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APRIL 9, L873

The Trade Issue (No. 9.)

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on the Trade Issue. This morning4

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an intention to discuss the question on its merits. It quotes fairly enough that por- tion of Mr. Cartwright’s Budget which re- fers to the policy those who compose the present Ministry profess themselves pre- pared to carry out, when—should they be returned to power—they revise the tariff in order to raise a revenue sufifiviently large to meet ordinary expenditure and make good the lamentable deficits of the past two vears. We trust the Patriot will go on to explain the meaning of that policy; and to show whether or not the Grit Party as a whole is prepared carry it out.

For ourselves, we are fully convinced that there are not ten men—-among all the Grits of Canada—who will—under existing cir- eumstances—practically sanction Mr. Cart wright’s policy as explained by Mr. Cart- wright himself, viz., that under the re- vised tariff no interest or industry in the Dominion shall receive the, slightest advan- tage from it; that shipbuilding and other aw materials now admitted ‘‘duty free” shall be taxed in order that the advantage shipbuilders and others now possess may be done away; and that an excise duty shall be levied upon manufactured goods, so that the advantage manufacturers now have from a tax of 174 per cent. upon imported manu factures shall be neutralized. No Grit ex- cept Mr. Mills nas given even « hint that he is prepared te support such a wholesale Free Trade policy. They may—if returned to power we presume they will—impose a

or can possibly

tax upon shipbuilding materials, and other

wise legislate in the direction of Free Trade

But they cannot—they cannot Mr, Cartwright’s policy, as demonstrated by Mr. Cartwright himself.

On the other hand we Conservatives—one and all—the assurance that they do not propose an increase of tawva- tion beyond the requirements of the revenue ; that they do propose to admit shipbuilding and other raw and quasi raw materials duty free ; that they/lo not propose to levy an excise duty upon home manufactured goods ; but that, on the contrary, they pro- pose to raise the revenue by taxing foreign,

_ and especially United States manufactured goods—now very largerly imported - and thus give to home industries the advantage of untaxed raw materials and taxed pro- ducts of foreign industries imported into @anada to enter into competition with them.

After comparing the two policies—as set forth and explained by Mr. Cartwright on the one side and by Dr. Tupper on the

as far as ‘* circumstances will admit. support

have from. the

other—the Monetary Times—a non-partisan ,

authority on questions relating to trade—

expresses its surprise at the confusion of opinions on the issue which results from the use of mere names and mere words, and emphatically says :—

‘‘ Neither party, according to these declara- tions fof Mr. Cartwright and Dr. Tupper}, 1s Protectionist ; both would in England be called Free Traders, but Free Traders with a difference.”

Wherein, then, lies the difference? Mr. Cartwright and the Conservative leaders both propose the levy of duties for the im- mediate purpose only of raising the required revenue. They are agreed that there shall be no taxation except for revenue purposes. They both, in effect, say, as Sir John Me- Donald and almost every man of his Party | in Parliament say, in so many words, that the volume of taxation shall not be increased, So far there is no real difference of opinion.

(1.) But Mr. Cartwright says the revenue shall be raised by meansof duties so adjust- ed that no industry in the Dominion shall thereby be advantaged.

_(2.) And the Conservativessay,the revenue shall be raised by means of duties so ad- justed that every industry shall, as far as possible, be advantaged.

Mr, Cartwright says that nothing what- ever can be done to militate against the the exclusive-intrusive policy of the United States.

(4.) And the Conservatives say that the tari may be so framed that those by

whose influence Canadian productions are ‘ow excluded from the United States mar- ‘4, may find it to their advantage to sanc- *‘ Reciprocal Free Trade between the

‘ountries. ” xe are, we think, fairly stated, the points of difference between the two

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<ow, regarding Mr. Cartwright’s propo-

_ion : (1) That the revenue shall be raised

means of duties so adjusted that no in-

dustry in the Dominion shall thereby be ad- vantaged,—we have demonstrated that it

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Grit Party, because the Grit Party, with | one or two exceptions, believe that, under | The great body the Grit | Leader, Mr. Me-

to the country. Party believe with their

Kenzie, that—

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There is. therefore, no necessity to con- without

sider it; and we may pass on,

further remark, to the consideration of his

second proposition, viz. : ‘that 1 is mm , | a7 ais } ital

possible to militate against the selfish,

exclusive-intrusive policy of the

this proposition

Vicious, United States.” Upon there is an issue, because the Grit Party declare that it is impossible, by retaliatory duties. to force the United States to grant to Canada Reciprocity of Trade.

Let us first see what Free Trade authority we have for imposing retaliatory duties with this view. Let us take our

readers to the fountain head of Free Trade —Dr. Adam Smith. Dr. Smith says :

** Ther may be good policy in retaliations OJ this kind, when there is a probability that they will procure the repeal of the high duties or pro- hihitions complained of. The recove ry oy a great foreign market will gene rally more than com- pe nsate the transitory inconveniency OF paying y dearer during a short time for some sart of goods. To judge whether such retaliations are likely to produce such an effect, does not, per- haps, belong so much to the science of a legis- lator, whose deliberations ought to be governe by general principles which are always the same, as to the skill of that insidious and crafty animal, vulgarly called a statesman or poli- tician, whose councils are directed by she momentary fluctuations of affairs.’

Backed up by the author of the ‘* Wealth of Nations,” let us assume the office of politician. Let us judge, from the facts, whether or not a judicious retaliatory policy, if adopted, will) be likely to bring about Reciprocal Free Trade.

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A Quostion Hasily Answered.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Patriot asks :—

‘‘How then, I ask, cana Protectionist in deed be a Free Trader in word ?”

Simplest thing in the world. Look here:

‘The result was that within a year we found it necessary to increase the duty to 173 per cent., and that 1s the duty at present in exist- ence. We have, therefore, given an incidental protection of two and a half per cent. more than had been imposed by the previous Administra- tion.’ —Hon. A. McKenzie, Leader of the so- called Free Traders.

‘* The candidature of Mr. Thomas Workman for this important constituency has my hearty support. ”’—Hon, Alex, Machenzie.

Mr. Workman’s policy—defined, if we mis- take not, in the presence of Mr. McKenzie-- was this :—

‘* My policy on the manufacturing question is simple. Weare to a very large extent here in Mowtreal and I think over thé greater part of the country, over-run with American manu- factured goods, sent here and forced upon our markets at sacrificing prices. These goods in- terfere with our mechanics, manufacturers,and our artisans. I would, therefore, gentlemen, advocate the imposition of a duty on all goods coming ia from the United States equal to what the Americans charge on all goods sent from Canada. That is what I eall reciprocity in duty.”

‘*Sir Francis Hincks stated last year, in sis election tour and in the House of Commons, that he was in favor of incidental Protection, ] said, ‘7 am in favor of i.” —The Free Trade (2) Pre rie r

**As I have said, all partiesin this country have aceepted the doctrine I lay down, that our revenue must be obtained by means of duties upon imported goods, and the distribu- tion of these duties should always be in such a way as to eonfer the GREA TEST AMOUNT OF BENEFIT upon our people.” — Hon. Alexander Mc Kenzie, Premier.

‘*T have assumed as a matter of public pol icy—and not one man in Parliament has at- tacked that policy—what Sir Francis Hincks characterizes as ‘ Incidental Protection’—mean- ing arevenue raised from the imposition of duties on articles imported into this country.” —Hon, Alex, McKenzie.

*“ The American Government, always alive to the interests of their people and all that relates to the prosperity of their country, have recently passed a treasury order, increasing very con- siderably the drawback on white refined sugar, the result of which, I learn, has been that the great bulk of that quality now used in Canada comes from that quarter, and their manufacture is entirely abandoned at Montreal, where for- merly large quantities were made; hence, it follows, that iy our trade is to be encouraged or sustained, such exceptional legislation as I have rejerred to, must be met by corresponding legisla- tion on our part,—Mr, A. Jones’ Letter to Sir F. Hincks.

‘* As long as duties are levied upon imported articles, they should be levied upon articles pre- duced by our own people,”—The Premier at Hamilton.

And finally the Free Trader im says a Free Trade Policy is :—

**A policy which I say frankly I would in- augurate at once if the circumstances of the country would admit, and if the position of our manufacturers would adinii of it, because I be- lieve that a free interchange of thought, in- formation and commodities is the true means of enriching a country or making 3 people great, while the system of protection as it exists int the United States, is altogether evil.”

What a pity itis that ‘‘the circumstances of the country” will net admit, ete.

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Another Question Easily Answered

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A CORRESPONDENT of the Patriot wants to know how ‘“‘Mr. Pope, while pretending to be’a Free Trader, could vote for an acknow]l- edged Protectionist resolution in the present session Of Parliament.”

Here is the Toronto Globe’s answer :—

‘* Mr. Pope, the champion Free Trader, might safely vote for it, and boast himself, with perfect consistency, to be the champion Free Trader still.”

The Globe is, we admit, not 2 yery reli-

ice is badly broken up.

QUERY ?

Wuy did the Government suppress, the published correspondence ov Kduca- tion, among other matter a memorancum siened by His Lordship Bishop MelIntyre and Rev. Dr. O’Brien, in which the prac- ical working of the present Education Law

4 t was set forth? Where they ashamed to have made public the manner in which

their proseriptionist polcy was shown up to the Dominion Government / One would imagine that the unblushing effrontery of men who could sign what they either knew, or ought to have known wag untrue, viZ., the Minutes of Council of 30th June, 1877, would not shrink from any publicity of their pre scribing policy.

Correspondence,

gar We do not hold ours lyes 1% sponsible for the opinions or statements of corre spondents.

The Capes Route. LETTER FROM A RESIDENT—-HOW THE DIUFFI- CULTY IS TO BE OVERCOME—W HERE A

WINTER STEAMER SHOULD BE,

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Sir, —I desire te offer a few practical remarks respecting the carriage of the winter mais. If the ‘“‘Northern Light” was at Cape Traverse we could have a daily mail. I think that it would be an imposition on the Island for the Domin- ion Government to persist in keeping the “Northern Light” on the route that she is on now, for it is plain to be seen that she cannot give us a daily mail there, because she may,and is, often a week making a trip, even this mild winter, wheiever the wind is to the north.

Now, if she was here, she could cross to the ice in less than an hour. There has been only about two or three miles of ice in the Gulf for the last ten days ; and it is so broken up that she would go*right through it without any trouble. ‘The boats cannot cross on account of the wind blowing so hard and so much broken up ice on the other shore.

Any time that the steamer could not cross here, the boats would have no trouble to cross. When the Gulf is full of solid ice, the boats can make the trip in from two to three hours. The hardest time that the boats have is when the Then tere is ice and lolly, which the ‘“‘Northern Light” should go right through; and we would have a daily mail without any trouble, and there would be no need of trucking mails to and fro as they have done this winter, nor wou)d-we be with- ovt a mail for a fortnight. The Dominion Government should concentrate their efforts all in one place. Any sensible man must admit that the ‘‘Northern Light” cannot give us what we require of them, viz. : a daily mail, on the route that she 4s now on. Butif they would send her here to assist the boats, we could have a daily mail without any trouble; and there would be no changing mails from one place to the other, causing much expense.

Concerning a harbor it would not cost a great quantity of money to give us a good harbor on this side. By extending the present wharf one hundred and fifty yards it would give us three fathoms and a half of water at low tide. Every sensible man must admit that when we have a severe winter, such as we have ex-

rienced in former years, the ‘‘Northern

aight” could not do the first thing in carrying our mails, Therefore they should have to cross at the Capes, and the extra expense of keeping thé two routes would soon build the required breakwater. I think that the Gov- ernment should centre their efforts all in one place ; and there is positive proof that this is the only place that we can get a daily mail, Messrs. Muttart and Irving had the mails two months, and in that time we were only two days without a mail. Those days it blew too hard to cross; but if the ‘‘Northern Light” had been here they would have had no trouble to cross. We would require a short piece of railroad from the County Line to the Cape,— about nine miles—through the richest part of P. E. Island ; and it would be a great feeder to the main line.

This is the best route for the summer mails, A steamer can cross im less than an hour, and the mails would be carried much quicker than any other way; afd passengers that are sea-sick would hardly have time to get sick before they were oyer, for itis only like a ferry.

Yours, &e., Z ALEXANDER STRANG,

April 8, 1878. : rt

Origin of Some Famous Legends.

Not among the different members of the great Aryan family only are the germs of many of our best known stories discoverable.

They seem to belong to humanity, A lively American, Professor Fiske, of Uarvard

University, noticing how the “ William Tell” legend (for it is a legend), and that of which the Weish form celebrates the death of Geiert’s faithful hound, and a good many others besides, are found everywhere, says: ‘“We must admit, then, that these fireside tales have been handed down from parent to child for more than a hundred genera- tions; that the primitive Aryan cottager, as he took his evening meal of yava, and sip- ped his fermented mead, listened with his children to the stories of ‘Boots’ and ‘Cin- derella,’ and the ‘Master Thief,’ in the days when the squat Laplander was still master of Kurope, and the dark-skinned Sudra was as yet unmolested in the Punjab.’ True ; but may we not go further, and say that, find- ing these tales, or their counterparts, among Zulus, Mongols, Malays, and red Indians, we must either pronounce them to be ‘in nate ideas,” or else hold that men had in- vented them in the old, old time, when the difference between Ayrans and non-Ayrans had not yet grown up? Sir H. Rawlinson seems to prove, from the earliest Assyrian remains, that, “in the beginning,” Hamite, Shemite and Japhetian were all one—that even what afterwards became of the Ayran tongues were then ‘‘aggiutinative,’ like the red Indian of to-day. Some one, too, has

just ‘‘proved” that the old Peruvian was a

kindred speech to the Sanscrit! No won-

der, then, that the same stories are current all the world over.

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