Taranaki Herald. TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 15, 1903. THE FISCAL QUESTION.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12437, 15 December 1903, Page 4

Taranaki Herald. TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 15, 1903. THE FISCAL QUESTION.

Argument on the fiscal. question, proceeds merrily in the English press and on a :. hundred plat1 forms, and so far it is difficult to say which > side is making 'most headway. livery plea on either side is tnet with" another from the . opposite,- and the Ipnger the con- • test goes on the more perplexing iloes the question become. At I/iverpool, for. instance, in one; of, his v addresses, ' 4 Mr Chamberlain said he' had Been told that the Ivondon County, Council had purchased from „ Germany £41,000 worth of tram rails, upon which 1 he judged the Council saved j£iooo, "but the* country lost the" ,£20,000 whkSi would '•have been spent in , wage's had \ the rails been made in ' 'England: In reply to this the. chairman of the Highways Committee of the ■ Council said the actual saving was JQ8721. The Council had first of "all- restricted tedders to British -manufacture, . but only four tenders were received < and these were so high that' it. yras determined on.' the next'ocea-. . sion to t remove iJie restriction asto British '•ma»u|acture^As a re-", suit an increased number of "tenders were received and : the lowest

-British tetwier -was more than the foreign tender accepted. The Council thought * its duty ,to tha ratepayers. ~ was to effect the saving, which amounted to twenty p^e? cent., ,an& it did so. With reg^astl^to 3Vir Gnamberlain's. assertion that j£20,000 of wages went abjtyad which, might have been spent- in England, this gentleman said that 1 Belgium, whence the rails in question really came, sends to England manufactured , iron and steel to the value of about j£2,000,000 per annum, but she takes in exchange worsted and cotton manufactured goods -to the value of If England declined to take -Belgian rails, the . Belgians might, with equal reason, decline to take British soft goods, » arid so workers in Yorkshire and Lancashire woulid lose wages. Was . it not therefore better, he asked, that the ,£20,000 should go to the workers ol Yorkshire and Latw cashire instead of to .rail-makers in Leeds,, if thereby the poorr.of could get, in relief v. of \heir already dearer food and4n,". creasing burdens, the sum * -of for Nothing: The argument j is so s^^ind that, it is diffidult io see how, it can be answered. And that is the essence of free trade, that each cbuntry shall produce what it is best able to procluce.

Exactly the salnc principle is applied in our daily life. The tailor does not attempt to make his own boots, not the bootmaker his own clothes. The}', exchange. The carpenter jloes not make his own tools, or the tooitinaker build his own house. Each, does what he can 'do best,, and exchanges Ihe product of 1 his labour with the other. As with individuals so with communities. But^t^may be argued that a community or nation, while willing to sell, is not disposed . to buy,', arid . raises. , the barrier of Customs duties. A moment's reflection will show that it must take something ;or "nothing in exchange for the products it sends away. Jf nothings ;-then it is impoverishing itself. The something may not be a product of the country with which the exchange is made. There, may be several communities or nations concerned in the deal, 'but payment has to be matte "directly or indirectly. Buf it 'is v essential , to profitable trading that .up-to-date business l methods shall be\adopted; and that is where a large section pf English trade h'aV suffered iri recent years. A statement was cabled the other day -that while a number of works had been . closed, others.; conducted on more modern , lines had taken thjeir jjlace. ' Then as to "dumping," which is one of the most -serious matters brought forward by Mr Chamberlain, it is no new practice.- Sugar -was * 'Jumped" in England, for/ many-years at less, than it cost to produce on the Continent, but the- effect 'was to benefit the people of England to the extent of; millions a year,, while only injuring a very small section. Why "dumping" takes place here jn JNfew Plymouth, - every time an outside draper comes along with a bankrupt stock and ; sells it at less cost price. The local drapers suffer 'a temporary loss of traae, but tine public^ gain the benefit. There is, as we have said; a great deal to 'be said on both sides of the question, and it is necessary that every one. should 1 endeavour^ to "understand it. Otherwise a wrong flecision may be arrived at. to the great detri- ' ment of British trade and the Im- j perial sentiment. Tbe New Zealand Express Company forwards a neat wall calendar for -X*>Ui« j Those members of "the Priendiy Societies Picnic Committee having subscriptions lists are requested to leave ! the lists at Mr Jaci^ Bennett's on or before Xfiursday ne xt, and *r meetingof the general committee will be held on Friday evening at 8 o'clock. , ; : Mr E. Maxwie]l_.ha,s given ikitioe to move at the Harbour Board meeting on Friday next, That the resolution passed at last meeting of the Hotad, adopting TSir Marchant's report on wharf extension, ; be so far rescinded as , to permit of the following :— That the work of extending fhe breakwater ICO feet be not commenced till such time as the main wharf is widened to 50 feet, an# an unbroken straight face is carried from the outer end right in to the cattle wharf. The Timaru Herald says :— Two or three years ago, when a shingle banfc extended along the outer arm of the breakwater, we used, to see some mag nificent uprushes of broken water and spray when heavy seas broke -ipon the upright face of the concrete. The I?pv! G. H. Cole showed last night a' very clean photographic • slide of a v avc breaking on the New , Plymouth breakwater, the mass of . water mid spray ilying up almost equalling the biggest ever seen in Timaru. The Kew Plymouth breakwater must have been very faithfully buift to have f>tood : heavy seas so many years. The reason for the uprush is the same there as it was here, namely, the existence of a shoal bank> along the outside, of the mole, A pretty incident deserving of special record happened at the Jtev. G. Hl.H 1 . Cole's entertainment last evening (says the Timaru Herald). Mr Cole, before commencing, lold the au lience that pihen in Xew Plymouth he lold the story of a little lad of, Timaru, ■who, when he was conducting his misn here, brought him the money he had saved towards, the purchase of a watch, and gave it to him for the be* nefit of the boys' rescue work in which he was engaged. A- young ican in his New Plymouth, audience cfcme to him after, the meeting, and asked for the lad's name and address. At first he declined to rnve it, until the young man explained that he was so struck with the boy's conduct" tli at he was determined that he should be no loser by his charity, but should have his- watch', and he would send him one. Ascertaining that 3lir Cole would revisit Timaru, h& asked him to iake charge of and deliver the watch. ?his Mr Cole did at the meeting last night, reading also a nice letter by which the giver entrusted him with so interesting a commission. Needless to Pay the incident was very heartily aj)plaiided. It was another illustration of the fact, said Mr Cole, that God allows no one to be his creditor, buit repays all such sincere gifts doubly and trebly. To sum up the principal features oi the McCormick binder which have made it popular throughout the world are its -simplicity, practicability end efficiency.* Nopne disputes the fact «hat you can get.jl&e best value ana the best choice i» engagement rings, keepers ud weading ruuart at J. H. Parker's (watchmaker and jewellery next tin Railway Crosainpr. Devon street, New plymouifli. N.B. — A tfood present rtik each w*dlD# ring «<*

The Central '^School entertainment last evening was successful; Our report is 'held over. The expenses*; of the -New Zealand tour of MtisgroVe'^s Comic' Opera Company amounted to £7!702, and the. receipts -left* a. loss ot £1723. The , Chief f Postmaster advises us that a Sydney- Vancouver 'despatch of 3rd November orrivcfl in London on. the morning of*- the' lttli -instant. Two stray homer pigneons wore picked up in Currie-stveot 'the other day, Orid- siill remains at the premises where It "alighted. It has a ring on leg. marfce^.e^S., ,IS9<). " -_ The following accounts were passed at the Borough Council meeting on Monday - night:— Loan account, £2378 ; ordinary 'account,' £705 ; 'abattoirs, £633. TJie "receipts were £1212. 'An electric storm, ' "aco'omfpanied by a heavy downpour of rain, set in between 9 and 10 o'clock on Monday night. Mxt'AJi. Goldwater's premises in- Currie-street were 'flooded to some extent 'owing. "to the water coming in at the back. "''* - " The Blin]d Musical " Students will give -another of. their concerts in the Theatre Royal v this evening. The programme : will - include the latest" songs andurecitations.. The prices- are popular f ones, .one shilling to all parts of the Theatre, children half price. Tihei'jj, should, be a good house for suck a deserving; £ cause. _ ' ," Unless, the* 'Hawera Star- misseports him the President ; of' the Hawera branch of the "Farmers' Unions has a very erroneous:? id^a of v the harbour rate in New Plymouth. He is rbpoytecktcv have* said > that- • he:. Relieved the haafooiir , "rate - ._ in , the J . New; J Plymou r ih I fedi-au^'bli t was«'4/- in v the £; As a matter of"' fact it is • about- four pence in ;fche £ :on annual value, or £d bn.' capital Value. ' t , N The members of the Borough Coiin.^ ciL on Monjd^y'.iugM were .'discussing the question of , damage ,<ione to.footpaths by horses, driven, loose; when the Mayor referred to a- personal grievance 1 . He said tihat the driver of a- 'bullock.' dray, owned by 'one of '"the deputataoii , who were now % before tht^ Council, had cut up the 'footpath' near his property at Vogeltown, and had caused about £5 worth of damage. "I could have shot lum, I^' continued the Mayor, "when I' saw the damage."' The Mayor added that had the path been in the Borough he would have prosecuted, the driver. A meeting of the Committee of the Taranaki Ajgridultural Society was held on S'Saturftay afternoon. .Prer sent >— Messrs J. C." George 5 (chairman), Hi Okey, <H: Barnett, HHr. r King, W. Stanley, H. F.. Russell; Stan Smith, G. Pott, H. B. Lepper, J. Crockett, W. Ambuiy, .J. Hill, M. Jones, . and others. ' Jilessrs J. C. i George and TT. were ejected tmstees in'conjnection with the | Society's property. Rule 15 was altered to 5 read, . "where one exhibit ' only is entered,*' instead of "where lone exhibitor only has entered." The question ■of clear pedigrees .in cdnnectibn with kotae of the prize winners, w;as dealt, and certain exhibi- , tors were called on to prove pedigrees of ' their Exhibits. The * various stewards brought forward memoranda of suggested alterations, whioh will probably be considered before the issue of the next schedule. Other business of a formal nature, was .transacted. J In the S.M. Court this morning a defended case was. heard. Frank Roberts! sued :» Jones and Laritt, of Elthany * or '.£4. £4 10 A being bal * ance Sot goods s,old. Mr Jones, one of the defendants, stated that plaintiff came to his shop, and asked him I to take an agency for some bells. He said he would take some of the 'goods to see if 'he could dispose of them, that was on sale or return. I He paid for one that he hung up in ' his shop, and -the balance of the dozen he had he packed up i to return,' when he got ~the sonrmons. Plaintiff stated that he did not for,ward the goods on sa>, or return, but distinctly sold -fehem to the defendant. He had sold over 2000 bells in the colony, . and had never placed them on sale or return. Judgment was given Tor plaintiff for £4 10/6, and costs S/. . 'A very interesting memento of the IHamand Jubilee of the Church of England in Taranaki is now obtainable from Mr •T. , Avery. It is a pictoirial card (mepiquring ab(but 12wi. Tiy Oin., the centre picture being St. Mary's, Church as it stands to-day. Above •it is a . picture of the "Mother" chtirdi at Te Henui, which w now part of the v present church a+ Te Heniui. On either , side are pictures of St. John's, Waitara, St. Andrew's,; Inglewood, ,St. Paul's, Okato, anil Holy Trinity Church, Stratford ; while beneath the centre are printed ' the dates of potable events in- the history of the church. The memento, which is designed by, Mr A. Lee, has been neatly printed by Messrs Hooker, and Scott. At the Borough Council meeting on Monday night Mr Bellririger moved, "That the borough solicitors be inrastructed to "draft the special order required, under, sedtion 183,(3) of the M.C. Act, 3900, to abolish all wards; within the borough, so that a general; election of committees shall be / held on the last Wednesday in April,, 1904, and that the number of Coun- | cillors be fixed at "nine." In speak-, ing on. the m?otion r he said that itwas necessary, to conform with the existing law< of. one man one vote,! and the abolition of the wards system would not in any way imperil, the interests of any. part of the town. In other and more important centres the word system had been Abolished. He did not wish to press the motion to a vote straight away, but would agree to its being postponed. Mr Tisch seconded the motion, and considered it would be a step in the right direction. The Mayor, also supported the motion. Mr. Carter said the effect of the motion would be tnat the present ,; Council would go but 12 months before the ordinary time. Mr Bellrihger said, that was so.. The Mayor and all the Councillors, would '1$ elected at ' the sametime next April. Finally on Mr Caters motion the lebate was adjourned till the first meeting in, January.

Mi* Newton King advertises a large quantity of gooseberries, plums, cherries, etc., for sale by auction at his mart to-morrow at 10 a.m. , „ . A mail via San. Francisco for Lon- , doli^ despatched from Auckland on the, 13th November 1 , arrived, in Loudon 5 on the 12th December. To-morrow Messrs Bewley and Griffiths will sell a shipment of firstclass fryit, comprising, cherries, cherry plums, gooseberi'ies, and. tomatoes in i small • cdseß. •' '~" lii ''"- j l Wt> Bradbniry z 'has" kri-angecl for' a number of choice oil paintings, etc., td r 'tfe sold f)y "Mr" Newton' King at! Air Gilmour's fumitui'e "sale on Fri- j day next. Our readers are reminded of ' the concert by the pupils; of the Convent High School and St. Joseph's School to-joiorrow evening in St. Joseph's Schoolroom, The proceeds are in aid of the school, prize fund and the attractive programme, .arranged should draw a good house. > Mr Ogle telegraphed to rthe -.Town Clerk (Mr Bellringer) : to-day : thafc the s.'sl " Tainui would be leaving Waitara for Mokau at six o'clock on Thursday morning. Members of the Tara,naki' Tourist Committee who propose to make the trip, should hand in thefr : names to Mr" Bellrihger at once. "

The following judgments for plaintiff were recorded in the S.M. f Court this, morning :— Advances to Settler's Department v. G. Corbett ; claim, £0, and costs £1 17/0. Mr Roy> (Roy and. Wi,son') -for th\e " E Whittle y. W. J. Alexander ; claim, £3 and costs 10/. -Mr Quilliam (Govett and Quilliam) for plaintiff. F. Roberts v. D. Young and 'Co., c»f Pa tea, judgment- for ixjsts S/, the amount 'of claim haying been paid. Every pan has individuality and it is mostly expressed in the clothes ho wears. The best dressed men about town get their suits from the Melbourne Clothing 1 Company.* ' >or reliable Boots, Shoes and Slippers at a low price go to Doctrilpg, Devon-street central, where you will .find the largest assortment in the district of Colonial, English, American, and. Continental , Manufactured Boat* Shoes and Slippers.* - ; The year that, is now moribund has been a prosper ous 'one. for, Taranaki, and* the holiday functions' will show cr,owds of well-dressed men, and the. best dressed of the lot have had their suits from the Melbourne Clothing Companj r .* .Hendry*s Egg Julep has created a very .large demand, owing to the soft glossy appearance it produces on the hair. 3?or keeping the hair in cutl in all weather ladies find Hendry's Egg Julep "Frizzaire" an invaluable preparation. Try it from T, Avery, local agents* . • - "A merry Christmas" will be on the lips of- everybody — some will mean it and some won't. There's no man living who can feel" 1 happy in a baggy rUri-down suit. The happiest fellows about town are those who have bought their .-suits at. the Melbourne , Clothing Company** RHEUMO.

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