we may have the Dominion of Africa as well. “Dominion” 18 aCcOmwprehensible word, and it is not patented. We would not part with it, and wedo not want to monopolize it.
_ About the middle of October an exhibi- tion will te opened at the Imperial Institution of all the jubilee gifts and
ee
iA. B. Warst
Brow . VOWW
addresses presented to the Qneen durin
the celebration of herjubilee. Half of the proceeds will go to the Prince and Princess of Wales hospital fund, the contributions to that charity having fallen far slort of expectation, reschipg ovly a total of
£195,000,
LETTER FROM DR. REED.
Sir,—-I enclose vou cepy of a letter re- | celved by me. fran yr. Reid, judge of j rses at the exhibiuon. The subj ct is | mportant one, sud I send you the copy |
of Dr. Reid’s letter as I have uo doubt but
that you would like to briug it before your Yours, A. B. Warburton,
occretlary,
readers.
Cn rown, Sept. 25, 1897. rton, Esq., Secretary Exhibition, Dear Sin,—lI feel that | canno’ depart from your beaatiful Island, af.er this my
kindnesses received and also complimenting { Werth
It is
you upor the aimost perfect system which your exhibition is conducted. v-ry flattering to me to be asked to ollic ate | at Charlottetown year atter year. You will doubtless remember that in 1696 I] wrote a short articl:, which the Patriot was kind enough to publish, giving my Opinion as tothe quality of the on the Island and siating what I
was needed, infusion of
uOrses | thorough-bred blood in order to produce |
thought ViZ.5 &f Idlers saddlers
carriage horses, and hunters,
horses which are in demand at fancy prices. Said article met the eye of some of the publishers of American Trotting Horse Journals, who ar: so e-sentially aud solely “standard-bred” men tbat they can’t see anything good in auything that
is pot standard-bred. They tok me to task severely, stated that I was a hu: dred
years bebind ihe times, &c, &e. and made
the astounding sta'ement that the proper andio fact the only way to produce | carriage horses is to bre-d standard-
bred mares to standard bred sires. I do not copsider the statement worthy of argun ent. Any man who ba: made a study of breeding wii] at once see the folly of the statement. I do not denv that some ex- ceptione|ly fine carriages horses and prize winners in first-cla 8 company ,are stan- dard, but I do claim that it is the very rare exception and that a very small per- centage of the standard bred colts produced
in either Canada or the United States make carriage horses such as demand
a good price in the markets ot today. I aleo claim that if a
man were contemplating the production of carriage horses for a busiuess he would be considered almwoet afit subject for a lunatic asylum were he to selectas his dams and sires standard-bred animals. The American trotting horse or the standard-bred has been bred for many generations wita the sole idea of producing extreme speed atthe trottingor pacing gait,and any man ~bo claims that he can produce carriage horses with any degree of regularity from such animals at once denies all the recognized Jaws of breeding, and when carriage hors s are produced from sandard animals on both sides it is generally traceabie to a law of breeding known as atavism or breeding back. Many, very many, of our highest
class carriage horses are sired by good bg _ hizh-actioned — standard- breds; but as I have already
stated the dams are seldom standard, but contain thoroughbred blood closer up than is usually tound in the much landed
urth visit, in the Capacity of judge of | horses at your annual exhibition, witnoat | tendering throvge you Lo the Preside nt avd \ Directors, my siucere thanks for the many |
class, As regard3 standardbred animals it would be hard to find a finer lot of either sires or dams than is owned on the Island, and I think the breeders
can be found auy place. Of Jate vears they have been mating their mares with a view to produce size and ac:ion, and I con- sider that the very fact that there is not on
here are as inteliigent a class of men as | j i 4
the Island today atypical carriage horse,and |
very few moderately good ones, proves
beyond the possibility of euccessful con- ‘
tradiction that there is something radically - wrong with the aystem of breeding, that j there is some essential element lacking, aud [ still claim (the opinions of extreme standarc-bred advocates to the contrary, notwiths‘anding) that that element is thoroughbred blood. There are many mares on the island that are well calculat- ed to mate with a good big thoroughbred of good conformation, quality and action. In many cases crrriage horees would be produced by the first cross, in others it would be necessary to mate the half bred mares with one of your excellent standard-bred sires with both size and action; a3 to the production of saddlers aud hunters, animals that are always in demand at fair prices, and if you can get them up to weight, at fancy prices, even the most rabid advocate of the standard bred would not dare to say that heis the proper sire. These two classes, viz. carriage horses and saddlers, are sadly needed in this Province in order to make breeding profiable. You are very well supplied with heavy draft stallions, with a fair supply of dams with which to mate them. I know of some very superior Clydesdale and Shire stallions.
There can be no doubt thatthe market for good horses ia going to continue to improve. The improvement within the last few months has been yery marked, and of its continuance I have no doubt. In fact 1 think we areon the verge ofa horse famine, which is accounted for by the verv great suspension in breeding Operations during the last few years. It may be that even the Jow class horse will eoon again demand a fair price, but not
sufficient to warrant bis production. Bat the bigh grade animal of any class, eitber heavy draft, carriage, saddie or roadster, will, in my Opinion, soon demand a price that will be profitable to the breeder, and incase of exceptionslly good animals, fancy prices, possibly even approaching the extravagant pricesof afew years ago,will be realized. It will certainly not pay the breeder to produce an ioferior animal, and
in order to avoid this he must breed intellizentlvy and secure the services of the very best sire procurable of the class of tnimals be hopes to produce. I notice in
your prize list the absence of a section, that unfortonately appears in that of many societies,viz, prizes ultered for Agricultural unwise
Stallions. I cousider it was very
forans Agricultural Society to encourage
he propaya ion of stock in any class of
ap mal from sires other tian pure bred. 4
rhe progeny ofa pure bred sire Out of a| only purchased enough for one costume cross bred dani is uecessa ! ly impure, but | every one,
the progeny of one of these impure sires |
ont of like dams becom+s a mongrel.
Hence we at once see the necessily of be-
° } nv carefal to breed to sires of good pedi-
yree, We must not consider pedigree alone, thavis, breed to a sire simply be- cause he is a pur.- red bus must alv @7s be careful to bave a gvod individual.
all classes it
While this fact applies 10 thoroughbred.
e2pecially applies to the Tuis borse,the only animal in the world that is entitled to the term “thoroughbred,” as greater prepotency (or power lo traus- mit to bis progeny bis own peculiarities) than any other animal, end 1 bave noticed undesirabie
\
that where there are any qualities, whether in size, Conformat on, quality or action in a thoroughbred site, |
these peculiarities are usually shown to. a wucb more marked extent in the progeny than in the sire; must be very particular to select a superior animal in ail re-pects as the sire of oar colts. I hope, at anearly date, (should I again have the p easure of selectingthe winnners in the various classes at your Exhibition in future years) to be able to award tbe prize of $100.00 offeréd tor a thorovghbred stallion. I trust you will excuse me for dwelling so long on this point, but I am a great admirer of this horse and I can see the urgent need of bis introduction on the Island. Very truly yours, J. H. Reep, Guelph, Ont.
hence we
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CONCERNING THE LOBSTER BUS! NESS
Sir,— [ am ata loss to know what the persons on board the government steamer do with the lobsters they take out of tive traps. Have they any more rightto kill and eat lob-ters than the poor fisherman ? I was watching their movements one day they were destroying traps and [ saw that the traps that had lobsters in them were taken on board the steamer, but those that had no lobsters in them were cut off the backline before they were any more than out of the water. Now if it is right for government officials to kil] and eat lobsters why is it not right for the poor fishermau to kill and pack them? Is it more of a crime to pack them than to eat them? Or do government men get outlawed when they get an office? | am inclined to think they do, for they can hide behiad a robe of seeming truth and trust; but the poor fisherman, whether be is outlawed or not, has nothing to hide behind but the. dark- ness of the night. Even then he 1s watched and dogged by parties that are fed on government pap and promises, Will some person be kind enough to let me know if there is a lobster factory on board the cutter? If there is may I go on board to look for work.
Baxry Scoruann. en NEWS NOTES.
There sre rumors in Yokohama of the poasibility ofan alliance between China and Japan.
A British Consular report says that ow- ing to the expansion of the tin plate in- dustry, under the Dingley tariff, the Am- erican market is almost wholly lost to South Wales.
Spain is very anxious to form an alliance with England to resist the extension of the Monroe doctrine by the United States, but such an alliance is not believed to be within the range of diplomatic possibil- ities.
An explosion of naptha occurred on board the schr Abbie M. Deeringat Lynn, Mass, a few days ago, and the vessel is almost a complete wreck. One man was badly hurt. “ The vessel was purchased in Gloucester recently and was being fitted out for a Klondike eapedition.
Joe Patchen easily defeated Star Pointer two out of three heats at the Milwaukee, Wis., faira few daysago. Pointer won the first heat in 2.03 }, breaking the state record. The big bay acted badly in the second and third heats, however, and Patcheon carried off the $3,000 puree.
A despatch to the London Daily Mail from Bucharest say. that while a battery of artillery was passing through the town of Pitesti, Roumania, an ammunition wagen exploded. Four men were instartly blown to pieces and eleven injured so seriously that three have since suc- cumbed.
The Ottawa Journal, alwaye well inform- ed, sounds a note of warning by pointing out that “ Premier Laurier’s digestive
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Good Sieaping
Makes good humor, Those whosleep on our modern mat- trasses—the homemade kind—are always in good hu-
mor. times,
Mark
It’s worth a trial if you feel a little cranky at
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ods Growth
: From gmall beginnings our Dress Goods Department has grown to its present size and ‘usefulness. Years ago we planted the seed, and work and watchfulness has made its ecowth This season’s stock 1s greater and more carefuily chosen than ever before. introduced a new idea in Dress Goods selling.
rapid.
} We have The annoyance of seeing your costumes dupli
cated on your neighbors back, causea us todecide vo get a much larger variety of patterns
znd materials, but a much smaller quantity of each pattern.
In our finest lines we haye This attention, we think, will be appreciate ’ ? } } Vy
‘the following are a few of many attractive patterns,
48 inch Costume cloth, extra heavy weight, in ten different shades
We Might Say worth 65 Cents
We will say our price tor spot cash 40c. 42 inch, only 32c.
All wool heavy serge 1n colors and black,
The
Jecket Leaders.
apparatus is apparently not to be given much chance to recover from the jubilee strain.” The outlook for Sir Wilfrid seems to.be growing more aud more alarm- ing as the weeks roll by.
The latest developments in the use of waste is a scheme to produce hot water at a half-penny per gallon from the waste heat the street gas lamps. A machine for this purpose has been exhibited and appears to work effectively. The various parish authorities of the poorer districts of London are considering its introduction into the streets.
Isaac Leppley, a farm-worker of Shamo- kin, Pa., townships was arrested last week on a charge of baving entered the barn of Dairymen M. J. Sober, of Elysburg, aod placing a quantity of Paris Green in milk cans. Mr. Sober, next morning sent this hired man toShamokin with the milk, not knowing that it had been poisoned. Two hours later the farm girls found traces of poison in the milk cans and George Sober jumped on his bicycle and started for Shamokin, six miles distant, to warnthe two hundred families in his father’s milk route not to use the fluid. On reaching Shamokin he notified the zu .horities, and several men were hurried ever the route with the warning. So far as known they were successful in pre- venting the use of the milk. Leppley was discharged by Sober some time ago,
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More new Jackets, see ad. —Moore & McLeod.
Prince Edward Island lllus- trated is for sale at all the Bookstores, Priee 25c.
The leading Oyster House i J
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Now is
The Time Yo Buy
Steel Plows, Sulky Plows, Corn Cutters, Straw Cutters, Mill Grinders, Grain Crushers, Root Cutters, Root Pulpers, Potato Diggers,
Fan Mills, Horse Povvers, Threshers, Cleaners aud Shorters, Road Carts, Express Wagons, Truck Wagons, Box Carts, Cart Wheels,
Wheel Barrows, Harness,
Ete.
We have just received Two Carlcads of the above goods, which we will sell at lowest prices and on terms to suit our customers.
Everything is up to date and fully warranted.
T J. HARRIS
LONDON HOUSE
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