The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-27


sonst issSs 81 sHfG and The
Hh as s s Soane @,'H wors
named T aztec his Majesty. after his Maipstye
har after his a!t asS Ge ros
Tiny. and Tray. OF q Goyernor's wife. The
Church Of England and tho church OF Scot;
paid i to 10Th tho SOLITARY Romsn Catholic bisnop.
Sa"x w%s moeRns 20 sisn
as the multiplication OF Offices and the profuse
works In sSws from or f fsns
IL. frsnsS lansSasS;r r., r, E Eqsnsn
OF privileges more extensive than she had
Ss rh nfs sic yaas 81 ns
tho wal OF Independence and the war OF lSi2.
but grave. problem was created lor the 10
rate and distinct French nationality controlled
by n clergy exercising TIL. medieval powcrs OF
The supremacy OF eccIesiastc al over civil au-
thority within the elastic snhers which len, eefls r
t. dsns as MS TW tIe
war wa OF Of 1872 Mgr plossis was formally. recog.
nzed ss bishop Of nsnss priSSs !" tni
received a pension Of a tlousanH bounds a year 9s
besides IN French as in british Sanana
GssS Mss fSers " Wns s s deal
berry. ut which the Crown winkod. ne fr !,,n
that society lad been suppressed by the Pope
and its derrlict estates In Canada conveyed by
with France down to 1879 Britain enronragen
shpl,uilLiny IN French Canada. nnu snMan.
dered money with boti.hands On other services
OF less value to herself.
pATEESALIsM.
Paternalsm in expenditure has been tho
prime characteristics ot Canadian, ponicy ever
since the French Canadians took kindly " ~;
snr
been IL universal proyider. granting bomnsG,ss 70
encourage early mnrrinSe,' larE Esm an rrow
ing, the manufacture, OF cloth. ieutner, NJ vs.
and dcfrayng tho public charges GUY OF the
erer There were no representative institH-
tions in New France. the right OF pubic meet ',
nj liberty to tax themselves for local purposes
without tho King rermission: tho state. anu
Ming WAS t4s sta:s %as qsbm , s.ter wG%
British origin IN Upper Canada we're not slow
| in imblbing that conception OF the functions
structins ronis and ridges. the British GOV.
eminent built the Rideau Canal. conneettlH
md Met ,,er i Ei W6e" Gprer and Lower Canada
| their own ,ioyernmsnt completed the Meiland
Canal, built the St Lawrence canals anu voted
i iessiSpment. The murcipaiIlG;ss, nndHr
| the Treasury. most of which was never re paid.
| They spent the money IN bonuses to railways
and harbors and in bniIIag nruseS; ON mgr Or
| two in Lower Canada turned their loans over
I" tho cures for the erection OF churches.
since the confederation OF ali the provinces IN
1897 the Grant-in,a aid system has been P ~!
sued with extraordinary yiGo:. both by the
! Federal and the Provincial Governments. Jhe
| proyincial Goyernnl"nts in Quebec and the
p'1 wbisS in pa Tho lrT Glitch 0s states
! their own expense. The money which supports
the Governments in all tho provinces comes In
$1,000 900 a year. This arrangement puts u
rsV"ss es. sa u,o et Sc it as soSh
an increased subsidy. or for money vote IN
bulk and begins sluanIering a ar H. foW
e sHe' for %f bettsr terms for their province
in 's a go coup te Of this Kind the rest have to oe
fixed for the sake Of peace. The develops
men Of country Q! sneh vast na area n ann
rarried on wholly b., rrivate onterprse.
but Government has done alioSether too
sn in 4eacn spscch in thoss
| days thinks of putting up his own money. II
ance 1 fro n the the Federal Government or from
the Provincial Governments or from both In
fact. the spirit Of private enterprise Is dead.
| Tho excuse that n community divorced from
it's nearest and nest market must be compen.
stated somehow for that inralcuablo injury is
not without force. 1t is tolerably certain that
il. through commercial or political union with
| the United States. the Canadian people had
been able to make better use OF their labor
sary for their rulers to administer Rnnsthetirs
| to them in the form OF an uuceaslng stream OF
| Government larSess.
WHAT TT HAS Cos-.
In bonuses and irrecoverable loans to rail.
ways. counting those voted before Confedera-
ton. the Federal Government. has spent SlU4..
900. and the municipalities SIG.OOO, 900, while
$40 0oo. 900 has been spent on canals: u tott
Ly u million and nothing ike. SO rich rs tn.
Stuto Of New York In addition 5O.ODO.O0t
acres Of la,iL in Manitoba and the Territories
have been voted to railroads. Over 15.OH
miles Of railway are in operation, The Fedora
Government owns and .oDerates ]: 400 miles 10
iron. flour. and oth"r products are carried Al
less than living r9tes; Like the canals. these
1895 ss 90 s1 pay Capita
%Siya IL ssSS
means IN Canada much Of it icing unnrodHctve, Il
a word, while the development Of the national
States chiefly by. private enterprise and b
an immense multitude ofimm migrants brineins
labor ana rapta from 2th"r I"nds San
hopelossly morigaginE her future, to the out
side money lender The, expectation that {
from abroad and induce the native born to re
main ut n2ne has not. as we have seen. beer
Ss na @f9"y rssn.S 9 ns
returns. The foreign trade Il the Dominion
was less in value IN 1891 than in 1873 an,
1874, although since IS1:; more than $50. 900
600 has been added TO tho Federal and Pro
vincul debts. mostly for new railroads.
| besides heaping w debt-the yearly inter
cSt and charges on tae Federal debt amount
to one-third of the federal income these
huge outlays have bred great deal Of cor
rup,On. Tho Government builds railroad,
where they will do most good to Itself. ONE
can tell where the party scrimmags has beer
hottest bv til" gridiTon Of State-bui!t or State
honUs"d lines that mari, the SceDe. ComJn
mics which receive bonuses are eSpactei Il
contribute 10 the campaign fund. The funi
is maint aimed also ny the protected nnruIac
turo:s. VINO rocoup themselves 10y rubUuE h,
consumer. AMI by Government contractors
who recOup themselves by scRmping theI
work. A recent inquiry showed that q singh,
firm OF contractors had been allowed in ter
years to swnh!e the Public Works Depart
ment out o! biz or seven hundred thousanC
dollars. 1t came to Light about the same tim,
that Government Offices had been sold. I'll,
money received going into the bribery iund
which appears to be rs ineXhaus,ib.s as tin
widow erase. such trac!iices prevailed OK
tnnsively daring Sir John Macloral d's reign
and he moral sonse OF the people is s,ii
prostrNted. Tho Provincial Government q
Quebec in the hands Of Mr.. Merccr AMI tn
l.ih"rals followed in Sir John s steps: the
could not afford to let him and his Tory fol
lowers outboodlo them. by carrying on tn
host aud most pnterDri sing spirits the oXOdu