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ALMANAC FOR MAY, 1888, MOON'S CHANGES,

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Sin, —Are; there any two living human

ideal, absolutely alike in every particular ? At all events, it is positively certain that no two human minds, auy more than two human cougtenances can be found within the compass of the utiverse, absolutely alike in every “particular. This fact is con- ceded by every deeply-read humanist.

1 have often asked each of a group of persons, how large the fullmoon appeared to him whep seen on the meridian on a cloudless night / Never did I fiad two to give the sa estimaté, One said he saw her about the bigness of a common saucer, A second séw her as big as a dinner plate. A third saw hor as big as a wash-basin. Po a fourth @h@ seemed the size of a fore- wheel of ajwagon, and a fifth saw her as big ag a came

Taking these primitive estimates as a guide, it a®ay be safely laid down as an asiom, that no two pairs of living eyes see any object, : great or small, far Or WAL; of absolutely the same magnitude. Or, in other words, that no two living individuals possess absolutely the same power and range of vision. "The same fact may, no doubt, be asserted of all the physical aid mental | powers and capacities of all mankind Of the general contour and leading qualities of objectsand ideas, men judge pretty much alike, but in the details and special- ties no twqentirely agree. Of course, pre- judice, self-interest education and other influences and circumstances sadly warp some men’s judgment’ on things. Hence the varied views men. take of all moral, re- ligious, and political doctrines and measures. I haye been led to the. above reflections by the conflicting views taken of the tariff and fisheries questions by different men and different parties, These questions have been discussed and re-diseussed by’ various Boards ef Trades, by Representative “As- semblies amd by Senates on both Sides of the Yankve and British-Anrerican lines, and in all these deliberative bodies men’ and parties djffered in their opinions as to the details of thesg two great national quest-

tions. im it must be conceded that the views offered by some of these men are

nearer trdth and justice than the views of some others.

As to absolute free trade, it has long since been granted on all sides that no such thing is possible among civilized nations. The definitions given by Hon, D. Ferguson, of Commercial Union, Unrestricted Free Trade auth Reciprocity, are clear, intelli- gent..and,.to the point.

necessarily imply that all commodities bar- tered among two contracting parties, are to be duty free. Only such waves as are speci- fied in the teeaty are free from duty. The import placed on dutiable wares are, or ought to be, equal on both sides; otherwise the trade cannot be reotprocel in the proper and legitimate acceptation of the term. This is the view taken of Reciprocity by the U. 8, Congress, and by every one else who properly understands commercial terms. Now, so long as public works are neces- sary to the well-being of acountry, so long will a revenue to operate these works be indispensible. And the most feasible meaus of levying a revenue for this purpose and for ranning the Government, is by an impost Ga certain commodities and trades, When such imposts extort more money from those from whom it is exacted, than is absolutely necessary to efficiently and econ- omically run the various branches of the public service, an unnecessary and dan- gerous burden is placed on the taxpayers, and a remedy should forthwith be applied by reconstracting the tariff. Such an ex- cessive taxation at present obtains in the United States; but such steps are gradually being taken as will abate this evil.

It is, perhaps, too trite to observe that, in placing a scale of duties on imports, the great ditliculty lies in properly discriminat- ing on which classes of goods the heaviest rates should be imposed and which should be free.

Scarcely any one one will dispute that, under the present couditions of commer- cia] communities; every country imports, ' from far or near,-certain commodities and luxuries which tend to enharce the com- fort and enjoyment of its people. Nor will it be denied that, only the rich can afford to purchase the most costly luxuries, whether of food, raiment or adornment. Therefore it ‘is evident that imported luxuries, which only the wealthy consume to any extent, should bear the heaviest im- post... This would be a measure of justice as well as of finance, Besides, it is. im- possible to empty an empty vessel. Or in other werds, to extract money from a source where it does not or can pot exist.

Some few Gritty politicians contend that unrestricted free trade, with a system of direct taxation for raising a revenue, would be less burdensome on the poor than the system of duties which now obtains. It is more than probable that not one comfort- able farmer cut of a hundred, let alone poo} persons, would vote for such a measure. Under the present order of things a poor

beings wh@! see any object, material or f

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posing asan oracle on trade and tariff systems. f{ heard a shrewd Yankee re- mark, *‘ That political spouting machine, L. H. Davies, of P. E. Island, is the most acile and flexible architect of air-casties, merely for the pleasure he enjoys in de- molishing his own frothy ereations, that has been on exhibition for a long time. At one moment he strenuously advocates com-

mercial union between the United’ States}

and Canada, and at the next turns on his heel and pronounces such a measure _im-

possible. That man_ is evidently in love with the melliflacus music of- his, own oratory. His assurance, it seems tome,

equals only his self-coneeit, aya _ It is under consideration wt Washington to bring about » conference between: Re- presentatives of the Union and of there; ublics of Ceatral and South Americ’ te inaugurate a system of commercial anion between these countries.. A bill embodying | such a measure has passed Congress arid. is now awaiting the President's signature, Following is the view the Boston ,Hera/d (and no doubt the Gouernment top) takes of such a measure: “Phere is an easily understood feeling among the American people that they are entitled to a very much larger share m the trade of their neighbors on the American continent than has thus far fallen to theif lot. As the premier nation of the western hemisphere, and as the one that has, not only by its policy, protected the political rights of others, but has, by its example, led them in the path of republican institutions, the United States ought to exercise a controll- ing influence in these evuntries in commer- cial, aa well as in political affairs.

This simply means that the Union claims the right to swallow up all those states and countries lying to the south of her, And this alsa is the only sense in which she is willing to negotiate a commercial union with the countmes and provinces to the north of her. In a nutshell, the United States wants the entire control, commercial- ly and politically of all the regions that lie betweén north and south poles on the western hemisphere.

the people of New England alone care a snap for a reciprocity treaty with the Dominion of Canada. I peruse many of the leading newspapers of America which treat on and ventiiate this subject, and | nd that the gist of the whole of them is, ao far as Uncle Sam is concerned, ‘* All America for America.”

Congress has buried the fisheries negotia- tions, at least for this year, m view of what it deems an infinitely more momentous

A Reci it { ; : Treaty, agreed on by two peoples, does ney matter, viz., the reduction and remodelling

of the wap tariff. TIT beg to remurk~here that all who will take an impartial retro- spect of the current of British and Ameri- can and Colonial politics during the past eight years must see, if not totally blinded by preconceptions and prejudices, that Sir John A. Macdonald has had all along a piercing foresight of the drift which politics and public measures have taken during those years. And I would also beg to add that the inward views and convictions of the Messrs. Alexander McKenzie and Blake on these events and measures, coincided more closely with those of Sir John A. than the ‘ Party of Purity’ care to admit. Sir John and his coadjutors shave been mercilessly maligned for the under- taking and management of the great and expensive railway system of western Canada. But these great works, some of which are completed, ‘were and are absvlutely indispensable for the growth and development of these vast regions of the Dominion. And althaugh these national highways for immigration and traffic do not at present directly enrich our little comfortable corner of the rising Gontsion, they greatly accommodate and benefit these wide areas for which they were principally intended. And who can/ doubt that eventually many of these bene-| fits will falleven into the lap of P. 4%. Island. It is impossible to benefit the main part of a living body and not benefit | its smallest member, And again. ‘A nation is not bern in a day,’ and wach less brought to maturity. There was atime when a most furious yell was raised against the late Hon. J. C. Pope for inaugurating your Island railway.

Yet who amongst those who was Mr. Pope’s bitterest traducers will contend

that the road is a dead horse on your hands and should be entirely removed away / The cry now seems to be from some sec- tions of your beautiful fertile Isle, *‘ Give us more railroad accommodation, and not destroy or take away that which we pos- ess.”

* But some one may say, ‘* The railroad is not self-sustaining.” Even so, that does not ‘injure you, for the money to run it must come from Ottawa, and the more that comes for that purpose the greater will be the share of it that will fall to your lot, and the more plentifully will it flow among your farmers, laborers and others. if you get more of the road’s money that you give for upholding it, the better off you must be for having it; and besides, you have the bene- fit and convenieuce of its use.

man has the option of somewhat limiting his yearly duty expenses merely by using sparely or economically such heavily taxed articles as he can dispense with.

instance of this. Un the same principle a rigidly temperate man saves a big purse of money during the run of a year, while a liberal drinker will spend as much. It is easier for a podr manto pay out of his small weekly income, his small weekly expenses as they accrue, than to pay the aggregate of these in hard cash at the year’s end. In the former case the burden might scarcely be left, whilst in the latter it might prove ruinous. Those who advocate a <lirect money tax for raising a revenue, iv lieu of a reasonable duty on certain imported com- modities, are not the friends of the laborer, of the mechanic, of the farmer, nor of the poor man.

Yankee politicians are mightly amused at {the exaggerations, inconsistencies and

ignorance of Mr. H. Davies, when

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You talk and write much down there about prohibition, but ycu experience little of its effects compared with what is felt in ‘this country. Since 1885. a law has been on the statute books of the Union prohibit- ing any contractor of public or other works, or any owaer or captain of a fishing or other vessel, to employ any colonial or foreign hands for operating their under- takings. A violator of this law is subject to a heavy pecuniary fine and te imprison- ment. Theteis a lively stir here and in Gloucester and other fishing perts among the owners and captains of fishing crafts, which has risen out of this prohibitory statute. This edict seems to have been a dead letter until this season. But lately some captains of fishing smacks and contractors have been called to task for taking imported hands into their employ, and some gangs of working men have been compelled to return home in the same vessels from which they landed. Yet this country claims to be ‘“* The land of the

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oppressed and of freedom.” Talk of the burdens of a high tariffin Canada; why, it is a mere baby’s bugbear compared to what it is in Yankeedom. Here, chattels, eattle and gvods are virtually shutout bya pro- hibition tariff, and yet the public chest is full and brimming over with hundreds of millions of idle gold and silver.

If, with sueh a plethoric treasury, Yan- keedom considers it vise to continue its leaden war tariff, surely Canada, with all

a tee exchequer, with a national-« and with uutinished and sti increasing piblic works on tand, has some show for taxing semewhat sheavily certain lines of goods. But the Grits can’t see mattersin this ight. The one fascinating phautom which haunts and enthuses them 8 political power and office. ‘Some timid souls tremble at the great public debt which hangs over the Domin- ions Druez the debt is large, but the Dowinion is also large, young and strong, With abuugdant resources and vigor and piack»atid will, like a young and stalwart giintess, eventually arise in her might and shake off this big burden, or reduce it to convenient dimensions.

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RAKE 0 PORTUNITY. AFirst-Class Family Resid ence

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Outbuildings, Garden, Vinery, Or- chard, Pasture Lots, &e.

‘THE Subscriber offers for sale his well-known Residence, situate on Lot No. 4, in the PRoy- alty of Chariotictown, containing over 7 acres.

DWELLING. The Dwelling House is very commodious, with

ofiy rooms, and contains Dining and wi Rooms. Breakfast Room and Office,

eight Bedrooms, Kitchen, Pantry and Scullery.

ine Cellar (the tall size of House and Kitchen) s seven feet deep, dry, and plastered overhead. A Hot Water Apparatus has just been put in, which warms Hall, Kiuchen and five rooms, A never-failing Well of excellent water has recently been fitted with a new Force Pump. The House is substantially built, easily warmed in winter, and as good as new,

OUTBUILDINGS,

The Outbuildings comprise Barn and Stable, Hay Barn, Coach House, Joiaer’s Shop, Tool- house, Granary, Root House, Ice House, &c.

LANDS.

A well stocked Fruit and Kitchen Garden of half an acre, under fence; a Vinery capable of producing 300 lbs. of the choicest Grapes; an Orchard of 14 acres, stocked with the best varieties of Apples, Pears and Plums, and thor- oughly drained with drain pipe; two

Lots in a good state of cultivation, conteining over 4} acres.

This desirable Property is admirably suited as a residence for a professional man, having ali the advantages of pure air, freedom from dust, and not amenable to city taxes, yet Within ten minutes’ walk of the business part of the city, For farther particulars apply to WILLIAM Dopp, Ksq., Charlottetown, or to the owner,

WM. HEARD The Cedars, Apri] 6, 1888—2aw

NEW STOCK. J. H. BELL

\ ISHES to inform his customers and the pub- lic generally that be has received a portion of his SPRING STUCK OF UPPEKS, consisting of tine Laced, es»eciaily for spring aad summer wear, also some nice Klastic Side, anda variety of noboy Shue Uppers, “hich he will make up in the latest stvles and at the lowest possible prices. Living under low rent, and importing our stock direct, enabies us to sell or make up Custom Work cheaper than any other house in the city. We always handle new stock, Our workmanship second to nove. A fit warranted or no sale. Always up to time with orders, REPAIRING neatly and promptly done, General satisfaction given.

DON’T FORGET THE PLACE: Sign of the Great Big Boot, UPPER GREAT GEORGE sTREET.

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And every effort made to meet the require- ments of CASH BUYERS.

Fr. W. MOORE,

Assignee of Harris & Stewart. Ch town, March 2, 1888.

FOR SALE OR TO LET For a Term of Years.

LAWNDALE, situate on the St. Peter’s Road, about one mile and « half from the city, known as the “GARDINER PROPERTY, recently occupied by H. Bridges. On the pre- mises are a handsome Dwellin House, ood Barns, &c. This lace consists 0 about Sixteen .cres of Land. in good heart, and several pieces ef land can be had adjoining, sufficient to makea Farm of about fifiy aeres.

For further information apply to

JOHN INGS, Ch'town, Apri 11, L383-saw