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Grit vs. Tory Rale.

TORY RULE, Public Debt.

In seven years, the Tories added $56,045,623 to the net debt, and there is to show for i! the Canadian Jlacific

GRIT RULE. Public Debt.

ears the Grits udded ,513,067 to the net debt and left »n ing to show for it—but Fort Francis Lock and

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,2 a other monu- ant way and et Fat ‘nents mprovemen ali ~ Public Works. Public Works.

During the Grit term Daring the Tory term the total expenditure | the capital expenditure u blic works|u public works was ch to tal $3.008.455, or $i7.562.-

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was 932, or $6,- 773,137 less than the in-| tiontothe debt. In other crease of the debt. That | words the administra-

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is to the Govern- | tion of the present Gov- ment of the Grits added | ernment has resulted in to the permanent obii- | an investment of seven-

teen and a half millions in railways, canals and miscellaneous public works of utility and direct benefit to the peo-

, in excess of the nerease in the fixed ae upon the coun- ry.

Interest Charges.

gations of the country nearly seven millions more than they ex- pended upon public works having for their object the development of trade and cheapen- ing of the cost of trans- portation,

interest Charges.

When the Liberal party came into office the average rate of in- terest mrahe upon the public debt was 5.09 per eent,, and five years later they had reduced it to 4.65 per cent., or by 44 per cent.

During the Tory term the average rate of in- terest on the debt has been cut down to 3.80 per cent., or by .85 per cent.

Assets. Assets,

In 1873 the assets of the Dominion amounted to $29,594,970, and yield- ed an average rate of interest of 1.56 per cent. In 1878 the assets had

Under Tory manage- ment of public effairs, the assets mounted up to $88,295,915, an addi- tion of $33,700,716, or within a fraction of 100

increased to only $31,-| per cent., while the 595,199. and the average | ave rate of interest rate of interest was !.63 | yield augmented to

3.94 per cent., an in-

percent, a gain in five crease of 2.38 per cent.

years of $4,700,229 in assets and an increase of .07 per cent. in the rate of interest.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Another Letter from Mr. Heber

Sir,—I will not trouble you with any com- ments on Mr. James T. Pound's letter in the last Weekly Patriot. 1 would, if I attempted to criticise Mr. Pound a6 a writer, be certainly tempted to say things about him that I would not care to say about him as an individual

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Taxing the Land.

An exchange remarks that one of the great- est aa se which has attended the pos- session of real estate in this country has risen from the fact that it has been free from vex- atious taxation. It has been left in that matter more free than merchandise, which the necessities of government have made chargeable with certain duties. But Mr. Blake, in his wisdom, wishes to alter this }state.of things. He does not approve of tie present method of raising the revenue, but asks that the duties may be lowered, and that the land should be pounced upon to make good the outlays. In the course of his recent speech at Toronto, he put the idea in the plainest terms. He asked forthe establishuent of a Succession Duty, by means of which any estate passing from one tothe other would be chargeable with a duty in proportion to its value. If such a scheme were to be adopted the effects would be to hamper the transfer of real estate, and place a burden on the land which would not only be onerous in itself, but be followed by other kinds of taxation. It has long been the intention of the so-called ‘* Reformers” of Canada te place direct tax- ation on the land, and thus make up for those deficiencies which the lack of a real knowledge of financial science brought about when tie conduct of affairs was in their hands. The new methods of taxation proposed by Mr. Blake are, however, wholly unnecessary.

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Every yearly subscriber to the popular ‘* Domestic Monthly ” receives as a free pre- miuim, coupons good for $1.00 worth of the celebrated ‘“ Domestic Monthly” Paper Pat- terns. This, combined with the low price and excellent character of the magazine, hes large- ly increased {ts circulation. Indeed, there is ne periodical which has improvel so mach during the past year as the * Domelitic.” Its illustrations are equal to the highest priced magazines, and the variety an scope of its contents make it the model family magazine.

The February number of the ‘* Domestic” is exceptionally full of good things. Its ilius- trated articles are very attractive, and its short stories much better than the average. The Fashion Department is the most complete of any magazine for women, and is evertiow- ing with pretty designs and hints for summer costumes of every possible variety.

Mis. Henry Ward Beocher has a most valu- able article, the Household Department, edit- ed by her, which is very timely.

A full-page engraving in the ‘‘ Domestic ” is worth the price of the nuialer.

The ‘‘ Domestic Monthly”’ is published at 853 Broadway, New York, at $i.50a year, post-paid, with $1.00 worth of patterns free to

and asa friend. So, Twill forbear. 1 have’ a word to say, though, about a matter that is” occupying a public at the present time; vamely, the revenue, expenditure and

As I stated in a previous communication, the net debt of Canada was, when the last full statement was male, $196,407,692, upon which we paid interest to the amount of $7,422,446. The estimated population was for that year 4,695,804. This would leave the interest on the public debt $1.59 per head. In 1878 the population was 4,078,924, aad the | net interest paid was $5,443,109, or $1.58 per head. The interest on the public debt, as everyone knows, is the burden to the people; and, if this is so, it is hard to maintain that: the present Government have unreasonably increased the public burdens, in view of the fact that the Canada Pacific Railway—the tinest work of the kind in the world—has been | j built and nearly%paid§ for in the meantime. |

Now, for taxation. I claim that the people of | Canada, that is, the masses, are not taxed nearly so highly as during the late adminis- tration, and this I will endeavour to prove. In 1875 the amount collected for taxes was | $20,664,878, or $5.32 per head.

In 1885 the amount of taxation was $25,-) 384,529, or $5.40 per head. By this we see that duties and excise to the amount of about $375,000 was collected (taking the increase of population into account) more in 1885 than in 1875.

than under the old tariff.

cies and articles of luxury. It is upon these | goods, under the present tariff, that the, highest duties are collected, and properly so. | Cigars, ale and beer, fruits and nuts, furs, ’ gold and silverware, musical instruments and silks, are essentially articles of luxury. The masses of the people scarcely use them, and if at all to a very small extent. In 1876 we im- ported of them $2,700,000 worth, and they paid less than half a million duty. In 1885 there were imported of those seven articles | $6,100,000 worth, and about $2,000,000 of duty was collected on them. Of this increase, $1,500,000, the masses of the people-—farmers and mechanics—paid scarcely anything. Be-, sides this there was collected in 1884 on flour, duty to the amount of $265,000. Now, who pays thisduty? If the people of Canada pay it, then certainly the Americans pay the duty on the horses, potatoes, and other products of the farm that are sent in there from Canada. This, we know they don't, we pay every dol- lar of it. And the American exporter paid that $265,000. Iwill venture to say that, there are goods brought into Canada whichi | another million and a half of duty are collect- upon that the Canadian people do not pay one | cent of—goods that occupy just the same | position and brought in under the same circumstances as the flour. Another | thing that is lost sight ef is that the revenue | of Canada will more than meet the ordinary ; expenditure, and a surplus of frem three to | four millions is looked for at the end of the) present year. I hope the people will look | soberly and intelligently at those matters, and not confound the total revenue with tax- ation. It would=be, I imagine, a serious charge against the present Government if the railways and post office showed no increase in their receipts, amidst the general prosperity. This they have done largely,¥and the Opposi- tion proclaim it to the people as the reason why a wise and patriotic Government should be removed, Yours truly, J. Hever Hasta.

With the present Berlin rifle the Russian infantrymen is said to be able to fire about eight shots a minute and pierce a one-inch pine board at 3,000 paces. The new Rus- sian magazine rifle now being tried is stated

rge share of the attention of the |

public debt of Canada. i

But then the duty is collected in such | a way that the people feel it a great deal less | In a country such as this, where wealth is rapidly increasing, | there must of necessity be, on the part of the; rich, a growing demand for imported delica- |

every subscriber. er ~O- <i Marriages in the French Army, aeons

Among the other innovations, the French Minister of War, General Boulanger, consi- ders it necessary to make some changes with regard to the financial conditions under which the officers may be permitted to marry, A soldier's bride may not be portioniess, aud must needs bring him a fortune of at least

$4,000 before the necessary conseut can be ob-

tained from the authorities, It is now thought expedient to increase the sum, the expenses of a family being greater than they were for- merly. Mothers with marriageable daug) ters do not look kindly on the proposition, and the young officers are mostly averse to the change, which would weigh sorely upon them in many cases. The general opinion is that it is advisable to maintain the status quo for many reasons, which it is not necessary to discuss here. wid saeapeaginsie istics

The Toboggan.

The original Indian toboggan was simply

j one long, flat piece of wood, bent upward at

the front. This was found to lack springiness and strength, and two narrower, parallel pieves were substituted for the one. As the sport developed in Canada the running-pieces were cut into thee, four, and then half a dozen parts, bound together by cleats. These six-slat coasters offered much less frictional surface to the snow, and were much faster consequently. The division into parts, too, gave a greater Jateral resiliency, with a lighter and more even motion. The best tobogans now have seven slats, instead of six, and the under surface of the slat is no longer flat, but rounded, and three of the slats are a trifle thicker than the rest. The sled runs on few- er points, accordingly, and a still higher rate of speed is attained. TT Ai TTR

Preparing for War.

The Czar of Cracow publishes a letter from Merv, dated September, 1886, which says that Russia is preparing to ente> Afghanistan in the spring of this year. ‘“‘By way of Persia and Herat an advance will be made to the Persian Gulf. There are now 60,000 infantry and 40,000 cavalry in and arouad Merv, and 40,000 men are to be sent from Orenburg as soon as the fine weather sets in to act as re- serves at Merv and Samarcand. At Bukhara there ave 12,000 soldiers of all arms, The English on their side have been buying 40,000 horses in Persia to be on equal terms with the Russian cavalry.”

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The demand for flowers in Paris about New Year's was enormous, the sales for the last three days of 1886 being $6,000, - 000. The provision for New Year's day included 150,000 dozens of Nice roses, 15,- 000 clusters of ordinary roses, 15,000 bunches of lilacs, and 10,000 dozens of camelias. The extreme of ‘‘chic” is a group of rare orchids, four or five in num- ber, tied together loosely with a blue or pink satin ribbon.

‘*You have no idea what a bore news- paper reporters are to men of prominence,” remarked the private secretary of an leged great nan. Newspaper readers have no idea what a bore great men and their able secretaries are sometimes to newspaper reporters.

In Germany women go from house to house dusting furniture and tending to drawing-room flowers and plants. Itis a regular business.

A Maine clergyman writes toa Portiand

newspaper to say that his salary has been voted down one half because he voted for

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