Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-09

suit is that the only questions that now
| Iamain to he settled are the amount of
The subsidy TO be voted by the two
! goynrcments and practical steps to Sc
cure the reduction Of insurance rates.
| which now discriminate SO severely
against Canadian ports The capital
| lists who are ready to build the fleet Of
new steamers required asked larger
subsidy than the two governments
| were prepared to grant. These diff
| cultles ar, in a fair way toward ad
! iuStinent and il is believed that LORD
Strathcona's return "a London IN Il
! few day, will bo followed in due course
| hv an announcement that the con
| tracts have heen Let and The fast line
| schem" actually launched.
Canada and New South Wales are
not quite at the daggers drawn point in
tariff matters that some recent state
ments rmanating from the capital
would make it appear. New South
Wales having become federated with
| the rest of the Australian states. the
| federal tariff Is henccforth her tariff.
| rh, commonwealth proposed tariff
not being 50 favorable to Canada. aC-
curdine to cable reports. as the for
|
basis at which that colony had been
admitted to preferential treatment by
canada. the result Of the new AUS
tralian policy would be. il is asserted
tn. abolition Of the Canadian prefer
cnce for New South Wales The gov
ernmcnt however. has no information
set what the commonwealth tariff is
/" be on products chiefly exported from
Canada. The new fiscal policy may
turn out to have been 50 devised that
while highly protective against most
countries il remains favorable general
" to the lines exported from Canada.
That has Vet to be dscuN Nercd and II.
action will be taken by the Canadian
government until the facts have been
fully ascertain"d The incident is the
latest illustration Of the desirability Of
! British preferential treatment Of the
=, i nieS as the basis of q general in
tei imperial preferential tariff if the
different countries comprising the en-
prc are to be stopped from setting up
tariff walls against each other. The
~, sent state of affairs is precisely the
,;,mt as would be seen in the United
States if New York. Massachusetts.
Illinois. Michigan. California and other
great states of the American Union
we've to enact separate tariffs against
one ,tnOth.r'S products. What the pro
motors Of the Canadian protective
tariff wished To encourage instead of
talif walls was the open door. fre.
trade in all the states Of the empire. as
It Exists between all the states Of the
american Union.
y thns.A e
i.ritsit origin. who took an interest in
the royal tour. will be Interested in
IearhinE that Joseph Pope &. NJ. g.
the under ecretary Of state. has under
taken the publication Of an account Of
tEr tcul. His book will he Il sort uf
companion volume To that of H. j. Nor
gan OF the tour Of the then Prince OF
Wales now the King through canada.
colonel ana Mrs. Turner DR. j. +.
X idd and Mr. DAILY. United States Con
sui a. Guelph. have returned from Il
very successful moose hunting expedi-
| ton i'll the kippewa dstri t. The
parry shot nine monarchs OF the
woods. They brought home four
NJ. Gencstal of Havre, the general
agent of the Franco-Canadian steam
ship line one Of the important enter
III iStH III w men MI 7 IeFSut Is inter-
ested. has been here seeing the Prime
Minister and his colleagues respecting
tn" Development Of trade between
France and Canada. \ larg" subsidy
was put through Parliament by the
government for opening up the new
avenues of commerce. one of the cor
ditionS being the formation of COM
rany sailing under two flagS-that is to
say. III" Canadian and the French
| \ powerful Canadian directorate was
| formed. ard arrangements have been
| made on both sides of the Atlantic hv
| which. when the company .-as its fun
| fleet Of steamships in operation. an
| immense increase Of shipments b.
| tween the two countries is assured
| 1t is now pretty well settled that
| Their" is To- be a general revival Of the
| court custom. which had dropped out of
| u.s.. Of the Judges Of AssizoS coming to
the bench in fun judicial costume. Jus
| tie" Falconbridge showed the way at
| Toronto. and the same course will bc
adopted at tn" opening Of the Nnvem-
| Ter ASsizes here. The sheriff Of the
county will carry 4 sword and wear 4
cooked hat. ana the judge will wear IL
| dark purple robe, with heavy drab
hood. cuffs and collar. the latter sur
mounted with Il white collar and white
pendants.
| Another American has Snatched a
railway contract from under the very
| noses Of Canadian contractors. The
new branch Of the Great Northern
Railway, between st. Gabriel and
iarneau Junction. in the Province Of
Quebec. to Straighten the line between
| Depot Harbor and Quebec City. still
further shortening the distance be-
tween Chicago and the sea, has been
awarded to f.. 6. Loss of Chicago.
The King having fixed the celebra-
tion of his birthday. November ., for
that day. the government has decided
that no proclamation is necessary, but
the occasion will be observed as a pub
lie holiday throughout Canada. under
the Dominion statute. It's falling on q
Saturday is awkward for the first cele
bration in Canada. Saturday is the
busiest day Of the week. and the stores
keep open till midnight in nearly all the
large centres of population. On
statutory holidays all places of busi-
ness are closed.
II. ]. Cloran. Mayor Of Haw wkesbury.