THE DAILY HXAMINER, SHEPTHEMBE

Tus Darty EXAMINER.

SEPTEMBER 1, 1883. George and the

mittee of Senate.

Tne Moncton 7'ines George almost a Mr George has recently been giving evidence before a section of the Committee of Senate on Labor and Education. The questions put to him called forth - io answer the views set down in Progress

Mr.

dismisses

with sneer.

and Poverty, and the arguments that|

support them there. <A notice of this work has already appeared in

columns, but Mr. George’s replies before

the Sub-Committee are a pretext for referring to it again. This book, as is well known, is an

attempt to account for the existence of deepening poverty side by side with In this inquiry the

material progress. radical cause

author concludes that the of social inequality is the private owner- ship of land. ‘The cure which he pre pounds is the resumption of land commou property. His argument that iand is. in its uature, a monopoly, of which a country has so much and po more. Those of its people therefore who possess it have an advantage over the rest. It is unfair, he maintains, that a citizen who has only his labor to support him, should virtually have no share in the land on which he lives. The only places where he can stand as a free member of the State are the public squares and highways. Mr. George would assert the equal right of allto the soil of the country by putting all taxation

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| divine right of kings; and in such a con. test history is likely to repeat itself. Of course there are weighty objections to the system of tenure proposed by Mr. George. Ifall become tenants of the state, it is urged, who shall fix the rates, ) and thetime? In case of non-payment jof rent, would not the tenant be ejected /as sow, and the more ruthlessly as under Aud what guarantee is jthere against favoritism and political |jobbery? These, Mr. George replies,are matters, not of priociple but of detail. | He bases his argument on its essential ‘justice, and demands that justice, not

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expediency, be followed.

And yet he has an answer to these ob- jections. How is iteven now? Have we not now mortgages and evictions and sheriff's sales? Is there not now a periodic rising of rent to land-owners as improvements are added to the iand? Is our present system of taxation without its falsifying and its jobbery ?

Why should there be a greater shock if these are the accideuts,of a just system, than there is vow when they attend on a system of mere custom?

Mr. George’s defect is not so much in his theory and arguments as in assuming an improved haman nature.Society is per- haps unfit for the application of perfect theories ; but the theories are not to be laughed down; like prophets’ visions, they are the luring lights that make men better as they try to reach them.

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—Paris was excited on the 28th ult. During the previous night the whole city was placarded with proclamations, declaring the Comte de Paris King of France as Louis Phillippe the Second. In many places, we are told, the police

on land values. Not on farm land alone, but on city property as well. the cities, where land has peculiar Conwy for building and commercial purposes, would have to bear the burden of assess- ments. In this way there would be a constant return to the whole community of the beaefits of the private enjoyment of land, and equality, which is the main condition of freedom, would be secured.

This is, in outline, Mr. George's now celebrated theory. In asserting it he has been characterized as a socialist or a reformer, a dangerous idealist or a prophet of the good time coming, the author of a “manual of Agrarian plun- der,” or an exponent of man’s inalienable rights, according to the critic’s point of view. It may oot be out of place to refer to the grounds on which these epithets rest.

Mr. George is in one sense a com- munist ; in another sense he is not. He distinctly repudiates the idea of having al! things common, for by this the incen- tive to industry is taken away. If cne is to enjoy a part ouly of what one earns,the idle live at the expense of the diligent. If all are to be made to work, if the com- munity has the dictation of the indivi- dual’s occupation and amount of service, personal ijiberty is destroyed. Equality under such a system is secured at the cost of injustice to the laborer, and the loss of independence to that whole class who are naturally fitted for other services than the production of the material means of life.

But he is a communist in so far as he regards the interest of the community as desirable above the aggrandizement of the individual. Those who live to- gether aud form a society, must have some bond of union, If each studies his own ends apart from their bearing on his neighbor, society is resolved into atoms. Now atem and individual are in origin one. The atom does not exist for itself, but as a component of a body. It is the iuter-dependent union of atoms, not the independent existence of them side by side, that gives form and organiz- ation to matier. So,too, of men. Fora people to be strong they must be united, as the sandstone. rather than as grains of sand. What shall this bond of upion be? What is there that a people have naturally in commen? Natural oppor- tunities, says Mr. George. What a map does, what he makes, what he earns, is his own. What nature gives without distinction to all was intended for all. All therefore were destined to have access to natural opportunities, to free air and free water, and free land. And if, in the division of labor,it is more con- venient that some should directly have to do with land, that some should directly avail themselves of natural growths and products, while others, cut off from these, are engaged at secoud-hand, it is only right, says Mr. George, that the former should pay to the laiter a fair equivalent for their monopoly. Other- wise you have this avomaly. The land of a country, under private ownership, may get to be the property of a section of the people, whose interest is directly opposed to the national interest. Here is a self-governing people who, as such, have no lands—it has all passed into the hands of individuals! The present sys- tem admits the absurdity of popular government in countries which the people themselves do not own.

This absurdity of course, does net ap- pear where there are small holdings aud the pressure of population is not felt. But it does appear where the hold- ivgs are large, and the owners form but a small preportion of the people. And in order to prevent this absurdity from showing itself, the landowners them- selves, by reason of their wealth and

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in their efforts to tear down the pro- clamations were resisted by the crowds surrounding the bulletins; “and thus far the police have been unable to ascertain the names of the persons who caused the placards to be placed up.”

Terrible Disaster at East Point. ‘'WELCOME” LOST—ONLY THE HANDS SAVED.

The Schooner ‘‘Welcome,’ Benjamin Hillman, owner, of Lunenburg, N. S., cap- sized in the storm on Wednesday night last, and sad to relate all hands perished except one man, israel Spindler, who was taken off the wreck on Friday, about three miles off Fairfield, East Point, P, E. Island. Two of the crew were sons of the owner —one of the crew was a brother of the man saved. The wreck is now on her beam ends in about twelve fathoms of water.

SCHOONER ONE OF

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Temperance at Head St. Peter’s Bay

Col. Hickman organized a Lodge of Good Templars at Head St. Peter's Bay, on Wednesday evening last, with a member- ship of fifty. The following are the officers, viz:—

Charles Waye—Worthy Chief.

Maggie McLaine—Worthy Vice-Chief,

W. E. Seott— Worthy Secretary.

S. D. Anderson—W orthy Financial Secre- tary. ° Mary E McLean— Worthy Treasurer. Rev. W. Hinson——-Worthy Chaplain.

M. Mclnnis—Worthy Marshal.

Helen D. McCallum—Worthy Guard.

C. Hayden—Worthy Outer Guard.

Lawrinda Webster— Assistant Secretary.

Jemina Coffin— Assistant Marshal.

Mrs. C. Waye—Right Hand Supporter.

Elizabeth McLaren—Left Hand Sup- porter.

J. Webster—Past Worthy Chief Treasurer.

Lestock Anderson— Lodge Deputy.

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The Methodist Union,

The adjourned session of the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Canada was opened at Belleville, Ontario, on the 30th. The proceedings possess special interest from the fact that the union question is the sole topic under considera- tion, and upon the conclusion arrived at by this Conference, in common with that of the Bible Christian Conference depends the issue as to whether the whole of the Meth- odist bodies of Canada shall form a united church. There is a very large attendance of delegates Toronto Conference sends 64; London, §8; Montreal, 38; Nova Scotia, 20; New Brunswick and P. E. Island, 18; Newfoundland, 8. The Rev. Dr. Leacham, of Tokio, Japan, is present as a visitor. The sittings of the Conference are held in Bridge Street Church, an exceedingly com- modious building. Rev. Dr. Sutherland gave notice that, on the 3lst, he will move the following motion on the Union question, seconded by Rev. Dr. Ryckman:—

Whereas, This Conference, at its session in the city of Hamilton, in September, 1882, adopted certain resolutiocs affirming the desirablen ess of an organic unicn of the vari- ous Methodist churches in the Dominion, and did appoint'a committee to meet in joint ses- sion with similar committees appointed by by conferences of Methodist Episcopal, Prim- itive Methodist and Bible Christian churches, for the purpose of preparing (if possible) a basis of union to be afterwards submitted to the Quarterly Boards and ‘onferences of the negotiating churches for approval or otber- wise.

Whereas, This conference agreed to meet at the call of the president, if there were received from two-thirds of the quarterly meetings and a majority of the anaual conferences voting upon it, declarations in favor of the plan of union, and declared that the president should convene the general conference at Belleville in order to give effect to the proposed union.

And Whereas, The official returns show that 640 quarterly boards out of 748, and six out of seven annual conferences, had declared in favor of the plan of union submitted.

Therefore Resolved, This General Confer- ence, recognizing the guiding hand of Ged in the movement and feeling its obligations to i give eftect to the wish of the church as ex- | pressed through the quarterly meetings and ' annual conferences, hereby adopts and ratifies

patrouage, become the governing body, | the basis recommended by the joint committee eS

and legislate for their private ends. This has been the case in England

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os cordially affirms its conviction that the

union with the Methodist Kpiscopal, Prim- itive Methodists, and Bible Christian church

where concessions in favor of the ten-}is in harmony with the principles laid down ants have had io be wrung from the |}# the \basis aforesaid.

legislators by the fear of anarchy. P

' y. People| have begun to question the divine right , of landlords as they ouce questioned the !

Large sums have been offered by the Dutch Government, etc., ior the discovery of the missing Arctic vessel Verna.

i Dreadful Volcanic Erupfions.

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NEW ISLANDS SPRING UP, WHILST OLD ONES DISAPPEAR — SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PEO-

PLE PERISH IN A FEW HOURS.

Details of the voleanie eruption in Java, on the 29th ult., state that on the northeast corner of the island the waves rushed up to | an unprecedented height. When daylight | came it was seen that an enormous tract of | land had disappeared, extending from Point | Capachin on the south to Negery Pafsoer- | ang on the north and west to low water | point, covering an extent of territory « about 50 miles square. In this were situ- ated the villages of Negery and Negery- Babawanga None of the people inhabiting these places, or of natives scattered sparsely over the forests and plains, escaped death. This section was not so densely popu- lated as other portions, and the loss of life is comparatively small, although it must aggregate fully 15,000 souls. The entire Kandagg range of mountains, extending along the coast in a semi-circle for about 65 mules, has

GONE OUT OF SIGHT. The waters of Welcome Bay, Sunda Straits, and Pepper Bay, on the west, and of Indian Ocean, on the south, had rushed in and formed a sea of turbulent waters Here and there the peak of a crator was ex- posed for a moment by the receding of the great waves, and occasionally a puff of brownish gray smoke, ora slight shower of rocks, showed that the volcanoes still con- tinued in active subaqueous eruption. The debris of submerged and destroyed build- ings was tossed hither and thither on the water—the only sign left that there had once been inhabited land theree ‘The town of Toverang, within twenty-tive miles of the city of Batavia, was swept away by a lava stream, and fully half the population, mostly Japanese, numbering 1800, perish- ed. At Spelwyk, near point Salcis, red hot rocks set fire to houses and swept away all the settled portion of thetown. About ten bazaars belonging to Europeans were de- atroyed. The loss to’ property is very large, but no lives are known to have been lost. The river Jacatra, on the banks of which Batavia is situated, was so complete-

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DAMMED BY LAVA

and debris that its course was changed, and from Franien Bastion on it flowed down through Tygers street and joined the waters of the river Emerades, swelling that stream to such an extent that it rose high on castor batteries. Figelenknig was almost totally destroyed and a large number of lives was lost there. The Island of Onius, five miles off the mouth of Targerang river, and twenty miles east of Batavia, was com- pletely inundated and the floating dock there totally destroyed. Cantage, Claps and Fronwers, Islands, off the portion of Java which disappeared, are out of sight and not a vestige of themis left. Baby and Cheribo Islands, off the north coast, lost the few houses and the inhabitants upon them. In Batavia the loss has been largely increased since the former reports. The roof of the GOVERNOR’S HOUSE WAS CRUSHED

in by a mass of mud, and three of the re- tainers were killed. The town bridge was destroyed. Diamond and pearl bastions were badly damaged, and Barran Redoubt was destroyed. In Caymand, Malabar and Lion streets, the principal avenues of the city, the damage was very great. Aatyoi was entirely destroyed. The town of Faggal was severely shaken. A few build- ings were left standing. A violent shock was felt on the Island of Sumatra Monday and it was feared other disturbances might follow. Midah Island, 10 miles off the Japanese coast, and half way between the extreme points of Java and Sumatra, was almost wholly engulfed by the sea. The aggregate loss of life must be fully 70,000, but the number of those who perished can never of course be accurately known.

HOTEL ARRIVALS.

RANKIN HOUSE,

Aug. 31.—Thos M DeBlois, W J Burdett; St John; T G Lavers, Yarmonth; Miss King, North River; John McLean,C I Haley, Souris; H R Symonds and wife, Chicago; P Matthews, Montreal; H T Sutherlaud, New Glasgow, N S; K Borradale, W I Johnstone, Halifax; Jos R Macdonald, Georgetown; W W Nichols, Brooklyn, N Y;1 C Redmond, Montreal; J Bell, O'Leary, James Brown, County Line; P J Gray, Moncton, N B.

OZBORNE HOUSE,

Aug. 31—P M Jenkins, Pownal; R Farqu- harson, St Andrews; D McWilliam, city; Mrs A B Capson, Halifax; Geo Baker, Sum- inerside; James Clow, Murray Harbor; James Hortion, Lower Caledonia, N. 8.; Miss Me- Laren, Boston. Sept. 1—S C Clark, Mount Stewart; H Currie, Peakes Station; J W Hughes, County Line.

G. A. GKIPMAN & C0.,

ARE OFFERING IN STORE:

360 bris. Sup. Extra (choice, ) 50 bris. Strong Bakers, 65 bris. Choice Patent.

TO ARRIVE:

Seca

600 bris. Choice Sup, Extra.

OFFICE AND WAREROOMS :

OPPOSITE RANKIN HOUSE.

J. F. SHATFORD, AGENT. Sept. 1, 1883.

CARD.

R JENKINS has taken the house on Prince Street, opposite the eastern end of St. Paul’s Church, where patients may con- sult him,

Hours for consultation—8 to ll a. m., and 8 to 10 p. m.

Charlottetown, Sep. 1.—lw

To Suilders.

pence will be received by the under- signed, till the 20th of September, fcr the erection of a 3-story house, about forty- tive feet square. Plan and specificetion will

be shown by Mr, Charles McGregor. J. T. JENKINS,

Ch'town, Sep. 1.—tl date

f | determined by Prof. Cross, of the Massachuset

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THE REFLEGTSRI

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} Y the use of the Whecler System of Reflectora, the Patentees claim that 300 per cent. more light is made available.

These Reflectors are adapted to general uses, utilizing all the light and distributing the same where it is wanted. Trey are adapted to any method of street lighting gas, kero ene, or électric—and the fixtures can be used with little or no change. They are adapted equally well for use in factories, foundries, on wharves, in warehouses, shops, cars, ra lway stations, hotels, offices, Or houses The increased effiiciency due te the use of these reflectors, as ts Institute of Techrology, who has made a careful test of thom, vari-s from 300 to 490 per cent., the averave increase of light with ve- flectura being over three times that without—results which certainly should command atten- tion from all desiring a comparatively inexpensive increase of light. For samp'es aad further

EoaNRY COOMBS,

Avent, Great George Street.

Charlottetown, Sept. 1, 1885.—6i eod

DIAMOND BUUKSLORE,

All the Books,

School Books Statiouery, in use and Fancy Goods, Cheapest

Very Cheap, at the at the Bismond | D.amond sookstore, Ri okstere

98S Queen St 89 Queen St.

Ch’town, August 30, 1883. —4i eod

LONDON HOUSE

WE ARE SHOWING A HEAVY STOCK OF Crey Cottons,

White Cottons, "Bed Lickings,

Sheetings, Denims, c&c.

Bought since the tccent Reduction in Prices, and

diarked Accordingly.

GEO. DAVIES & CO.

British Warehouse.

Vo the Wholesale an. Retail Trade.

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W.&A. BROWN & CO.

AVE now opened the completion of their large stock of SPRING AND SUMMER

DRY GOODS.

They are offering special inducement~ (0 cach buyers.

It will be to your advantage to ivspect their stock before purchasing elsewhere. Establishment closes every evening at 6 \-‘clock (Saturdays excepted.)

av. & A. BROWN & €0O.

Ch'town, June 1, 1882.-— wkly

FURNITURE, FURNITURE, AT COST.

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Opposite Post Office, Charlottetown.

i Bedroom Suits, Looking Glasses aud Mirrors, Window Furniture, Picture Frames and Picture Mouldings. |

JOHN NEWSON. |

Charlottetown, Jan 2%, 1P?83.-3%

B88.

BY AUCTION,

Pievee Lacey's Forge, Water

Wednesday, Sih Sept, 1 AT TWELVE O'CLOCK, 7

2 sets Blacksinith’s Tool’s, 1 Truck,

3 Wagon Bod ica { 2 Treenail Machi: S

1 Jaunting © !sigh (purtly Luilt) 1 Cooking Stove, 4 .

ew ) ’

l do.,

Lot Wagon Wheels,

Lot do. Rims,

Lot do, Hickory Spokes,

Let Cart Oak Spokes (rough),

Lot Lumber (well seasoned) Wagons, etc.,

1 Fairbanks Platform Scales (new)

Besides lot of Iron, Wood, ete. :

Suitable fop

The above articles will be sold without re. serve, on the premises, in front of Ranki House. Terms cash, By order of owner "

WILLIAM DODD, Auctioneer,

Ch’town, Sept. 1, °83.

Sr. Joun’s, NEWFOUNDLAND, June 30, 1883,

De «R Sik,— It was over nine years and six

months that [ had s»ffered from pirtial par-

alysis; and I shall never be able to thank you

or your treatment for the greatest of all boons

—health restored —and in in so quick a time

enabled to work for the support of those de pendent on me,

Carr. Epwarb Martin, Of the port of St. John’s, Newfoundland,

Messrs. Fraser & Reddin, Agents for Dr, Beunet, have also on hand Ferric Iedyline Corsets, not only for curing diseases of f but for establishing permanent health. Infor- mation about these garments and full advice gre free by letter to Dr. J..G, Bennet,

alifax,

Sept 1, 1883.

500 MEN WANTED, Cape Traverse Branch,

The Subscribers want

O00 MEN AND 75 HORSES,

to work on the

Cape Traverse Branch. GRAY & WHZATON.

Aug. 31, 1553,—6i wkly 4i

TENDERS

White-wa-hing Fxhibition Shcids and Fence,

\ ILL. be received at my office, up to

Monday, September 3rd, at 6 p. m , for white-washing the Sheds and Fence on Exhi- bition Grounds. Specifioation to be seen at

my ofiice. A. McNEILL, Secretary P. E. Island Exhibition, Ch’town, Aug. 30, 1883.—3i

Warts

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JT OsT OR STOLEN — A Liver-colorep Spaniel Dog, wearing collar bearing name

of J. Burwash. ‘he finder will be rewarded by returning the same, or giving information of his whereabouts, to EK. F. Purdy, Kent St. [sepl tf

rysO LET—A House on Richmond Street

(West), containing five rooms, Apply to Nicholas Murphy, on the premises,

[aug31 2i pd

\ ANTED—A generalservant. Apply to

Mrs. E. W. Taylor, Kent Street, or

at E. W. Taylor’s store. {aug30 3i wy li

ry°O LET—-A House on Richniond Street, containing eight reoms, with good cellar

and stables. Apply to J, B. Macdonald. {aug 30 3i ANTED—At Peake’s Station Starch \ Mill, a man and his wife to take charge of a boarding house for the season. Gocd references required, Apply immediately to

McKinnon & McLean, Charlottetown.

[aug 29 iw

‘J OST.—On Friday night last, a red and

4 white Cow, with one black spot on ber

right side. Any information coneerning ber Union Street. [aug 28 3i tu we iri—

ee ae girl to do general house-

Aug 27

ANTED—A Housemaid, good charac- required, Apply C. Lercu, Water street.

[aug22

Loft, on Pownal Street. Apply at Ex-

MINER OFFICE, faug20

will be thankfully received by Mrs. Mullin, work, Apply at ExaMINER OFFICE.

W ter from last situation and good outfit

ry°O LET—A Stable, with Coachhouse and

fms LET—A house containing six rooms. Apply to James McLeod, Spring Park

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OARDERS—A few boarders can be ac commodated at Mrs. Kodd’s, opposite Pickard’s Bakery. {jly 32

NOR SALE—Set of Tinsmith's Toole, also a lot Tinware, cheap. Apply to Mrs.

Rodd, opposite Pickard’s bakery. {jly 31

ryvxO LET—(with immediate poseession) that handsome and commodious residence 12

the northern suburbs of the city, on St. Peter's Road, lately occupied by L. B. Archibsld, Ksg. Enquire of Lonuworta & HaszaKp [nswy 16, 183