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CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

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XAMINER.

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THE Datty EXAMINER Is Published every Evening. OFFICE:

INGS’ BUILDING, CORNER OF WATER AND GREAT GEORGE STREETS, Charlottetown, P. E. L

KATES OF SUBSCRIPTION : Six Months, : : $2 Three Months, . 1 25 (me Month, : : : 0 50 One Week, 0 12

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a@ Advertising at most moderate rates. Contracts may be made for monthly, quar- terly, or half-yearly advertisements, on appli- cation. W. L. COTTON, Manager.

J. W. MITCHELL, Office Sup’t.

RAILWAY.

TIME TABLE NO. 9.

SUMMER ARRANCEMENT |!

MONDAY, APRIL 29th, 1878.

_ Trains Going West. No. 3 | vo. 5

STATIONS. No. 1 jNo | Express. ; Mixed, Mixed

Georgetown : Dp 4.00 pm| Dp 7.30 am| Cardigan ‘ae ae

Trains Going East.

STATIONS. No, 2 No.4 {| No.6 Express. | Mixed. {mixed

‘Tignish Dp 1.50 pm; Dp 2 am

ea ar 7. es

Alberton 2.30 *} ap 7.50 *

OQ’ se 3.13 ss sé 8.57 se

Port Hill W406“ 1 Re “

Wellington “+ 44 * 1 32,10 * : ad ar 5.15 “* jar 12.05 pmj A. M. Summerside | lap 5.30 ‘ \dpl2.40 “ |dp6.30 Kensington Sam * i oe i eae County Line Gwe.” |* 2a * 1 see Breadalbane eae} Say Foe Hunter River | ‘ 7.00 “ | “ 2.48 “ | “8.35 N. Wiltshire | ** 7.12 “* | ** 3.05 ** | ‘°8.52 { lar 4.00 ‘* | 9.45 Royalty Jun. | ‘* 7.47 ‘(dp 4.10 “ |arl005

Ch’to ar 8.05 ‘* jar 4.30 *

wT dp 8.05 am|dp 3.40 “

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Royalty Jun. | ‘* 8.23 ‘ dp en |

9.20 ** ,ar 5.25 **

Mt, Stewart | dp 9.40 “ |dp 5.45 «

Cardigan 10.43 “* | ** 7.06 *

Georgetown jarl1.05 ‘ jar 7.35 “*

SOURIS BRANCH. Trains Going West.

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STATIONS. | No7 Mixed. | No. 9 Mixed. Souris ss Op 3.1Ep.a | Dp 6.30a.m. Harmony a. wf * ih, mt. Peter's ae. alt = a Morell L52 ma...

M. Stew’t Jun.jiA 56.25 *“* jAr 9.20.“

Trains Going East.

STATIONS. | No. $ Express.|No. 10 Mixed,

M. Stewart Jun! Dp 9.30 am. | Dp 5.35 p.m

Morell “458” ae St. Peter’s "6.35 ** a Harmony vi | “a Souris Arll.40 “ | Ar 8.25 ‘

WM. McKECHNIE,

©. J. BRYDGES, } Supt. P. B. 1. R.

Gen, Sup. Gov, Railways Ch’town, April 20, 1878—

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DR. WILLIAM GRAY’S SPECIFIC MEDICINE. . The Great English Rem- J edy is an un ure tor Seminal h matorr: , an all diseases that follow as a sequence of Self-A buse; as Loss of Memory, Univer- eal Lassitude, Pain in t

aa , $1 by mail free of lars in our pamphlet, which by mail toeveryone, Address » Windsor, Ontario, Canada. a® Sold in Charlottetown by W. R. Wat- on, Dr. Dodd, C. D. Rankin, P. G. Fraser at Apothecaries Hall,! and by all Druggists anywhere.

To Blacksmiths, Lime-purners, &c.

COAL! COAL!

RDERS for ALBION MINES’ (Pictou) SMALL COAL can be obtained from

iber until further notice. ae G. W. DeBLOIS,

Sole Agent for P. E. Island 35 Water Street, Ch’town, July 31, '75. dy

Grave. for $5,

susnption and a Leet ai prt

desire to send M. GRAY &

DR. CONROY, Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE :

C:ty Hotel Building, opposite Roman Catholic Cathedral, Great George Street. Charlottetown,

Aug. 29, 1878—3m eod

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Daniel W. Job & Co.,

FORMERLY

PERKINS & JOB, COMMISSION MERCHANTS

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SHIP BROKERS,

91 State Street, - - August 23, 1878—3m

CHARLOTTETOWN Young Ladies’ Institution,

Hillsborough Street.

Boston.

‘aes Institution will re-open on MON. DAY, September 2nd, at 10 a. m. Prospectuses on application. J. CUNNINGHAM DUNLOP. Ch’town, Aug. 27, 1878—6i

PROFESSIONAL CARD. A. A. McLEAN,

Barrister and Attorney-at-Law,

Newson’s Buttpine, Opposirr Post Orrtcr,

South Side Queen Square,

CHARLOTTETOWN, - - PEL Aug. 13th, 1878—3m eod

E. G. HUNTER,

-—IMPORTER OF—

Italian and American Marble,

AND MANUFACTURER OF Monuments, Tablets, Headstones, Tomb Tables, &c., &e,

Also, Mantles, Centre Table Tops, Bureau and Commode Tops, Wash Bowl Siabs, Bracket Shelves, &e., &c. Granite, Freestone, and Soapstone Work done in allits branches,

PRICES T6 SUIT, SATISFACTION CUARANTEED. ge Designs furnished on application. @a

Next Door to Mark Butcher's Fur- niture Factory, Kent Street, Charlottetown.

A Few Plain Directions to Voters.

Tue following are the forms of ballots to; ———

be used in the election for King’s, Prince and Queen’s Counties :—

Election for the Electoral District of King’s |

County, September 17th, 1878.

McDONALD. I. Austin C., Montague, x County of King’s, Merchant. McFAYDEN, II. Malcolm, Murray Harbor, County of King’s, Merchant.

McINTYRE, III. Peter A., Souris East, County of King’s, Physician.

MUTTART, IV. Ephraim B., Souris East, x County of King’s, Physician.

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Election for the Electoral District of Prince County, September, 17, 1878.

HACKETT,

I. Edward, Tignish,

County of Prince, xX Merchant.

HOWATT, II Cornelius, Lot 17, County of Prince, X Yeoman.

PERRY, III. Stanislaus F., Tignish, County of Prince, Yeoman.

YEO, IV. James, Port Hill, County of Prince, Merchant and Shipbuilder.

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Blection for the Electoral District of Queers County, September 17th, 1878.

BRECKEN, I. Frederick D. St. Croix, xX of Charlottetown, County of Queen’s, Barrister-at- Law.

McGILL. II. William, of Charlottetown, County of Queen’s,

August 7, 1878.—3taw

feneral Insurance Office.

IRE and MARINE, LIFE and ACCI.- DENT INSURANCE effected. Oftice, opp. Post Office, South Side. HORACE HASZARD,

SURVEYOR OF SHIPPING,

OPPOSITE POST OFFICE—SOUTH SIDE, HORACE THASZARD, Surveyor, Ch’town; Aug. 2—

WAGSTARFS HOTEL,

FENUE Subscriber having fitted up the Hote formerly known as

THE RANKIN HOUSE,

in first-class style, is now prepared to give comfortable accommodation to

Permanent and Transisnt Boarders.

Tourists and others will receive every atten- tion at the Wagstaff’s Hotel.

WM. WAGSTAFF.

May 25, 1878. ga Tinsmithing, Gasitting, &e., HE Sabscriber thankful for past patron. age, would inform his friends and the public generally, that he is still prepared to do all work in his line. TTinszaithing, Gasfitting, and “Seneral Jobbing punctuaily attended to. On hand, a lot of Tinmware, which will be sold very cheap, wholesale and retaal. Also wanted, a good steady man to peddle Tinware

GEO. E. MILLNER, Cor. Great George & Fitzroy Sts.

Ch’town, May 16— ee, ies Starch HWanufacturing Co.,

CAPITAL . . $25,000,

In Shares of $25.00 each.

HIS COMPANY has been Incorporated by Act of Parliament during the present session, and one-third of the Shares have been taken up by the leading men of Charlottetown. Farmers holding Stock in this Company will have the benefit of the preference in the large purchase of produce which the working of the Company entails. Applications for Shares to be made to Messrs. Hyndman Bros., untill the Di- rectors and Otlicers of the Company are ap-

inted, M Apel 16, 1878—

Merchant. POPE. Ill. James Colledge, of xX Charlottetown Royalty, County of Queen’s, Shipbuilder and Farmer.

SINCLAIN. IV. Peter, of New London, County of Queen’s, Yeoman.

On the voter entering the polling place the presiding officer asks him his name, ocupation, residence, ete., and his answers are entered by the clerk. If no objection be offered, the voter is given a_ ballot of which the above is a fac-simile, except that the cross will not be on it. The presiding officer has previously initialed the ballot and numbered the counterfoil attached, the voter is then directed to enter a com- partment provided, where he will find a pencil. If he desires to vote for the Lib- eral-Conservative candidates he will make a cross X tothe right of the name as we have marked above. After marking it he will fold it up and return it to the presiding officer, who will look at the counterfoil to identify the ballot by it. After tearing off the counterfoil and destroying it, the presiding ofticer puts the ballot paper in the box. Should the voter be unable to read, he must take an oath to that effect. Then he will be accompanied by the presid- ing officer to the compartment, and in the presence of the candidates’ representatives (who are sworn to secrecy) the officer makes the cross alongside the names of the candi- dates for whom the elector desires to vote.

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Record of Grit Jobbery.

The Goderich Harbor Job, The Steel Rail Job,

The Fort Francis Lock Job, The Kaministiquia Job, The Foster Job,

The Anglin Job,

The Vail-Jones Job,

The Norris Job.

Is this Fair Representation in the Cabinet ?

Ontario Quebec Nova Scotia. New Brunswick 4 Prince Edward Island . ; This is the way it has been under Mc- Kenzie. This is the way it will be if Mc- Kenzie continues in power. This is not the way it will be if the

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| ‘Tue DAILY

SEPTEMBER 9, 1878.

THE WEST INDIA TRADE.

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| We commend to the Patriot, the Hon.

| D. Davies, and the people of this Island, ‘the following timely reflections and sug- gestions of a practical West India merchant | of Halifax— Mr. James J. Bremner. We | are sure the two latter will see the point.

| The Patriot, however, may just now be too | blind to d¥so —

A FATAL POLICY.

HOW If AFFECTS THE FISHERMEN !

A policy which prevents the importation of sugar direct from the countries of pro- duction, is fatal to the export trade of those countries, for the goods exported have to bear the freight which should be borne by the imports and exports together. It is like aman trying to live two days on the wages of one day’s work. This, of course, can be done in exceptional cases ; but, un. fortunately, we have no monopoly, and have to compete with other countries hay- ing the same articles of export, and which have the advantage of return freights of sugar for their vessels, and can thus afford to carry their exports cheaper than we can. This means simply that it is only a question of time, if the present fiscal arrangements continue, when our trade with the tropics will cease, or else the fishermen will have to accept so low a price for their fish as would probably be insufficient for their sup- port. —

HOW IT AFFECTS THE FARMER.

The West Indies are our natural market, not only for fish, but for lumber, coz], pota-

toes, oats, hay, butter, flour, meats, &c., and other agricultural pro- ducts, as well as for. many articles

of manufacture; and if we had been refin- ing within our own borders during the past five years, importing the raw sugar direct from the tropics, we would, ere now, with our excellent inland communicaticn, have had a large export trade to these countries in all these articles.

Before the sugar trade with the West Indies was destroyed, merchants looked more to their imports than to their exports for the profit of their voyages, and if they could make halt the freight outwards, the the success of the voyage was generally se- cured. Thus they were ever on the outlook for articles of export that would give funds for the purchase of sugar, and also pay some freight. For instance, at that time butter was shipped largely; it wasa_ valu- able article in small bulk, and a very small fraction per pound paid in freight, and and funds were provided to purchase sugar. It was thus introduced into ail the West India markets, and although not usually of very good quality, found ready sale.

Now, the question is not how to provide funds for the purchase of sugar, but how to get back with as little loss as possible the proceeds of fish, which West India merch- ants, unwilling to relinquish a ousiness in which they have been brought up, still ship too often to their sorrow. Consequently the shipment of butter to the West Indies has almost entirely been discontinued, and it will be a very difficult thing again to in- troduce this article into these markets. This I mention merely as an example of tle effect of our present policy on exports. In the same manner, it was becoming quite com- mon for West India merchants to load their vessels with coal, paying the current price at the mine, content if they made $600 or $800 on the cargo. Now they would require to make the whole, or nearly the whole, freight out only, and consequently coal is not now shipped by them, unless it may be in very exceptional cases.

THE HAVANA TRADE.

The Havana trade is a very striking ex- ample of the pernicious effects of the present arrangements upon the trade of Nova Scotia. In former years vessels left this port every week or two for Havana, with cargoes of fish, consisting of about 2,000 drums each, bringing back cargoes of refin- ing sugar. Now, of course, there is no sale for refining sugars in Canada, and the di- rect export trade to Havana has entirely ceased. Only one vessel loaded with fish has left this port for Havana during the All the fish which goes now to

year. All the fish w now Havana is carried via New York in American steamers. One-half the freight

paid to these steamers would pay us to run our own vessels direct to Havana, if we were able to bring direct cargoes of sugar. The disbursements in Halifax alone of each of these brigantines which have been dis- placed by American steamers would be $6,-

,000 per annum at least.

THE VALUE OF REFINERIES.

Not only would the operating of sugar refineries in our own country be the means of preventing the utter destruc- tion of our trade with the West Indies, (which seems to be staring us in the face) and of bringing back to us what we have

far beyond anything thatit has been before, THE OBSTACLES,

Liberal-Conservatives are victorious! !

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try! I see none the removal of which would be injurious to any class of the com- munity.

Does any one in this country gain by the continuance of the present state of things ? Probably a few importers ot refined sugar, and these only. Certainly consumers of sugar do not. They are paying now from 5 to 1 cent. per lb. more than if the sugar were refined in Canada. It is said that good sugar can be bought now cheaper than for years past, and that fact is attributed by some to the present arrangements with regard to the importation of sugar. It is not so. It is due io the fact that raw sugar is cheaper this year in the West Indies and other sugar producing countries than it has been for years—not much more than half

| the price of last year.

NOT ECONOMY.

Consider the expensive way in which our sugar now reaches us, and no candid person will pretend that it is an economical way of getting it. It is purchased—say at Havana —about 10 or 12 days’ sail from Halifax. It is taken to England, a long voyage, at a freight fifty per cent. higher than would be paid to Halifax. It is sold in England pay- ing commissions and other charges. It is then refined at probably as great expense as it would cost here. It is then purchased for consumption in this country, the purchaser having to pay a commission to his agent and various shipping charges. It has then to pay another freight to Canada, with insur- ance, etc. Will any thinking man say that it would not go to the consumer cheaper if refined here? An important trade (the

depression in which is being felt in every corner of this Prov- ince) is being ruined, not for the

benefit of consumers, but for the benefit of a few importers in Ontario. I had a con- versation last winter with a large importer of Ontario. He said to me that he did not wish to see a single refinery in the Do- minion. Hedid not care to see sugar cheaper, but only so that he could make money out of it. He explained that when Messrs. Redpath were refining they would sell ten barrels sugar to any one ; that he could not buy a large quantity at a price to give him sufficient profit to seli to the man who wanted ten barrels. Redpath’s prices were known, and the man who wanted ten barrels would not give him more than he could buy for from Messrs. Redpath. Now that man would not import from England so small a quantity as ten barrels, but would buy from him, and he could get a much better profit than by selling Redpath’s sugar. Thisis also the experience of whole- sale grocers here ; they can get more profit on their importations from England, but on the other hand they lose more indirectly by the depression in the West India trade than they gain by the sale of a few hundred barrels of English refined sugar. I think itis clear that it is not for the interest of consumers that the present arrangements continue,

An Independent Opinion.

The Toronto National, an independent paper devoted to the revision of the tariff and the encouragement of home mannufac- tures, contains the following article on the recent report concerning the quality of Scotch and United States refined sugar :--

The Scotch samples contained, according to the doctor, from 86 to 90 per cent. of cane sugar, 5 to G per cent. glucose, balance ash and moisture; and the. samples of white sugar from America contained nearly 100 per cent. of cane sugar. The wholesale price of the American white granulated sugar is 9$c. to 9%c., and raw sugar 6§c. It is argued by scme that when the raw article cost 6jc. and 7c. Redpath supplied the finest ground white sugar at 8hc.; so that consumers are paying Ic. and Le. more for it, in proportion to the cost of the raw sugar, than they did before. There is also a balance in Redpath’s favor in regard to yellow sugars. The Scotch sugar sells at 8ic. to 8hc., the raw sugar being 6fc. Now, it is contended, that when raw sugar was 7c., he supplied the finest yellows at 74ec. and’ 8c., another difference in Redpath’s ta- vor of }acent a pound, Redpath manu- factured the sugar himself and kept the di- rect trade; so no wonder Canadian consum- ers got the article at lc. to 1jc. less on white, and 3c. to Sc. on yellow sugars; there was also the benefit accruing from employ- ing labor in the country. A cheap Sree fast table is what we all want, sugar is an important item in every household, great or small; and it is only wise for consumers to look into this matter for themselves. It It does not do to take all that the Hon. Mr, Mills says as undulterated truth; and when he tells us that this purchase of American and Scotch sugar is good for the country, we must, when we consider the difference in price, be allowed to have our own opinion on the subject.

We commend the paragraph to the con- sideration of the public.

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The Aristook (N. B.) Pioneer says : ‘‘Mr. Barker, during his speech Saturday even- ing, exhibited a coin twenty-three hundred

years old, issued during the reign of Alex- ander the Great, who was born 356 years before Christ.” Next!

There is no diminution of the terrible

day are similar to those we have been re-

ceiving for weeks, showing that the epi- Now what are the obstacles to the es- | demic continues to spread, and that the tablishment of sugar refineries in this coun- | mortality is daily increasing.

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