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THE DAILY EXAMINER

MARCH 29, 1890,

Changes in the Tariff.

Wes cannot now speak with absolute cer- tainty as to the effect of the changes in the Canadian Tariff which have been announced

by the Finance Minister. Not till this time

next year shall we what influence they will exert upon the interests of the country. Regarding them, however, by the light of experience and reason, we

believe they must prove eminently beneficial | particularly to the farmers of the Maritime Provinces. The decided increase in the pork and beef duties {must necessarily pre- vent the Chicago dealers from slaughtering their surplus stock—amounting every year

» taany thousands of barrels and carcasses— in these Provinces ; and must enable Can- adian farmers to feed pigs and cattle for the home market at fair prices. This great boon will go far to neutralize the disadvant- age under which the Canadian hen will be placed by the duties which the United An increase in the pork and beef duties is just what our farmers want.

States threaten to impose upon eggs.

Ono the other hand, the imposition of twenty-five cents more duty upon each barrel of tlourwill be more thancompensated by which has been made in the duty on molasses, and the

the large reduction rebate of ninety per cent. of the duty on corn imported to be milled for human food, We can ourselves produce all, or almost all the flour that we require the

; and, therefore,

additional duty will not at all be felt as a burden upon our people. but we cannot produce molasses; we cannot produce corn,—yet both are in some degree, essential to our people; and we cannot avoid payment of the duties imposed upon them.

[tis to be noted that the duties on corn imported for feeding stock are‘to be main. corn for

ensilage purposes which is to be free.

tained, except in respect to

As bearing upon the prosperity of our manufactures it is pleasing to note that steel and iron of such descriptions as can- not be made in Canada are to be admitted free of duty and that some of the machinery used in mines and manufacturing estab- lishments is also placed upon the free list, for three years from date.

The Minister of Finance seems to have proceeded on the principle that articles im- ported for use in the development of our industries shall be admitted free of duty, or, at least, on as easy terms as possible ; that duties imposed for merely revenue purposes—such as those on mvolasses—shal] that the home market fully secured to the home

producer in respect to such articles as the

be reduced ; and shall be more home producer caa produce with advant- age.

The full list of the changes he has effect- ed is not yet to hand ; but judging by the main features which have been disclused to us by telegraph, we think that the Minister of Finance is to be congratulated upon his

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Tariff Changes.

in the course of the Budget Speech the Finance Minister proceeded to deal with tariff changes, which he said broadly speak- ing proceed upon these lines: Those duties imposed for revenue purposes only were to be reduced ; articles required to be import- ed for use in the development of cur in- dustries would ve placed upor the free list and certain duties which had not worked quite satisfactorily were to be re-adjusted. He then enumerated the chief of the pro- posed changes, which are very numerour, He named and explained the changes with respect (o acetic acid and vinegar, fancy boxes, paints, glass, gloves, and mitts, wall paper, dry plates for photographic purposes, stereotyped plates for printers, umbrellas, wire of copper and brass, woollens, spirits and™lcohol, hats. It had deen decided to give an advance of 25 cents per barrel on flour, making it 75 cents per barrel in place of 50 as heretofore. This was expected to keep the market for Canadians without materially increasing the price to consumers.

The meat duties were to be increased this way : Mess pork and pork trom 1 to 14 cents per pound. All salted and fresh meats from 1 cent and 2 cents to 3 cents. Prepared meats 2 to 3 cents. Tried lard 2 to 3 cts; untried lard 14 to 2 cts. per pound. Live cattle, hogs and sheep to have the duty raised from 20 per cent. to 30 per cent. With respect to the corn duties in which the people of the Maritime Pro- vinces were particularly interested, it was proposed that a rebate of 90 p. c. should be given of the duty paid on corn imported to be milled for human food. Molasses also very largely used throughout the Mari- time Provinces, was now taxed 15 p. c., but it was proposed that when imported from the place of production, it should be lower- ed to about one-half the present duty and be admitted at 14 cents per gallon, the test to be lowered from 30 to 36. By this change in the corn and molasses duty, the Mari- time Provinces would be compensated for the increase in the flour duty. Fruita, shrubs, plants and the like were to be put upon the same footing as previous to 1888, when the duty was removed; but the duties on blackberries, gouseberries, and raspber- ries would be 3 cents in place of four. Some fruits not grown in Canada are placed on the free list. Mining machinery, of such description as are not manufactured in Canada at the time of being imported, is to be admitted duty free for three years from date. All steel or iron of such description as not made in Canada to come in free of duty.

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Tux address in reply to the Lieutenant- Governor's speech at the opening of the session was moved to-day by Mr. David Rogers, and seconded by Mr. J. P. Sulli- van. oth these gentlemen have, for many years, taken an active interest in pol- itics, though both sit in the House of As- sembly for the first time; and both deliver- ed speeches which augur for them success- ful legislative careers. The speeches of both were pithy, business-like, and moderate in tone, and both deserved the commenda- tion bestowed on them by leaders of the They referred to the present in this Province in respect to agriculture, and congratulated the Government upon the policy they, have outlined for the en- couragement of our |farmers,—pointing out that their interest is the parmamount interest of the Province and should be aided by means of improved agricultural good roads, ,bridges and wharves, Satisfaction was expressed in respect to the efforts which the Govern- ment are making to obtain the debts due the Province byjthe Federal Government, and hope that every just claim of the Pro- vince would be strongly and successfully

Opposing parties.

advantageous conditions

exhibitions,

pressed.

The Leader of the Opposition contrived in his own modest, quiet and unpreten- tious way, to make the strongest points to be made against the He found fault—of course he found fault—with the speech of Her Majesty's representative, and with the policy and Administration of the Liberal-Conservative Party. The speech [t was not, in his opinion, definite enough, It should have detailed all the measures which the Govern- ment intend to submit for the benefit of agriculture, and it lacked a statement of the claims which the Government are press- ing upon the attention of the authorities at Ottawa, as well asa reference to the con- solilated statutes, the piers that are to be repaired, and above all to the Commission investigating the Land Office Accounts. The reply of the Leader of the Government was in excellent form,—clear, right to the point, and telling. He referred to the fact that the Governor's speech was not more vague than Governor's speeches in other years. He pointed out that the Liberal Conservatives had already sup- plied many advantages to farmers, men- tioning particularly the marked improve- ment as to County and Provincial Exhibi- tions ; and referred to the important ad- ditional improvement which it is part of of their policy to myke in this respect. The complaint that nothing was said about the claims of the Government upon the Federal authorities was met by a reference to the fact that, after the Opposition were informed, a few years ago, that one of the claims wa§ for a refund of money expended upon our piers, they at once began to try to balk the Government's efforts, contending that the Province had no right to a single cent from the Dominion treasury, and searching their dictionaries in a vain effort to prove that all

Government.

gave to him no light,

our piers were merely wharves. This was a palpable hit. It made the Opposition wince. No wonder that,

experienced as they are in the ways of our loyal and patriotic Opposition, the Govern- ment should now desire to keep secret the grounds of their existing claims upon Ottawa. The Premier's reply to the com- plaint that nothing was said in the Speech from the Throne about the Land Office Commission was equally happy; and the complaint concerning the piers was met by a statement of the fact that the Government have already entered into contracts fur the repair of some of the most important of them.

Mr. Peters then declaimed against the Government Party in general, and the Hon. Donald Ferguson in particular. Mr. Peters’ speech contained very little new matter. It was, for the most port, the same old speech that was delivered by Mr. Peters at the meetings held in Fort Augus- tus District during the election campaign, This being the fact it is not wonderful that it was full of special pleading and inaccur- acy. We have space for but one instance of this fact. Mr. Peters tried to convey the impression that the public accounts of last year were deliberately garbled, with the knowledge of the Government, by the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the Provincial Auditor—alleging that the Com. missioner, the Auditor and the Govern- ment were each and all aware of the Land Office defalcations before the accounts were made up, aad that the accounts were pub- lished and certified as correct. But he was careful not te admit that which has been repeatedly explained, viz., that the family of the late Robert Strong had paid every dollar of the amount of the defalcations discovered up to the end of last year—the date at which the accounts were closed. It is a pity that Mr. Peters should have marred the beginning of a promising Legis- lative career by making a stump speech to the House. Hon. Mr. Ferguson followed. But after dealing conclusively for a few

moments with some of Mr. Peters’ er- roneous statements, he moved the adjourn- ment of the debate; and the House, there- upon adjourned until three o’clock on Mon- day next.

a nice line of covering to re-cover furniture

and do general repatrtag at lew prives.— Mark Wright & Co. ufar22 2w

Spring Repairing.—We are prepared with |

Varia.

The late English papers contain full ac- counts of the opening of the great Forth Bridge, the last rivet of which was driven by H. R. H, the Prince of Wales. It is admitted by all to be the greatest engineer- ing triumph yet achieved. For size, strength, weight, wealth of material, and difficulty of execution it is said to stand without an equal. The question now is whether it will pay. The bridge was built to save time, and it does save time, but it cost a great deal of money. to see whether the gain in time is worth the millions which have been expended. A Frenchman, who was present at the open- ing ceremony, writing to the Journal des Debats says that he cannot sufticiently ad- mire the genius of enterprise, the force of private initiative, the union of all classes of society which he there saw illustrated.

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It is a great source of regret to me that my duties have prevented me from attend- ing the meetings of the Natural History Society, which has been lately formed in Charlottetown. I have found an inexhaus- tible fund of delight in flowers, in watching their growth and in intermingling different species. By getting up an hour or two earlier in the summer mornings, I have a never-failing source of enjoyment in my garden, and my flowers amply reward me for my trouble. Ihave no time for the pursuit of Natural History so far as animat- ed nature is concerned, and know nothing of it, except what I can glean from the re- searches of others, But it is wonderful how many lessons we may learn from what goes on in the animal world if only we will condescend to _ be so taught; for instance, how the rage of fools is reproduced in that caricature of man—the orang-outang. We are told that when he feels himselfs sorely stricken by his pursuers ‘the hurriedly climbs to the summit of the loftiest tree within his reach, and, if he finds himself still pursued, he passes on to another. Meanwhile he utters the most dolorous cries, and vents his im- potent rage upon the tree which serves him for a refuge. One after another he breaks the great branches; but they immediately escape from his grasp and fall to the ground, Thus he does by this expedient of his fury only expose himself the more fully to the projectiles directed at him. The stripped tree is no longer avaible as a shelter. The Malay hunters, therelore, take no heed of all this fracas, but patient- ly wait until the orang has thoroughly ex- posed himself, to aim their arrows or rifle- balls with the greater certainty. Now, the orang-outang has vast muscular strength, powerful, teuacious hands and strong teeth, and when he chooses to defend himself, he can easily tear any antagonist tu pieces, and yet this is how he deports himself. One night, suppose he had taken a_ lesson from human fools on the subject of impo- tent rage. How many men there are who, when in & passion, never resort to a reason- able defence of their own interests, but in- dulge their own fury, and so expose them- selves entirely to the mercy of cunning enemies.”

Again, as illustrating the greed for riches which distinguished nineteenth century civilization we are referred to the hydra, a genius of polype. These hydrx are exceed- ingly voracious and feed only on living animals. Sometimes two polypes will seize upon the same worm, when a dispute of course ensues, which occasionally ends in a very singular manner. If the weaker of the two does not feel inclined to let slipa booty, for which he has, perhaps, been waiting with extended tentacles for several days, it sometimes happens that each polype swallows the end which has fallen to his share until at length all being gone, the larger or longer of the two seizes upon his antagonist and swallows him worm and

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Perhaps the most striking lessons in per- severance are taught by little birds. How these little creatures work to build their nests, and how perfectly do they accom- plish their task. The materials which the bird obtains are very often only of the rudest kind. He has only his bill for a tool. Yet what a wonderful little structure he builds. The tool really used is the bird’s own body—with his breast he presses the material until he has rendered them thoroughly pliable and subdued them to the general work. Within, too, the imple-

ment which determines the circular form of the nest is no other than the bird’s body. By constantly

turning about and ramming the wall on every side, he succeeds in shaping the circle. Thus, then, his houge is his very person, his form, and his immediate effort perhaps his suffering. The result is only ob- tained by a constantly repeated pressure of his breast. There is not one of these blades of grass but which, to take and re- tain the form of a curve, has been a thou- sand times pressed against his bosom, his heart, certainly with much palpitation. * *

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The poor people in large cities have very often to adopt peculiar means in order to make a livelihood. The following particu- lars relating to some of the extraordinary industries which give employment to the poor inhabitants of the crowded quarters of Paris, are furnished by the works of a French writer, M. Imbert. Even the street cries of Paris, he tells us, are taught by a professor, who instructs his pupils froma work published in the time of Francois I. The same cries have been handed down from geueration to generation, and are as well-known to housewives as are the various bugle-calls to the private soldier. The trade in second-hand corks, it may well be believed, is a profitable in- dustry, considering the enormous consump- tion of wine in Paris ; but there are other trades which are much more questionable. For instance, the broken crusts collected all over the city are manufactured into a trimming for the hams and chaps which look so tempting in the charcutier’s shops. Some ingenious merchants buy up theshells of Burgundy snails (the large succulent species eaten in the restaurants), and make them up, with the common species found in the churchyards, or even with slugs, cover- ed with veal stuffing, into a ‘‘colourable imitation ” of the real article. A good liv- ing, again, is made by the manufacture of Marseilles soup from the fatty ma- teriait skimmed from the water at the ‘outlets of the drains. Coffee-stalls in the streets do large business with owvriers and needy persons, with the assistance of the grounds purchased at the cafes and

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SATURDA (restaurants. At certain times of the year enterprising women earn a great deal of money by scouring the bottoms of rivers and streams for the red water-worms which the Parisians use as a bait for the gudgeons; others range the marshes in pursuit of frogs for the table, or for vivisectionists. At has been said that there is uething so in- significant or so unpromising that it cannot be utilized by a Frenchman. As a proof of this may be cited the sarvewr dames, or saver of ‘‘souls.” By a curious coincidence the word ame in Parisian slang is applied to the small pieces which are inserted be- tween the soles of shoes. ‘There are actual- ly men who make a living by picking up in ithe streets these apparently useless scraps, ‘and retailing them to the cobblers, ‘who are | located at most of the coal-dealer’s shops. An industry even more incredible is (he ‘collection of the oats dropped by horses be- |tween the cracks in the paving stones at the cab-stands It is said that some of the collectors keep two or three hundred fowls, ducks or turkeys. One collector, mentioned | by M. Imbert, sows annually one or two | acres of ground with oats, besides supply- |ing his poultry-yard, with the produce of | his industry.

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BIRTH.

At 35 Tobin Street, Halifax, March 26th, the wife of W. Lester Kane, of a daughter.

LOBSTER CANS. d00)

guaranteed,

CASES CANS, all made from in- apected tin, and every Can For sale by

HORACE HASZARD.

Lobster Packers’ Supplies.

200 boxes Tin Plates, Ingot Tin, Lead and Copper Bar, 1,000 Ibs. Pure Manilla Marline, 100 doz. suits Oiled Clothing, 20 bris. White Beans, 20 bags Rice, 25 tubs Butter,

For sale by

HORACE HASZARD. Ch'town, March 29, 1890—1m eod

BUILDING and PASTURE LOTS.

HERE will be offered for sale early this Spring, some of the most valuable Lots ia the neighborhood of Charlottetown, compris- ing part of the McGill property. Further particulars in future advertisements.

Inquire of J. MeGILL. Mch29 ~lw eod Iw.

CARD of THANKS.

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TOX\HE Members of St. Dunstan’s College

Dramatic Club, and also of the Band, take this opportunity of tendering their sincere thanks to the many people of Souris, who so kindly received them on the occasion of their visit, and tothe Souris Brass Band for their valuable assistance.

St. Dunetan’s College, March 29, 1890,

TENDERS.

a for the exclusive right to take Sand and Seaweed on the shore-front of

the Kensington property, bought by me from the Driving Park Association, and alsa for the pasturge on ail the lands, except a tract reserved for a street and building lots, will be received by me up to Monday, the 7th April next,

For particulars apply at the office of War- burton & Smaliwood, So icitors,

1 do not bind myself to accept the highest or any tender.

A. B. WARBURTON.

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VERY YEAR we advertise a benefit in

A the above line. This season we wish to

touch the pockets of the consumer. In order

to do so we have placed 2,000 Gladstone

Cigars (a genuine Havana filled 10c. Cigar)

on our counters, and will sell at 5¢, a piece until disposed of.

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MOLASSES

STOCE. Puncheons, Tierces & Barrels Grocery Molasses,

AT LOWEST PRICES, WHOLESALE. FENTON T. NEWBERY. mch27 —pat 5i jour 2i

BIBLE SOCIETY. HE 52nd anniversary of the P. E. Island |

j Auxiliary Bible Society will take place

on MONDAY, 3ist inst.. in the Hall of the

Y. M. C. A., Charlottetown. Chair taken at

7.30 p.m. Admission free. A large attend-

ance of friends and contributors is requested. D. MoNEILL,

mch27—th sat mon Secretary.

PE ISLAND RAILWAY.

Easter Excursion.

Age TICKETS at one first-class fare

will be issued to and from all Stations on this Railway on GOOD FRIDAY, April 4th, and from Summerside, Cape Traverse, Souris, Georgetown and intermediate stations to Charlottetown, by Forenoon Trains on SATURDAY, April Sth, good to return up to and on April 7th, 1890.

J. UNSWORTH, Superintendent. Railway Office, Ch’town, March 26, 1890.

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