Daily British Whig (1850), 16 Oct 1908, p. 7

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THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1008. BY RE ELECTING HON. HARTY. at Home. Kingston, Oct. 13.--~(To the Editor): When one reads the record of minent 'men associated with R. L. Borden in this election contest, one is lead to think that Mr. Borden must be very stupid if he expects to win now. No one takes him to. be stupid. On the contrary, I think he is look- ing ahead to the time when these men will get tired of the game, and drop out, or be rejected at the polls by the electors. Further, I believe Mr. Bor- den does not wish to win this election for what . would he do with his dis- credited lot of associates, if the elec- tors should be stupid enough to re- turn them to pariiament ? If he gave them cabinet positions, which they are working for and expecting, they would destroy his government, and again disrupt the conservative party for a generation, and he would go down to his grave, not only political- ly, but Sak vy without having grati- fied his worthy ambition to be the Avery in 1904, because he was not h | E BOX asked to do so. He says he voted for { him. Well, we will have to take his ---- { word for it as we have notway of "» | proving to the contrary. We do know "COUNTY VOTER HAS |[oveve, that on election day, he was STILL MORE SHOT i driving lumber, and not working at | the polls. Now the Daily Standard, in For the County Clerk and Conser. | Sa ulitotial, calls an. all gouty oon vative Candidate For Fron-|cause of the work did for Avery in tenac--He Asks Several Ques- the last election. Is it not a fact tions. Shas Mitapipaint samt in SRmYEiitiona in 't . , aa {the past four years has caused the Kingston, Oct. 13.--(To the Editor): jeounty clerk to sulk in his tent like a In your issue of October 9th, County {great big baby, when the conservative Clerk Edwards throws out another | party was making fight of its life to characteristic bluff to the voters of lstave off defeat and disaster ? Did he Frontenac county, in an attempt to | refuse to attend Avery's meetings? Did shake off the ghost "of a past that he not refuse to act ms chairman when haunts him through his campaign, {Avery held a meeting at Cataraqui ? and that threatens to bury him with | Did he not attack Avery in public ton. condemnatory votes on the 26th. But [yention ? Has not the same animus it won't work this time; the parlia- been exhibited towards Gallagher un- mentary aspirant must face the spirit |) recently, when Edwards began to of his own party misdeeds, and an- | fee] that he was cutting off his nose to swer at the bar of public opinion for | spite his own face. His entire politi- some things he has done, as well as {cal career and character for several for the things he left undone. . |years past reveals that personal gain I can understand how little inclin- {and not party loyalty or advancement ed Dr. Edwards is to follow a "Coun- | hag been his aim and purpose all the ty Voter" at this particular ume, lway through, and now he whines for and | assure him that I am not "'in- {the support of the conservative party sane," as he charges, nor am I aware [on the ground of past services, for that such an unfortunate mental con- which he at times did not hesitate to dition was ever manifest in my fam- [ask pay. His attempt to pull Jabez ily, from which I might inherit a pre- | Stoness into the fight at the eleventh disposition to mental aberration. I hour, so that he might profit by the am forced to repeat what I said in deal, has failed, a though the hook my last communication, that a man contained the most alluring bait. seeking gratification for political Drowning men will grasp at straw, greed, should not wait to be asked land defeated men can have time by the county council to resign from enough after election to suck them, i public office, and the position of a Dr. Edwards' old game of calling public servant, whilst conducting a | Reece and throwing mud, 'so as to campaign throughout the county, in [cover up the track and draw off the which abuse of a large portion of the hound whose closeness and persistence county tax-payers and their political |strikes terror to the tired fox, run- faith constitutes a part of his stock [ning in the open without a visible in trade. A man who waits to be 'hole into which he might drop' for told what to do in such a condition | 'est or security, is all in vain. We is either lacking in a definite knowl- expect to be in at the death. edge of the fitness of things, or seri- | Now let me ask Dr. Edwards a few ously deficient in that delicacy which pointed questions : 3 should characterize one who would sit 1. Did you assume an attitude of in the legislative chamber of cultured hostility to Avery four years ago ? Canada. The man who waits to be | 2. Did you refuse to help him in his told 'his duty is unfit for public trust campaign ? 3 . and unworthy of public support. Dr. | 3. Did Avery ask you directly or'in- Edwards should have stepped out of directly to help him ? aw the office of county clerk as soon as 4. Did you furnish his political ene- he was nominated for Ottawa, and |mies with data to use against him in not plead now that he was ready to [the campaign ? resign last June, bbfore the elections | 95. Did you give counsel, countenance, were announced. His letter of the 7th jor help to liberals in the Avery-Shib- inst. was written from Ompah, which | ey campaign, by which Avery was proves the charge 1 have made against iable to suffer or the conservatives him, of running all over the country, /meet defeat ? 3 looking for votes, instead of remain- 1 am sorry that the doctor is not ing in his office in the county build- |With me this time. Four years ago ings, to look after his duties, both®as We Tought together, and 1 am Sufe county clerk and as jail surgeon. f that a eR any hiss He Whilst i is true that the. county renerosity of dear old liberal Shibley. council makes the appointment of oe it 'might be that he has county clerk, as the present incum- ' ir bent states, it is also the that your struck a more profitable puizait, and ® + |withholds the fact and information correspondent has shown a wonderful | rom his old friend and co-worker.--A aptitude for wire-pulling in the most ICOUNTY VOTER. . effective manner, and this wire-pulling | has landed him more than one good | LIVE STOCK MARKETS. fish. Look at the list: He gets him- | -- sell appointed county clerk for a brief period to make his way through ,col- lege, then lands the job permanently. He ousts the jail surgeon of the coun- ty, and lands that job, by cutting prices, and undermining the old surgeon, The bait of a lower salary caught the unsuspecting county coun- cil and Dr. Edwards was made jail surgeon; then he manipulated the | same council so as to increase his 'salary. Not long ago the turn-key of the county jail was thrown out of his position in an unfair manner. Of course it was the government inspector who did the throwing, but who was back of his unfair game ? Will Dr. Edwards say he played no part in this little game, as to give the job to one whose influence considered a very Mportant factor in the coynty elec tions ? Previous to the convention, in which he captured the nomination, he had coveted for years, Edwards play ed his cdeds well. Who worked the racket to have. the chairman of the various townships appointed, and then moved that these same men appoint the chairman of the various sub-divi sions in the county, and include in the motion that these chairmen 'appoint the delegates to the convention ? A truthful answer to this question will tell how the delegates came to be instructed for Edwards, and how Mr Avery got the knife that he is now asked to take kindly and quietly for the sake of his party. If the choice had been one made by the conserva- tive party, in open convention, with a free and a fair fight, Avery would be the last man in the county to kick He is doing it because he feels that he has been made the victim of one who was hent on getting to Ot tawa regardless of manliness ox me thods. With all these games played under the very noses of the members of the county council, are vou sur prised, that I reached the conclusion that the county clerk, and not the council, would also make the appoint ment of a successor, if one will be needed after the 26th ? The doctor says he did not help Mr. The Prices Paid at the Vayxious Centres. 3 Montreal, Oct. 13.--About 1,690 eyt- tle, 200 calves, 1,298 sheep and lamby, and 1,298 fat hogs were offered fc sale at the Point St. Charles stock yards today. 'Trade was good at about last week's 'rates, excepting that hogs were lower. There were only a few really prime beeves on the mar- ket, and one buyer paid 5}c. per lb. for six of the best; none of the others sold over 4jc. per lb., with pretty good animals at 3}ec. to 4ie.; com- mon stock at 2e. to 3c. lean canners at lle. to 2 Ib. Calves seemed to be all grassers, and sold at 2c. to 3c. per lb, the best bringing a little over 3e. per Ib. Sheep sold at about 3jc. per Ib; lambs at 4}c. to Se. per Ib. Good lots of fat hogs soid at 6c. per lb.; some that had been con- tracted for brought 7c. per lb. S0 was Chicago, Oct. 13.--Cattle-- Receipts, 8,000; steady; beeves, $3.40 to $7.40; Texans, £3.25 to $1.70. Westerners, 10 to $5.70; stockers and feeders, $2.60 to $4.50; cows and heifers, $1.60 to 85.30; calves, $6 to $3.50. Hogs--Receipts, 20,000; 5c. to 10e. lower. Light, $5.40 to $6.05: mixed $5.50 to $6.25; heavy, $5.55 to £6.25; rough, 85.55 to $5.75: good to choice heavy, $5.75 to § pigs, $3 to $5.- 15; bulk of sales, 85.75 to £6.05, Sheep--Receipts, 18,000; weak; tive, $2.50 to $4.40; Western, $4.40; yearlings, $4.25 to $4.85; $4 to 86; Western, $3.75 to $6. 50 to lambs East Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 13.--Cattle Receipts, 300 head; slow and steady; prime steers, 85.75 to $6.25, Veals--Receipts, 250 head; active and 25¢. lower: $6 to 9. Hogs--Receipts, 12,000 head; slow ; heavy steady; others 10c. to 235¢. low- er; mixed, $5.60 to 86.05; Yorkers, 5 to 85.90; pigs $4 to $5; roughs, $1.50 to 85; stags, 878 to $4.25; dairies and grassers, $5.25 to $5.75. Sheep and lambs--Receipts, 15,000 active and steady: ewes, $4 to 5; Canada lambs, $5.75. now, -- It is all very well for R. I.. Borden to declaim against the Liber- al tariff and assert that the co untry would be more prosperous 'if the : {for four appointment the youth balked at the | trusted head of this great and grow- ing country of ours. Mr. Borden's prayer, I think, is, or should be, at the present time, "Save me from my friends." It is a good thing to advocate the Quvitving of political life in Canada. e need it; but have our conservative friends in the city of Kingston done more in that respect than the liber- als ? Would Foster as finance minister add to the purity of polities at Ot- tawa ? Read the investigations of the royal commission into the conduct of the insurance business in Canada, and learn of the scheme, of men associat- ed with Mr. Foster, in connection with the "trust" funds of the Inde- pendent Order of Foresters, of which a good many of you are members, aod see if you would care to trust the finances of the country to him! If we were to change governments now, would it not be dike "jumping out of the frying pan into the fire ? With Foster for stoker, it would be a hot job. It would not only be a cal- amity to the country at this Jjune- ture in the affairs of state, with such material in sight for cabinet construe- tion, but it would be disastrous to the conservative party as well. Hence, fellow électors, we will be doing a great public service both to state and party politics if we keep Mr. Borden and his followers out, at least for another term. h And when it comes down to local interests it would be very poor policy also to reject Mr. Harty, Kingston's benefactor, for his opponent. Mr. Har- ty is now engaged in érecting one of the best monuments a man can erect to his memory, magnificent workshops for the comfort of workingmen, and the advancement, not only of King- ston, but of industrial Canada. We as citizens of Kingston are proud to claim them as our own. Anything that would to the slightest degree re- tard the progress of these works would be contrary to our best inter- ests. Mr. Harty's defeat might inter- rupt the splendid progress now being made. Some may say that it is a narrow view and a selfish policy to be think- ing of our local interests only. We should be more patriotic. They forget that true patriotism begins at home: "A man who will not care for his own household is worse than an "in- fidel."' There have been a good many infidels to the interests of Kingston in the past, or else she would have been of magnificent proportions be- fore this time of the day. We have a magnificent situation for trade and commerce, a beautiful place in which to Jive with- educational facilities not to be surpassed anywhere, and all we need are more manufacturers. Let us hold what we have with a sure grip and reach out for more. Yours for Kingston's progress.--S. A. AYK- ROYD. Got Half Of It Back. , The famous painter Corot and his property in the Faubourg Poisson- nicre. One day one of the tenants, a tailor, came to Corot and said he could not pay. his rent. "What can I do for you?" asked Corot. "I can- not intercede for vou with my sister because I am not on gnod terms with my family." As a Corot' was regarded as a "failure" by his family. "However, he added, "here is the money to pay the rent, only don't let anyone know I have given it to you." The tailor after this used to return periodically when his rent was due and obtain the money from Corot, who remarked on one occasion, "I ap- pear to be very generous, but I am not, because I get half of it back from my sister as my share of the rent. An Effective Role. A farmer was anxious that his son should become a minister, and for this laudable end years, but to his great dis- ministry and set himself up as a protective taxes of the people were greatly increased. We have tried that policy. In the hands of it's friends for eighteen years it proved a dismal failure and precipitated an industrial crisis in which mil- lions of capital was wasted and great suffering was entailed on our industrial population. What was experienced, we know. The people want no more such botches in charge of the country's fiscal system. The census statistics tell the story of the benefit brought to the manufacturers of the country by the Laurier Government's careful re- adjustment of the tarifi when it vot rid of the inc ubus of the Foster N.P., which Borden wants to revert to. Let us glante at the evi- dence, . Output of Manufacturing Industries. 1881-10 Years $309,676,068 '1891--10 Years $469,847 886 1901-10 Years $481,053,373 The year 1906 is the last y ear for which the complete returns are available." The five years are t he first unbroken period of Liberal re- cord, the preceding teén-ve re turn including only four years of the Liberal tariff. Let the ficures speak : 1906--5 Years Does such a magnificent showing indicate that the Liberal tariff is oppressive to manufacturers ? A growth of nearly 50 per cent. in five years, as compared with about 23 per cent. in ten years, is one the Liberals mav well be proud of, and challenge upon it the judg- ment of the public. The Liberal policy cares for sided. It looks to Right and FIVE MORE YEARS bobo e rere roe edie 7% + $718,352,603 God eedb bes the interests of all. It is not lop- to the Greater Canada. } SUCH A GOOD POLICY! lit wall horse trader. The old farmer told his to a neighbor, who, however, took a ' more optimistic view of the "Oh, IT wouldn't feel so badly about that," he said. "As a horse trader "Bill" will probably lead more men to repentence than he ever would have done as a preacher." Sand without sense is not so effect- ive as sand and sense together: but beat sense day. 10c. The latest boob etbb eve PPLE PPL EI PREP EI PII PPR P PEROT P ede * (EEP KINGSTON LIE WM ip Dr. Aykroyd Points Out the Duty e of the Electors to the Lime. |tU¢ West, in the form of an stone "City--Patriotism Begins the pro- | sister were joint owners of some house | * | has matter of fact, | he sent him to college | without sand any | HIT BY MR. BENGOUGH. ment--A Liberal to the End. To the Editor of the Mail and Em- sire : I must. thank you for giving renewed circulation] in your issue of Friday last, to the protest 1 made {against speculative land companies in let- {ter to Sir Wilfrid Laurier. A think | the ideas I expressed therein should {commend themselves to patriotic Ca- {nadians of all parties, and should find | through our t public | journals in some fashion A jas quotations merely made to help |out a narrow partizan argument. But 1 must correct you as to facts, My letter did not involve any special charge against the company named, nor any allegation of '"'grait- ing" against the government. My protest was against the continuance of the policy which had permitted the formation of such companies--for | was then, and still-am, under the im- pression that such policy was in vogue under conservative governments before Sir' Wilfrid Laurier even sat on the treasury bench." It is only from your editorial of Friday, in fact, that I learn (with some astonishment) that the conservative leaders are "the ene- mies of the folly and wickedness" in- volved in such a policy. It surely re- quires some daring to make such an assertion in the presence of the well- known facts. My hope--and the object of my let- ter--was that the government might {find it possible to abolish the com- panies it found in existence, and that it would certainly refrain from char: tering new ones. I do not know that the government had power to bring about such abolition, but Sir Wilfrid Laurier, in his reply to my letter, in- timated that he was opposed to grants of land to speculative com- panies, a system for which, he claim- ed, the liberal party was not responsi- ble. He has publicly asserted during the present campaign that the course of the government has been consistent with this position, that land has only been sold to actual settlers, with the exception of a case in which a tract in the Prince Albert district, which was rejected by the Regina and Long Lake Railway company, in connection with subsidy, and could not be sold at any price to incomers, was dispos- ed of on colonization terms to the Saskatchewan Land company. As to the cartoons I have published, they may be left to speak for them- selves. If they are not truthful in es- sence and spirit, they will be of no ef- fect. I am willing to leave the matter to the judgment of electors, who know whether it is or is not true that the treatment which is now being meted out to Sir Wilfrid Ladrier by his, political opponents is the same that was formerly meted out to Alex- ander Mackenzie--a sort of criticism which, in the case of the latter states- man, the Mail and Empire now virtu- ally acknowledges to have been unjus- tifiable. {utterance J. W. Bengough. Toronto, October 5th. BURDENS LESSENED. Where the Relief Came in--The Effect of the Preference Tariff. Toronte Star. It is charged that the Laurier gov- ernment has maintained intact the burdensome tariff which was denounc- ed by the men forming the present ad- ministration, when they were in op- position. The charge cannot be sustained by the record. Very material relief has been given to consumers in two. lines in which the consumption of unported goods is of considerable volume. The clothing tax and the imports on agri- cultura implements and machinery have been lowered. In 1896 the duty on socks and stock- ings was 10c. per dozen and 35 per |cent.; it is now 25 per cent. under the urelorence; The tax on knitted goods generally bas been reduced from 35 to 22} per cent.; on ready-made wool- len clothing, from 5c. per lb., and 30 per cent. to 30 per cent. straight and {on colgon shirts irom 25 per cent. and {81 pef dozen to 25 per cent. | In the case of agricultural imple- iments, it is the duty on imports from the" United States which counts, be- {cause it «is from that country practi- cally all the imports in these 'lines jcome. In this case, therefore, the {comparison will be between the gene iral tarifi of '96, and the minimum {tariff of to-day. The duty on axes iscythes, hay knives, forks, and rakes 1s been reduced from 35 to 22} per |cent.; on mowing machines and bind- lers from 20 to 174 per cent., and on portable engines and threshing ma- | chines, from 30 to 20 per cent. | These reductions have greatly re- duced the burdens of consumers gene- rally, and more particularly those resting on farmers. Nor have the {changes made brought wreck and ruin {to industrial enterprises. The great | agricultural implement works at Ham- ilton have been built up under the | Laurier government, and in the five | vears ending with 1905, the value of {the output of Toronto factories, em- | loving five or more hands, increased from $58,415,000 to $85,714,000. Fermenting Food. When the stomach is weak a por- {tion of the food does not digest. 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