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SALE OTT TOIT EE EY EE a SR TO ae SES YT RSS Tees - ee gn age te er Tete oe — rien peahociuneoninnipsitiniemdienbinnanh ee - "y e er ge Soe rO\y seein i s rr ¥ Y ¥ 5 7 tT r yr 7’ Yr ~ bi ‘i VOL. XXVI CHARLOTTETOWN. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. MONDAY. JULY 19. 1975 i : ; ; “- , : a : i ; f : } t nin ’ : 7 , eae Se Li . " ‘Vas 4n/ ¥t & ah C7 tO) Pra @' 9 as Ps: s & * » e eae Fi £¢ fe), WOE Ts SOM EP. RL eee oe ae reer = ce oo ROME ABTS VAY ERS ALE LM ESE PO i Me eee OT Rae PA RR Fo EEE EEL SERIES EE RYE TLE TT SE LEO OE UIE RIESE ILO EE EES TES TREE eG SEE Ls EDGE: OLSON AECL ha A vr 47> ny rey j tm rir 4 seeks de a ‘ Se se i , ) Le OS: ¢ le “by 9 > ‘es ‘ DP me nee ie [ARD TIMES, OUR FINANCE MINISTER. : UNITED ZMPIRE CLUB. WEGGEH, i.8 Cw Wade’ Aprdmscaeenis. a eS eae Tse on . : aes (LEW ey O . ae eer (From the Monetary Times. ) At the laying of the foundation of the} paca nena ] i ! tiha eancea of en Lane j * i ah lt ° ia } “erdinam ex-E'm Stati aauimcucts ry ee Che office of the Finance Minister of | United Empire Club, on Dominion Day, the | dead , siecil dae lane

MALLS.

ONTARIO, Qurnec, New Brunsy nud I Mond " \ Tuesday . i vi a STs BAe *) Phursd ay ° . ( Friday i : ‘ G yi AN, Ur 1 States, daily,

via UL} ids via Halifax, Friday, 25tl

ERSTE

DarnuinaTon, Hunrer’s River, County I matter for offices served from these

MouNT SPEWART, CARDIGAN, MONTAGUE a served from these places—daily,

th June and every second Friday after, ntary, Monday, 28th June, and every second Monday after, .

NITED STATES, daily, A .

; “nh ne all +} « ap fi -j . . , © ‘ * ‘ including all mail matter for Prince County west of Summerside—twice daily,

ANE, Freetown places-—daily, .

and Barnert’s Cross—including mail)

CLOSE.

7.00 a. MW.

1.30 &, Ma.

. 10.00 p. in Puesday 10.00 p.in.

Wednesday, 7 p.m.

2.00 D,. .

: { 30 a. m. jFriday 10.00 p. m. 2.30 p.m. jSaturday 7 p. m. sy 5.00 a. m. Uncertain 2.00 p.m. ‘ | 1.30 a.m.

of this it may be said that there is such a ymmiercial dyspepsia. Depressi, ‘ly epidemic; it sometimes ice. When everybody joins in { times’ it is likely to cons tinue hard times, untilsome more cheers ful spirit starts up in adifferent key. But | this is not a sufficient explanation. A cause which lies much deeper, and is more bane-

a chorus of ‘lat

ig Pg ; i | ; 5.00 a, m. 10.00 2. m. | ful in its influence. is the practice of under- 1.00 p.m. 10.00 p.m, | selling. Competition is said to be the life | ° A {0 oom: 10.00 p. m. of trade ; but there are cases where it may

ul Grorarrown—inclading all mail matter for offices;

niore truthfully be called the death of trade.

. a én : ‘ ° . é . . «i+ 8$.00a. m. 12.05 p.m. r : i LORELL, Tuesd iv, fhars lay and Saturday, . | 2? 30 ; ¥ ' P i W " do not refer to that apenas of onOe- ' is Pp ci A a no een kl tate . + . - sn . . . . ae? tis i @2a; ° : : At Sr. Pi 2 R - and i ris East— inciuding mail matter for all places in King’s Conn-| | tition which contents: steal with o anal y east and nerth of St. Peter’s—daily, 5 2 rts i IED a aud alt off sh taienehethlanlin me i 4 . 4 : . 2.30 p.m. '2.15.p. m2. | rather than a large profit, and serves to Le = tthe route between Charlottetown and Bedeque, Monday, Wednesday i ingi md Friday. i l : a9 rae de 00 p.i “ | actually stimulate trade by bringing com. : : sal se ’ elF a. A ’ ‘ ‘ 9.00 p.m. 2.30 p.m. PE? : < Ry icorastet) eb Odeany Vitcec dally. | as ay Plow an san ‘Gen in | moudities within the purchasing power of ' wON River Bripan, Derrasr. Ornw g Bor Sol aml ¢ tlic 's§ t dag 10 i mS i , \ ' - >. : Pri Wi a : Mt REAY akon Souru, and all offices on the South- | the many; nor to competition of the Cheap ra and Priday; returning Wednesday and Saturday, ‘ . - OF eee fey tel #09 Pp. Mm. | Johe +, which™i vd s ws + Porn r ( i i an arene York, and all offices on that ronte. M mnday and Thurseay:i . | ’ ) - ‘ aia: —— ee uces poorer goods , ning —' . divas + io — a : 4 : ' 7100ui m. :.00.p. m, | in close imitation of the better, and whose ie ws. M mLAN, and all ¢ Nices on that fuute, Thursday, : L . 6.008 m. 7.00 p. ma. ' seeming ‘bargains’ are in reality swindles. 1 : | ) —— | But we mean that competition which re- + are forwarded from Sammerside to Misconche, Alberton, Port Hill and Tignish daily; to other principal points on that lin its i 1 th i f icl a Wines intellect , : ee, : 2 aily; to ot ri . ints on that line | sults in cutting down the prices articles Puesday Phuss lay nd Saturday; aud to smaller offices, Tuesday and Friday. | | oe Ye so a ait maga on on { route from Darlington to Rose Valley receive and despatch mails Tuesday and Friday. below what it cost to manufacture them, "i « « » fre llunter’s Riwey ¢ Y oy netic , y Pri : hi ; i rayvuit : from ‘tas ers al to North eee Monday, Wednesday and Friday. j and which leaves no reasonable margin of ) es Y te from Hunters River to Cavendish, &c., ‘ day, T Psday ¢ , “day i i Offices om the roate fro Canty Line to New London, Tecstay, Fharedsy and batarday. | profits for any one. ‘ route fron unty Line to New London, ruesday, Thursday and Saturday. ‘ | iti i i 0 lices on the route from County Line to Somerset and Newton, Tuesday and Friday. A er i Mvvlidindals Cela i or Seid ites Mad . tT ie, ee ‘ ae . < ee 13 . 4 a si Mails = forward F from Head of Si. Peter's Bay and Souris East to all offices in the Eastern sectiow of King’s County, every ee ee gee ee vesday and Friday : i : iti 7 oe a : | who will look at the condition of trade since Mails are forwarded from Cardigan Bridge to Dundas and Lot 56 every Tuesday and Friday, on arrival of the morniag train from | } : "th i 5 : bas in from | the panic, As a natural result of the panic,

Charlottetown, returning te Cardigan |

ridge at 8 o’clock, p. m.

Malla are forwarded from a Bridge to all offiees on the routes to Murray Harbor North and Brooklyn, &c.. every Tucsday, all sorts of goods fell in price, and no one and Friday, returning same day. ; } }

eer 7 | knew exactly when the bottom would be

Letters intended for Regi ‘reached. The trouble now is that the

forwarded. Registr Letters may be posted in letter boxes on St Correspondence for Newfoundland,

ALMANAC FOR JULY, 1875.

New Moon, 5rd Day, Ih. 12m., a.m.,, N.,

below hor n. First Quar., 10th Day, 6h. 25., a.m., N., below horizon.

Oh. lAm.,

Full Moon, Isth Day, a.m. NW, below horizon.

3rd Quar., 25th Day, 4h., 27m., p. m., N.W., below horizon.

ig MOON HIGH DAY'S M rise [wets 2Ct? [water jlen th CE iccntiinsieheenesimnlamneen aanecguie hen Lineman RMU M HM! MMiR M 1 Thursday 4 18749 A6 51) 9 3015 31 2' Friday 19, 49 8 9 1023 30 | 3 Saturday 9 6 46; 2 9 WM 10 29

eamers up to time of departure.

sermuda and West Indies will be forwarded to Halifax by each mail.

| _ INSURANCE.

| _ epee neatiettt

MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

| BOARD OF DIRECTORS: } |

Ronert Lonaworth, Esq., President, Ilen. Jas. DuNcAN,

Hon. L. C. OWEN,

Hon. A. A. McPonatp,

Hon. J. C- Porr,

Tuomas HaNPRAIAN, Esq.,

GEORGE R. Brrr, Esq.

4 Sunday 20; 48 9 52 56 29 a . ‘ 3

5 Sneiate 21) 48) 10 22 = oth. tisks taken daily at their office, corner

é\ Tuesday 22° 47| Jo 13 ie 26: oa Great George and Lower Water Streets.

7\Wedn'ad’y; 22, 47)11 2): 2 36) 25 F. W. HALES, Secrretay.

8 Thursday | 23) 47) 1117) 2 5 23} Cl’town, March 22, 1875—ly

9 Friday 23| 46) 1152; 235, 28 ———

1G Saturday 24' 46) 1149 3 20 22

lL. Sunday 25, 45M 416 20 ST. LAWRENCE

12: Monday 26, 45) 0 6 519 18 Marine | C

13 Tuesday 27; 44 024, 6 2 16

14 Wedn sd’y 23 uM 6Ce4e TS 15 nsurance 0.

15 Thursday 238, 43: 120 8 26 14 OF

16 Friday oO; 43; 163 9 13 2 >

Friday 0, 42, «Es 913) 12) PRINGE EDWARD ISLAND.

18 Sunday 32; 39; 3 47) 10 37 7 “ ae |

19 Monday 33! 39 «4 54! 11 16 ;|Authorized Capital, - - $300,000,

20 Tuesday wi $3| G 7 11.64 { ss ; ea 5

siteedn'edly| 35° 57/7 16tAt 38 ; Subscribed Capital, 143.950,

22 Thursday 36: 36i. 8! 1 2 0

23' Friday 37; 35, 945, 141/14 58 BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

-“ eg a = bg + 311 3 Ancurmatp Kennepy, President.

26\Sobdar io} 31) 13; 419 oat Joun F. Ropertson,

pe Tac mc iad oak piel « “4 19 ARTEMAS LORD,

Se te ae oe =| P. W. HynpMAN,

25 Wedn'sd’y 3 ao ‘2 ‘ 13 47 | > —

saaeniies | (41 7 past eae 14 | Ratpu B. Peake,

30 E ioe ~~ oa] gala el ae 42 THomas Morris,

si/Saturday |4 46.7 2 7 46. 10 15/14 40! Grorce D. Lonaworrn. | Risks taken daily at their office, Exchange |

Building.

DITA NAA BUS NES S

CARDS. WILLIAM DODD.

“

fommission Verchant and JSUCTAONEER QUEEN SQUARE, LRLOTTETOWN. P. E. SLAND

CARVELL BROS., AUCTIONEE ne

is a! tua iisw: Commission Merchants,

tENERAL AGENTS, Lower Queen St. Charlottetown, P, E.1.

VULCAN FOUNDRY, Ce LORGHLTOWN. STOVES, wholesale and retail. WINDLASS aod MACHINERY CASTINGS in general al- ways on hand, or supplied at the shortest notice.

Cash FT’aid KINDS of OLD & SCRAP 1RON. Jj, A. RUTHERFORD & Co,

June 2, 1873 ly

F. M. CAMPBELL.

@Weneral Yierchant

FOR AL]

COMMISSION AGENT, AUCTIONEER & BROWER TRINITY CORNER, QEORGETORN, PBL. Mandard | ife insurance to.

1873. ly HASZARD GROS., Commission Merchants & Auctioneers,

FORWARDING, MANUFACTURERS, General am ge mts. Gl WATER STREET.

Cpposite Merchants Bank,

FoR

Sept. 1,

Charlottetown. - - - - PB EL J. E. Haszanp, | Honack Haszarp. ————? Oi

REFERENCES: Messrs, Greenshields, Son & Co., Montreal, Messrs. W. & R. Brodie, Quebec, Messrs. J. S. Farlow & Co., Boston, Henry Lawson, Esq., Halifax, N. 5.

Hon. Daniel Davies, Charlottetown, P. E. I. May $, 1875 NOW OPEN ! 1 "

ae i ast ee. international Hotel, _ Central Street, Summerside, P. £. island. Wish to idiihes ae pabile that I have how opeued one of the best as well as

®e of the most commodions Hotels on this

laa

Sidid Seer) prepared to accommodate the Wavelilgpablic with a first-class table, Meeping Wpartments, and good stabling,

sheds, dc. where their POUZhIY attended to. Also, in connection with the House, are Liquors of the very best quality,— all at Moderate prices to suit the times. Acall from the publie will be thankfully

Pee*iyed

horses will be tho-

W. J.-S. GLOVER, Proprietor,

May 24, 1875. Se

Manhood Restored.

vietim of youthful imprudence, causing

havi presat ure decay, neryeus de bility, ete., Ng tried in vain every know n remedy,

found a simple self-cure which he will nd free to his fellow suilerers.

9. Box 5153.

.

Georgetown c i

J Address Pp i. REEVES, 78 Nassu street, New York.

| FREDERICK W. HYNDMAN, | | Ch'town, March 22, 1875.—ly Secrelary.

FINE INSURANCE !

IMPERIAL

Fire [asurance Company

OF LONDON. ‘Subseribed & Invested Capital, £1.965,000 ete.

| PHENIX

INSURANCE COMPANY,

jday week the Cardinal preached at the |}

OF BROOKLYN. N. ¥.

Cash Assets, - 3,013,383.84.!

The above Offices being of UNDOUBT- ED STANDING, guarantee perfect security and Prompt Payment of Losses.

DETACHED DWELLINGS insured for One, Two, or Three Years on SPE- CLALLY ADVANTAGEOUS

TERMS. FENTON T. NEWBERY, AGENT. Jan. 18, 1874 ly

lowe LIVERPOOL & LONDON AND CLOBE

\SURANCE COMPAM

Fire AND LIFE.

—_—_--

Juvested Fands, Ist Jan'y., 1874, $21,628,556

Deposited with Receiver Gener- re al of Canada, : 162,800

Other Investments in Dominion

pany of Canada, 267,091

—_—_——

FAIR RATES. Prompt & Liberal Settlements.

ai Yire effec non Pri- Vv i nsdrance ae sehold eee itu re ial Farm Properties, for One, Three or more years, At Reduced Rates. Office—Great George Street, Charlotte

town, P. E. 1. ? x. BR. FITZGERALD. Agent

Ch’town, July 27, 1874.—6m

COAL. COAL.

A quantity of Piciou & Sydney Large Coal. ou hand, and for sale at KOUGHAN'S SCALES. April 19, ae nie Tee aE ee Ee “At Egmont Bay.

Subscriber is prepared to take cou- ‘ MN itech for any quantity 1c a as agent for parties in want of the following : CEDAR OR JUNIPER FENCE rposrs, PAILINGS, SILLS,

ASH AND SUFTWOOD, STAVES, HOOPS, &e., &e., Ke.

cow is the time. ~— ©. TRUDELLE

Egmont Bay, Dec. 21, 1874

” anne

——

asia 7 i ? a . a . e ih ‘ . . . . : ? . 1? ; ee must we poste d at least half an hour before the time of closing the Mails by which they are to be ition open from 8 o'clock a, m. to 8 o'clock p. m. ;

bottom was really reached long ago, and still prices have continued to fall.

Merchants became so used to undersbidds

‘ing each other, and cutting under regular

| . > Ee Pe } POUTRY. | AICHS anxio r 3 lonely w

Eater thou in, my soul ; why shouldst thou fear? |

Naught but sweet buds and Howers are ing here.

Whence the essence for these sweet |

»

perfumes 7

bloom- comes ‘From Tombs.’

See here O man! where all thy paths m tloweverr ariod be the way the) Listen! the dead leaves Sy mak: must: “To dust.”

Where are the careless hearts

Trembled in pain, or be

Those in whose breasts smouldered ?

“ Monldered,’

atso higt

tne flami

Where are the mig!

Who take life OY Wot |

gruty Who e’en to heaven's heights wild wi si What eroak the ravens On you mo wall ? ; b> 4 Where are the dear ones iu Death’ lying,

To whom Love swore a memory tedyia i What wail you eypress-ti

not now,

@ where these on crave ?

May no wild longing pierce beyond |

. lo se

(the ruin of capital. ‘in this era of low prices, feel the burden i of the hard /most needed now is a readjustment of! this case in abundance, but no amount of | prices on a scale which may admit of & | argument could prevail to have the mistake

| volume of trade

i well as

| is that in trade, as now conducted, there

prices with the hope of stimulating trade, or at least of drawing custom to them» selves, that they continue the progress beyond the point where a living profit could be made either for themselves or the manufacturers. So this extreme com- petition has continued. Itself a product of depression, it has served to perpetuate and strengthen thedepression from which it sprang. No one, not even the purchas- er, is benefitted by unjustly low prices, hey serve to check industry and to curtail manufacture, and so operate to the injury of labor. They annihilate the legi- timate profits of industry, and so work And so all classes, to be

times. What seems

large a as ever, and it stands to reason that the ordinary necessities of the supplied in dull times as But the trouble

people must be in prosperous.

is little or no money to be made; and we

| shall not see brighter times or a more| where small profits on large amounts are

The firstrees shai rd hen ‘ ... | healthy state of business until prices are esi .F ,on a basis to afford a reasonable return The evening wit 5 r, | for the labor of production and the ex- | Fettered in dream | lving, ? ie Sct ” } Mh ¢eethyoht falle ee / © pei € Oi DUSINESS, | Ch twilight fal 7 l - ia sett: Ast my rp 7)? . ry rye les THE PEOPLE'S TAXES.

; CarpiInat. Manninc on Driscrs¢.—On Sune | \ Church of Sts. Mary and Michael, Commer- cial Road.

In the course of his sermon he

The Monetary Times makes up an ins teresting statement of the taxation on the

| different Provinces under the tariff of 1874.

said: [ hope you have come together to| The per centage of duty paid by each Pro-

make a resolution before God to do away with that which is the curse and the shame | and the ruin of our people—I mean the | deadly and accursed drink, which is wreck- ing men, wrecking women, wrecking little | children, and making wreck of homes | of our country. ‘This bad habit of drinks | ing to excess has got to be ashame and a} scandle among men. !t is my great joy to | know how many thousand of the poor are | of my flock, and also how many thousands of them have a'ttogether rencunced this great curse of soul and body. I wish to increase the numberof them. I wish to prevail on every man who would listen to my voice to have nothing to do with it, never to set his foot in any place of temp- tation—never to listen to companions who tempt him. I honor the working-man who has the courage—I will say the mans hood—to give up drink, and take water, that pure, that sufficient drink which God has given us, with whicha man’s strength even in toil will be sufficiently sustained and his thirst will be sufficiently slaked ; |

has the manhood to do this, and I will tell you why. He labors from morning to night, his strength departs from him, he | is tempted on every side; his companions | drink, they offer it to his lips; on his way from his work to his home there flare upon him a temptation at every corner, inviting him to come in; and the work: ing man who has the strength to say, ‘By God’s help I will not do it,’ and who perseveres in that resolution, 1 look upon as & man who could be a martyr if called on—who would lay down his life for the sake of Jesus and his faith. It is not so much for us who have not the toil of the body as you have. We toil indeed, but it is toil of the head, which breaks our sleep and wears our health and strength, and brings many of us to an early death, but it does not bring the need which you have as working men. And, therefore | look on the self-denial of working-men who take the pledge and keep it, as a bright example to all of us. Llove and respect him for giving such exampletous. What say of men I also say of women. Dear breths ren, it is bad enough if a man drinks ; it is worse ifa woman drinks. Under Ged I ean cure a man of drink, for a man has | gota strong will in him; but unhappily, when once a woman has given herself to drink, there is a weakness to which you cannot give strength; and what is more, if a man drinks he makes a brute of himsell, | and his neighbors are ashamed of him ; but, when a woman takes to drink, she loses the sense of shame—she becomes dead to shame—she becomes more dead and more insensible treblesfold than a man does. Alas ! if the father drinks, misery comes into the house—the poor wife suf- fers---the poorchildren are naked and hun. gry—the house is wretched; but, if the mother drinks, the risk is seven times

reater, and the hope of cure is seven times less! And therefore I say, if there be any | who hear me, who have got this most hor- | rible and most accursed habit, dear breths | ren in Jesus Christ—dear sisters for whom Christ died~make your resolutions to- night; resolve to-night to giveit up. Re member your children, the souls of whom are entrusted to your charge. Think of | what an account God will take of you at the last day for every son and lor every daughter, and for every boy and every girl and every infant; and if there be any one among you who has not yet fallen, and who thinks he can escape this dreadful habit, let me tell him that there is many a man and woman who has died an incurable drunkard who began taking drink little by little until at last the fatal evil grew upon them [tis justas if you were to binda skein.of silk round about the hands and feetofaman. ‘The first fine threads would haudly be sensible , he might break them in a moment, but when ten, and twenty, and «hundred and a thousand threads are bound, then they become like strong ropes,

which nothing could break, So it is with

I honor and love the working man who | ( 'on the people of Ontario and Quebec is

vince upon its importations, during the past fiscal year. is as follows :-—

Ontario, 08.84 Quebec, 12.83 Nova Scotia, 12.56 New Brunswick, 3.72 Manitoba, 03.75 Columbia, 16.18 Prince Edward Island, 11 50

Of course a very large quantity of the goods entered at Montreal, and charged to the Province of Quebee is consumed in Ontario, and a small quantity of the goods

entered at Montreal, finds its way to the Lower Provinces, Taking Ontario and

Quebec together their per centage of duty t I 8

is 10.88 per cent. smaller than that of any Province, except Manitoba; but it s claimed that as the two large Upper more goods that pay duty than the Provinces, ; and tobacco for instance) the tax

other

-vovinces consume

me

other

nearly equal to that on those of the other Provinces. The rate of Custom duties paid by each Province per head with the cost of collecting in each wasin 1874.

Duty per head Collection

* Per cent Ontario and Quebec, $4-12 394 Nova Scotia, 3.63 TLT7 New Brunswick, 4,89 6.27 Manitoba, 5.69 1587 Columbia 6.73 5.91 Prince Edward Island, 233 8.05

The Times seems to think that if muni- cipal taxes were taken into account, it would be found that the people of Ontario pay the largest amount per head, and that the people of Quebec pay the smallest, as they consume a comparatively small quans tity of dutiable goods, producing them- selves almost every article which they use, whether of food or clothing. In the fol- lowing table the first line of figures gives the average rate of duties on our total imports; the second, the rate of duty paid in each year per head; and the third, the per centage of expenses of collection -

p.c. $ cts. p-c. 1868 12.00 2.52 05.99 1866 11.78 2.43 07.09 1870 12.65 2.74 05.41 1871 12.32 3.39 04.21 1872 11.70 3.64 04.04 1873 W.17 3.63 04.85 LS7 11.25 3.92 04.55

This shows that while the average rate of duties has decreased during the above seven years, the average tax per head has increased, proving that the increase in the commerce of the country has exceeded in ratio the increase of the population.

Custom Recriprs.—The following are the receipts at the Customs here for the year ending 30th June, 1875. as compared with the corresponding twelve months of 18734.

imes :-—‘In partial explanation | Canada is one of such immense importance | that the actions of its incumbent effect not | Presented with a handsome silver trowel | America. remotely but most directly, every interest | bearing the inscription - anq | Right Honorable Sir J. A. Macdonald, K. | further disaster. affected by the | C: B., Q. C, M. P., by the committee of |

jin the country. Every commercial | manufacturing interest is | wayin which he manages the Government | deposits and remittances : and there is not a family of consumers in the Dominion but has an interest in the fiscal policy he inaugurates. The office of Minister of Fi. nance should be almost entirely independ- ent of politics ; it matters scarcely a straw whether he who holds it is a Liberal ora Conservative. There is only one question —that of Free Trade—in which political in- fluences might give shape to his recom. mendations. But even Free Trade is not a party question in the proper sense of the term ; it was a great Conservative, Sir Rob-~ ert Peel, that inaugurated it in England, though it is generally considered part of the Liberai creed. And in the United States the party most nearly corresponding to our Liberal party is rank Protectionists. Let it be understood, then, that in discussing the question now before us, we have no politi- cal object whatever. i On this subject, then, we feel bound to say that we merely reflect the judgment of many among our commercial community in expressing a very Zrave doubt as to the fitness of our present Finance his position.

Minister for We might serve that such doubt and misgiving is now all but universal. Mr. Cartwright has had no experience to fit him for dealing with matters of trade and his attempts to regu. late the tariff have been marked by serious bungling. When attempting to impose duties on certain classes of dry goods his mistakes were so evident as to compel an en- tire remodelling of his scheme. A far more serious matter is that repeal of the discri- minating duty on tea, the eflect of which has been to destroy a direct trade which it was our interest, as a country, to foster, scarcely the shadow of benefit to the cons sumer has resulted from the change, which apparently came about rather by accident than design, if we judge by announcements made beforehand in Ministerial organs, But it is with Mr. Cartwright as with some other men who deal with matters in which they are not practically conversant, they cannot aflord to acknowledge too many er- rors, and hence they are dead to remon. strances. There were remonstrances in

_| moderate profit to manufacturer aud deals} rectified ; the result is the destruction of wo) er, Any one who visits our retail stores must | our direct tea trade and al! the benefits that _be convinced that there is as

flowed from it. New York now does the business which formerly was enjoyed by Montrealand Toronto ; yet we venture to say that no householder in Canada preciate any diminution in his expenditure The repeal was operative trade,

can ap-

in consequence, enough to destroy a wholesale

all that is required; but the change was not of that importance as to make any prac tical diflerence when filtered down through the channels of retail trade tili it reached the consumers,

same upsatisfactory way, and resulting in such serious injury to the refinieg business that it is almost de- stroyed, all prove the same incapacity to grasp with fiscal questions. These matters are too serious to be trifled with. Personal feeling must give way when the public good is in question. Our mercantile and manus

they can bear tampering with ; in fact, they cannot bear an injudicious handling at all. We do need at the head of the Finance Des partment a man who understands merean- tile questions iv general, and who will be | willing to take pains and make careful en- quiries respecting such matters as he may not be practically conversant with; and a person in tliat position should not be too proud to take advice.

The manner in which Mr. Cartwright has managed the Government deposits is open to serious objection. The amount of money deposited in small and new banks is more than can be justified by the public interest, and we doubt much if the sum deposited could be obtained in certain cases without serious embarrassment. The notice, too, character as to cause needless alarm, and the whole country is now feeling the effects of it. Ifa general notice had been issued —jand we do not quarrel with the issue of a notice) it should have been after full and careful calculations of actual requirements. A specific sum ought to have been named,

more or less ; then the banks interested would have known what to prepare for, and make arrangements accordingly. But no» thing can be worse than vague intimations. The only way to treat such is to prepare for the worst. COMMUNICATION SCOTIA.

}

WITH NOVA

subject of Steam Communication between Nova Scotia and this Island, From a recent

now has daily service, while Pictou is really worse off than it was before, because,

Island, only two of them are to Charlotte- vel chiefly tend. pared for them.

ness ; the present arrangement not only pre» vents increase, but checks the stream fors merly existing. We thick, therefore, that in | justice Pictou should have a daily service as

well as Shediac. In this connection we | may ptoperly draw attention to the position of the port of Wallace, in Cumberland | County. A glanee at the map will suflice to show that the shortest route across the

i873. oe ‘es Increase. | Straits to Charlottetown is from Wallace,

ly $9 .G16.2% $13,500.0. $3,! - — ‘ oo - s eee'78 wo eOT.66 "Saas This fact should encourage the building of | Sept., 7,334.05 48,388.88 26,004.83 | the short line of railway required to cons — Oct., -34,7382,75 47,234.40 12,501.65 | nect Wallace with the Lntercotonial.”’ i

Nov.. 17,219.44 41,406.10 24,186.66 ; scalding. =

Dec, 18,832.75 19,010 94 178.19 ie ed Jen, 5178.85 §,722.54 343.99 A telegram announces the death of Sir) Feb., 2,735.33 8,150.43 2,415.10} William Logan. the great Canadian Geolo~ March, 2,707.67 5,418.55 2,710.98 | gist, and one of the men whose biographies — April, 19,587.38 5,972.17 dec. 13,615.21] are given in ‘Celebrated British Ameri- | May, 64,131.47 81,322.46 17,190.39 | cans. Sir William had-much to do with | June, 32,612.96 39,427 95 6,814 99 | the coal fields ef Pictou, and there we re~ | : pene a member oe seen himin 1869 on the Total $220,072.59 318,203 14 98,130.58 | occasion of the opening of the Druramond |

the gradual habit of drinking.

the tarift change of 1873-4.

No province in the Dominion can, we be~ lieve, show a better year’s exhibit. Every month of 1874.5 gives an increase except April, and that is easily accounted for by

Colliery, when fon. Mr. Howe made a

eulogized Sir William. His writings are

as of a high order of merit.

say more and ob-|]

‘The repeated attempts to | dollars per month and rations. regulate the sugar duties, all ending in the | finally |

facturing interests are not so prosperous that |

which was lately issued was of so vague a|

subject to only the usual modification of |

The Halifax Chronicle is working up the |

issue we clip the followimg:— ‘Shediac

though there are four trips a week to the

town, the point to which the trade and tras Trade and travel, to a large extent, flow through the channels pre-~ A daily service between Charlottetown and Pictou would create busi-~

| Rt. Hon. Sir John A. McDonald was

“Presented to

| the U, E. Club, on the laying of the founda- | tion stone, Dominion Day, Ist of July 1875." | He then went forward and laid the founda- | tion stone, in the usual manner. ‘ir John then said, that it was not his intention to make along speech. He was glad to be present and happy to congratulate the members of the United Empire Club upon the work commenced under such favourable auspices. He hoped the club would have the results anticipated, namely the concen- tration of the Conservative forces and as eight years ago, on Confederation, the scattered provinces are brought together and welded into one great nation, so he hoped the + cnserVative Parties would be united. Ihe Conservative party has al- | ways had an honored name in this country and now it was going to have a loyal habita He was glad to see the party in this country ‘ollowing the example of their | friends in England, in erecting « club where notes can be compared and the party properly organized, becanse upon

tion.

— . ! There are not less ~} lawyers in

i The Carlists in Spain have met with There is no diminution in the epedemic in the Fiji Ivande A revoit « gwnst the 7 103.. i Tanke | place among peasants in Transylvant

Fhe Pope has subscribed $4000 for the relief of sufferers by the Garonne inun: tions.

Valmazeda, Captain-General of Cuba, has issned fresh decrees to prevent speculation in gold,

Lady Franklin, who is requested the prayers of Caarch.

The Customs’ authorities at New York lately, seized diamonds to the value (with daty added) of £11,544,00.

Large deposits of guano have been covered on the island of Curacoa, and samples sent to England:

The,report that the fused to allow British troops to pass th his possessions is officially confirmed.

A despatch to the Vere says that the number of men and women and children drowned at Tolouse alone, i estimated at 2000.

seriously ill, ha

the American

(4i5=

King of Jwtmad re- ough

i I

The damage by the Toulous flood is esti- mated at from £12 000 009 to £16,000,000, The lowest estimate o! death is stated to be

such organization and concentrated action | success depends. Conservative friends upon their enterprise | | and also upon the name they had selected

He congratulated his |

It was a happy inspiration that the name | of the Conservative place of mecting should |

be connected with the memory of the |

United Empire Loyatists. to thiscountry, five years old, there were many men who knew what the United Ena- pire Loyalists had suffered. Those men were not lip-loyalists, or place-seekers, but men true to their principles, who gave up health and home in the United States and came to Canada when Canada was a howling wilderness. - They give up all rather than give up their loyalty to the Queen. Those were men who believed with the poet, that

When he cime | }

“Loyalty is still the same, Whether it lose or win the game.’ They had their reward, for what was a wilderness grew and blossomed like a rose. He strongly upheld allegience to the Brit- ish Constitution and expressed uwavering confidence in the monarchical institution held up by popular representation—the people as the basis and the Crown as the chief corner stone. He did not intend at present making a long speech, but when all those who are now present at the laying of the foundation stone—and he hoped he and all would be spared—were gathered under the roof tree of the club, would be the time to make aspeech and declare the party policy—until then he postponed any further remarks. (Loud applause )

RCE TLR AE LEN,

MISCELLANEOUS.

oyeneNs PRON Nee re

The enlistment of ninety-two men is authorized togerve in the Manitoba Police Foree for one year, from the third of August next. Fifteen of that number will be selected from the Military No. ( district of Nova Scotia. The pay will be thirieen

The U. 8. Government have been some- what unfortunate in their public buildings in Chicago. The commissioners appointed | by the Secretary of the Treasury to examine | the Customshouse, Court-house and Post Ofiice building at Chicago, have made their report toSecretary Bristow. The commit- tee condemn the foundation and the stone used in the building in unmeasured terms, and recommend that the building be torn down and the stone abandoncd. Secretary Bristow will immediately give orders that all work shall be stopped, and that steps be taken to preserve the structure in its present condition until the matter can be submitted to Congress, which will be near- ly as possible after that body conyenes in December next.