THE DAILY EXAMINER, - - - ~

THE CANDIDATES TO VOTE FOR.

KING'S COUNTY,- A. C. MeDonaid. &. B. Muttari, M.D. QUEEN'S COUNTY,— Donald Ferguson. William Campbell. PRINCE COUNTY, Edward Hackett. John Lefurgey.

THE DAILY EXAMINER.

FEBRUARY 11, 1857.

Prices of Sugar.

At the opening meeting of the campaign, and over and over again during the past three Mr. Welsh declared that,

owing to the National Policy,we are paying

weeks,

six cents a pound for sugar while sugar of similar quality is obtained by the English consumer for two cents.

Mr. Welsh's ‘on the question of the Nationa!

political leader having ** cave l In Polie .

protective duties, it matters little,

ind } ledged himself to mantain the from a her the statement

. , party point ot View, whet

is true or untrue. But the people should know the facts about the matter.

Now, Mr. Blake, a few fore he had fully

. *s

-said in the course of one of his

weeks ago—be-

made up his mind to

cave in” speeches .

Take, for example, sugar. They boast of the low suyar. Sugar is low here compared with its price here a few years ago, but it is inordinately high here compared with the price in England in the present year rhe price of the raw material has fal’en enormously. Wedo not get anything ap- proachiny the ful! benefit of that reduction. We piv intinitely more than they do in England, or in bond at New York. A large part of the excess is paid into the treasury, I frankly admit, a larger sum than I like to see levied onsugar. Buta very large part of the excess over the foreign prices, a part ap- proxim «ting on the consumption of the year te $2,000,009 beyond what goes into the tre isury is paid by the people of Canada in effect to assist the refineries to carry on their business.”’

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To this statement Mr. Drummond, Pre- sident of. the Canada Refining Company promptly replied in the Montreal Gazette, as foliows :

Sugar

1. It it not true that sugar is inordinately high compared with England, for, after de- dusting tue daty paid by the Canadian refiner to the Customs, sugar is actually at this mo- ment, quality for quality, cheaper in Montreal than in London.

2. It is not true that sugar is dearer in bond here than in New York; for it is, oa the con- trary, a fact that there is a smfaller ditfereace or mirgin between raw agd retined in Canady than in New York, and deducting the same relative drawbacks for duty paid, sugar is sheaper here than there, cither in the opex market or in bond.

3. [aes2 fasts being so, the preposter- ous assertion that about $2,000,009 is absorbed by the. retiners falls to the ground—no_ wilder statement was ever made, or one so abviously contrary to facts.

[t is notorious that the public is getting the tull benefit of the cheapness of the commod- ity. Is there a man or womanin the Domin- ion who does not know that sugar is cheaper and better than ever before in his or her ex- perience, notwithstanding the large tribute it yields to the public revenue ?”

Mr. Druinmond is certainly an authority

on the price of sugar. It my be presumed from the high position he holds that he is a At any rate he knew, when

he wrote his letter, that if his declarations

credible man.

were not absolutely correct, Mr. Blake and his partisans would be ready enough and sharp enough to point out his error. Sut Mr. Drum- mond's reply remains unquectioned. We that it was true. Can't the raw

to this day the correctness of may, therefure, conclude

ind isn't it reasonable ? suriur be brought here direct from the plan- our own

tations and be manufactured in

refine ies and sold to our own people as eheap'y as it can be taken frum the planta- tions to England or Scotlan |, there refined,

anil then brought out here, after passing through the hands of brokers, refiners and shi»owners, each of whom has to be paid out of the price at which the sugar is sold here? Certainly, Mr. Drummond’s §state- ment is reasonable.

It does nut

necessarily follow that, be-

cause a heavy susar, the refiners increase their prices by the amount of the duty over and above the cost of retining and the refiner’s legitimate proiits. There is now--thanks to the N. P. —s ary business. So the refiner counts the firs}

+

cost if bile

the low duty imposed on raw sugar, the |

. > > meaning ie . . } e : cost Of Teaning,—andad he is well pleased if his com»etitors du not undersell him when

he c laryes, over and above the amount, a

fair living profit. He never thinks about the

duty, —thouzh the importer of refined sugar

has toadd the high duty he is obliged to pay to his bill of custs.

To the consumer, the gist of the whole matter ishere: the amount he has to pay hia grocer. Now, in 1873, granulated sugar wag Tetailed at 11 to l2e. per pound ; at presenbd the very same grade of sugar is sold at 7 and 7) . per pouhd—a difference of 4 to 4}c. onevery pound! The head of a family buyuig 109 pounds of best granulated sugar hid to pay in 1878 $12.00; now he pay 63.5), or $4 59 less than in 1873.

das dilereuce ib, wu mainmin, lanyely

duty is imposed on refined |

due to the Canadian sugar refineries estab- lished because of the advantages offered by the National Policy; and Mr. Welsh’s statement is erroneous and unworthy of credit.

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“It is pretty certain that a change of Government will bring with it a modification of the fisher- ies policy of the Dominion. Should Mr. Blake become Premier in place of Sir John A. Macdonald, he would be morally certain to repress the piractical instinets of the Quigleys and the unjust discrimination of Canadian Customs officials when he found bimself faced by the opera- tion of the Edmunds Retaliation Bill.”’-—Boston Traveller.

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The Subway.

Senator How tan will deliver an address on the subject of the great undertaking in the Market Hall this evening. It is under- stood that he wil] give some very interest- ing infermation concerning it. Electors and persons of every condition and party are cordially invited to be present. This is a matter which effects and interests every one ; and every one is expected to attend, Seats will be provided for the ladies.

Trains now carry mails and passengers to and from the Capes on either side of the Strait; the Subway or a Tunnel is now ‘*the missing link” in the chain of continu- ous communication with the railway system vf the Mainland ; and it is very pleasing to note that the peopfe of the Mainland as well as of P. E. Island, are fully alive to

its great importance. A correspon-

dent of the Moncton Times writes :~

“The success of Senator Howlan’s subway or some other way, that will give P. E. Island facilities for crossing from Cape Traverse to Cape Tormeutihe at all seasons of the year, may be, ‘and almost certainly will be, defeat- ed by Westmorland electing a Grit and so giving encouragement to the Grit party. Mem- bers of the Commons may say, Westmorland has elected an opponent to the work and they ought to know whether such a work is needed or not. We need not force a subway on an unwilling people. Without reference to the importance of this work to P. E. Island and the mercantile cities and towns of the Domin- ion, I would speak only of the county of West- morland.

As the entire railroad system of . E. Island is now connected with the Intercolonial on the mainland, with the exception of the narrow strait, the necessity for the subway cannot be disputed. It would open up the trade and travel through the entire length and breadth of the country of Westmorland. Our rail- roads would be the highway from the Island to Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, Moncton, St. John and all the trading towns and cities of the Dominion. They would be the highway for all the trade and travel to and from the United States; money would be constantly dropping from the pockets of travellers at every station and depot from Cape Tormentine to most westerly calling place in Westmorland Tormentine, Port Elgin, Sackville, Dorches- ter, Memramcook, Moncton; indeed all the business towns ia the County would need to double hotel accommodation. Even Madgic would need a good hotel in a short time. Stage drivers and keepers of horses would find lucrative employment. All this would give demand for farm produce and money would be plenty. Such a highway would make demand for building lots, for builders, painters, glaziers and ali other mechanics; merchants would hardly realize the _ in- crease of business and abundance of money. This is no faney sketch. Let the matters fall into the hands of the Grits and the old North- ern light and primitive ice boats will remain as in the days of our fathers, and would cost more in the end through repairs and altera- tions and Government subsides than would build a good and efficient crossing at the Capes, such as the Conservatives have in con- templation. It may be said the one vote in the Commons is not much, but one vote and its inflnence might prove destructive to our country’s interest.”

A @uestion for the * Patriot.”

Bisuo? Creary, of Ontario, in a recent pastoral said :— ‘*T have the honor to be well acquainted with Sir John A. Macdonald. premier of the Dominion, and we have frequently exchanged courtesies by friendly visits to each other. Against him or his Government I shall not say one word. He has never to my knowledge, been an enemy tothe Catholics. He has often spoken well of us, and done guod services to us ; and in the present ‘‘no Popery’ crusade he has openly and publicly, again and again, repudiated the policy of atrocious slander and legal persecution of the Catholic religion.” Will the Patriot be honest enough to give insertion to the foregoing brief extract ? We shall see.

Editorial Notes.

— Grit rowdyism was rampant at St. Peter's last evening.

— The Grit candidates for King’s must be in a bad strait when they require to be puffed by the Patriot.

—If the Grits think they are going to win the election by meansof rum and row- dyism they are mistaken !

p competition in the sugar refining |

raw sugar, the cost of freight, |

— The Patriot would be better employed in dealing with the issue befure the electors than in libelling honest men.

— The electors of King’s have accurately guaged the political ability of McIntyre and Robertson ;— and they have deen found wanting.

— The Halifax Ohrowicle says: Outario millers can possibly have nothing

ss The ' pected acknowledazineut from the merchants aud

to gain from the tariff in Ontario and the |

western portions of Quebec. tions of the Dominion produce so large a surplus of wheat and flour, that no tariff,

effect of raising the price of those articles.” Then it is acknowledged that, whatever we can produce a surplus of the high tariff will not make the cust tothe consumer any higher! Here we have, from the Halifax Chronicle, an acknowledgment of that which the supporters of the National Puljcy buve always qumtended is truw

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. : | during the winter months, however high, could possibly have the!

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A correspondent at St. Peter's writes :— “The notorious Fahey —one,of McIntyre s henchmen—put in an appearance at Morell |

and St. Peters with a sleigh load of liquor, and tried in every way to cause a disturb- | ance.”

ST. PETER’S MEETING.

The Court House at ‘St. Peter's was crowded—and many could not gain ad- mission—last evening to hear the candi- | dates for King’s County upon the political questions of the day. At half-past two o'clock Mr. Robert Lewis was called to the chair.

Messrs. Robertson, Muttart, Maclutyre and Macdonald addressed the meeting, the more respectable portion of those present being evidently in favor of the Government Candidates. To the credit of the suppor- ters of the Government good order prevailed when Macintyre and Robertson addressed the meeting. It was plainly to be seen that there was an organized attempt tv interfere with the Government Candi- dates, which caused some disturbance. Doctor Muttart was not long upon his feet befyre be was interfered with by a knight of the birchen rod, whose opinion of him- self is higher than that of most sensible folks. Notwithstanding Grit interference the Government men carried their points and the meeting. After the addresses

of the Candidates, Messrs. Sullivan, Scrimgeour and Prowse took the platform. The Premier of our Province

delivered a powerful speech, which made a deep impression upon the meeting, and, notwithstanding that during the day threats had been freely made that he would not be allowed tu spe ik, the large audience was evidently in sympathy with him. He was greeted by ringing cheers again and again as he boldly detied the Opposition members upon every point they had raised, wid completely took the wind out of their ittack upon the Government. It was use- less for Mr. Scrimgeour or any one else to combat the Government policy, and the rowdy tactics of the Grit party present was compiete'y overzome by the voice of the meeting in its great majority which declar- el enthusiastically for the Governmeut candidates. Mr. Prowse followed on the Government side, and all the button holeing of well known Grit leaders and defeated candidates could not change the aspect of affairs. The result of St. Peter's mecting is certainly a triumph for the Government. ‘The Government candidates have made a successful canvass, and now it only remains for the electors to be true to themselves and keep their promises when there can be no doubt of the triumph of Macdonald and Muttart.

What Hon. W. Foster says :—

“The burden of the debt of a country is measured by the an- nual interest which 1s paid in order to carry it. Wha is the annual interest and what has been its i’ crease ?

“In 1867 when the Dominicn had not incurred a dollar of debt but was simply carrying the old provincial indebtedness, — the people paid as interest $1.29 per head. In 1874, the first year of the MacKenzie Govern- mnent, the amount paid to carry the debt was $1.34. In 1879. when Mr. MacKenzie left office, it had risen to $1 59 per head, and in 1885, aft~r all the added debt of which so mch talk is ma'e, the per capita in- terest payment was just $1.59, not one mill more than in

1879.”

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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Srr,—I was pleased to hear that the ladies have been invited to hear Senator Howlan to-night. Itis to be hoped that the managers will reserve seats for them.

Yours, etc., G. D.

Address to Capt. Barry.

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Tue following address was presented to Capt. Barry, of the steamer Neptune, on Tuesday last, on his departure for St. John's, NF. :—

GEORGETOWN, P. E. L., February 7th, 1887. Commander Barry, Sieamer Neptune.

DEAR SIR,—The undersigned merchants and vlber resideats of G-orzeiuwn Canvot alow you lu depart from us without offering you our con- xratuiat.ous on the success which has attend: d sour fiest atiemyptat winter navigation in the Straits of Nori humberland,

The regularity with which you have made your trips, even during the inost :evere storms, has enabl dus to ave daily communication with tle wainland to a later period and with a satisfuction uever heretofore enjoyed.

Wishing youasate aud speedy passege te St. Johns, und every success tu the good sip Nep- tule,

We remain, Yuurs sincerely, (Signed) A. A. MacDONALD & BrRos., D. GORDON, (. OWEN, WM. SANDERSON, EK. STEWAKT, J. U. BY&ANE, WILLIAM WIGHTMAN, W.s. Easton, G. A. AITKEN, WM. GORDON, DENNIS « URVHY, Tuomas S. HENRY, h. 2. HOBBS, And about 20 others.

jinga dificul: duty bave been appreciated. These por- |

To which Capt. Barry replied as follows ; I thank you very much for thix very unex-

others of Georgetown Iam pieased to find that my efforts in perform-

{ bave dune my very vest. but the Neptune, although in other respects a fine safe suip for the service, Would require more power and greater speei to ensure reguiarity of communication

[ regret leaving this service, which has become Inost tuteresting lo me. Toanking you for your good wishes, I remain Yours respecifully. JOHN J. Barry,

a ——, <a 6 PE - AN artesian well now being bored in St. Augustine, Fla., is twelve inches in diameter,

| and shouted ‘tire,

| , 188%.

An Incendiary Act.

Ae CAREFULLY LAID PLAN TO SET FIRE TO A HOUSE ON KENT STREET—AN INVESTIGA-~ TION TO BE HELD.

Ara late hour last night Mr. Ballem, |

| formerly of the P. E. Island Hospital, went | to the door of his residence on Kent Street |

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‘fire.’ Some young | men who were in the neighborhood at the time rushed to the scene. and discovered that the fire was located between the sterm door and the inside door of the kitchen. | A lot of soft-wood splits, soaked in keroser e oil had been piled up between the two doors, and to these the torch had been ap- plied. Aw was calculated the fire burned briskly and had attained considerable head- way before the alarm was given. The young men summoned worked energetically and soon extinguished the fire, not how- ever, before it had charred the kitchen doors and done other damage. _Ballem, it will be remembered, stated some few mvnths ago, that he had been robbed of upwards of $100; a few days later he says he received several letters telling him to get vut of the country at. once; and last, but not least, comes the incendiary attemp of last evening. There is a considerable amount of mystery surrounding all these affairs. The Chief Engineer holds an in- vestigation into last night’s fire this after- noon at three o’clock, at which, it is ex- pected, some interesting developments will be made.

Another Nailer.

Wuite off duty yesterday afternoon a prominent member of the police force drop- ped into a forge on Great George Street to have a friendly chat with the smithy. A horse was waiting to be shod. The officer being of an inquisitive turn of mind, and priding himself on his knowledge of horse- tiesh, undertook to explore the horse’s mouth, with a view, presumably, to ascer- taining his age. The ofticer began feeling for a certain tooth, and the horse began to

- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 1

Ee eo eet ante

Ten Thousand Pounds

Extra

pound LONDON

Feb, 11—2aw wy 2mos

Quality

--'T'-:-E-:-A-- at Twenty-five cents per

at the E HOUSE.

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grow restless. ‘The officer, with that cour- uge peculiar to policemen, was determined on gaining his object, and did not take any stock in the animal’s mute appeals to be | t alone. Finally the horse’s jaws came to- gether with a crash, catching the fore-finger of the officer’s hand in « vice-like grasp. A tug of’ war ensued —the officer trying to back out and the horse holding on for all he was worth. At length, with some out- side assistance, the ofiicer’s hand was extri- cated, minus the finger nail, which had been toru out at the quick. After bestow- ing some little attention to the injured finger the ofticer repaired to the station, where he related his misfortune to his brother-members of the force, and from whom, itis said, he did not receive that sympathy which he should. He gave the nail into the custody of Sergeant MceGon- nell for safe keeping, and turned his .steps homeward, a sadder and a wiser man. Sergeant MeGonnell says that since the premature demise of the Historical Society, he supposes the nail will have to go with the other curivsities--into the police mu- seuin.

Liberal - Conservative Rally, LHE SUBWAY

Hes. SENATOR HOWLAN will address the Electors of Charlottetown in the

MARKET HALL,

—ON—

Friday, the tith Feb., inst., at 7} o'clock, p. m., on the SUBWAY. W. E DAWSON, President,

A. A. MCLE ‘N, pccretary. Feb. 10, 1887.

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PURITY

CERTIFIED TO BY

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Fr. W. BEST, DOMINION ANALYST, St. John, N.B.

Feb. 10, 1887.

Pf (SLND RAILWAY,

Low Prices. GIVE US

MARKET

Ch’town, Jan. 12, 1887,

sa

BEER

Velveteens in every shade. 4 Mantles and Jerseys. ; The largest stock of Carpets on thelslandy — Corsets all sizes and prices.

Wool Squares and Scarfs---all at very

JAMES PATON & CO,, |

abe ee Fame — —

ateria

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A CALL.

SQUARE.

BRITISH

EXTENSIVE

I have decided whole of my stoce Fancy Dry Goods,

until the whole ts d

ane 4

()* and after MONDAY. February I4th, the texular Trains on the Cupe Vraverse Brauch wil cun daily (Sundays exvepved) as f) lows :— Leave Cape Traverse at 6 4+ a. m.. connecting at County Line /anciion with traius fur east and !

West. j Leave Conn'y Line Junction at 4.19 p. m.. con- necting tuere With trains from east and west. JAMES COLEMAN, Superintendent, Railway Office, Ch’town, Feb. lvtin. 1857. —eX pat Gi wky 4i ner guadi

Notice of Meeting.

THE General Annual Meeting of the Share- holders of the MERCiANTS BANK UF} PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, for the eiection of i-irectors and receiving a statement of tue aifairs of the Kank, will be held at the Banking |

COIFEE, COFFEE

Fresh Roasted?& Ground

and is the largest artesian well in the world. It is now flowing at the rate of 7,000,000 gal lons in twenty-four hours. The well is now 760 feet Lelow the guréace,; aad is being deep: | Vawd vrery day.

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BEER & GOFF'S,

Der. 3%, 1886,

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Ch'tewn. Dee, 14—wky

cember Léth, 18&=6, and continuing

LARGE DISCOUNTS FOR GA

WAREHOUSE |

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QUEEN STREET.

0

CASH SALE! |

to close out the k of Stapiec and commencing De-

isposed of, at

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ROW IN.

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ATTRACTIONS. |

——-U We will make the following reductions du

Fur Caps, worth $18.00 for $14.00

Ollie, - JEURED SY. MAKCH 3kb, at tue | Fur Caps, worth 12.00 for 9.00 heurof KLEVEN o'clock, a. m, Tor C% . rn ¢ > Proxies for voting must be left with the Cash- ' Fur Caps, worth 10.60 raed 8.50 ier on or before Tusstey, Maret Ist, ds outs worth 7.50 for 6.00 | 3y order, ur Caps, werth 6.75 for 4.75 | F. M r : 4 ! ae cae I I ie Fur Caps, worth 4.75 for 3.75 Feb. 10-—tu th sat tl mar 3 | Boys’ Uvercoats, worth 7.10 for 4.75 — rere _ Buys’ Overcoats, worth & 76 for 4.10 |

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JOHN M°SLEOD & CO,§

UPPER QUEEN ST., (Op. Roger's New Brick Block.)

Ch'town, Dec. 22, 1386.

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ring the Xmas and New Year’s trade :—

toys’ Overcoats, worth $4.75 for 3.50 Boys’ Overcoats, worth 4.00 for 2.76 Soys’ Suits, worth 7.0) for 6 (9 Boys’ Suits, worth 6.00 for 4.60 Boys’ Suits, worth 5.00 for 3.76 Boys’ Suits, worth 4.00 for 3.00 Boys’ Suits, worth 3.00 for 2.00 Boys’ Suits, worth 2.00 for 1.75