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c AND ISLAND ARGUS.

FEBRUARY 25, 1581.

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Ir gives us great pleasure to announce, to day, that arrangements arc being com- consolidation of ‘ Tar

pleted for che Aravs

consequent iiprovement and enlargement

and ‘“* Tas Examiner”; and the

of the consolidated newspaper.

The feeling is, we believe, very general,

that it would be an advantage to the Island, if its newspapers were fewer, better and cheaper, and we are sure the public will ap-

preciate an arrangement under which the

price of the Argus will be reduced a third

and advertiz-rs will obtain the advantage wf the circulation of both papers for the

paid to one.

price hither

The final retirement of Mr. Fletcher

from the Isliod Press will be regretted,

Bat on the other hand, it will be gratify- ing to his mauy friends to know that Mr. Fletcher has secured a large interest in Tas Examinen Publishing Company, and that they will, at ‘east occasionally, through the

columns of Cus Examiner anp Akous,

enjoy the pleasure of reading contributions from his vigorous pen.

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THE COMING SESSION. Ovr Prov neial Legisiature is summoned te meet for the despatch of business on Tuesday next. We do not know what measures are likely to engage the attention of our assem led wisdom, but take it for granted tha sumething will be done to redace the ec penses of legislation.

That $16.00 or $18,009 per annum should be expended in our little Island in Legislation, is something out of all pro portion te olf means, as well aa to the in- terests with which oar Local Legislature has to deal. The expenditure of $6,000 or $7,000 a year on.a miniature House of Lords in Prince Edward Island, after the power to dea! with nearly all the more im- portant questions bas been transferred t the Dominion Parliament, is a great abuse and a rewedys is loudly demanded. If the large sum wasted ia maintainiug the Legis lative Counc: were expended,year by year, in importing thoroughbred horses, cattle and sheep and distributing them over the n granting bonuses to starco, beet factories, a

country, oT

cheese or sugar new era would dawn upon our Prov- vinee.

it is earnestly to be hoped _ that the majority of the members of our

Legislative C suneil will no longer oppose this highly i. »portant reform, but set an f patriotism by unanimously agreeing to « wlish the Upper Chamber. Tne country is looking to Mr. Annear iv particular at this juncture. Last session, Mr. Barns, a'ter having consulted his con- stituents on the Biil which had been pre- sented for t)« information of the people, manfuliy supported the abolitioa. In taking this sicp Mr. Burns deserved much eredit ; and we are greatly mistaken if the people will not reward him for it by re- turuing him on the first suitable occasion to the House of Assembly. It only requires that Mr. Acnear should follow Mr. Burn’s exampie,and ‘he Bill is law. In taking this course Mr. Ap vear would be carrying out the views of an» verwhelming majority of his constitueuta, «nd he would, no dvubt, re- esive a renewal of their confidence in the more inflaential position ef a member of the Assembly. In Ontario, British Col- umbia, and Manitoba, the Legislative Councils bave been abolished, and a strong fecling in favour of only one Chamber ex- iss in allth: other Provinces. It is too bed that exis ing Councils shoald, through seliishness er any other cause, continue to frustrate the will of the people in main- taining instit. tions, which ‘tLe ablest men row inion de-

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i epee ea eS, Whids might otherw oe ve spent in developing our na:aral resourees. Sir. Toid of Ottawa, | perhaps the a! lest living writer on Consti- | tutional Government, while contending | strongly for tie retention of the Senate in | the Dowinion. on account of the great importance of the subjects to be legislated upon, regards the abulition of the Councils in the Provinces as a step in the right direction.

We do not see why the abolition of the Legislative Cc incil should be made a party

nestion in Peinee Edward Island. The

iberals in Ontario and Quebee are strong advocates of oaly one branch. Mr. Laird and his followers in the Council should, like Mr. Perry mm the House of Assembly, bow gracefully to public opinion, and share the credit oi carrying this important reform.

Next in importance to the abolition of the Legislativ,: Gouncil is the necessity for making liberal provision for the improve- ‘of our agricultural stock. The

twut vi " credit achieved by our Province at Mon- treal and St. Jchu last season should

atemulate as to action. . We are evidently | on the thresix.|: of a new era in agricul- | tural ‘natters. The cattle trade with Eng- | land hae opened the eyes of farmers in the | other Proviness, and the next decade will | see the scrubby native stock superseded by | the improved | reeds. There is no reason | why we should not teke the lead in these | matters. We are pleased to see by the | Ko al Gawtls (bat tenders are invited for the erection of new buildings om the Gov- ernment Stock Farm, The plans for these buildinus have, we are told, been prepared under the direction of the Stock Farm Com vigsioner:, and appear to be plain and lstructures. They embody the most improved design for farm buildings. On the completion of those buildings we trust that the «tock on the farm wiil be in- creased and the distribation of the surplus yearly, will, to some extent, help to supply the demands of the conntry. But we think the Log sl«ture should do more than this. The dis nbution of the surplus from the stock faru cannot push us to the front evon enongh. Direct inportations should be made year y, and sold inthe different eounties. Tu jo this the Government must hare tie imeins, and there sre only two wars of proviling these: (1) by reduction of Legislative Expenses, or (2) increase of taxation.

In conclusion we find onrselves back to our starting point, and say once more : abolish the Ly sislative Council, and apyly the money saved to the improvement of our stock. Jf more money is wanted than auch retrenc! nents as this will supply, then let taxes come ; forall money properly expended in ritsing our status from an agri cultaral point of view will, like bread cast upon the waters, return to us after many days.

We note th he question of biennial sessions is enyryging the atiention of the Ostario Asseuvuly, and we think that after the Legislative Council is abolished, our people might well consider whether a ses- gion ia each alternate year would not he aufficient for us. If the Council were abolished and \iennial sessions adopted, the expense of le cislation would be reduced from S60). ¢ $18,000 to an average of about #4.0006r $4,500 a year. The ques- tion of biennia! sessions will require to be fairly laid before the people at the polls. | There is muc\ to be said in favor of it, principaily on (he score of economy, but also on the ground that annual sessions

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ing in the constituency, there will not be much acrimonious discussion, The people appear to be exceedingly well sutistied with the present administration. The breeze which the issuing of the land precepts in the autumn gave rise to, has passed away ; and, wherever meetings have been held, the Gevernmeut has been sustained—even in localities where they received little sup- port at the last general election.

Should the financial statement for 1880 prove satisfactory, the political outlook for the opposition will be very far from encour- aging. So far they have made no points against the Government. They have dis- played a great deal of pugnacity, but the issues which they have attempted to raise, have proved dead, paltry and untenable. Like the children of old, sitting in the market, they have piped, but the people have not danced, they have wept, but the people have not lamented.

Mr. Warburton’s Letter.

Tue letter which Mr, A. B. Warburton has had published in the St. John Tele graph and Toronto Globe is, to say the least, not worthy of a high-minded young lawyer and politician. Mr. Warburton un- doubtedly owed it to himself—for his honor is involved—and to the people of this Province, whose good name has been tarnished by those with whom he is politically eonnected, to make a full expla- nation of the forgeries attached to the anti- Syndicate petition, and to publish it in all the leading newspapers of Canada. How was it that hundreds of names attached to the petition were either signed in duplicate, er were those of dead men, or were evi- dently forged? This is the question which Mr. A. B Warburton, as Secretary of the Reform Association, is called upon to answer. But there is no answer to it in this letter, which is, in fact, a tirade of abuse.

Evidently Mr. Bannerman Warburton’s intention was to injure the Minister of Marine and Fisheries and Messrs. Brecken and Macdonald in parts of Canada where neither he nor they are known. The letter as published is at once a sign of the writer's weakness and of the strength of those whom he has the impertinence and presump- tion to attack. Published in this Island the letter would (if it made any impres- sion at all) only draw forth an expression of confidence in Messrs. Pope, Macdonald and Brecken, or evoke a swile of pity for the writer

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The Syndicate.

THe letters pitent to the Canadian Pacitic Railway Company were issued by the Governor-General in Council on Wed- nesday last, and published in the Canada (lazette received here to-day. The Direct- ors et at the Company’s office a few days ago. The $5,090,000 of stock required to be subscribed by the terms of the charter were immediately subscribed by the con- tractors and their friends in London and Paris, and 30 per cent. thereon paid in, and the million dollars required to be paid to the Government as security for the per- formance of the contract, was deposited in the Bank of Montreal to the credit of the Finance Minister at Ottawa. The Com- pany was, at thé same time, fully organ

imed by the appointing of George Stephen, of Montreal, as President ; Danean Melntyre, of Montreal, Vice President, and the Hon. J. J. C.

Abbott, Q.C., M. P., as Counsel, Messrs. Stephen, Mcintyre, Angusand Hill, as exe- cutive committee; Charles Drinkwater, Secretary aud Tyeasurer, and A. B. Stick- ney, Genera! Superintendent of the Western Division. Arrangements were made for the immediate and rapid prosecution of the work of construction. Contracts for ties which had already been made on anticipa- tion were ratified by the Board. This great undertaking, so important to the welfare of Canada, is now fairly under way, and under auspices which make it an assured speedy success. + ee

Improvements for Moncton.

The President of the Moncten Sugar Re- finery, Mr. Harris, and others of his townsmen, have been at Ottawa, ona dele. gation to urge on the Government tie propriety of improving their harbor. The Petiteodiae river, with its thirty udd feet rise and fail of tide, forms there a ~~ ’

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inven qu small

expenditure, it is said, would build this. Moncton bas a good claim for consideration, Its people have shown much enterprise in developing manufactories, and in practically showing the success of the National Policy. Their sugar refinery is at work, and selling its product in the very Halifax market, while the people of the latter place have not yet started theirs. The import trade thus developed at Mone- ton is large, with a corresponding amount of revenue to be collected, and the delega- tion state that with anything of a harbor they would have annully a large amount of

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The Northern Light.

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An Ottawa despatch to the St. John 7'vle- groph (Feb. 21) says :

‘*The Prince Edward Island members had a long congultalion this evening with Mr. Sewell, the builder of the Northern Light, now laid up at Georgetown, P. E. I. Mr. Sewell claims that his vessel is well adapied to the work, but that those in charge don’t understand operating her. He asks to be placed in charge, and the Island members will have

laninterview with the Ministry to-moirow

to reqnest that he may have a chance

| to try what he can do.’

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The British Surpius..

Wutce Sir Leonard Tilley not unreason- ably boasts about the prospects of a modest surplus of $2,000,000, the London Times says it ia probable that the revenne for the current year wiil exceed the estimate by nearly £2,000,000.

tid ma <a nines apg The “Gag” im the British Par- hament.

Tue Radicals are displeased with the gag placed upon obstractioniste. Té can indeed only be justified on the Xinciple that extraordinary ills necessitate the ap- plication of extraordinery remedies.

Difficulties on ths Kai’.

Some idea of the difficulty of running trains regularly at prsent on the P. E. 1. tailway may be formed froin the fact that it tock the services of four engines, two snowplows and the lihor of two hundred and fifty meu: nearly twelve hears to open the road between Charlottetown and Sam merside Wednesday. The same number of engines and plows and nearly three hundred men were twenty hours opening the line east of Royalty Junction. A heavy storm

| commenced again on Thursday ; and the

trains which left here at 6 and 6.30 for Souris and Georgetown, as well as No. 1, for Summerside, have been stuck. Jn con- sequence of the storm on Thursday, trains from Summerside and Tignish were not started on that day.

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Beet Sugar.

The eoutinent of Europe now produces from beets more than one-fourth of all the kinds of

sugar mate in all parts of the world. France makes 451.600 tons; Germany, 290,000;

Austria, 205,000; Russia, 150,600; Belgium,

$9,000 ; Holland and Sweden, 35.000 —1in all,

1,211,000 tons, France has about 500 sugar

factories, and about as imany distilleries for Leet spirits and for beet sugar molasses,

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A Movement among Montreal Me- chanics for Higher Wages.

A quiet movement is going en among the

have ateudency to encumber our statute books with wsuless legisiation—the object | being to make ashow. This is a hint | which we trust our legislators will ley to} heart during te approaching session. We | genture say ‘unt nearly one-half the “acts on our statute hooks have had their _inception in this desire: to wake an ap-

pearance of work. Mf the tone of the session reflects the feel

that the upward movement has oily com, menced,

mechanics of Montreal for obtaining higher wages, Business in every departineut of trade was never so active as at the present time, and although a steady advance has been Aicing place in wages generally, yet the men arenvt satistiel. A leadivgiron manufacturer, oa the labour question, says he is paying his men an average of 20 per cent. more ag wioter then a year ase, aud heis of opinion

The Budget—1881. --—— SURPLUS,

Sir S. L. Trniey estimates that the sur- | plus of this year will be $2,000,000, | Judging by the returns already init is to } him quite clear that Customs would yield | $17,000,000 ; Excise, $5,600,000 ; Post Of- | five, $1,210,000 ; Publie Works, $2,286,- 000 ; Bill Stamps, $190,000 ; other sums,

$726 ,000—making im all, $27,586,000 00 In March last the expenditure was ¥25,- 315,786, and with an additional sum of $200,000, to be again asked for indians, the total would be $25,573,543. If these | estimates prove correct thore would be a}

surplus of $2,011,000 for the current

year.

TARIFF READJUSTMENT.

The revenue producing power of the tariff being thus demonstrated, the pro- propriety of reducing the duties on some articles was a question te be considered.

Sir Leonard explained that the resolu- tions he submitted (which will be found in another column) would amend the tariff, mainly, by placing a number of artivles which now paid 20 per cent., and which entered largely into manufactures as raw materials, on the free list.

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PROS REL Ae ARETE 800" a Sir Leonard Tilley— Yes; I am remind- ed that « portion of it goea to foreign ves ! Then there are the wages of 460} hands employed, who probably with their fawilies eccupy eighty tenements that would otherwise not be occupied, These men are consumers and help every ether industry and trade. Hon. gentlemen op posite will say, supposing all this to be true, the people of vie Deminion pay more for their sugar. This had been greatly exaggerated. He bad before him the priees of sugar for January and Febru

ary and March in the United States and Montreai, and he found that the average prive of granulated sugar

was $9.75 per hundred, as against $9 50 that it would have been under the tariff of 1878. Bur taking sugar from 10 to 14D. S., a fair grocery sayger, which is practically sold at a quarter of a’eent per pound less than it could be under the former tariff, and people cannot, considering all the grades, be paving much more than before. Then we must consider we have an industry producing this year $750,000 in valee, and next year probably a million, an industry which brought to Montreal during the oper season 62,000 tons of shipping, which besides ils direct business made a large in-

It was also intended to increase the duty on some articles which appeared to necd more protection, and there a few reductions on raw material. In the main, however, the amendments would rather tend to smooth some of the inequali- ties which had been found to exist in the tariff, than to introduce any very material changes.

CONTEMPLATED REDUCTIONS.

Sir Leonard did not think it could hurt our credit to be able to show @ surplus of three or four millions of dollars, and if, at the end of another year, it was found that there was not a chance for a tree exchange of natural prodactions with the United States, and the revenue awd expenditure account showed a handsome surplus, the Government would be only too glad to take off half a million or a million of taxts ; but at present it would be unwise,

LOOKING TOWARDS EKBCIPROCITY.

The Government thought abeut tak- ing the duty off certain goods so as ma- terially to reduce the revourne. But they

considered that the Intercolonial was stil! experimental ; and it is

e yettlo j i tue what ellect the rapid dey : own manu- | facturea may eventually have on the volume

to some extent scarcely possi

ivpMNens oO our

of our imports. There was another reasen why no ra

terial reduction was proposed. [t weuid be remembered that when the tariil

introduced in 1379, the Government had expressed its @ixte renew the Reecn- provity Treaty vf 1854, and the House had given the Goversmenut pow duty on coal, grain, and other natural pro ducts whenever the United States Govern- ment was wili.uu to make a gimilar reduc- tion, or to abolisa these duties altegether, if the United Siatea Government would dothe same.

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of our tariff in diminishing the volume of trade with the Uniied States, had a great deal of attestion to the reciprovity. Several petitions had been presented to Cougreas, and there was now before that body ment of a commission to e Dominion Government on course it could not be matter would come to anything, and while it was pending it would not be wise to

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revenue, While it was liable at almost any moment to be very materially reduced by if we effected any with the United States.

ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES,

reciprovity

Sir Leonard said the House would not be surprised at an expenditure of $14,000,000 under capita! account fer the Pacific Rail- way and other works, er that there would ve added $306 000 to interest !

There would als 000 to th > snos! lies to Provii oe3 438 added charges of ma connection with redemption of debt.

For public works and buildings

or Hsp

‘ . wonld be au increase of 127,772.

on the cet

be an increase of $34,-

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volunteers to put in a louger term of drill than during the past two years. increase of #56.240 for the assisting to establish a line of steamers be- tween Quebec and France. The French Governaient has promised $100,000 to aid this line ani that is a sufficient guarautee that she desired to establish cordial trade relations with this country.

There isa cum of $25,000 eet aside for fortnightly steamers between St. Jolin and

Halifax, which would serve the people of

Prince Edward Island as well.

DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRIES UNDER THE TARIFF,

Not only are the predictions of those who opposed the introduction of the tanf not verified with regard to its revenue producing power, bat they are not verified with regard to lis effects upon the imdusiries of the country.

New industries aro springing up; old ones are being revived, or enlarged all over the Dominior. If manufactures are not increasing, how 1s it that importation of raw material has so largely inercased.

coat. In the articie of coal, importation has greatly increared; at the seme time the

consumption of Nova Scotia coal ly increased. In 1879-80, the ir had besn 839,740 tons, and the production of Nova Seotia 554,803, while in 1880-81, the importotion had been 973,775 tons, and rN 811,438,

has large-

the produetion of Nuva Se:ctia shewing an

nerease of 341,154, cf which 257,167 was fr

; i from Nova Scotia.

WOOLLENS,

In wool productions, the increase last year waa over two witlion dollars; and Sic Leonard says he has authority fer stating shat goods are selling cheaper than ever before iu this country, considering the price of woo!.

COTTONS

In the manufacture of cottens, there has been a very large increase, and 1,856 more hands are employed in the estten factories than when the tani went into operation, while the annual protiucts have increased six millions and three quartera.

The trate returns show that in the last eighteen imouths, the importation of raw cetien had inmereased $371,478, and the value of the articles manufactured was $2, 393,564. It has been charged thas the country paid fer this by au increased price for cotton, but he denied this and had a price list to show that cottens were as cheap in Canada as in the United States.

SUGAR.

On the the item of suger ir Leonard claimed that the apparent falliog ia revenue had been caused by the withdrawal in antici- pation of an increase of duty, aud held that taking this into account the diffsrence be+ tween this year aud last year was ouly $746,390.

Now, said he, let us consider where this $745.390 haa gone. We have the freight on 38,209 tons from the Weat Indies, for we formerly paid duty en the laber of re- fining and ov the freight etc.. which swelled the valuation of freight at $36 per ton to vessels which brought the sugar to Mon- treal. We consumed 24,000 tons of Nova Scotia coal which, at four dollars, would be $96,000. We manufactured 500,000 Ibs. of new variety,- worth $69,000, Cartege, wharfage, ete., 2t Montreal, may be put cown at $27,000; animal ehar- coal, cic., $10,000; interest on invest ments in two establishments at Montreal, $49,000; insurance, $12,000; half per cent. premitun on sugar imported, $79,000, and we have a tetal of $794,000, es against £746,000, said to have gone to the manu-

would also be |

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to reduee the }

No action in this direction had yet been taken, but there were indje@ations that ench an action may be taken Fre effect |

direc ted } subject of |!

» motion for the appoint | With the} the subject. Of } known whether the |

make any very material reduction in the!

the abolition of duties oa coal, grain, ete., |

Referring to the estimates for next year, |

The estimatein tke Militia department aiso showed un increase of £61,300, which | was very desirable, as it wouid enable

For ocean and river service there was a> | purpose of |

direct Lgeiness, and by competition de- creased ie rates of fretghts, of which farm- ers and other consumers a3 well as export- ers had the advantage, During the present year, this advantage will extend to the

Maritime Provinees, where the refineries of |

| | | | | Monctonand Halifax will be giving employ- ment tu our ovn vessels. OLLER INDUSTRI. Furniture factories shew a large inerease, bat not so large as others. Locomotive factories at Cobourg, Toronte ni especially at the Grand Trunk shops, showed a very large increase, Two ailk factories in Montreal were doing a large business, and one of them was be- ginning the manufacture of ribbens. ' Jn beots and shoes there was an increase of 25 per cent,, and operatives were work- ing full time, while in earthenware, hare- ware, ete, there was a warked improve- ment. < In agricultural implements there was a great increas bn areturn from Manitoba it was shown that while in L872 there were $390,000 worth of such implements sent jihere from Canada, last year there were | $3,700,000 :

in wanuf

tures of printing paper, wall paper, etc., there was a great increase, and ta pianos xud organs better tines had se increased the purchasing Epewer, of ihe country that these manufactures were ex- tending greatly.

A corset manufactory had heen esiablish- ed, which now employed 500 or 600 hands

in readymade clothing one factory alone

employed 900 hands.

on Ist February, 1881, the same stock was worth #53,237,000. Deposits in the Sav- ings Banks had increased $12,000,000 and in the Government Savings Bank $5,509,- 090. Sir Leonard claimed that the Na. tional Policy had given increased confid- ence and that business was on a safer foot- ing than it had been for years and that in stead of heavy failures there were but, few losses. He contended that there had been no increase of taxation and that taking the returns of 1879 as a test and adding the natural increase for each year the rate would be: 18734. $5.01 ner head; 1874 5, $5.07; 1875-6, $5. 22;1876 7, $482; 18778, $4.71; 1878-9, $5.02; 1879-80, $4.80; 1880 81, $4.92. THE DEBT.

Sir Leonard then entered into an elab- orate comparison of the per capita debt of Canada and the Avstralian colonies, «nd held that even if all the debt to be incurred for the Pacific Lailway was taken into ac- count the Australian colonies would still be taxed two or three times as heavily as we are.

Synopsis of Tariff Resolutions.

SUHEDULE A BUTIABLE Goobs,

Agricultural implements. Mower and reaper knives to be added as part of (depart InGHE PUies AMC AB NOW.) | Booka, printed matter not enumerated, to be added at same rate, 30 per cent,

Britanaia metal in pigs and in bars 10 per cent. Manufactares of, uot plated, 25 per cent, now all 20 per cent.

Cocoa nuts —jreseut duty $1 per 100; when from place of growth to be 40 cents.

Cordage—to include maniila meuline, 20 per cent, it being pleutifully made in Canada,

Cotton and matufactures of —the amend ment intended to make on white or dyed jeana contilies, cambrics, silicias, &c., uniform rate of 20 per cent. Now these are 20 cents per square yard and 15 per cent. Coston over £6 inches wide fer oiled window blind ‘mauofac- tures to be 15 percent. Now it is 20 cents per square yard ao! 15 per cent.

Clothing of any material not elsewhere spe- cified to be a unifores duty, 30 per cent. Now according to materia},

Glass and manufactures of, werd * mould- ed,” inserted, and werda ‘‘or fruit” taken

vat. To item, p'am and side lights and head iights, alded at 36 per cent. The latter now aceordiog to material, and sumetiaics not properly rated.

Guu, rifle and pistol cartridges te be nvi form at 30 per cent, now rated aceording to material.

Grain, tlourand meal, now specific duty, to ZU per cent. upen appraised value, when uamaged by water,

Iron ani manufactures of, axles, rivets, and muss, to pay tue seme duty. whether of iron or séeel. Rolled beams, channels and

ngle and ‘*T” iron, now 15 per cent., duced to 104 per cent.

Wrought iron teubioy, now all 15 per cent.,

rated

to be re

Lock works, brass works, and the maru- | facture of shelf formerly net made in the Dorninion, had been establish.

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GENERAL RESULTS.

A careful established

thas ins

amount of $6,000,000 was used during the

estimate clearly

ed raw

year, while tie increase in | ployed was 14,000 giving support to 42,000 i 7,000 occupied diferent houses this was virtually creating a city of | 40,000 to 0 0VO0 people. He would appeal io the Honse if the moat sanguine suppert- | er of the Nasional Polisy would have ex- pected such remarkable results in one year. GoobDs IN TRANSIT.

| One of the predictions of the Oppositicn was that the new tariff would lessen tle volume of trade in transit throu; Canaca by way of the St. Lawrence and our canals aud railways

Opera lves® eth

euple if tut

Well, in 1878, Curing the open season, eried of foreign produce goods to the of

: . 46.700 ; in i873, $9,439,427 ; in 1580,

$11,848,599 !!

BOW THE TARIFF EFFfCTS TRaADS WITH

GRRAT BAITALN AND THE UNITED STATES,

It was urged th

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at, under the new tariff | imports of English manufactures would de | crease, while the trmports from the United | States would increase, but what are the

faete? In 1874-5 the imports from Great | Dritamn were Sou Q0U,000; from the United | States $50,000,000 and 25,000,000 from | other sources, or fifty per cent from Great Biitaip, 42 per cent from the United States, and 8 per eent from other countries. In 1875-6 the imports from Great Britian | were $40,000,000, from the United } $56,000,000 from other countiies $3.0 Lt inaking 43 per cent from Great Britain, 4 per gent from the United States and 9 pe from ether constries In 1876-7 the

imports were $39 000.000 f-om Great Br

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nies, JD, f

0 5 cent

and $5,000,000 from other sources, the per centiges being 41.55, and 4 respectively. in 1377-8 the values were $57,000 000, $48 600,000 and 35,000,000, the percentages still being lar,eiy against Great Britain, witle in 1678-9 ther were $30,000,000, 00.000 and $5,009,000, the percent- voing 38, 54, and 6 respectively, He | queted froin a traie pamphlet pad ished m ingland, which showed that the exvorts froin Great Britain to Canada had imere iced £1,200,000 sig., or over $5,000,000 ans from this it was made to appear that oor trace returns with the mother country were ik @xceiient conauition,

Now, uark the results. In 1879-80, the from Great Britain were $54 Gv0,- the United States $29.000,000 ; and from other countries $7,000,060, or 43 eur i Were irom Urea

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porta from Great Britain were in excess o} these frem the United Siates. HOW THE TARIFF AFFECTS CANADA’S CREDIT, It had been charwed, too, that this tard would bring about unfriendly relations between Great Britain and Canada, and would damage the ercdit of the latter. Bu en Ss proved tu be Bor

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1878 Canadian securities wuld ;: $5 or 96, wh or 106! THE BURDEN OF TAXATION.

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Another prediction mads in reference t the tariff waa that it would increase taxa- tion te consumers. The Opposition srid the texes weuid be increased $7 .000,U00, while it would put only $2,000,000 in the Treasury. This was manifestly net the ease. If last year the imports were $71,- 600,000 against $77.000,000 on the previews year,tius a dimination of $6,000,000 the im- crease would be on that not imporied— but made in the country, and this would only be $129,000, instead of 35,000,005. [Ik | has also been stated thet the tariff would break up the Union, en aceeunt of the un. equal taxes. The smaller Provinces were, it was affirmed, to suifer for the benefit of the larger, and especially was great pity expressed for the Maritime Provinces. Weil, this theory was incorrect, for the trade returns showed that if the tariff pressed more heavily on ene section than

another the burden was heavier on Un- tario and Quebec than elsewhere. Quot- ing frem ‘ihe trade and naviya tion returns, Sir Leorard showed

that in Untario and Quebec the increszsec percentage on the rete of duty was 3 16, whilein all the other Provinces except Brit- ish Columbia, it was less than 3 per cent, He also compared the rates of Customs duties per head in the d ferent Provinces as followe: Ontario and Quebee in 1878-9, the rate was $3 514, wiaie in 1879-80, it was $4.08}, an inercase of 47 cents. In Nova Scotia the esmeunts for the same years were $5.05 and $3.14, an increase of but 9 cenrs In New Brunswick they were $567 and $305 a decrease of 62 cents. In Manitoba there was an increase of 78 centa. In British Columbia the decrease was 63 cents per head, although percentage showed an in-

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Marriage

WEW/S BY TELEDRAPIL

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of Senator Howlan. A GRAND CEREMONY.

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Magnificent Presents,

oS eee Special Dispatch to the Ewaminer.

Montrean, Feb. 23.

St. Mary's Cathedral, Kingston, was crowded on Tuesday morning with a vast andience who had assembled to see the marriage ceremony te be performed be- tween Senator G. W. Howlan, of P. E. Island, and Miss Mary E. Doran. Vicar-General Faraliy, of Belleville, asgisted by Father. Twohey, of Kingston, performed the nuptial ceremony.

Mr. J. Gardiner, of Kingston, and Mr. J. Rob. Peaehay, of Ottawa, acted as groomsmen, with Miss Walsh and Miss Dwver as bridesmaids.

The costumes worn by the ladies were magnificent. The guests were selected by relatives of the bride, and a few others being invited, among them was Senater Montgomery of P. E. Island, Mr. Bunster, M. P., of Victoria, B. C., and Mr. W. Hart of Kingston.

The presents were choice and very valnable. The groom presented the bride with a ust elegant diamond set. ,After the ceremony a dejenner on an elaborate scale was partakon of.

Pleasures at the Gane,

farnival—Walking Match & Concert.

INFORMATION WANTES—ARRANCEMERTS FUR FINE WiATHIR!

Special Dispateh to the Examiner, Capa Traverse, Feb. 24.

Trade of Great Britain eal 7 ) United States, According to the British Boa: Trade a returns for last year, besinen Aan improving. The following is a com

of imports and exports f. I or the years 1878, 1879, 1880 : ’ 7

Imports, Exports 1878.... $1. $42, 48,000 $054.245 000 1879.... 1,810,63-,000 957,655,000 1980.... 2,049,950,000 1, 114,058'099

While there figures show that the ; exceed the exports, United States returns for the same period show a excess of exports over imports: —

1878...... $431.812 000 749,

large: 528,000

1579... .. 513,602,000 753,331, eae 6965, 03,000 889,650,008 =e. _- a Some Notes of a Farmers Education.

At the Farmers’ State Convention, at New Britain, Conn., December 15, and 13, the leading topic was: “ What the - Farmer Ought to Know, and How he 4 Learn it.” The following remarks are ex-— tracts from our notes taken upon the tures and discussion :

The old view that anybody could be farmsr, is passing away. Farmers ** jouxing over the ience” more than belore ; they observe avd imitate whey seeing desirable. The awakening of th has developed into the establishment various agricultural schools, many of w have been successfn!, and for various sons. Too much was expected of them the teachers were not trained to their aid the pupiis, in many cases, have educated away from the farm. The love | for farming and farm life must be dey : ed in the child The home teaching shape the tarmer boy’s future.

How Thiers got his Favorite Digh, © Not only are the “rench people fond of | Gining end coun isenrs in dining, but ¢

may be appeaied toon their gastronomie fer instance, nothing pleased them be

M. ‘Lisers than bis well-known partiality

the goed things ef lite. M. Thiers’ pope

Storm-stayed! Held Carnival at Captsin Muttart’s last evening Proceeds towards Cape Traverse Tunnel Fwnd.

Walking Match this imorning—go-as-you- plesse. Corpulent operator challenges all- colnbets