OUT OF 2.000. CLAIMS

4gainst an Accids ut iC om | for last wear.

Jl were Jor accidents cause

lio pedestri

ans walking on the tiual

THE OCEAN ACCIDENT

Insures ayainst all kinds of ‘accidents

its premiums are low, and tt gives a

vt od Polic

7 J General Agent Charlottetown

{HB DAILY EXAMINER.

a

SEPTEMBER 9, 1897.

PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

.r the conference of Colonial Premiers, held in London with the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the following resolutions were unanimous!y adopted :

i. That the premiers of the self govern- ing colonies unanimousiy and earnestly recommend the denunciation, at the earliest convenient time, of any treaties which now hamper the commercial relation between Great Britain and her colonies.

2. That in hope of improving the trade relations between the Mother Country and the colonies, the premiers present uuder- take to confer with their colleagues with a view to seeing whetber such a result can be properly secured by a preference given by the colonies of the United Kingdom.

By the second of these resolutions it appears that the Colonial Premiers, in- eluding Sir Wilfred Laurier, have under- taken to do wha: they can towards secur- img a preference for British goods in the Colonial markets. It upon the strength of thie resolutiou that Mr. Chamberlain agreed to the deounciation of the German and Belgian treaties. How Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the other Colonial Premiers will perform their part of the agreement remains to be seen. Certainly thev cannot do so by n-gotiating for reci- | procity of Trace with the United or any other foreign country. Mr. Chamberlain struck a good bargain with tbe Colovial

Premers.

was

RECIPROCITY!

Accorp1xG to the Patriot’s report of his speech in Kindergarten Hall, the grouad upon which Sir Louis Davies entertains the hope that we shall, ere long, have reciprocity with the United States is an aseurance from certain unnamed Washing- ton politicians that the Great Republic will be disposed to reciprocate “when we reach a point where we can make both ends meet.” This ground is questionabl, because the point sought is, accorling to the latest official returns from Washing- ton, further offthan ever. The deficit of the United States is larger, not smazler, as a result of the application of the Dingley Tariff. How, then, can Sir Louis hope for reciprocity in the near future ?

It ia to be borne in mine that “making ends meet” was juttas important a point in the United States during al! the years that Sir Louis was railing against the Con- servatives because they dida’t obtain reci- procity as itis now. Yet Sir Louis is now excusing the failure of the Liberale to eltain reciprocity on the ground that the politicians are avxious to make ends meet!

But there is another “point” in tne matter. The Liberais bave adopted,in part, the Conservative policy of preferential trade with Great Britain, That is to say the Covernm ent has bound itse/f to give

British goods a preference to the amount of 25 per cent. of tae duty imposed under the tariff. Now, reciprocity in trade with the United States implies a more or less pronounced “preference” in respect to United States goods. But Canada cannot at ence “prefer” the goods of both Great Britain and the United States? The mann- faeturers of the United States are the eharpest competitors with those of Great Britain ,and they have the natural advan- tace of contiguity to the Canadian markete- If, then, they should be “preferred” under the form of “ Reciprocity” the pre- ference to British goods wil! be practically wiped out, and there will be a_ practical breach of faith with the government of Grea’ Britain—which denounced the German aod Belgian treaties an the faith ofa especial provision inthe Canadian tariff and the representations of Sir Wilfrid Laarier and Sir Louis Davies that a very practical preference would be accorded British goods.

It is evident that Preferentia] Trade with 4Jreat Britain and Reciprocity of Trade with the United States cannot possibly vail at the same time. The Government tothe oae must of

pre

Canada holding

s

necessity eschew the other. The hope held

fHE DAILY FXAMINER, CAARLOTTETOWN SEPTEMBER 9, 1897

out by Sir Louis Davies to | will not, th refore, be realized.

’ This

| from the fact that Mr. Chamberlain, bas in

conclusion is the more evident

his cfficial memorandum conveying the

report of the proceedings which resulted : La nthe denunciation of the German and

Belgian treacies, introduced the following Pp iragraph :

| Tt is, however, right to point out that if | any colony were to go farther and to grant | preferential terms to any foreign country, | the provision of the most-favored-nation |

clauses in many treaties between Her Majesty and other powers, in which the coloniea are includ :. would nece-sitate the concession of similarterms to those

countries,

That ia to say, if Canada were, the

by

terns of a reciprocity treaty, to grant a

preference to goods manufactured in the

United States, similar terms would have to | | be accorded many other countries and the would he

} advantages of the reciprocity

nullified. There can bea preferential ar- rangement between Great Britain and her colonies, but not between the cc l nies and foreign countries such as the United States.

a Ts he ie

WHAT ABOUT THOSE KNIGHTHOODS?

Sir Louis H. Davies, in reply to the Kinder-

garten Hall, on Tuesday afternoon,

address presented to him in the con - gratuletiog him on the honor of knighthood said : I can tellyonthat the honor conferred ‘upon me was one which I did not seek. It was conferred upon me at the unanimous

> The Premier,

request of my colleagues.’ Sir Wilfrid Laurier, has ever since these honors were conferred been excusing bim- eelf to his friends for accepting them at all, and has stated that he knew nothing about them till he arrived in London and found the papers conferring them in his hotel. He pleaded that it would be nn- gracious On his part, as the guest of Her Majesty, to reject the honor. But Sir Louis implies that the whole matter was discussed at Ottawa, and that the colleagues‘of the recipients were consulted as to who should receive the eoveted honors. It would be interesting to know which of the distinguished gentle men has given the more correct account of what took place. Whatever the explana- tion may be, neither of them ought to have any excuse to offer concerning the accpt- ance of an honour conferred upon them by their Queen. But unfortunately Sir Wil- frid and Sir Louis have, in the past, consorted with Rouges and Radicals and have cultivated the idea that they wer thoroughly democratic. > <a

NOTES AND COMMENTS

—Another Torv vindicated! See the decision of the judges in the Beauharnois election caee.

——A deepatch from Montreal states that Mr. E. L. Peace, the Montreal manager of the Merebants Bank of Halifax, who with Mr. Dickie, the manager at Truro, had been instructed to go over the ground and report as to the advisability of estab- lishing several branches in the mining districts of British Colombia; and that as aresult, the bank will probably open branches in Rossland, Vancouver and pos- sibly Nelson ard Revelstoke.

—Montreal Gazrtie: Captain Goldsmith of the Royal yacht, wasknighted by thi? Queen durirg her recent voyage ‘rom Osborne to Gosport. He was called to the quarter deck without notice and there and then knighted. It would seem that Her Majesty, in memory cf the determ ined democratic resistance «f Sir Wi/r:ei Laurier to receive knightly honors from her hand, was practicing the quickest modes of dealing with such cases, She may send Hon. J: Israel Tarte back to us with a string of letters after his name.

—The Sherbrook Ex*miner (Libera)) freely criticises recent acts of the Govern- ment and saya that “the dismissal and suprannuation businesa must be put on another basis is euffiziently evident when a corapetent deputy postmaster general is Superanouated to make room for a country doctor. Then agein, Mr. Tarte has not

: } his followers | with regard to him,

a oe filled the expectations that were raised His energy is great—

too great. It is too great tor bis intelleci,

and that is saying something. Mr. Tarte must be restrained. We do not refer merely to his wrong headedness with

regard to the Montreal! harbor, but to his public attitude generally. tle hardly goes Lo & Constituency in either this province or Untario without making a speech on what the government intends to spend in that constituency. Thatis one of the things that Liberais condemned in Conservatives, aod if we are to consistent we must condemn itin Mr. Tarte. The honest Liberals of the country—the plain men

o fought for honest Government—dis - bitterly the appeals to local

greed that Mr. Tarte is so free with.”

——

be

wii

like mest ie

—-—-—— -- -- —— ~--+ere- nome CANADA'S TRADE FAVORs, How They Are Distributed Onder the

Laurler Plan,

(*:.Jobn Sun.)

Sir Wilfrid Lau-irr is stil! going about talking of the [mperval tariff that his Gov- eromeat ha« introduced. The actual con- dition 18 this : ;

Goods from Belgium are subject to low tari; goods from Bermuda avd Bahamas pay the high rate.

Germany gets the low tariff; Jamaica the b gh ore.

France has the minimum rate, but Bri- tish India has tbe high scale. The Argentine Republic gets one-eighth

olf. Antigua pays the full tariff, Austrian and Hungarian goode are allowed the (24 per cent. discount. Im-

ports from New Zealand get no reduction.

Bolivia is a favored country; Barbadoes Is pot.

Colombia gets preferential Ceylon has no preference.

Denmark has the minimum rate; Victor- ia the maximum.

Persia bas tariff concessions; Tasmania bas none,

Russia is on the favored Cape Colony.

Sweden sud Norway are nations high in favor. Queensland gets no concessions from us.

Switzerland is cnr friend while we turn our backs on Natal.

Tunis is treated with generosity; Hong Kong gets no kindness from Tanada,

Venezuela is taken to our hearts; British Guiana is sent about its business. ae

ESTEEMED EXCHANGES.

treatment;

list; but not

Toronto Globe: General Weyler seen s quite as much afraid of the newapap r correspondents as of the Cuban inburgente. The one class desire to let daylight on him and the other to let it into him, and he objects to both processes.

Toronto Globe : Prompt action in taking care of the gold of the Canadian people before it is carried away by all the ecramb- lers would be a most popular move. The Boer Government should not be the only one to take care of public property.

Watchman: Whaton earth is taking the members of the Laurier Cabinet to London in a procession? So far they have had their voyages in the following order:

Dobell,

Liurier,

Davies,

Bair,

Tarte,

Fielding.

“Only nervous” is a sure indication that the blosd is not pure. Hood’s Sarsaparilla purifies the blood and cures er

Our Customers say so

Oar Competitors: udmit it. Sovereign Flavoring Hxtracts

are unsurpassed for great ‘strength, and perfection of flavor. Try them.

SIMSON BROS, & CO. Halifax. N. 8.

We Know

You can Prove i‘.

Better Goods for the Same Money, or the Same goods for Less Money Than Elsewhere

is NOT an empty phrase,

HOME MAKERS.

It means much here—MUCH TO US, fur it’s the very foundation of this furniture store, MUCH TO YOU, for you will save money by trading here.

POPPIVNV ONES ADIN MOND

Mark Wright

& Co. Ltd

Un

surpassed

Merit

Four Leading Features About Patoa & Co's Ladies’ Jackets

FIT, STYLE, FINISH, PRICE =

See our $4.50, $5; $7, and $8.

Ladies’

New

Hats.

Jackets,

New

Dress Goods, New Ribboas,

James Paton & Co’y

LAMPS.

10 cases Lamps, in Had and Table, all new patterns.

VERY CHEAP

CALL AND INSPECT........

SO. 'O90088888

SIMON VW CRABBE

Walker's Corner

187

STOVES EARDWARE

WE SELL —-

HARDWARE

We sell Good Hardware, we sell Good. Hardware Cheap, we sell Good Hardware Cheap because we

sell Good

Hardware

wer OR CASH......

When you want Hardware, Paints, Oils, and any thing in the line, call at

CITY - HARDWARE - STORE, e+seQUEEN STREET.... But Don’t Ask For Credit.

J, F. Norton- Propriator.

R. B. NORTON & CO,

Second Annual Recital PLUMS and

MR.

F. E.

MORRIS

Kindergarten - Hall,

Thursday, September §th,1897

Rendo.

2 Hungarian Dances... ....

. ee ew eereee

eeeee tee

Adagio—From op. 27, 2 Mconlight......

... Beethoven estes Clementi .-.... Brahms

Gnomen Riegen (Elves Dance)... .. Liez

Ss cuenss coeereeee M188 Annie Hyndiaan.

Impromptu Fantaisie....... B Veloce .00sic bocagiedeapoics

Violin Solo. ......... Prof. Vinnicombe. Etude, left hand,............ s....... . Cramer Rn. scene se erereee Godard

A Polish Dance......;.........Secharwenka

Miunet,

Si oiseau jetais........ 5 nckes

special request..

... Paderewski

« eeeees ELenselt

ce cree ena ae a tue Mr. B. Dawson.

Waltzes— Dedicated to 8t. Geo. S....... 8S. Club, Montreal........Mr. Morris

ET Pratt ccc cas 00

a

..Mr: Morris

Recitation..........Miss Gertrude Davies

Etude B

SUI ibis cc

Rigoletto—Quartette...... ........

... Czerny . . Liszt

Doors Clored during rendition of any nuw ber. Bell Piane provided by Mr. Fietcher. Admission 50c.

Tickets tor Sale at Dodd’s and Rankin’s ”

7 ew see

wee see eretUne

eo s nan nT ee

aut =SULS :

GREEN GAGES

We expect fifty 12-quart baskets Plums and Sreen Gages, direct from the orchard, on Fyiday evening, the 3rd inst. Any one wishing any of those will please leave their order at our stores on Friday, and we will deliver them on Saturday morning. The price will be veRY Low by the basket.

“2 Chopin. ‘Beer & Goff »

WEDDING RINGS-——*

Guaranteed Quality

Reasonable Prices

Large Assortment G F HOTCHESON,

Charlottetown.

Jeweler and Optician }

OPERA HOUSE

Halifax Amateur Dramatic Company

IN COMEDY AND DRAMA.

3—NICH.S—S 7 ; Pender ate Monday, Tuesday & VWedacsday September 20th, 21st and 22nd. In Aid of the New

The Hal‘fax Amateur Dramatic Co. will appear at the Opera Honsce on the above dates of Exhibition Week, placing on the boards the three phenomenal SUCCES-Ee8 :

MONDAY, 20th—the sensational

Melodrama, “JUNE.”

Introducing Saw Mill Scene and Country Band,

TUESDAY, 2ist—tbe great Comedy Drama, .

“The Private Secretary.”

WEDNESDAY, 22nd— the melodrama,

“The Curse of Cain.”

Popular Prices, 35 and 25c. A few rows reserved at 50c

Cathedral

thrilling

Kindergarten Hall. ‘iciiiiaililiais 14 & 16, LIVING PICTURES CINEMATOG 2APH COMING

FROM LONDON ENG

NO HUMBUG!

Sept 9 td

NO BOOM !

yp allel

American “Dead Shot” Ducking and “Rifle’ Powder in all size packages,

2ece8

Shot, Caps, Primers, Guns, Loading’ Implements

eee &

DODD &

ROGERS Wholesale & Retail.

Yo ROW A RMI

2 ae omg

PRE, ew rs |