East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-10-18

From the Detroit Free Press
FLINT, Sept. &c, 1906
"IIullol John f., whore did you
get your new coat ?" says the SPECIAL
of tho Tribune to the distinguished
member from tho Sixth, in the Ban
! croft House ono day last week.
Z" Sit down there for moment, nv
brave and gallant lieutenant and L
, will tell you, but suppose we take a
little of something frst," says John.
" Agreed" says special, and thirty
cents in scrip was accordingly passed
over the counter. The Two WORTHLESS
fairly in themselves the larg-
est chairs Of tho establishment, with
their feet raised SO that their limbs
and bodies formed the correct Con-
gressional angle, John began:
"You recollect when l went down
to Boston last winter to meet the cop
per companies about raising the du-
ties on copper"
Yes," replies special.
"Well, / got it then, and will
tell you how. But you must keep it
to yourself; for you know what fuss
these devilish copperheads would
make if they found out had any
thing given me. The copper compa-
nies paid my expenses down there land
they pay well when you have them
tight, and / worked hard for them,
and got duty on the metal increased.
The bill was laid out in the Senate,
but never moved. But never mind, 1
shall have another lick at them next
winter, (the copper compaies mean)
and if you will do your best for me dur
ing the canvass, will give you some Of
the stock. 1t pays well, and always
sells readily for money in the market.
After got through With tho copper
business, 1 was invited to make a
speech in Fanouil Hall. did so, and
laid all the other speakers out, took
them down both in matter and style.
The next day the mayor and lots of
the big bugs called on me and wanted
to show me tho sights round Boston
First they talked about showing mo
the. classic halls Of Harvard Il believe
they called thenl), and the big organ
but being neither musical nor literary
1 declined, and told them that as my
timo was limited I should prefer to
see some of their big factories; SO
they cot up a special train to take me
out to Lowell, first telographing old
Ben (Gen. Butler mean) to meet US
on-our arrival. Old Ben met us at
the onys Wa ,tooh carriare6 and
went first to big cotton mill was
introduced to the agent, who showed
us about their establishment. Every
thing went like clock-work, and the
way they turned out tho cotton cloth
was q caution. / remarked to tho
agent I supposed they were making
money. He repliod, not as much as
they ought to, that since the war,
they had only been able to declare
dividends of from fifty to soventy-fvo
per cont. per annum on their capital,
and he thought that Congress ought
to give them little more protection
was glad to meet me, and hoped to
secure my influence in enabling them
to obtain it. Went from the cotton
to the woolen mills in which old Ben.
was interested. Tho Old fellow has
just now greater pecuniary interest
in the Spanish and French woods than
he has in the African, for which he
has apparently such deep solicitude.
He is using the latter. as sort of flyer
for the former. Tho African, he pro-
fesses, is his especial favorite. After
we had got through tho factory, and
were passing through the finishing
room, looking at tho various styles OF
goods, one pieco happened to strike
my fancy. ] inquired the price, and
was answered but Immediately asked
how long / should remain in town,
(meaning Boston,. l smelt tar at
once, and replied, two or three days,
probably three, meaning to give them
time enough. Well, to finish the coat
story, next evening q little dapple fell
low came to my room, and said he
was sent there to take my meastre.-
/ remarked that was done long ago in
Michigan, but he insisted and took
it, and the next evening found these
clothes in my room, with 'compli-
ments,' and that's whore the coat came
from. These woolen fellows can af-
ford to como down to members of
j Congress, and they do it. Before we
left Lowell, old Ben. took US to his
house and gave us somo old rye somo
he said he confscated down in New
Orleaus. Ho don't like this idea of
the papers saying he stole it. 'Whis-
key remarked Zen, IS considered in
time of peace ccntraband in Massachu-
setts, and 1 only applied the law Of
our liborty-loving State to New Or
leans tssasx. AZ se,s''ss'. .;,Efs4ss
"Now," says John F., raising his
left arm and smoothing its sleeve
with his right hand, "we raise no
such wool as this coat is made Of in
Michigan. This is made from i'm
ported wool, which only cost the i'm
porter thirty cents por pound in gold,
duties included, less price than tho
Genesoo farmers are willing to sell
their wool for to-day, and great deal
better article. The importation of
} wool this season has boon very largo.
noticed but fow hays since, in some
paper, that thero was $4,000 pad
In Boston, in one day, for duties lin
gold), and over $4,000 was for wool
alone"
"But," says the special "what is
tho reason we have not sold our wool
in Michigan this season. 1t is only
bringing about fifty cents in green
backs, or about thirty-throe cents III
gold. 1t is lower than it ever was
before, with three or four exceptions.
The prices of woolcn goods arc oil out
! ! of proportion, compared with the
present value Of wool. Can you on
o.