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ant rable and, Froprvar *DOMINION DAY. 2 tr-- Mote than ordinary interest _'taches to Dominion Day this year because it marks the completion! of another decade iti 'the history | of these united Provinces. Dated from Confederation Canada is now forty years old, Canada 'was the first 'British colony to form a Con: federation. as it was the first to ask for and receive self-governing powers. - One could easily wish that those who wrought so well in bringing a union of the Provinces into effect might have lived longer to see the reward of 'their work, but of the thirty thre: Fathers of Confederation only two survive, Sir Charles Tupper and Hon. A. Ai McDonald. The original = Confederation; which dates from' July 1st 1867; comprised but four provinces: now we have nine well-organized prov: inces in the Union; and this nim ber will be further augmented as the remaining Districts reach 'the status of Provinces. Newfound: land, and the British West Indies, may some day become part of the Confederation." Our Dominion: is but in its infancy; its future is big with promise' The ten years j just passzd have undoubtedly seen. greater strides inthe direction of commercial and po'itical' development than any "other equal period hasever known' inthis colony. The tile of immi gration which set iin toward this country about the beginning of the past d cade bas been steadily increasing year after year, and it has now reached a mark heret fore unknown: An illustration of. at i and coming int 8 are Dr te to feel ourselves com: | petent to assume a:larger place inf: tlie great federation of all the Colo-| nies... Not to'be directly dent; b to to be interdependent with all the other parts of the Em- pire, this i is our present aspiration, Where we shall stand wien a other decade has been added: to] our history we cannot venture. t predict « We expect the prese rate of progress will not only' be ndepen-|. maintained but greatly accelerated. : ANOTHERSIDE € OF THE MARKET QUESTION This market question is some- wiiat' complex, and has. many sides iiterested in it; and view. it from different standpoints: The pro-|j ducer, thd 'townspeople "and the buyer from the city are all con- cerned, To fegulate the: market s0 4s to satisfy all these various {parties is no easy matter, as any onc will admit, Last week bile of the local mer: chants appeared ofr the market, | and began buying butter and. eggs |i which he sent over to his store to bé counted and paid for in cash. He! had not been buying very long before rexception: was taken |! A number; of persons ure} jn to his method of doing sbusiness.ic And presently he was approached by the chief-of police and notified that he must: desist, altogether, Naturally he felt somewhat int] diguant, and began' to. question' why a business fian residing in town, n hei, and helping by the | ; of his taxes to keep tip the-market building, should bei the rapidity with which opr coun produce, try is being 'filled up comes to] hand just now: from: one of the coast cities," According to ti last census, which was taken: THE, try his Remedy; ? Thosed ha the prs io! will. <8 and doi g aregul tr business' 39 evened nidersi ed. Has. Tor sil uid dn buggies