, 1879-02-20

to Ottawa few months AGO on bchnlf OF tho
Canada Wreclting Company, Of Windsor, In
order to present tho cso Of wrccktnE-stcatner
owncrs Hs against the proposed reciprocity; md,
In order to assist It In arriving at decision, the
Government apnplntcd this gentleman, OF all
MEN. to prepare 4 t'ttinscrcstci repurt for It's
consideration. Hcvcfal prominent sbip'o"ners
ton on the question, hcratsso they regard 1tin
nb working AdVcraely To their tnlcrctt6 such
m appointment Is All insult to tie s'iip-nwners
who arc en.lcavorlng to procure the Adoption ot
O reciprocity treaty III To WrrcktnE.
Srtcfdf Msna.ch to T1s Tribune.
MoNTHEAL, Feb. 11.-f. 4. Clarke, q broker,
u FtifDg llsc Exchange Bank for e5i0, tho
nInount Of chtck checked to hIs account,
which the plaintiff aI!eges Is forgery.
A s,rong public feeling Is rising hero In favor
ot rcbeallnE the lfsuiyent net.
a young man named Patrick Lynch, powder
,nakcr, obtained n bcarcli.warrant from the Po.
-MacIstratc to recover thu body ot hfs sster
stolen iFfnn .l'c ctlurcl:yard Of the Hotc' Dicu
a cnrpse 1T the Victoria College Wns identified
by IY.eh as thut Of tis deceased slater, atld WIS
lian,lcsl over to him.
Pierre rlcott, IT.. a Justice Of the Pence Of
Coicas, st.. i,nul<, has given bail TO nnawer 10
:, At a meeting Of tile Guy Council, Mayor
Dcandry said ile had rccct7cd s,lmtnona for
*lo,090 daauges for arrest!ng Davil Grant on
Jhiy II. lie wished the city to ,iudsrtnkc the
GAt:llsC Vi t1t nultt lilC HIDkl2N WIS HHI1lEus
'llIe lronuoi, ItnlIans Of sau1t st. Louis arc to
petition the Federal Gnvcrnmcht during the
present sGssion Ut Parliament Tor their enauci-
I)Ation from tho restrictions imposed upon them
civilized pcoule, they Inavo right to tie enjoy
rncDt Of equal privileges With their white brctil-
rem.
snrctci R'snatc. 10 TAt TRIBUNE
To1toNro, Feb. 19,-At tl,E nnnual meeting Of
the Northern Hallway Of Canada the report
showed thAt ut Eross tratf'c-rcecIpte for the
rrar lint bccn StI}0,74i, nl,d the net revenue
$a57,.l. Local trailic shawc.! revenue, but
through trai!!c exhibited an incrense of ~ per
cent. William Tno,nsun was rc.eov!cd Presi-
dent.
Se.rtri n,n1teh 10 Tat Tribune.
Vt. aonS, y. H., Feb. 1H.-'lhe isuH, the editor
I? be IN s'e confidence Of thc tlnu. Mr. IiI!rv,
Ai1tstcf ot Finanu, has an article on the tariff.
II says: There cnn bo no doubt n.ant the ro!ll-
plexfon OF ihr tnritt. Tie Liberal Conservative
party, when IN opnsi.to.,, denounced the sac-
kclIxlu 0uvcrnnlrtIt iur not ntnrdIns the tna1,u
furturcrs protection. They will. as d Guyrst.-
Incnt, grant that prs'teetion,-not a make
believe. hut genulnn protection. Tlir leading
ppFlnepIcs, In,, rs .fcsatowea by f .peestss Of
duty Will bc ulacch on t,,usc articles
which aru now imported. hut which to sotlse ex-
tent are manufactured III Canada. AS to the
ratc OF duty to be levled,, Ministers arc s,l!l
divided; BIZ. Il wi, be sufficient to protect cil-
rientty, and In 1nany cases will be necessarily
high. There Is no doubt the sugar-rcf1nrgs Will
he grRnted sold m,Id substantial protection.
a. regards the articles oil whch duties will pe
taken, pcrsoIls outside The Cabinet may ca1cu-
late Wildly. Ono pnint, however. Is ctcar: In
ported articles enterlslE Into Canada tnanufac-
tures anl not produced In the country, will lie
free. When produced 70 the country, the I'M
ported article Will no doubt he subject to duty.
The tariff must be constructed on son.c pri,.cl-
pic, msn! this IL the principle announced by tic
Will be consistent, nnt carry Its principle
through. There nre, however, articles at ptcs-
ent taxed, aInt which do not enter Into manu-
lncturcs. which are not produccdiu the country,
nna which nrc practically neccssarics o! life:
such articles inelude tca coffee, etc. It ID hoped
tho lfGEcrnmci1t viii sEc Its way clear TO TedlcG,