An Unjust Measure

A bll I li;i lieen introduced, (very singnlarly, by a lawyer). cutting dnwn the rates of lejnl adverttelty; fiom 70 and 35 cents per folio to 50 and 25 cents per folio. if the established rites for lawyers' lees in fureclogjng ninrtgages in oliaiicery, etc., cmild be broiiffht before tlie legUlalure and be subjected to a proporlionate reduction, the country press woukl submit with far better grace. Only two years ago a bilí was worked througfa the Isgislature, wlilch by renson ofcuttiiiií down the Iuvyers'fee8 forforeclosinr mortgages by statute, (wherein the notices must be published twelve successive weeks), greatly reduced the amount of lefral adrertbtng given the newsp.ipcr pubüshers throngiiont the state. For the reason that tbe lawyers coaldget u mueh better fee by foreclo. ing in cba1 cery. iT.r t"mr auuiuei' DIU to reduce legal rates upon the balance fully ODe-thi'rd. ]J.v antj by, if this thing keeps up, news paper pnbÜBbffs will t,e obliged to pay a certain anioimt per folio for the sake of RdvertMDg tbe closinjr up of estafes loslrtg of mortgages, etc. If the country pres?, wliose services are eagerly sought by members of the legislature vylien they are running for office, ai e to have their business continually injured and attackcd tu this manner, it mlgbt be well for them to unite and secure plodgcs t'rom these men before supportlng them. íf tbe Mtet now rulinfr were exorbitant the case would be different, but 'they are not They aie merely living lates, and iny lowenng ot tliem will be a serious ](is to publiabera. Beller, in oppo8ing tlie passage of tliis bill, made a neat replx to Mr. WntOB, ¦ liniilicr b;iron from Montcalm. The l:ittcr gentleman asked Mr. Sellers in an I ron leal mannerlf tliere was any prolit in tlie rates proposcd. He replied : "Notas tnnch u n Mlliiiof culis tor uppers." Mr. VVatMMi (Hdnt loterrapt Mr. Sellers witb aiiy more facettooa questions.