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The “Parliamentary Spree.”*

Wuute the Patriot is profoundly rumuinat- ing upon the question ‘‘how can a duty on flour (proposed and seconded by Mr. Mc- Kenzie’s followers, and opposed by Messrs. Pope, Masson, and other Conservatives) increase the cost of bread? we shall turn our attention to ‘something easy.” The farces recently enacted in the Dominion Parliament and the Local Legislature are the most tempting theme we can imagine.

Think of two hundred grave and reverend seignieurs the representatives of a distressed and struggling people— think of the great Commons Chamber, appropriately sedate in its plain gray marble pillars and mellow light, as the dramatis persone and the scene What an

of a ‘‘ Parliamentary spree. spectacle.

elevating; what an edifying Truly a subject worthy of a Dante, @ Byron or a Burns. The leader in the orgies is the notorious ‘‘standard elevator” whodenounces those who oppose him as ‘‘ dead in trespasses and sins.’? He has control of the House—and the drinks; for, conjoimtly with Mr.

Speaker, he has rule over the in- ternal economy of the Parliament Building. The members, we are told,

‘‘were nearly drunk ;” and must they have got the diink that made them drunk in the But was not the Or was

Parliamentary tap-room. Parliementary tap-room it only to catch the temperance vote that a mock resolution—never acted upon—was passed and published through the land ?

Under the auspices and leadership of the Purists, Patriots,Prohibitionists and Econo- inists who now hold the portofolios of oftice, honorable members played the fool with mirth and laughter, baccanalian songs and mock hervic speeches.

It does not appear that one party was either worse or better than the other. The name of ‘‘ Cheval” —a French Grit—figures prominently in the report ; and Messrs. Blake and Mackenzie, we are informed, joined in singing “‘ God Save the Queen. ” Hut there is no evidence that the disgrace- ful orgies were confined to them. McKen- zie, it appears, permitted the drink to be provided, and kept the House in session for twenty-seven hours, during which the other members drank, sang and speechfied.

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Cleverly Done.

‘ux Local Premier very cleverly evaded « disagreeable discussion of the report upon the Lunatic Asylum Foundation. Instead of permitting it to come on after recess last evening—as was expected—he moved to give “Mr. Speaker” 3500 and the mem- bers $200 each for their session’s work. A jong and farcical debate followed ; and thus, cleverly, was the Asylum matter burked. It is almost needless to add that hon. mem- bers — by an overwhelming majority — voted themselves full pay,—though, clev- erly enough, Mr. Davies voted against his own resolution. The work of the session being nearly over, the Leader and hon. members thought themselves at liberty to play ; and the evening was spent most en- joyably by both the House and the spectat- ors. The exhibition was worth fully twenty-five cents.

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Tne mails arrived at Cape Traverse early this forenoon. They will arrive in this city by the 6 p. m. train.

Henry Lonoworrn, Esq. exhibited at the Cattle Show yesterday, a cow which has almost equalled her value by the prizes thatghave been awarded her. She is now twelve years old, and has taken ten prizes at different exhibitions.

On Saturday evening last a man named Thomas Calroy, of Fairyille, N. B., met his death by taking arsenic. It appears that on Thursday last Calroy, who is about forty- five years of age, when going to his home from Portland, and a few minutes after passing the Suspension Bridge, had been knocked down by a number of roughs and robbed of a watch and thirty dollars. Cal- roy, as soon as he could make his way clear from his assailants, rin to his home; and next morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, he stepped over to policeman Ma- lone’s house, informed him of the occur- rence, and requested him to make imme- diate search for the robbers. Calroy, in the meantime, apparently, was using every ) effort to have this bold band brought to justice, but all in vain. On Saturday morning he came to policeman Malone again, and told him he was to have a search warrant issued and that he must have his watch and money restored. Malone ad- vised him in the matter, and Calroy then left him, and went towards his house. He was not seen afterwards by Malone. Dur- ing the remainder of the day Calroy con-

tined himself, it is said, closely to his home. }

He took his tea as usual, and then retired to his room. It is thought that he took the poison about half past six o'clock in the evening. Nothing was known concerning Calroy after his reterement to his room until about half-past nine o’clock, when he was discovered in his fatal state.—St, John

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THE TRADE QUESTION.

Hon. Mr. Pope’s Speech. (From Hansard. )

Mr. Pope (Queen’s, P. E. 1.) said he desired to define his position, and express his opmions in regard to the question before the House, In the first place, he was

OPPOSED TO PROTECTION, in the ordinary acceptation of the term ; that was to say, he was opposed to placing high duties on articles to favor certain manufac- turers at the expense of the consumer. But while he was prepared to advocate Free Trade to a certain extent, he maintained there was no such a thing as Free Trade pure and simple; and his impression was that there Were modes in which the manufacturers of the country might be encouraged without adopting a high protective tariff. ‘That was the ground which he was prepared to take. Let hon. members look at the administration of public affairs during the seven years the late Government was in power. Canada prospered to a degree to which no other country had ever pcospered during a_ similar period ; the late Government reduced the duties instead of mereasing them, and year by year, provided for the coustruction of public works and meeting the public wants ; and, notwithstanding their great liberality, amounting almost to extrava- gance, there was a yearly surplus. When the present Administration came into power, they commenced by imposing additional taxes on the people, and the first act of this Govern- ment, which had elevated the standard of purity, which was to be an Administration of economy and reform, was to attempt to strike a blow at the most important industry in the Maritime Provinces; the shipping interest. Although the present Government had yearly increased the or it had a DEFICIT

for which they were obliged to provide, and at the same time maintain the credit of the coun- try. That was the condition in which we were now placed. He maintained there was plenty of money collected, and that, with eco- nomical and proper management, the necessary requirements of the country could be amply provided for without levying any additional duties whatever. There was no question about the fact. But the answer to all charges of ex- travagance brought against the Government was simply chat the late Government, having surpluses year after year

COULD AFFORD TO BE GENEROUS,

their conduct afforded no justification of the present Administration which, entering office at a time when trade avas depressed, should have exercised economy and refrained from increasiug the burdens of the people. Asa FREE-TRADFER AND NON-PROTECTIONIST, HE VOTED LAST YEAR AGAINST THE ADDITIONALDUTIES PROPOSED BY THE Financz MINisTER. He thought those duties were unfair and that a re-adjustment of the tariff might be made, and the additional amount of money required

He was in favour of imposing duties to raise the amount of revenue required, but nothing more. The duties imposed last year on

TEA AND MALT

were uncalled for, and, particularly that on malt was thoroughly unjust. By placing a high duty on malt, the Government sTRUCK AT ONE OF THE AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS, for the duty effected the price of barley very ma- terially

A BLOW WAS STRUCK

at the industry of the farmer by imposing that duty, which did not exist in other parts of the world. While Canadian farmers were prevent- ed from placing their barley on the American market on account of the duty imposed by the United States Government, the Americans were allowed to send their breadstuffs into this country free of duty; among the principal articles thus admitted being corn, which was largely used for distillation purposes. If the Government wished to raise that amount of money by duties, why didthey not lay them onrum, whiskey, brandy, wines, silks and satins, instead of upon the poor man’s tea?

last year, and he repeated it now, and, at the same time, it must be remembered that the resent Government called itself a Free Trade Government, although he could not under- stand how there was such a thing as Free trade. The reason why so many articles were on the free list under the present tariff was because they had been left there by the late Government for the purpose of encouraging manufactures. ‘Those duties acted as a pro- tection, and when the Government, through the Finance Minister, made an attempt to strike at the shipping interests of the Mari- time Provinces, unless outside influence had been brought to bear to induce him to place the duties proposed at a lower rate than he inteaded, the Government would have des- troyed the best industry of the Lower Pro- vinces. The shipping interest was very much depressed, and it was not profitable to build vessels at the present ; but, rather than give up the business altogether, they continued it in the hope that, when trade revived, they would be in a position to undertake work ad- vantageously. If the {soevernment were to add one dollar per ton to the cost of vessels built in the maritime Provinces, they would destroy the trade. The shipping interest, with the small Protection now afforded it, afforded employment for a _ large number of persons: and m Prince Edward Island alone, $500,000 was annually expended on the material and labor used in shipbuilding. That was a

DIRECT ADNANTAGE; é

and there must also be indirect advantages flowing from it. Every farmer in the Proy- ince, on account of that shipbuilding interest, received five or ten cents a bushel for his oats more than he would otherwise obtain. A large number of vessels were built in that Province for which the builders provided cargoes, and thus became, toa certain extent, grain mer- chants, and went into the market to buy pro- duce. Consequently, competition was in- creased: and if any hon. member thought

roper to turn to the prices for which oats were bought in Canada and Prince Edward Is- land, they would find that, while they brought in Canada, for example, from 29c. so 32., they they were sold at the Island for from 38c. to 42. He was, therefore, satisfied that, in ad- dition to the advantage of the employment iven, and money paid for labor and material in the shipbuilding interests, each farmer re- ceived about $1,000 more than he would other- wise obtain. By reason of ships being built at the Island, and the owners being obliged to obtain cargoes, the Province derived benefit from it. In regard to the sugar interests, if the Government, instead of increasing the duties on raw sugar, were to reduce them very

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refining interest in Canada, but also give em- ployment to a large number of vessels, and en- able them more easily to carry products into the markets of thé West Indies and bring re- turn cargoes. While he was not peer? to increase the duties or to advocate Protection, he was ready to support a readjustment of the tariff in such a manner as to fall more equit- ably on those best able to pay the duties, and NOT’ON THE POOR MAN’S TEA or on the farmer’s barley, and not to encourage the use of spirits. That was really the effect of the policy adopted by the present Govern- ment. THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT

of the people of the Maritime Provinces was to obtain Reciprocity with the United States, and the question arose: which was the most

likely way to get it? They knew their American neighbors were not fools and would not make any

concessions unless they could obtain something in return.

HOW DID THIS COUNTRY GET RECIPROCITY

BEFORE?

Simply by protecting our fisheries and by seizing and confiscating their vessels when they come within our waters. As soon as the Americans saw they could obtain advantages by giving Canada reciprocity, they would do so, and not before. With a view, therefore, te reciprocity, as he stated last year, and he re- peated now, the people of the Lower Provinces were willing to adopt any policy which would be calculated to bring that about, and to im- ose higher duties on goods coming from the United States. The question of reciprocity was the

MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL SUBJECTS

to the people of Prince Edward Island, whose people desired it and were willing to submit to any reasonable taxation to secure it, because the Island never prospered to the same extent as it did during the ten years the Reciprocity Treaty was in force. He hoped the Dominion would hold on to its fisheries and to every Pevew and right it possessed, and would not

arter them away to any foreign power unless it obtained a fair money value for them. He knew the feeling was strong that what we wanted was a reciprocity treaty. The people were quite prepared to adopt the policy so far as reciprocity went; but the Government

DID NOT OFFER ANYTHING,

they did not intend to do so, and, therefore, it was the duty of the Opposition, as repre- sentatives of the people, to press the Govern- ment upon the matter. Something had been said in the House the other evening by the hon. member for Prince that, at the last elec- tion, he (Mr. Pope) did not dare to come for- ward and oppose him, but that he sent some- one else, who was beaten by a large majority. He wished to state that he had nothing to do with sending another candidate, and he did not even vote at that election. The hon. gen- tleman had gone through the country declar- ing that if this Government did not keep its promises, he would withdraw his support from them. He had made another statement: that in 1852, Prince Edward Island was a strong- hold of Liberalism. But in 1857, he (Mr. Pope) had the honor of being returned to the Conservative Government in the Local House, which was in power for eight years. In 1868, he was leader of the Conservative Government there, and was supported by the hon. member himself. In 1872, again, he was leader of the Government, and was supported by the hon. entleman. For eleven or twelve years he had en supported by him, and, although the Lo- cal Government was not called Liberal, there were almost as many Conservatives in it as Liberals. He was surprised his hon. friend should get up and make a statement so far in- correct. He wished, again, to say that he was not a Protectionist in the strict sense of the word, but he was prepared, in the hope of obtaining reciprocity, to vote for the amend- ment before the House. italiane cise tmas What Steam has Done for France. According to recent official statistics, the oe power of all the steam engines existing in France is 1,500,000 horse power, repre- senting the actual labor of 4,500,000 horses or 31,500,000 men. This last aggregate is equal to ten times the present industrial population, which amounts to 8,400,000 souls, but from which must be substracted old people, women and children, leaving a remainder of 5,200,000 working men. It is interesting, says La Natwre, to compare the above data with the condition of affairs in 1788, before steam engines were intro- duced in France, as we are thus led to ap- preciate the enormous revolution which steam and improved machinery have pro- duced, Just ninety years ago, in every $200,000,000 worth of French products, sixty per cent. of the value represented labor, and forty per cent. raw material. To-day this ratio has exactly reversed, al- though labor has increased forty per cent. Ai the present time the total industrial productions of France aggregate to a value of about $2,400,000. Of this $1,400,000,- 000 represent raw materials, and the re- mainder labor, If the same proportion as existed in 1788 applied now, taking into account the increase in labor noted above, no less than the gleven-twelfths of the above amount, or $2,200,000, would be the cost of handiwork. Roughly, then, steam en- gines and improved tools have produced an economy of $1,200,000,000, but more than this if they were suddenly swept out of ex- istence and forgotten, there are not enough of men and animals in the country to sup- ply an equivalent amount of power, and even if there were, there would be no way of procuring the necessary food for their support.

Died.

At Halifax, N. 8., on Sunday, 3lst March, in the 70th year of his ago, Mr. Morgan Flaherty, a native of the Parish of Killoam, County of Roscommon, Ireland, and formerly sexton of St. Paul’s Church, Halifax, leaving a widow to mourn her loss.

HE MEMBERS of Sr. Perer’s CuurcHy Sewing Society purpose holding a

FANCY SALE — About 10th July.

Contributions will be thankfully received by

Mrs. E. J. Hopeson, President, Mrs, ALEXANDER, Treasurer, Miss Jenkins, Secretary.

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Our Agreement with W. H, mutual consent. from us direct, or through

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Address

April 17, 1878.

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