Arizona republican., 1899-03-01
NEW CANADIAN POST STAMP. in England Object to Its P
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 Qmperialists in England Object to Its Pc
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 that Canada does not hold this vast empire, though it may be part of one. One paper has it that the adaptation of the motto seems to be somewhat after the manner of Esop's frog, who would be thought as big as an OK, but who un- fortunately burst just as he was admir- ing his proportions. It is, in fact, de- manded in some quarters that the en- tire issue be recalled, thus puncturing MT. Mulock's creation.
 No less a parsonage than the British admiral, Algernon de Horsey. has rushed into print to give expression to his views anent the Mulock stamp. In ] letter to the London Daily Graphic, dated Cowes, England, Admiral de Hor- sey says:
 read in the Daily Graphic of this day a report that the Canadian imperial penny stamp is to be insc.Ibed with the words We hold a vaster empire than has been."
 If a man were to adorn his hat with the motto: I have a vaster estate than any one else" paSsers-by would both ridicule him and be inclined to knock his hat off If not his head.
 Similarly the proposed inscription on the penny stamp will only excite the dislike and ridicule of other nations.
 Doubtless the Daily Graphic is largely read in Canada. Pray use your influence to stop such silly bra aggadocio, and to in- duce the authorities to substitute the sim pie but grand words: British Empire"
 IT the postal department in Canada has already printed these stamps with the vain glorious motto. may humbly suggest their oDlfteration and subsequent sale at (say) haf crown apiece to stamp collectors, who would quickly buy them up as monu- ments of bad taste-so far as the motto is concerned.
 Penny postage throughout Great Britain and possessions has long been the dream of MT. J. Henniker Heaton, M. F., of London, who has visited Can ada and other colonies in behalf of his scheme. When MT. Heaton was in Chicago four or five years ago he made the prediction that imperial penny postage would be a fact throughout the British empire within ten years. He has all but succeeded, for Canada's new two-cent stamp will carry d letter to the following countries: United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, Brit lsh India, Newfoundland, Natal, Ja- maica, Bermuda, Barbadoes, Bahama islands. British Guiana. British Hon. duras, British East Africa, British Gen. tral Africa, Niger Coast Protectorate, Niger company's territories, Uganda, Alden, Ascension, Sarawak, Malay States and Johore.
 Although the stamp will take a lei ter to the above distant countries, Can adians are disgruntIed because they are still required to pay the old rate of three cents for all domestic letters. It is said ''the discrimination has been wisely determined upon to encourage British trade and to unify the empire" and now Canadians themselves are ask ing: What is the objection to the en- couragement of Canadian trade and the unification of Canada? and why should a Canadian doing business with another Canadian be compelled to pay a higher price for the carriage of his letters than is chargeable to the Canadian ordering goods from London, Liverpool or the Niger Coast protectorate?