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1lp( the .\\', and it rme ] have I 118.8 bi with : the fu qv_.er tl have wlthi in \Vt SamI~ 81):, lift) 13;; 5; 11-0 OVER-PRODUCTI0N. - His Worship Mayor Sewrey in his in- teresting speech atpthe Flremen s 4 annual supper spoke of over-production being one of the causes of the present difficulties in ; connection with business and labor. We `hold that in the true sense of the term there` can be no such thing as over-pro- duction. The great diiculty is under- consumption rather than over-production. This is shown by the hundreds of thou- sands of working men who are out of em- ployment, and their families starving in spite of abundance of food and warehouses stocked with clothing and other necessar- ies which millions of people h vs no means of purchasing. In speaking of low prices and hard times, the Globe of Saturday says :' 177`! . '1'I1(-`xx Canada Burr_r_ Office, ' ; L : \ .u-u Andr was kill of n trm Mrs. 'h08.(< Fl vdvrmvxnv % thiii assig .t_11"n1 wiiis-"l.< other 4 B11" A `Thv Hliflt by H: A`-'I`hl' flit: .__- .. vuuuuucu uli the'country i:p:.y1_ug too dear fur_the whistle. `From the small amount of work A Blrd The 1 ing. Z3hat,} Schuol. Diph River CoL11`r`1?Y1 [BT59 80% - Fet Sin"; Thc "lm ..v '2; Income......- 30000 - 3. Farmer's Sons. 4. Sons of Uwners. 5. Tenants who have paid one years rent (in money or money s worth, on one i or di'erent properties (including lodgings &.,) at $2.00 a month, or $6.00 a quarter; or $12. 00 8. half year, or $20 00 a year. 6. Occupants of property of the values above statedpfor Owners. . . I Ari .<`:9.'| Th Ix 7. Fishermen ,own'in-g land and goods_ worth $150.00. ' THE NoR1`_'_I-I_E_RN ADVANCE, The Secretary or other ofcers of the local Liberal-Conservatives Associations W11], on application, be pleased" to reqdr them "every assistance. . Appended is a. short Abstract of thee qualied to vote under the new act. The qualcatiun is not in any way dependent on the _Assessinent Rolls. Real property is referred to in every case except In- = come and "Fisherma.n. 1. Owners in Towns . . . . . . $200 00 Vt In Villages and 4- _Townships- . . . . . ` - 150'OO~ I IIi IWIIIIIXIII` I-IiVr`IIv:' 8 Page`. 48 Ooliilhhowapapoi. ' i `I Published from the Onion, Dunlop Street; Barrio. in the County of Slmooo. the Pro- vince of Ontario. Canada. every Thurs- day morning. by ulutml. awnsmnr, rnornlnron. You are reminded. that the Rerising Oicer for this Riding is now at work pres f paring the Preliminary list of Voters, and that all who are entitled to vote under the New Franchise Act must at once apply to have their names inserted, otherwise they will lose their votes. V NEW FRANCHISE Liberal - Unnsemtives Attention I TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. $1 Per Annum in Advance. $1. B` No new name will be" added to the Sub- Iori tion List until the money is paid. u oribers now in av tears for three months and over will be charged $1.50 per annum. 8. Ixidiang. 150 '00 300 00 M The County Council of York has told the Ontario Government that there are far too many councillors in its body; and the wish is that they may be reduced in number. The same thing may be said of many ot the other Councils, that of Middle- sex to wit. It is generally felt that the same kind of reduction might be applied benecially to the local` legislature, at least. That thereare too many governing bodies is an opinion of the day. But if it be found diicult to reduce them it` would be as well to make them aswarkable as possible. When such bodies are unwieldy the result is that the practical business is hindered, while the expenses are __unduly increased; That this is the" case in re- spect of the Ontario legislature has been for-a long time `evident If that body were to be reduced to tty. members it would then be amply large enough for all it 'roo nmcn GOVERN ME1\iIi'l`.v There is an incr-. asing tendency to lessen the expense of both general and municipal government and to cut down to smaller dimensions general law tinkering. V In by far the greater number of the United States the local legislatures meet once in two years, and we think that biennial sessions of the local legislature of this c mntry would be an immense advantage. A large sum of money would be saved to the country at any rate. A few days ago there was a session of the legislature of Just ten minutes in length and that cost the country a "sum entirely out of pro- portion to the work done; Many of our county councils are too large and -cost too much. The following remarks upon this subject from the London,` Free Press are to the point and they have our `cordial en- dorsement : V ' . 1829. 76 GE. - John B. Gough, the celebrated temper? ance orator; is dead.` He died Y of apoplexyat_Philadelphia Falling down on theplatform while, addressing a large audienceinithat city on Peculiar Pec- 9) pie. His life `story is full ofiinterest and instruction. He was born at Sandgate in the Gounty of Kent, England, in "1817, and emigrated to America. in He learned the trade of a book- binder, and `early. fell into drinlsiig habits. like many of the craft. "This portion of his life, given in his autobiography, presents a vivid picture ' of the misery he" endured, and of the ` his life. scholastic sense, people have sometimes i. power of temptation while leading a dis- sipated life. A kindly tap on the shoulder, and an encouraging word proved his sal- vation, and changed the whole current of After taking the pledge he be- gan speaking in public, and his terrible earnestness togetherwith his inimitable powers ofimimicrysoon brought him into ' publicnotice as a platform speaker. His fame soon spread through the United States and Canada, and he was invited to England whither he went in 1853, and for two years he addressed immense audiences in all the principal cities and towns under the auspices of the London Temperance League. He returned to States in 1855, but went back to England in 1857 remaining there till 1860, all the time actively engaged in the temperance cause. On his return to America .in 1860, he began lecturing on other subjects,` reaping from it a large revenue He re- tired from the lecture eld in 1873, but occasionally` gave addresses on different subjects. It seems a tting way for a man to die in the kind of work which had produced him so many triumphs. [With- out the advantages of education in the wondered at Gough s success, and what was the source of his oratorical ability. His natural powers were good, and had i he chosen the stage instead" of the plat- form he would have become a star of the first magnitude. his carrer he exercised a wonderful power over an audience. He could at his pleasure melt his hearers to tears or con- dole them with laughter. force in advancing the cause of temper- ance, the value of his work can scarcely . be estimated. His lecture .on orators and oratory gave him the chance to display his superlative imitative powers, and the eccentricities of many pulpit and platform speakers were admirably hit off. Humor- and pathos were Gough s chief points, and were important factors in explaining the effects of his speaking. Heiwas altogether a remarkable man, and will occupy a front rank" among the moral reformers of the nineteenth century. Whenpin the zenith of _ As `a moral J sittings--of'only"5~a few` minfutesj ea'ch, done in the four weeks`, 9 the number e the unimportant character of the bills that, have been introduced, we are more than ver convinced of the wisdomof establish-. ing biennial sessions. The saving of $150,000 in_ two years would be a most` important item in our nances, especially with the prospect of direct taxation am- ing us in the face, and decits instead of the surpluses ofzthe days of John Saneld` Macdonald. If some ofthe largest states` of the American Union can do all its law making by having a session of theirlegisla- tures once in two years only,.surely the Province of Ontario should be.able to do it. -This is a matter which it would be worth while for Mr.` Mowat to take into his careful consideration. The London Free Press thinks that while the desire is being manifested pretty generally for biennial sessions it would be monstroug folly to build new parliament buildings at a. cost of $2,000,000. This also Mr. Mowat should carefully consider in the interest of the people instead of in the in- terest of his party. ` nnmrox BORN noaix. We are glad to see that the Village of Beeton appears to be so jubilant over get- ting the long atandins dispute as to its incorporation settled at last. It will be remembered that litigation has been pend. ing for some time against the County of Simcoeaeto the validity of their `By-law _1ncorporating Beeton, and that village hast hBBn.nI`nnl`.innilu -6."... -y...... .. `I-.. an o W_ V_`_ V_,___.. ..yu-`avu, uuu yuan vuulg .been.practic_ally "ho man : land in ___ ____ _.__- 5. .. 1 -uv-my UV uuvusuu. It is about time that all who love country more than party should frown down these provincial jealousies and sectional claims, and show their faith in the country's future greatness by uniting closer together and merging all party considerations in the general good. V V i PARTY VERSUS PATBIOTISM. While party government legitimately carried on is the very best in a country with free institutions, it may degenerate so as to be forgetful of all the important "claims of patriotism. _ It seems to be de- generating at a rapid rate in this Domin- ion. Sectional jealousies aided and abetted by a party greedy of power at any cost is Asapping the foundations of the union . Unreasonable claims are set up and the general` government is badgered to grant privileges whichshould never be asked and which the government should unhesitatinglv refuse. Prince Edward Island now wants a tunnel under the Straits of Northumberland which would cost an enormous sum of money, _and be- cause 'it cannot get this claim on the federal treasury allowed, threatens to carry its assumed grievances` to Enclaud. TL 3.. .'I.-..L 43..."- LI.-L (II ' `is. responsible for the whole difficulty. The interesting letters of the Mail corre- spondent among the Indian tribes in the lNorth West show `that they have no sub-- stantial grievances against the govern- ment, but still it is intimated that the writer of those letters knows more than his employerswill publish and that the truth is suppressed. Of course Sir John Macdonald s government, in pushing to completion the Canadian Pacic Railway, has aided in the progress of development, _ and all the Indian grievances must be attributed, his disturbance of the primeval" silence ofthe prairies and the mountain slopes `through which this great Work passes. Itwould not be surprising to nd the same organs blaming Sir John for the murderous operations- of the Apaches further south. It would be quite as reasonable as much that is urged against the Dominion Government by the Grit soreheads. T ' THE NORTH h\;EIST INDIANS. The frequent assertions of the Grit press, that there is a. probability of an Indian rising in the North West, shows what a. God-send such an event would be to the Race and Revenge Party. Every- body knows what effect the progress of settlement andeonsequent destruction of the buffalo and other game necessarily has upon the Indian tribes, and that they will become restive under this change in their condition, The idea which the Globe and its following desire to convey is, that the Government of the Dominion I ,7 __._V- -vvvao av-nuvvvua Ivlljl. a Democratic Administration and a Democratic House of Representatives, the Republican Senate cannot control the the President, and therefore it is seeking to discredit him.` It is quite evident that the twenty-five years of Republican rule had thoroughly honey-combed about every puplic department _with corruption, and it needed such a man as Cleveland to do something in the way of cleaning out tte immense Augean stable. .---: --wjuwnj1O SQLIX `51 XHLVKLKO ' The President of the United States has shown himself a man of moral backbone.` He is determined to be no _ mere gure- head or pliant. machine in the hands of the politicians. `The forces that are broughtto bear upon himto move him self are of the most subtle and formidable . kind, but `up to the present time they have found him as solid. as a rock, and with an immovable determination to do what he deems, hls duty to the people. The Be- publican Senators are playing adeep game, evidently for party a.dva.ntage.. iThe President has removed various persons from places to which they had been ap- pointed, and ' the Senate want" the President s reasons for the removal. That oicer refuses to give them. The President's recommendations to oice out of the course he has planned for him- have been on the whole good, but a few, have shown their uutness, morally and otherwise, and have beenremoved. With 'l\ - ' it has _ to accomplish} The V `reduced, and-"the business` great_lyexpedite,d.__ ,_ And in the same con- 1 nection it might, then appear plain that it would not `be expend so large a sum, as Mr. Mowat proposes in order to erect a mammoth range of parliamentary buildings. eost1y,to_ put up, are far too ex- pensive t) maintain. Ifsome one would take the bull by the horns in this matter, and ask for an inquiry to be made into the whole subiect of. the numerical proportions of the present municipal bodies-city as well as ,rural_-the result might be that in the course of a couple of years, or so," such modications might be made as would entirely` meet the public expectation an-:1 necessity. That which the Free Press would like to see is, in part, that the local legislature should be reduced_to fty members, and that -it should be required to meet but once in two years. By adopting that course a very large saving of time and money would be effected ; and playing sa.t1eg~.'s1a- tion for the sake of what may be got out of it would be` reduced within reasonable limits. ` ` THE PRESIDENT `AND TEE}.-SENATE. THE NORTHERN ADVANCE_ ii the ' Annual Tea-Meeting. The annual tea-meetip` of the Craigvale Presbyterian Church w be held next Tues- day, March` 2nd, in the Orange Hall, Stroud. This is intended to be a most pleasant and protable meeting. Besides music, by the Townline Presbvterian choir and the Stroud Brass Band, interesting addresses may be expected bv Rev. James Bryant, Bradford ; Rev. J. Leishman. 'of. Angus; Rev. 8. Acheson, Clover Hill; Rev. Mr. Thornley, Strond ; Rev. `Mr. Franks, Belle Ewart ;Rev. J. J. Oochrane, Thornton; and Rev." W. D. Duncan, Churchill. We bespeak for all who attend a nleasant and protable time. A - Barrie st. Andrew's society. The Barrie St. Andrew's Society gave one of their free musical and hterary entertain- ments at their Hall, Bothwell s Block, on Tuesday evening. The President, D. F. McWatt, Esq.. occupied te chair. The entertainment consisted of music and read- ings which were of excellent character. duet by Mesdames Cooper and Henderson was highly appreciated. Son Abv Mesdames Cooper and Henderson an Miss Susan Forsyth and Mr. Craig received deserved applause. Readings by Messrs. McIntosh, Stevenson and Hay were good and had the approbation of the large audience. The sin ing of Anld Lang Syne brought to an emf this eniovable intellectual repast. A veg by the name of McKay who says he was choring round in Colhngwood last summer and who is now in` a very destitute conditlon and unable to take care of himself was sent up for thirty days. - v-we vvuoo VI A little boy by the name of Forsyth was before the Magistrate at the Police Court a day or two ago. The lad is one of a family who used to reside here, but broken up. His mother is dead and his father is some- where ont in Esas, but apparently unwilling- ly to provide for his helpless offspring. - The little fellow is eight years old, bright and intelligent. Some of our citizens gave him- a few quarters and he went and purchased a pair of overalls. The Magistrate asked him if he spent any of the money for anything else, he replied, O yes I bought a little candy. The Ma istrate remarked that the father ought-to e sent to the Central Prison for six months. The boy replied, I don t care what you do with him. He has three sisters married noneof whom are willing to be burdened with him. The - Magistrate sent him to the care of GOV6l'l1( r ; Lang until some place can be provided for him. BY the strike in_the Pennsylvania coke region about 6,500` laborers engaged in the operating works are losing $9,000 daily in unearned wages, making for the ` 33 working days theyghave been idle a gross loss of $297,000. Should the strike continue much longer it will take years for both capital and labor to recover the. ground lost on both sides during this un- fortunate disagreement. That is the way it will always be. Strikes can never do the striker any permanent good. He may gain a so-called victory over his em- Dloyer, but it will be at an enormous pre- sent sacrilice and a future loss. How _im- portant it is that the workman should - fully recognize this important fact, This evil will have to be remedied in spite of the opposition which it has to en- counter. What Montreal `has to complain of has its counterpart in almost everypart ofithe `country. We hope Mr. D Alton McCarthy will, early in the opening session, introduce his Railway .Cominis- sion Bill and nress it with all the energy and ability he possesses until this needed reform has been accomplished. l .4 RAILWAY ~comnss1oN. Montreal is roused up into energy upon the question of railway discrimination. Their our merchants, dry goods men, the sugar reners and others, declare that the trade of the city is su'erina' greatly because the railways discriminate against them. The Intercolonial 1s said to discriminate against them in favor of Halifax. The Montreal Witness in speak- ing of the matter say, that a Montreal merchant who brought goods from Hali- fax to Montreal and reshipped them to Belleville or Oshawa or London, Ont.. was charged 10 centsper hundred pounds more than theHalifax merchants who shipped them through from Halifax The difference against the Montreal merchants for performing the same service was from three to thirteen cents as to point shipped. The difference to Stratford, for instance, to which point the Grand trunk- is with- out a competitor is thirteen cents. The tariff from the West to the East discrimi- nates even more severely against Mon- treal. The rates to Danville, Quebec, from Montreal, is `to a Montreal `man 26 cents per barrel of our (for instance). to an Ontario shipper from Stratford to Toronto it is 14 cents. The M.ontreal_ merchant is charged 10 cents more to ship a barrel of our to Quebec thanan Ontario mer- chant; The difference against the Mon- treal merchant on the shipment of Hm- to Halifax is 18 cents. The discrimina- tion granted by a railway or by railways, is a feature of one of the worst tyrannies possible. The injustice involved in it is simply outrageous. A company is granted land and money by the people of a country, in order that it may perform a service on equitable terms to each and every portion of that country and to each and every in- dividual, and having what cannot but by the nature of the thing be, for the most Dart, a monopoly of that.-service, it dis- criminates in favor of one portion of the country against another, and favors one i I individual as compared with anotl.er. We W are glad to know that the matter is to be forced by an inuential deputation upon the attention of the Government. The matter has, for over a year, been under investigation in England, and there the evil is acknowledged, though as yet the railway companies have been able to pre- vent a remedy being applied. TIVI iriteriihi ,We `Vobneiive that Mr, 1_ epler_ has i6=e`ndwn` ghtiig foii a iapecialact before the Private Bills Committee`. The opposition must `have been bitter as those opposed to incorporation, also retained Counsel, Mr. Aylesworth, of Toronto. _ As the bill passed. the- committee we assume this long drawn out matter ha` now received its quiatus andbonres` will be `in order at Beeton. Quaevet For what is Beeton reserved? Born. under such trying circumstances? Claude will please answer these couundrums. NBTE En couniigrr. Police Cour?` , _ __. -2- 7 U U I wants 0. - Farmers wi11et the highest Toro nto price for cake Tallow I brought. to the 'l'a.nnery. . ;t'?!'0ash' ra1q1fror,nxas and skmsgm %, Am-Q! ' "" - " I31-`p.A.__ , FURNITURE MANUFACTURER IN REAR OF j Fm: soul) C0MF0R'! ` Nails, ./\rIwri:m Locks, Knobs, Hixlgee, Paints`, (lils. Glass, E utty, T Axes, SaWs--X (`ut., Hand, Panel, Rip, (fhain, Rope, Lzmterns, Lamps, Coal (iii, Jones Spades,'Sh0ve|s, Sconps, L E : Breech and Muzzle Loading Shot, Guns, Spurting` Ries, `W inchester, Kennedy, Colts Bob Runners, Sleigh Shoe Steel. SOLE AGENTS FOR THE REVERSIBLE WOVE WIRE DOOER MAT. ET _ a g BMKS. ! iALlUMS,C01lPAN|0.\I.\`, Bum1}(i)1{{}{ j cHnIcEAss9mME-vT=FcHmsIMAs [IARDS..a:1 i Owing to the lateness of the Winter sea.son,dWe have decided to sell out our Fur Goods and at_ your own prices. Jill goods made 1n the building. Look for Big Hat for sign. g i R. SIMMONS &. Ciiiic New Bookstore. N.B.-:-You_wiVll nd Clayton at `his old stand, next door to Farquh2u`.'~:0I1.s` Grocery, having re`-leased his new store in Brown's new block to Messrs. (;`.m';t,m-_ Vair '85 Booth. ' ' ur LoWPric.es! E? _ W`? Pre bound to sell Boots and Shoes at lower prices than they can b bought elsewhere in the county. 9 The reasons why we can do this are these : . Our expenses are very low for `he business we do. We pay C4811 for our goods and get the largest possible discount. ' V We have a large and co nmodious store av.zil-able an 1 convenient in ever , mu-t.I'mnla.r_ T I 5 particular. V _We have experienced and accomplished salesmen who take the greatksgg pains to t people well and honestly advise them as to their requirements. . `We make no losses in accounts, for we have "none. We seli as we I for cash, and for cash only. ' We carry an immense stock of good serviceable and s'cy1i.,h Boots [Shoes that. can be thoroughly relied upon. A Chance in SLEEP ONTHE woven WIRE MATRASS. JOHN} OIJ,l\.YTON, DUNLOP STREET. That the general condition of the world is better than it was a century.ago may be true, but what use is it to tell the working man that people are twice as well off because a day's work produces twice as much sugar, or cloth, or iron, &c. How will it help the starving man to tell him 'a good dinner can be bought for a penny if he has not the penny to buy it? To tell men who have no work and cannot get it, who are hungry for bread and shivering for` lack of sufcient clothing, that they are better off than people were a hundred years ago, _is like the lawyer telling his client that he could not be im-. prisoned for a certain act while he was conscious of bei. 9: then in a prison cell. We are told that the sewing women of New York are paid two and a half cents for making a shirt How muchof the world's over-production can be purchased with such` wages as that 7 The only cure for the difficulties which the present anomalous condition of the world exhibit: :A `A '5"-.. AL- ._ -- --..` vrvuv. \l~Av nag BZEtC)\7V1N'V wSm BLOCK AN ENTIRE STOCK OF NEW GOODS. ASTRAGHAN & run cons. |o,ooo Les. or \Vishes toannouuce that he has opened out in Tj-- ALL NEW AND_i.z;TE-ST D-ESIGNS. ,__ .._.--w_O 35` i V. H. CROSS}; 0031' B . Sold by U IJUUGALL, .? V AND---- pu'" -__-..---.... V- uuv vvvlll-I VAIIIUIU in to place the means into the hands of the producer of using more of the fruits of his labor, Increase consumption and go on producing. Let the capitalist be content with less prot that the workman may be better clothed and fed. In this lies the safety of society innitely more than increasing the police force to put down rioting? MERCHANT TAILOR, oum.oP SVTREET-', _Februa_ry 25, 1886, MARKET BUILDING 1 37 bu) ; and suliitflz their`- rio;;:`;x})c.:2 The ray England 19 Last Hit A eighth mm The pm Austria wi The am Oonrmud TheL G r V0!) BL Germa South Pa-c It is sai ooercion ir The In` sgam on C1 The condition of the working classes is now immenselv better than it was at the beginning of the present century, and the volume of trade is immensely greater. And although there have been periods of diiculty and distress. the world's mater- ial progress has, on the whole, been very wonderful. When one man s one day s work produces twice as much wheat, or sugar, or cloth, or iron; &c., the peo ple must be twice as well off, or nearly so, when circumstances adapt themselves to the change. ` Prnfv.-ss sity, Coll importan tion wit} tinguish The I I: regulatb =1 adversely construe :1 the g( Seen-I son of He_ is V The ingat. "7 year 11* 066 -m : bright n to get Ml Asylum. .7 Jonuz}: Edgar Liabiln 1. equal nan Slys` ture. .. The tor lnu sentzm Thv and 15} $_25,v()( H man. die. U Comun ' verdic` 4 agairls 30911] t` Tthc.re TEE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE. The Ontario Legislature has been in session now about four weeks at a cost to the country of about $75,000 and the candid, honest man, whatever may be his political leaning, must beconvinced that the `country ienpaying too dear for the