The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-01

Britain during nSdt tho same ysars sis and $50.
& sis iS5o s SSo % sI%ii:sl, III IL. i IN ssa 4 fS sSs 81 q
States TO decroase one-heif without any
Britain. In these four articles Of expectation
from Canada; barley; wheat at eggs and hay
IRE nee. Dai fa%ss %iii 4 nsn 81 dollars Si Sfsf in s' 1884 .a as
! compared with 1880. The same thing. can be
ffsmIliiisd In eyery article for which 9 h . ths
and the consequences are RSeeniy ielt, il a small
iksSIssSIfl sna he s ssricnlsu asf'f sehednls sV Of the
i iHs e ir sSss DSw AND %bs i v an6 & Snl Ks 4 { Fsp's,ihiii
may be in force. that the agitation will again
arise, The expectation that the election, OF MI:
ths tariqr S Misl s Se aSdty0G caSse % hi. 4 s'H fesiIna to {,
somewhat subslde among the, Tory farmers
let for their rapitdiy. increasing population and
this now field for their wealth and enterprise.
i ~ them .sai sSnf /. ns iss STsi Ssicss T Io this S an; 4
ior, union, which would be Of enormous benefit
their sons and .daughters. Canadians will send
the products Of their farm. mine. aea. and for.
shall be one great EnsiisS.spesking people
from Mexico to the, Arctic OCEAN" -,
Western Ontario Is rich In salt. but English
for the fishermen Of the eastern provinces and
this cripples the native trade. All tho salt
ton, would like. free. trade with the. United
States. and most OF them are prepared to vote
for annexation in order to secure it. Mr..
Salt was hirsst discovered IN Ontario in 1890.
A company boring for oil in the town OF Code
resh salt ssFp at : d Hsa 81 Of "i% .2So fe eSs0' Since that that
time borings have been made IN several places
posit OF salt extends from Kincardine 10 tho
north to Windsor In the south: and from Code
rich in the. west to seaforth in the east. com,
prising altogether an area OF about 1.2OO
counties Of Huron. Bruce. Lambtop. and Kent.
t udekE IS Of OF salt ait a SAMPLES I Brought it up Int In the
sand pump, at the time Of, drilling show the
sapply Is 70 pr az GGs y is n.SsRaaseibls eaF Blocks se %
evaporatinG houses have been erected at yari;
0Ss p9i1n .6So TitS 3 ta mSalsfo or 915'So sSS toSs' ps Of
hRsas%; d does not eaesed sS 81 saHs sarrel sa Or
na;oS2 sens; per es snna%' is So not sef se ths T Worssd
over one.third OF the time. The consumption
Pie sSre !. { IS salt; tax taking nIa the = re, Tstp asn fort for the nsI year e
mum. Or this quantity 1Ol.41O tons was adj
ket for Canadian salt is limited to one-third Of
what 1t might be. and. as. a consequence COM
P Yer. tRat e ths only ' way ya by.Whie %n any pr 70 Il e s.l
strict the output. The superabnndanee Of the
ItiCl hhu u oupCl Sllitl ioI- lttl
dustry.. The cost Of salt is principally depend
Of These the Ontario maker is seriously handi-
capped. Not only is he far removed from tho
aaePosits 2; bit7uminSSps coal in Ohio: but the 9
unity Of action on the part Of the railways;
on Ohio coal entering Ontario. There
ar ene ,rt the and %is steel it ts shei +! va inpSst to ansy
friedrich. &c:. which enter into the cost Of salt.
Thus the industry labors under, considerable
~foresee. So long as the railroads are manipu-
lated in the way they are. SO long as freights
wssd. So 1on nae as al The sG maker rh Is taxed ssslf for almost most
all that enters into, the process. Of manufac:
tSSr IN but PRINCIPALLY a1;aI SO lSng as ;,o two,thirds Of
ABOUT at its lowest. Just SO long viii the salt
cheap coal and Iron. and freights east bound as
cheap rs freights west bound the salt makers
Free trade with the United States you'd
they have cheaper coal. yet tho surplus Of
manufacturing CAPACITY Is com paratively as
sesss SF H 'rso fa=t .hsa hsse WITH Gi tSs s tS,%er sDS
the result would be found. in salt at least: to
be one Of CONTEMPLATION q canitnl or unifca-
industry Of Ontario would certainly not bene;
e. ty any freer intercourse with the United
The Ontario lake shipping men are annex
ationists almost to q man. They want FREQ
{: ". .Gauthier OF Windsor. Who knows ali
about lake shipping and lake fishing. says,
lake nra and y e,H see w sSe smsf'ii iie a shGr nrS .! she
while on our shore. dry rot Teigns supreme.
It bo i n Fao TSste th Ssii ou to a sRipein 1nsd IS islli hye III:
sverS Year in the tinted States Just
the sault Canal or passes up, and down the
Retrcit River; not oyer four or tiys per cent IN Of
4 you haven't traffic? We are, a lot OF fools.
i takes sixteen Ministers Of the Crown at
Cabinet officers Just SO with our expendi-
on railroads and canals. When we have next to
R Roah,nff o * se eo 70 the Is I nn n I w S3ntes as tsf fast fa as
until we Join the, United States, Never mind
what the ofleeholders SAY, It is oil very fine
as IS theS are y %I ~ sSnsHstISn III she g G sns ,iSsa
Northwest with its praries would be de-
veIoped. cur forests would become immensely
valuable. and. Of COURSE. our lake shipping
there will be scarcely anything left OF our ship
ping but pleasure steamers and nshing boats. I
uOn L D6lltN Tic beIlOtEdtS VIII give US Tecl-
procity. Why should theyp 1t would only pro-
long the agony here. Let us have a United
States going right up to the north pole. and
men included. Our lake fishermen. II they
fish on their own account. have TO pay duty on
the fish they send to the United States. Then
they are worried by. the senseless fees and
is that the yield OF our fisheries amounts to
nothing as compared with that Of the lake
fisheries OF the United States. Under annsxa-
ton our people would certainly do as we'll as
the American fishermen. and they needn't ask
to do better. Annexation would be a big thing
for us all. and in this part OF the country we
know 1t well.
'The Canadian farmer is losing money
every day OF lis life BY British connection. He
takes a load OF produce to London. Just east of
here, or brings 1t to Windsor. and sells it for
these figures:
100 pounds coarse wool. at IA cents per pound $40 90
100 bushels barley. at A. cents .....,........,, As 10
20 dozen eggs. at II cents , "a
Aosai''''''. ~
THE American farmer takes the same load
to Detroit or Buffalo and sells 1t for the fol-
lowing:
100 pounds coarse wool. at 81 cents. ...u......s34 OF
100 bushels barley. at 30 cents .,.n........,... 80 90
20 dozen eggs. at Iok .m..",.",m, 3 30
Total for American load .-...-...... Sll7 30
In other words, the American gets $54 more