Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 25, 1902, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba morning free press Winnipeg thursday december 1902. To manager. Editorial department Telephone office number i Job department Toronto office the w j. Dyad co. 15 Toronto St Dengue. H3 . Court pfc fee. 701-2 Stem in civil Liu 1902 Christmas. Once More we Hail the christmastide with its message of peace and Good will us Good tidings of great Joy. When shall be to All the people. Once More the Christmas spirit is abroad which 1 Means that humanity is at its Best. Every Christmas finds the world somewhat better and that it in so is due to the fact that the Ani mating spirit of the Christian religion a religion of kindness and tolerance is extending its Sway More and More Over the hearts of men. It is certainly True that what we May Call the Christian idea is practically at work in the present Day through agencies innumerable As never before. History shows what that spirit thai idea has done for the world s better ment in the past. It is doing More in the present than at any time in the past and nothing is surer than that it will go on making itself More and More of a dominating Force in the As the years Roll on. The evil in the world is lessening and the Good steadily increasing. It is easy for the it is allowable to make of such a thing As pessimism on Christmas Day to pretend to question whether the Christmas message of peace and Good will is being fulfilled As easy As it is for him to shut his eyes and pre tend to question whether the Sun is shining. He does not question the Security and Comfort in which he can eat his Christmas dinner and yet there would not be that same secur Ity and Comfort were it not for the Leavening Force through the centuries of the spirit that fount expression in that message Nineteen Hundred years ago. True it is that the message is yet for from perfect fulfilment. Perfection is a thing rarely attained in things human. If we Are moving to wards it. Not standing still or moving backwards our Case is hopeful and the Pessimist is is one wilfully Blind. That humanity is progressing in the Rigter. Direction who can doubt slow is that Progress my be at times yet it is always and Ami i of perplexities Ami misgivings. Christmas itself stands As a Beacon of Hope ant encouragement an evidence that the heart of Mankind is sound. There is less selfishness less bigotry. Less intolerance and less persecution in the world As the years go on. How much the hearts of civilized men have been softened within even than Century is a fact too utile in our View. So lately As 1533 in England a poor Little boy pushed a stick through a broken window and out some Painter s rotors Worth two he was sentenced to death for burglary. It was As recently is september in the neighbouring Republic that Abriham Lincoln signed the proc that abolished slavery. Side by Side with the won Drous triumphs Over the Powers of nature won by Man curing the past half Century resulting in a constant increase of the general Well being there has been o great growth of sym Pathy an Ever increasing Light upon the paths of Charity and mercy. Religious fanaticism has waned to the Point of disappearance. Prison codes Are losing their vindictiveness. A Broad View of christianity is taking Possession of men s minds and is found translating itself into practical con duct. Most of nil is this True spirit of christianity found manifesting itself at this christinas season when Good cheer and happiness Are made to abound and not Only in family re unions is merry making the order of the Day not Only is the giving of gifts Genera among friends but plans Are made to brighten the lives of the cheerless and the friendless. Tho True Celebration of Christmas is to create All the happiness we can for our near est and Dearest and then to do what we can to make the festival a reality to the Little ones deprived of their parents the aged ones who have outlived their friends the disabled and the weary the wounded in the Battle of life. Some of the boasts of modern civilization May be Idle but we May be sure that civilization is sound in proportion As it re Gards childhood tenderly and rever fences Grey hairs and takes thought for All who Are afflicted in mind body or this thought for others which is the essential spirit of Christmas saves from the reproach of selfishness the rejoicings and thanksgivings which go tip to Day from Homes beyond number throughout this favored land. There May be less boisterous merry making than in some other lands we do not go around kissing each other As they do in Russia where men rub their beards and noses together in Christmas greeting. But in All that makes Christmas a season of rejoicing we Are not behind any other peo ple on Earth. Gifts Are Many and Christmas dinners Are Long and plentiful Landing the ribs of the outcasts and those that Are in with fatness. Nobody is overlooked. But it is in the countless Happy Homes which Are the country s most precious Possession that Christmas is realized in the fullest measure of its possibilities. For it is the great family festival to the children it is the one great event of the year. It makes us All feel like children again and so More human and More useful. For a Little child shall Lead British exports and Colon Ial imports. The gentlemen who were so ready at planning out systems of inter Imperial preferential tariffs on paper have suffered a severe set Back As the result of the straight Clear speak ing of or. Chamberlain at the col onial conference. The publication of the British Blue Book containing the proceedings of the conference frosted their budding visionary systems and nothing much has been heard from them of ate. They Are not the sort of people however to give Way be fore such things As actual facts As is already becoming evident in the beginnings of their renewed activity in the Way building houses of cards As models upon which the Empire s fiscal arrangements should be made Over. Perhaps the hugest misconception under which they appear to labor is in regard to the value to great Brit Ain of the Trade of the colonies. In considering this subject it is always to be remembered that the part of the Empire described As the British do minions beyond the is divided into two classes the self governing colonies and the dependencies. The colonies which have elective Assem Blies and responsible governments Are Canada Newfoundland Australia new zealand the Cape and Natal. All the rest Are in one Way or another under the administration of great Britain. India has its seat of government in London. The British North Borneo company the Imperial British East Africa company the Royal niger company the British South african company the somali. Protectorate the niger coasts protectorate and the Uganda protectorate Are All under the supervision of the Secretary of state for foreign affairs. The affairs of ascension Are administered by the admiralty. Those Oaden Perim Socotra the Lacca clip. Nicobar and the Andaman islands by the Secretary of state for India. In Gibraltar Labuan St. Helena Ijas Toland. British Bechuanaland and Zululand there is no legislative Council legislative Powers being Dele gated to the officer administrating the government. In British new Guinea Ceylon Falkland islands Fiji Gambia Gold coast Grenada. Hong Kong. Lagos St. Lucia St. Vincent Seychelles Sierra Leone Trinidad and Tobago turks islands and British Honduras the legislative Council is nominated by the Crown. In British Guiana Malta Maurit ius Bahamas Barbadoes bermudas Jamaica and the Leeward islands the legislative Council is partly elected and partly nominated by the Crown. So that in All this series of groups Britain already has the control of their fiscal policies. Consequently it is with the self governing colonies of Canada Newfoundland Australia new zealand the Cape and Natal that negotiations have to be entered into for reciprocal preferential Trade. And so it is desirable to see what their percent Ages Are of exports from great Bri Tain. The returns for the last four years for which the official statistics Are available namely 1897, 1s08, 1s1j9 and 1000, Are Given in full to dollars in the paper on preferential Trade recently published by or. J. H. Shaw of Montreal a writer of authority on these matters. The summarization of the figures shows that of the total exports of great Britain amounting to 000.000 in the four years named the amount taken by Canada newfound land Australia new zealand the rape and Natal amounted to or 10 1-8 per cent. This is Only a Small share of the total of British Trade. No wonder that so Large a share of or. Chamberlain s attention was Given to the other 83% per cent. Can the self governing colonies offer any Prospect of an increase in 1900 they imported a total of from great Britain and from other countries than great Bri Tain. Supposing the latter could All be transferred to great Britain Mak ing the total imports of the six self governing colonies from great Bri Tain this is less than 31vi per cent of the total exports of great Britain for but it is utterly impossible of the whole of the imports of the self governing colonies to be derived from great Britain the bulk of them being in supplies and commodities which great Britain could under no circumstances furnish. Just to give a single instance can Ada in 1000 imported from the United states under the free list More than s48.000.000 Worth of raw Cotton Anthracite Coal and raw materials generally. Last year the imports from the United states into this country which came in free of. Duty amounted to to All its friends the free press extends its wishes for a merry Christ Mas and a Happy new year. Taking one consideration with an other the pc Ople of the West should be Able to eat their Plum pudding to Day in a perfectly contented Frame of mind. If we have not done quite As Well As we might had conditions been different the great fact yet remains that we have had an uncommonly prosperous Gaeason official figures show an increase in the population of the West by Immi Gration during the past year of Over 7u.ouo souls. Adding to this the Nat ural increase and the immigration which the records do not show it is not too much to say that there Are More people celebrating this Christmas than were Here a year ago. It is a perfectly Safe estimate there will be or. Increase of at least a Hun dred thousand in the population of the West during the next twelve months. There will lie not far Short of sixty thousand souls in the boundaries of Winnipeg today. This is our growing time. The prior government received a Nasty Jolt in the North Victoria elec Tion t. Patterson the opposition candidate being elected by 34 majority. The seat has been vacant for a Long time the late Dunsmuir government Hasing virtually disfranchised the seat because of its supposed opposition leanings by failure to bring on the Bye election rendered necessary by speaker Booth s death. It is admitted that an opposition Candi Date will also be chosen in West Yale and this will probably make it necessary for Premier prior to Dis solve the legislature and Appeal to tie people. The unexpected death of senator Primrose makes the third vacancy in the Senate through death since last session. The other vacancies were caused by the death of senators Cle mow and o Donohue. Senator Masson has also lost his seat by absence from it for two years but technically there will be no vacancy until the sen ate meets and formally declares seat open. Sven these vacancies Are filled 42 out of the so senators will be Liberal and of. These forty two thirty five been appointed by the present government since its accession to office. These figures Tel their own Story of the ravages of death in the upper chamber during the last six years. The Canadian government do its duty in providing for a direct line of steamers to South Africa it now devolves upon the Canadian merch ants to do theirs. On this Point or. J. R. Jardine the Canadian Trade commissioner in South Africa Evi Dently thinks it Wise to raise a note of warning. In a letter to the Domin Ion government he emphatically de clares that Canada must employ eng Lish and United states methods and her merchants and manufacturers must have their own resident agents in Capo town Bloemfontein port Elizabeth Johannesburg Kimberley East London Lorenzo a Marquez etc., and not Trust to general commission agents. He states that it now depends entirely upon Canadian merchants and manufacturers themselves to take advantage of the exceptional opportunities Canada has of competing with the neighbouring Republic in Many lines of goods especially since the establishment of the direct line of steam ships. It was the Calm and silent night seven Hundred years and fifty three had Rome been growing up to might and now was Queen of land and sea. No sound was heard of clashing peace brooded o or the hushed Domain Apollo Pallas Jove and Mars hell undisturbed their ancient reign in the solemn Midnight centuries ago. Twas in the Calm and silent night the senator of haughty Home impatient urged his chariots of Light from lordly revel rolling Home Triumph no Arches gleaming swell his breast with thoughts of boundless Sway a paltry province far away. In the solemn Midnight centuries ago. Within that province fur away went plodding Home a weary boor a Streak of lie lit before him Lay fallen through a half shut stable door across his path. He naught told was Yoning on within How keen the stars his Only the air How Calm and of ocl and thin in the solemn Midnight. Centuries ago. Of strange indifference Low and High drowned Over common Joys and cares the Earth was still but knew not Why tiie world was listening unawares. How Falm a moment May precede one that shall thrill the world forever to that still moment none would heed Man s doom was linked no More to sever. To the solemn Midnight. Centuries ago. It is the Calm and solemn night a thousand Bells Riny out. And throw their joyous peals abroad. And smite the and holy now the night that Erst no shame had worn. To it a Happy name is Given for in that Stuble Lay new born the peaceful Prince of Earth and heaven in the solemn Midnight centuries ago. Dommett born 1s15. Per cent off dressing gowns Bath Robes smoking jackets fur Caps far collars fancy vests scarfs the Imperial Winnipeg s popular store commencing Friday and continuing until the end of the year off All i toys and games i i the if Perial dry goods co., Ltd. Winnipeg s popular str Winnipeg s greatest bargain store. Jetters to the editor. The Vale judgment in great Britain a summary of which recently appeared in our Cable news is one of extreme importance. The railway sued the amalgamated society of railway servants an incorporated body for damages to the extent of sir Alfred wills in rend ering judgment said that the Evi Dence was overwhelming that the Union in this instance had organized and conducted an Yueg Al conspiracy to molest and injure the plaintiff corporation. He criticized the Subtle intricacies of the defendant s Case which he compared to the shuffling of a pack of cards by a Juggler result ing in the perpetual production of the card non responsibility whatever its position in the pack. This he insisted was contrary to common Law common Justice and common sense. The previous decision of the Law lords on an interlocutory Point removes any Opportunity for Appeal to the House of lords and the Union must satisfy the judgment of the court from any funds in its Treasury. Correspondents who adopt a pen Nama should enclose their name and lid dress for the information of the editor Only. Letters containing personalities or at tacks on private character will not be published. The Cobden club and new journalism. To the editor of the free press. You permit me through your columns to Correct a misstate ment with regard to the Cobden club which has been deliberately circulated by a Jondon morning paper published at a Halfpenny and somewhat Notor ious for the Novelty of its journalistic methods. This Haa Beer copied doubtless in Good Faith even by reputable papers. The editor the paper in Cju estion applied to me recently for a list of. The members of the Cobden club. It was at once supplied. In the list a distinction was clearly drawn Between members and honorary members. In forint this distinction the editor picked out the names of a Large num Ber of honorary members who Are also foreigners and published them on nov. 2uth As a proof that the Cobden club was a foreign organization. The Cobden club is in no Way ashamed of its foreign members. It is proud of them. Many of them Are men of great distinction and All have been elected for their services to the cause of free Trade in their own coun tries. But while the club warmly welcomes these gentlemen As honorary members they neither contribute to its funds nor control its policy. All this was clearly explained to the editor by letter from myself and through his own representatives sent to me in search of no withdrawal or apology was made by the editor. On dec. 3rd, and again on dec. Oth and on dec. 5th, he repeated the false suggestion that the Cobden club was a foreign organization. In View of these facts i Hope you will be Able to find room for this let Ter. Unless honest journals will help to expose such proceedings As these the Public has no Protection against an editor who in order to create prejudice knowingly and persistently publishes malignant lies. Harold Cox Secretary of the Cobden club. London England dec. 9. Current comment the referendum. From the Montreal witness prohibitionist the referendum figures Are far less of a. Falling off in numbers than at first seemed from those polled in 1894, and there is now no falling off com pared with 1s9s. The numbers to Date Are Given for and against with the returns from six constituencies still very incomplete. In the provincin.1 of they were 180.087 for and against and in the National plebiscite of 1803 they were for. And against As compared then with 1sos, the prohibition vote has actually in creased by Over Twenty two thousand votes while the liquor vote has de creased by Twenty two thousand. As compared with the Temperance vote has fallen off less than three thousand five Hundred and the liquor vote some fifteen thousand five Hun dred. The majority for prohibition in 1s04 was in 1sos it was and is this year to Date which is the Best showing yet. The temper Ance vote in 1su4 was sixty two and a half per cent of the whole vote in 1s9s it was fifty seven per cent of the whole vote and in 1902 it is sixty five and a half Pur cent very close on two to one. When the returns Are Complete it will probably be found that the total vote for prohibition will fall very Little if any Short of the vote for 1s94, while the liquor vote will certainly show very considerable Delmin compared with 1894 and prob ably quite Twenty thousand compared with 1898. Many customers. We wish our Many friends and customers a merry Christmas Sec our special saturday bargain announcement in paper. The Geo. Craig company limited. Robbins Oil go., limited. Fleurde li5" Queen s head Quality with Ordinary galvanizing. Every sleet guaranteed. John Lysaght Ltd., makers a. C. Leslie co., Mont real Ria nagers Caccilia Branch. We wish All our friends a Happy and merry Christmas we Hope that Jay and mirth Good will and peace May enfold them in All their Golden atmosphere and that each heart May be touched with the Sweet tenderness that comes with the christmastide. Robinson co., cruelty to a horse. To tin editor of the free press. That your sympathies Are Ever with the cause that lacks assistance and the wrong that needs i venture a few lines to your widely circulated paper. One Day this week i was going up Portage Avenue a horse and so Eljah were standing by the old Church. In passing something unusual about the horse s Mouth attracted my attention and on going up to him i discovered a wire in his Mouth no thicker than a Strong parcel string formed into a supplementary bit barely the Width of his Mouth tightened up so severely that the Corners of the Mouth were All i wrinkled and dragged up the Cheek and this wire bit was fastened into the Small ring at each Side of the Headstall. The Ordinary snaffle bit with driving rein attached Lay loosely on his Tongue and overhead the Check rein. His head seemed in a vice. I tried to pull Down the Headstall to re Lieve the Mouth but it would not move and the poor animal held its head towards me expecting me to take it off. Now i understand horses very for i have had them of my own and i Felt bad that i could do nothing for him. I had time to note everything while i waited for the owner. Presently he appeared a big Strong looking Man. He at once asked me what i was looking at his horse for. I told him i was particularly interested in the monstrous wire bit he had forced into Tho animal s Mouth might i ask what it tvs there to make him keep his head up of he answered. I said you have on him an Over Check is not that no. No make them hold their Heads up. They breathe but that is cruelty its too tight besides you might loosen the straps and ease with that this big Brave courageous Man got into his Sleigh and drove away. I did no Good. I know still a Hope that capt. Dudley Smith s keen Eye May yet detect tha t wire bit in that poor horse s Mouth and get judgment against it for it is the refinement of cruelty. Mrs. De. Bell. Winnipeg dec. 24. Apollo Best Bloom galvanized Iron every Sheet ought to be perfect if not return it it jobber s expense. The worker wants Good Iron As Well As skill and Good tools. Apollo is right in a Doxon ways where other galvanized Irons Are sometimes right and sometimes wrong. American Sheet company new York for Canada b. Fit s. Ii. Thompson company 60 St. Street Montreal they Are made from the Best selected lumber with galvanized Spring steel wire electrically welded hoops which being corrugated allow for expansion or contraction so no matter what the weather is the tub is always in Good condition. In Fyt Tver w 1 4 the a b. Eddy co. Ltd. . Canada. Tees Persso agents Winnipeg not an association meeting. To the editor of the free press having come to my know ledge that the name of the Northwest commercial travellers association of Canada is being used in connection with a meeting called through a re cent advertisement in a City paper and also by hand Hills delivered around the City i now beg to Dis claim on behalf of the Northwest commercial travellers association any connection with the same and to further state that no person Haa authority to pledge the credit of this association in connection with the above named meeting. Fred j. C. Cox Secretary Northwest commercial tra Vellers association of Canada dec. 24. 46 years on the the j. C. Mclaren belting co. Toronto. F. H. Brydges sons agents for Winnipeg. Wishing you a merry Xmas and a Happy year. Carsley co. 344 Flain Street Winnipeg. Personal Pride and Christmas demands that you should look your Best for Christmas. Pro per attorn tin to hns to do with this especially Linen. If you Send your to this laundry you will have no need to worry about it. All o in work is done in the very manner and we deliver on time. Ton per cent allowed on All Call parcels. To e Northwest laundry Ltd phone 1178. Corner main and York Why Wear w. O. E. Trousers s5.00. The Only Cash tailors in the Wost. Cash 504 main St., phone Winnipeg at less than wholesale to Clear them out. Toys Minard s liniment for Sale everywhere. Orma for Twenty acres of Fine fruit and Dairy lands Sec Nares Robinson Black 381 Nain Street Winnipeg. Read the free press ;