——— TO a = —- 3S - er Tha al RRR Oe * THE[JPAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN MARCH 24, 1898. ———eeeEeEeEeoaoaeaeoaeoenenwna@annasaanananana»a»aSnasaeeeee eee Le. THE DAILY EXAMINER MARCH 24, 1898, CO-OPERATION. lar advantages of mutual co-operation on the part of our farmers has been made deiry in- ®0 manifestin the case of the lustry that, itis not surprising to hear it many of them are forming companies and aseociations forthe purpose of co We clubs for the parcheae of groceries, farming Operating in Other matters. hear of machinery, seeds, ete., at reduced prices; and weare informed that progress is being made in the formation of the proposed co- With today, operative pork-packing company. reference to the latter we make, some clippings from the Farmer’s Advocate aod from Farming. It ia gratifyiag to note that the general drift of the made by theexperienced men whose opi- remarks nions the Advocate has obtained is in the aame direction as that of Tuw Examiner, Such a large and complicated enterprise, requiring so much capital and credit, neces sitating such # wide and intimate know- ledge of the markets and such constant study or all the conditions and prospects, is one into which farmers, however intelli- gent, may well hesitate to put their money. Atall events they should know all about the breeding of hogs that will produce the the } pest British market, and they should be sure ofa sufficient supply of such hogs, and they should above all secure an experienced, competent end honest mana- hams and bacen to place upon as things ger for the business, before they attempt to practically co-operate in pork Let them work towards these ends auring the course of the next two or three years; and then, ifMr. Rettenbury should fail to give them satisfaction, they may be in a position to enter upon the business for themselves with greater certainty of sucs esss than they can possibly possess at the present time. Ia reapect to the purchase of necessaries for the farm, the co-operation of our farm- ers should, we think, as far ag possible, take the form of c@-operation with our local resident manafecturers and men of business. These men, who makeup the populations of our towns, afford by far the beat, and surest, aud safest market for our farmers. They are here, and they muat live while here; and our farmers supply them at much less expense, and at much better general advantage, than they cau supply the people of Kngland or the United States or any otber distant coun- try. They are, therefore, men to be en- couraged to stay here. The more we have of them the better—the more there are to supply with food; while, forced to compete packing. among themselves, they must of necessity cnt down the prices. But if not encourag ed, and it allowed to gv away, our farmers will both lose their patronage and be placed at the mercy of outside traders. If we bad not anoug uesuch mao as Mark Wright & Co., Joan Newson and A. C. Compton, of Summerside, is it likely that we should obtain furniiure as cheaply as wedo? If we foundries and machine shops, if we were at the mercy of mere outsiders, would our farmers be able to obtain the products of foundries and machine sbops at the prices at which chey are purchased now ? featly it would be well for had not our own loeal Mani- yur farmers if there were established kere aa agricul- tural machinery antl impemenat factory and a carriage factery. We regard itas a misfurtune that the Province is av ‘small employing cannot be maiatained here. that (factories large capita] Our soap fac- tory and al! our local factories ought to be given @ reasonable preference over factories established elsewhere; and we should not be too carping or nicely critics] providing we obtain articles that are practically of equally good quality at equally low prices. be same remark applies to our d:y goods, groceries and seeds merchants, our book and etationery stores, and all our local business establishments, not even except - If our farmers want to co-operate together, their ing our printers aud publishers. true and permanent interest lies in thir co Operation together with our own men cf business. Take for example the question All farmers must have seeds; ani they may by co-operation, of a supply of seeds, urchasing in quantiiies and prompt pay- ment of cash, obtain seeds at aconsidereble reduction in price, Isn’t it more in the interest of tarmers clubs to apply to Carier.& Co., Mesers. A. Horne & Co, or other local seedsmen, than to zive there ordera to seed @rins in Montre al, Toronto, Chicago, New York and else- George -” Messrs. waere? Tue Messrs. Carier havea large establishment here. They business and they kaow the needs of our farmera in matter of better than any outsider can. If they don’t give perfect satisfaction, they can be spoken to and constrained to©cerrect their error: for their living here depends upon the satisfaction they give to their customers know their the seeds here,—whereas an outsider, who is not at all dependent upon our farmers, doesn’t care | the snap of his fingers after he has our } farmers’ money in his hands, There can | be no question that the presence here of such a seed firm as George Carter & Com- pany bas teuded greatly to the reduction of the price of seeds which has taken place in recent years, as well as to the supply of better seeds; for outsiders desiring to do | business here have been ebliged to cut that George under them. But suppose auch Carter & Co. were not here, outsiders would not men as Measrea be obliged to “cut under,” and farmers would be compelled to pay the prices they ask. of the value to our farmers of the local trader and Here we have an instance the importance of supporting and encour- aging the local trader rather than the trader from abroad. The British people understand thorough- ly the value of the practical co-operation of the various interests of the country. While the products of o her countries are, of necessity, purchaced by them in large quaotities they invariably give their pre- terence and higher prices to the products That the various interesta in the country of their own country. is {O Say, co-operate together for the profit of ail, finis is the form that co-operation ought to take here. oe -_ mom - — THE PATRIOT’S MISREPRESENTATION. Tue Patriot of last evening says : “It must be remembered, too, that this Yukon railway is being built without adding adollar to the debt of Canada. The tories added cver $100,000,000 to the debt of Cauada between 1880 and most of woich was for the C. P. R., monopoly.” Let us examine this statement. In 1880 the net debt of Can-~ SED ionsdis ou co eeces $152,451,538 In 1892 the net debt of Can- Oe So that the addition was...... $ 88,679,846 Or $11,320,354 less than The Patriot bas stated it, although it includes $10,199,- 520 for which land was taken from the C, P. B. This addition was at the average rate of $7,398,320, and for this sum we have the Canadian Pacific Railway—one ofthe wonders of the worli—a great en- largement and improvement of the Canale, and new ard important public works and buildings ia every quarter of the country. Now look on the other side of ths picture. At the end of 1996 tbe net ME i iooncs eciarnec cs $258,497 433 At theend of 1897 ibe net PE ih debisvicrvescosse 261,538,596 As offen of... oo 2" . $ 3,041,164 And there is practical’y nothing to show for the money. The Jate government went into debt and obtained those great meane of which the whole country is now improvemente by profiting, and which are enabling it to in- crease its volume of trade with the return of better times in the markets of the world. The present government—in g'aring op~ position to their pre-election promises— is running into debt, though doing nothing in comparison with their predecessors. As tothe Yukon tramway, it is not built yet. Butthe government have already given away—to the extent that they are able to do so—anincalculately rich terri- tory, four or five times as big as this Pro- vince, in order that it may be built ; while know one knows the costto the country, conatruction wili i.v-lve or the amount that will added to the debt of the country account of it. The Patriot says: * Not much thanks | to them when they did it by Jergely ir- | creasing the taxes of the people and ine debt of the Dominion. Let us see. In 18.9 the taxation per head otf the people of Cawada was $4 37, while in 1895 it was $5.02 a difference of but sixtyative in money, which its 1892; | cests. For this difference of sixtv-fiv “ pyc ; f xty~five 580 little snita this week. Call aud see cut per head of the population, we have , ; > ; theC. P. R. and all the great public eur new clothing —Piowse Bros, the . : . i q . Pann! . works of the Conservative Goveramcnt. Wonderful Cheap Men 7 i — Ought the electors of West Prince to trust the political gentlemen who stole their predecessor’s trade policy and now brag about the increase of trade ? —The gentiemen who declared that prc« tection was robbery and ru'n are main~ taining protection and pointing to the im proved trade of the e uulry 88 some- thin,s tuey deserve credit for. What @o the peopleof West Prince think of these gertlemen ? So there was not “one” French Cana- lian in Prince Edward I[-lend to take the olace of ‘he late Hon. Senator Arsenault! An Ottawa telegram to the Patriot 4iid it, ani the action of the government nn statement has proved that that is their opision. has NOTES AND COMMENTS. in eonnecti } wit the | —An Irish Catholic writing tothe Mon- treal Sa “An alla ce between IKaglaua and the United Siates will be accepted by all rivet minded men as an SAaAVS: unparalleled earthly b’eseing. It will bea guarantee for universal and perpetuad peace and prveperity, and the co:.summa- tion of the civil zation of universal mas kind. It wi.l be adet+rrant to the lords of Enrope, who are evidently intoxi~ cated with the exuberance of vanity, ag- grandismeat and verbosity. wage —An ida of the opinion entertained in England of the Cavadian railway rate cutting war mav be found in the following ) wravraph wht 1h we el pi ‘om The En p' of London: “Thanks to the rate-cnitng adopted by the Canadian Yacific Railway, | you can now get from Montreni to the | Pacific coast for £5. Those wiih limite! means who are making tor Klondyke or Britizah Columbian go <i tields will probab- ly offer up prayers ‘ur the continuation of the rate-cutt’¢ ; but what about the Canadian lacific shareholder-? The Cansdan Pacific board is entirely in the wou, by the 've, and the president, Sir William Van Hocue, has completely lost his head. It will be a remarkably good thing for the Canatian Pacific Railway when Sir William Van Horne retires from the directorate. y —Zole is “quietly doing his time.” Political prisouers in France are trea~ ted with the utmost indulgence. They are sent Sainte Pelagie, where a special wing is reserved for them. The journalists, cericaturists, or advanced politicians who come to this novel prison are immediately introduced to the Governor, who politely receives his guests and bids them welcome. The prisoners are free inside the great prisov, going and coming as they piease, and paying visits toeach other. There is &® canteen where tobacco, pens, paper, cheese, coffee, milk, and wine can be pur~ chased. Brandy, liquors, and the daintest luxuries can be had from the outside by naving. All the cells are named, the best known being the “Big Tomb,” so-called because it ie a trifle dark. It has had many Ulustrious tenants—journalists, politic’ans, journalistic anarchists, theatrical! mana-~ gers, and editors. Drumond, the Anti- Semitic editor, spent six months there, for, as he eays, “writing a few words agaihst the friend of Monsieur le Baron de Rothschild.” THE PROVISION MARKET. In Liverpoo! Tard Advances ~Chicago Kasicr—Loeali Prices Steady, La‘est Montreal! advices state that there is no change in the provision market, trade hewg quiet and of a jobbing character. We quote as followe: Canadian pork, $16.00 to $16.50 per barrel: pure Canadian lard, in paile, at 8} 10 84c, and compound refined, at 54 10 5;¢ per Ib; hams, 11} to 126; bacon, 12¢ per Jb. the Chicago provision market wea | easier. Pork eased off 2} closing $9.85 March; 9.90 May; $995 July. Lard de - lined 24c, closing $5.07 3 Marcl; $5.12 4 Mas; $5.20 July Shortribs closed $5,07 March; 5.07 4 Mas; $512 3 July. The only change in the Liverpool vro- vision market was an advance of 3d in lard. Pork closed 5le 3d; lard, 57-; bone-~ leas long cut heavy bacon, 295; long cut | light, 283 6d; sbort cut Jight, 29; and | tullow, 208 61. Cash quotations on provisions closed at Chicago: Mesa nork, $9.90 to $9 95; lard, $5.1%to $5124; short ribs, $492} to $5.174; salted ehonliers, 490 to 5c; suort clear vide , $5 25 to $5 49. Wm io We are buey now filling up the cabinets with fit reform clothing which wil! be ready in a few days. We op-ned up over for you. *>HOME MAKERS, Hammers an waWS are VY orking..... | New lines of Furniture for spring trade are ieady, Qar factory has been running-fu!] blast ali winter. Come and ree the furniture bargiuins we have made ark Wright & Co., Ltd if 2 ee Pe EJ arose slightly soiled, 135 eWip, s O38 »J—no two he = We get a cosh discount of the lot SAG Sizes are 32, 34 and 36, B068 038%, 32464 41408 Ii a lot of traveller’s samples, slightly crumpled and caffe and cellars . Will Come Ont in The Wash of old stock we practically have none. Of new stock we p>rbaps have the best assortment in the eity, UiFRERENT .~. PATTERNS elike—at wholesale prices. vov get the at the travellers’ price, See window for samples, SVVTCVVBVeessecaucrea PATON & C VICTORIA ROW LE GEEREELEG ° y It’s a yo r- 4 sizes * Matter of Dollars & HTN Nn © — nN © This purchasing of new paper for your home. KBGRBABBHRAR BHBBADBALD “F DOLLARS that you save in deal- Y& w ing here. , =F And d purchasing » SENSE that leads yon to . select from our beautiful f ° stock, SS More papers here than anywhere else on P. E.L Ss V, ws Lower prices to pay. Moore & MeLeod The Wall Paper Mex FABABRABAIAGE THE “=> PHORNIX of Hartford. Assets over $5,000,000 ALWAYS PAYS..... HIRST Lowest Rates, HAs Hets KLBEEGEGELG KK x g. | Generous Settlements wr EH. BEER, Authorized A@ret por P. E. Istawnp Fink. LIFE. 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