The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-10-18
Dominion Notes.

SA~NSNS'
Halifax and st. John papers warn the people
to look out for class of suspicious fellows who
are doubtless thieves and burglars. Some of
them pretend to be book agents and the like
Sergeant Bates with his American flag, is
dead broke in London, Ont. He is going to
raise the wind to float his flag by giving lee
ture.
The employees of the coal mines at Cape Bre-
ton have taken measures to present their needs
of aid to the Dominion government on account
of the suspension Of work during the winter.
The scheme for the erection of frst-class
hotel in Montreal, to be known as the Windsor
Hotel, is at last fairly under way. Over $780,
600 OF stock has already been subscribed.
A Mr. Vernon has been telling the Montreal
Board of Trade that that city is destined to be-
come the great commercial center Of continen-
tai navigation. He says that the population
will amount to 100000 in the year 1900.
The St. John Telegraph is gratifed at the
defeat of the imitation Democracy in Ohio and
predicts that the result will have salutary eff
feet upon the credit of the United States in
Europe.
The Toronto Monetary Times predicts that
the Dominion will soon occupy the third place
in the mercantile marine Of the world. The
Dominion tonnage is 1895 at the close of
1874, valued at $40. SAT ,205.
A Dominion commercial paper thinks too
much credit, or rather the freedom with which
credit has been given to Dominion traders by
British merchants, is one Of the leading causes
of the present stagnant condition of trade in
that country.
The revenues of the Dominion government
for the month of September amounted to
So, OO5, $685. and the expenditures to $1,179,-
59S5S. The imports of the country for August
amounted to $40. AZ, 1868, and the exports to
$S,3S4,6 59.
The Montreal Star of Monday says: Forty
immigrants lately arrived in Ontario from
England. Finding work not so plenty as they
expected, and winter about to set in, they
passed through Montreal on Friday night en-
route to Quebec, to take passage for home.
The st. John News says that the writ of at
tachment which was issued some days ago in
the matter of the Jewett estate was executed
Thursday By e. Mcleod, official assignee, to
whom Mr.. Jewett formally delivered up all his
property in the city and county of st. John, land
who now holds it, awaiting the general meet
ing of creditors.
The Halifax Herald announces that the
largest sugar refinery in the Dominion, located
at Dartmouth and employing 500 or 600 men, is
to be closed in consequence of not being able,
under existing tariff regulation, to compete
with New York and Scotch refneries. 1t calls
upon the Dominion parliament to protect the
sugar interest.
The government of New Brunswick has re-
Gently held sale of imported and other pure
blood stock at Fredericton. The stock includ-
ed horses, cattle, sheep and swine. 1t was
done for the purpose of improving the stock in
the province, the purchaser being under obliga-
ton to keep the animals a certain number of
years within tie province. The stock cost the
government q 900 and was sold for SIS 500,
Premier Mackenzie of the Dominion govern
ment has been making speech at Sarnia, in
which he set forth the policy of the govern
ment. He insists that the Canadian Pacific
Railway is to be built, admits that the govern
ment has found it necessary to. increase the ia
riff from Is to II % per cent ad-valorem and
declares that both parties are in favor of Incl
dental protection to Canadian industry by the
imposition of duties upon imported goods.
The Catholic bishops of Quebec have just is
sued long pastoral addressed to the churches
in which the ground is squarely taken that the
church is superior to the state and should exer-
oise supreme jurisdiction over it, that the cer-
gy should take part in politics by telling the
laity how to vote, and is very severe on those
Catholics who assume to be liberal in politics.
There is now great deal of sectarian feeling
%hrou oh oil tho hat tI,ax ctp-
raj is subject of lively newspaper comment.
Pictou had Guibord case on a small scale.
A woman died there recently who was of diff
ferent faith from her husband, land the husband
insisted that she should be buried in his
churchyard. Unable to prevent her interment
in the other yard, he went at night to dig her
up and was caught in the act He desisted,
however. upon being assured that when he died
he should be buried alongsi ie of her, even
though he did not embrace her faith. He had
been separated from his wife for some months
previous to her de ath, and the assurance that
they should be re-un tied in the grave was all
that he required, -Halfdg Herald
In regrettlng the necessity for the closing Of
a large sugar refinery on account of the severi-
ty of the Dominion tariff, the Halifax Herald
says: "There is no more striking evidence of
the injurious effect of the jealous rivalry of
American manufacturers combined with an
American tariff favorable to them and Cana
dian tariff unfavorable to our industries, than
this unfortunate result for the Montreal Rein.
cry. 1t is the fate that the American manu-
facturers would infct upon every Canadian
industry; and their government will aid them
all it can. The mere reduction of the bounty
can hardly injure their monopoly now, since
they have driven the Montreal refners out of
even the Canadian market, and have establish
ed an extensive line of business on footing
too solid to be disturbed by a trife. The clos
ing Of this Redpath concern must force on the
attention of the Canadian government the ne.
cessity for some immediate action in reference
to tariff matters That the tariff will have to
be altered is clear. That it ought to be altered
in the inter ests of our Home Manufacturers is
clearer STILL"
News and Other Items.
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