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estjao article trom which we e..
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y nus gehefai'y summing up
the statistics OF the lumbef pro
duets of the United states, we
reach 4 known sum OF atout
o,000, VV0'oo0 Ieet yearly. A"d
to this the lumber oI winch ne
account IS taken III our previous
estimate, ANA 1t IS prooatlF sA!e
to say that the t nited SiateS is
now producing, each year, uhi-
her pfoaucts to the amount oi
1866, ,Nu0.VO0 feet. !hese ii9
ures can scarcely lie co'lPfe-
hended o. ihe average fe;~cF'
lhls amount Gi lulheef "oui"
load every year oo,oG3 vessels
each carry inS zoo,oou ieFt, "hicA
is an average c"rS" foF iake YES
seis; or i,f-o,9'i railroad cars
eaca averaging $40 ieet-ah
average car load. rms "o"ld
make q tram o'1'9 miles IN
length, orabout ohe-tAiFd ;iFoaH"
the Siooe.
Under such 4 tremendous year
ly drain. the question naturally
comes up, no" long VIII Our iof-
ests hold out at the present rate
OF manufacture: II Is really an
important question, upon which
follows the inquiry AS TO what
we are to e!o tor bGi!.iinS mate
rial when this magnificent Wool
-plne-ls exhausted. One au-
th"rlty after another has ell
tered formally upon Its solution.
with satisfactory results IN local
instances. but very vague ones
as to the field at large. At the
rate we are cuttlnS 1t to-day
70 La .,reaal r,cn as .lnut the
limit. Twenty years. ago there
was apparently no limit, tcr The
consumption was hot oi''E ip>S'
~. va '"s ,ro,a .',n n''in;,:ro e " s, .a'.nn,
rI,shaI ,n,,rh s,n.,;lcr re,ulte
than now. 1t sccm.s as il 1t We're
impossible to further improve
the macnlhery OF saw-lhll's, put
wv . ~ w. - san,
norison to which that of the
present will be contemplate. So
although twenty years ago there
was no ioleseel"s l"e e"u ol eie
mills and mvriads Of them, we
are beginning to calculate with
dire certainty as to the time
When the Nv ooden age Will De
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In the foregoing estimate the
product OF fuget Sound IS put
down at 3oo'ooo'ooo' which Is
only ABOUT one-thlrtieth part OF
the aggregate estimated produc-
ton OF the United States, with
the largest amount OF timber
available tor numbering purpo-
ses OF any equal section of the
Union. 1t is estimated that the
area OF forest land III Oregon
and Washington covers $4,000
square miles, OF a capacity equal
10 an average OF 04,ooo,ooo feet
per mile, o,ooo,ooo, ,ooo. AT
the present highest estimated
rate OF consumption, provided
thcfe Is 10 destruction, THIS
, 1878-04-27

A young woman, with prettyi face
and modest ways, took a room in q
Springfield hotel. The other guests
pitied her because she seemed tlmid
and unprotected. Before the week was
out three men had called to SEQ her.
One was the husband from whom she
had eloped. A second was tho man
with whom she had eloped. A third was
q man with whom she had promised to
elope. but had Tilted. The simultaneous
meeting of these four persons was So
unharmonious that ell were turned out
of the house.
, 1878-04-27

I " a. NV. 60
made him an honorary member,
wrote: "Gentlemcn-My attain
ments anywhere near the boun-
DAIRY Of scholarship are so very
neaero that dislike to receive
such 3 compliment rs your soci-
ety has paid me. | never spent
Ia day in any sort OF a seminary
above common school (Which
was exceedingly common in my
,ime)."
At the time Greeley WAS &C
quiring his early education the
advantages offered to the masses
OF children were far less than at
/ present, and yet we are rot sure
that those advantages were not
more generally protited by than
at present. When Il printers
apprentice in New York city,
forty FIVE years ago, We occu-
pied the same sleeping room
with Horace Greeley for a con
siderable time, during which we
! have no recollection Of ever hav-
ing seen him asleep in bed,
! though often taking short nap
in the intervals of labor during
the day. Being younger than
he, we required more sleep, and
always on retiring for the night
we left him reading, and on
awakening in the morning uni
formly found him engaged in
the same way; he having taken
his five OF. six hours of sleep in
the mean time. In those days
all mechanics and artisans were
required to work twelve hours a
day; in summer, from 6 till q,
with an hour cut for dinner; in
winter from Z to 9, with two
hours out for meals. The pub
lie men Of the country then
who had the best practical edu-
| cation, we've those who educated
themselves, from day 10 day,
during the twelve hours of re-
taxation from labor, the half
holiday on Saturday and the
greater portion Of Sunday. We
know a number Of mechanics
who, without any other oppor-
tunities, passed examination and
received college diplomas. At
one time, Thurlow Weed, Col.
Stone and James Watson Webb
were fellow apprentices in Il
country printing office, in Coop
erstown, New York. Neither Of
them ever had any more school
training than the rudiments ac-
quired in rural common schools.
Col. Stone, the editor and histo-
rian, was at one time regarded
by persons of the highest lite
rary culture as one of the best
belle lettre scholars in the coun-
try, and received the degree of
A. NJ. from Union College. We
might mention many similar
cases, including no less than
three Presidents Of the United
otates-Millard Fillmore, Abra-
ham Lincoln and Andrew John
son-and innumerable Senators
and Representatives in Congress.
Our recollection is, that ap-
prentices and journeymen me-
chanics enjoyed life full as well
IN those days as they enjoy their
greatly increased privileges and
exemptions now. The pursuit
of knowledge under difficulties
gives it a Zest which only at
taches to those desirable things
which are difficult of acquire
ment. The greatly increased
facilities for acquiring education
has apparently cheapened it in
popular regard and made it
more superficial than when it
had to be dug out by toll, self
denial and unflinching determi-
nation. The same is true of re
Taxation and recreation. When
every other hour Of the six days
, 1878-04-27
Eighteen Dollars.

Social terms and extra inducements to male
and female agents, storekeepers. &c. County
rights gwen to smart agents free. Samples of
sewing, descriptive circulars containing terms
testimonials, engravins, &c; sent free. All
money sent IN Postoffice Orders. Drafts, or Ex.
press. are perfectly secure. Safe delivery guar.
anteed,
All Orders, communications, etc must be
addressed to the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02
GREENBACK CONVENTIONS.

The so.called National Grcenback Convcn
ton which met at Toledo last week was very
nearly failure, considering the multtudinous
character of the isms that entered into lis
composition. There were the greenbackcrs
per Se--thosc Missionaries who believe i'm the
Iomnipotcncc Of congress, at least to the extent
that it can make good currency out of bits OF
paper or chips-bascd on nothing and rcdcema
BILE in nothing-only needing the government
stamp to make il as good money as SILVER or
gold. Then there were invited to the convcn.
ton representatives from all the Workingmcn's
Societies, Unions, Guilds, &C. throughout the
country; and representatives from all the for.
clgn and domestic communistlc organizations,
the intcrnatlonals, woman suiiragists, political
sorcheads, cripples, deadbcatS, DC. From all
the volumnous category, however, less than
three hundred delegates appear to have been
drawn to Toledo, of whom more than half came
from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Illinois is cred.
lted with thirty delegates though we see men.
toned in the proceedings only the names of
\. Campbell, Jesse Harper NJ VI Bane and
Brick Pomcroy. Judge f. W. Hughes, of Pa,
was made President of the convention, tiankcd
by % vice prcsidcnts-Onc from each state rep.
rcscnted-and brace of secretaries. The pro
cecdings consisted of speech making on a va.
rcty of subjects, such rs would naturally be
discussed by men like Dick Trcvcllick, Blan-
ton Duncan, Brick Pomcroy, 5. +. Cary, Banc,
Allis, and Il few others who mainly monopo
liked the talking business The platform con
sists of thirteen planks, substantially as fol
lows: % That the general government pos
scsscs the exclusive right to coin and create
money; ~ That there should be no privileged
class of creditors, but that money good enough
for the people should We good enough for the
bondho,dcr; CD Free coinage of silver the
same rs of gold; a. Congress should provide
money enough for the full employment of Ia
Dor; 90 Government bonds To be taxed same
aS other property, 90 No land subsidies to
railroads, &c.; 90 Government To pass laws
To dcvclopc' our great mining, manufactured
and commercial industries; Cs) Rigid ccono.
my in the public service; 90 Eight hours To
be- made a days work by law, uO) In favor of
the adoption of the no-bottom-papcr token.
lunatc American monetary SYSTEM" uD
State and national governments To establish
bureaus Of labor; ll2) Against the hiring out
of state prison convictS by contract; n3)
Against Chinese immigration
The convention dubbed the party il repre-
scntcd the National Party" and with the
high sounding absurlitics indicated above ~
a platform expect 10 sweep all other parties
out of existence
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02
THE VETO.

As will be seen by our congressional sum
mary, the President suddenly concluded on
Thursday, after several days Of apparently
painful hesitation, to veto the silver bill, and
compel congress to pass it over his head, which
they did very promptly, with a shout. About
his only argument against the bill is, that a
good many millions Of the nations bonds have
changed hands since 1873, when silver was de
and that the bondholders, therefore,
had a rghttO expect their paymcnt-princIpal
and lncrcSt-in gold, the bill thus amounting
to Il breach of faith with the public creditor.
Said public creditor, however, had no right to
ignore the fact that ms bond read "con,
meaning gold or silver, and that congress had
ut all times, after Us well as before 1919, TIE
right to make silver coin legal tender IN any
amount according to its own sweet will The
argument Of President Hayes was worn 50
during the first weeks discussion
on the bill in the senate that few respectable
senators afterwards alluded to it; and the re
lance which the President places upon such
an argument alone to change the decision Of
the senate and house, presents him in light
little less than laughablc
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.

The Illinois Democratic State Central Com
mittec had meeting at Chicago on the 22d
uIt, TO take action in reference to calling a
state convention to nominate candidates for
State Treasurer and State Superintendent Of
Public Instruction. There was a full attend
ancc of the committee and the members cX-
pressed themselves with great freedom in re
gard TO the political situation. 1t was decided
to call the convention at an early datc--thc
18th Of April was agreed upon-So that the
party might be in the field bctimcs with its
platform and candidates, and that all the other
parties, factions and combinations might I'M
dcrstand that the Democrats propose to make
the campaign in their own name and under
their own organization, and have no terms to
offer or coalitions to make with any third par.
ty shams or sidc-shows,
In this the determination of the committee
will be heartily approved by the party through
out the state. The Democrats never made II
trade with any side-show but they lost by it.
They are generally small affairs, headed by
broken down and used up political hacks,
with small rag-ta g-and bobtal following, but
if they happen by democratic help TO get the
balance of power, use 1t with an indecent hog
gishncss that disgusts all decent people, and
only weakcns the great democratic party by
bringing it into ridcule and contempt. Let
us have no more of that folly,
According to the apportionnent made by
the committee La Sale county will be entitled
to - delegates in the convention TO meet ut
Springfield on the llth of April.
Aside from the nomination of candidates for
State Treasurer and School Superintendent
we presume the delegates from the different
judicial districts will also nominate candidates
for clerks of the Supreme and Appellate
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

In the New Orleans Court on Monday An
derson, the returning board convict, was sen
fenced to two years in the pcnitentiary. EXccu
non OF the sentence was suspended for three
days, in order that the case might be appealed
motion was entered to transfer the case OF
the rest Of the gang to the United States court
and that matter will be decided on the 9th OF
March. Meantime President Hayes is trcmcn.
dously exercised over the contempt shown by
the New Orleans court for his bargain" with
Nichols, and though he fears to make direct
appeal TO Nichols himself, he has such "iniu.
cnces' at work as to render it nearly certain that
Nichols will be compelled to pardon the scoun-
1-rl
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

The trial Of Randc, the noted desperate,
terminated at Galesburg last Saturday morn
lng bythc jury agreeing on a verdict of guilty
and that he should be sent to the penitcntiary for
life. The jury were out some 3G hours before
arriving at this agreement The question with
them appears not 10 have been rs to his
guilt but in the start were for hanging and
for life long imprisonment, and the trouble
was with the four wise men TO bring the eight
Goods" over TO their way of thinking Randc
was Immediately sentenced, and for fear of an
attempt Of mob violence on the verdict bccom.
ing generally known, the prisoner within ten
minutes after his sentence was put upon the
railroad tram and hurried off TO Joliet, passing
Ottawa on the noon tram on Saturday Had
the fact of Randc being on the train been
known here we have no doubt he would have
called out as big a crowd to see him as if Presi
dent Hayes or "Old Grant" himself had been
on the train
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

The legislature Of Vermont having passed
law positively prohibiting the shooting Of
deer in that state for five years. a number OF
LIBERAL enterprising men of the state are buy
ing live deer in the west and turning them
loose in the mountains of Vermont in the hope
of again making the game plenty there. 1t
may do in Vermont, but it would be as hope.
less to attempt to repopulate the prairles Of
Illinois with its former drovcs of deer AS to
restore the wild buffalo herds The steam en-
glne, the reaper and mower and the deer cant
thrive in the same country
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02
England.

Earl Russill is about odic. He suffers from
acute bronchitis and has entirely lost the use
Of one lung.
Quite notable rise in silver has taken place
in London, said to be the result of speculation"
in anticipation of the action of the American
congress Its maintenance will depend upon
the presidential veto.
Edward Shaw Il Co., yarn merchants and
spinners, of Belfast and Celbridge, Ireland
have failed Liabilities 100000; and VIM
H. Lyons & Co.. butter merchants and export
erS, and Sutton 4 Co., coal and shipping mcr
chants, of Cork, have failed. Liabilities re.
spectvely f40,0 900 and 10000
In the House of Commons on Tuesday, against
the opposition of the government, the colonial
marriage bill was passed by 1872 to 161. 1t en-
ablcs the offspring ola marriage concluded un-
der the colonial laws with deceased wite'4
sister to inherit property in the United King
dom
On sunday evening peace meeting in Hyde
Pax had been called, and drew ont 100000
people The peace programme, however, was
sumarily broken up and strong anti Russian
resolutions were passed.
Heavy arrivals of grain from Germany and
America have Slightly depressed prices.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02
COMING TO HIS SENSES.

After having IN the interest ana probably
pay of the Wall street bondocracy, made a long
and stubborn fight for gold resumption IN 1879,
and then another equally logged fight against
silver RECOMMENDATION, Dana, of the New York
SIM, gracefully SurrcnderS, virtually admitting
that in both he was wrong, and that what
0Ught To have been done was to drop the whole
enforced resumption project and make the
grccnback intcrcOnvcrtiblc with / per cent.
L. 5 bond This is exactly what the FREE
TRADER has been preaching for the last three
or four years, in harmony with number of
the most sensible and judiciouS interior jour
mails of the west. The matter is not beyond
remedy yet. Let the 1 per cent bond be offer
ell at par in greenbacks or silver dollars, and
the same happy contamination which the Sun
depicts will be arrived at. There will be no
further talk of an enforced resumption in gold,
the factitious demand for gold will cease, and
that metal Will find its level with grecnbacks
and silver, and we shall have resumption more
perfect than any legal enforcement can make
il. and it will have been attained simply, nat
urally, unavoidably without oppression or
commercial CONFUSION or distress. Here is the
.Sa,'s tarly opinion of What Ought To Have
Been Done"
Ii was the easiest thing in the world To have
settled all our financial problems and To have
rot down to hard pan by offering 10 redeem
the grccnbackS in Il per cent bond. There
was no need OF doing ur saying anything about
rold or silver com. The measure would of IL
self have gwen us Il stable currency of specific
value. and everybody would have Known what
To expect At 50 low rale of interest for the
bond, il would have been impossible Ia dimin-
ish the volume of grccnbaCkS down Ia too low
a point. The moment that money became
worth more than four per cent, that moment
redemption would cease AS such bonds are
worth par in gold, our circulation would have
reached the same level, and the whole question
of RESUMPTION would thus have solved itself.
Then we should have had plenty ot paper
money left, gold would have flowed in abund.
ant streams. and We could have issued on the
ton of all lust ~ much silver ~ the markets
would take. We should have utilized all our
resources ui gold. silver. grccnhackS. and bank
notes, and money would have been, and would
have continued To Tx. just aS plenty rs il was
either necessary or useful or - II i pus>ihlcto
have 10 ON any system based on th- principle
OF; paving honest debts.
We shall surely come in time tn the results
indicated. hut as il now seems probable, not
till after a long and wholly unnecessary period
of depression. siagnaiion. and suffering for
which Congress will be wholly and alone 10
blame.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

The proposition TO reduce the tax on whisky
and tobacco is meting with great opposition
from the distillcrs and tobacco manufacturers
as their business is at perfect standstll and
viii be until the matter is settled by Congress
They say they cannot effect sales now, because
The buyers say: 1--WE will wait till the tax i,
reduced and then purchas cheaper" Congress
seems TO have an uncomfortable habit of dab
bling into a thing just enough To msct,lc the
interest of every one concerned with il and
tAen dropping thu whole matter, or referring
II TO some committee, who lay it ON The table
and never take it up again
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

Chicago is again fairly promised the delcc-
tation of Il hanging bee. The two men Sherry
and Connolly, who were tried for killing the
man Hugh McConvillc, have been found guilty
by the jury and awarded the punishment of
hanging The murder was most brutal and
unprovoked. Sherry and Connclly-rough,
reckless characters at work about the stock
yards-havng been paid ZION Saturday even
ing started out To have IA spree Passing Il
butcher shop somewhere on 3i;h street. We be
licvc, they entered, inSultcd and tried To ret mp
n fight with the butcher and failing stole one
of his uglicst knives. and left On the side
walk they met McConvillc walking with his
niece one of the uflianS threw his arms
around her and aS McConvillc undertook 20 pro
tcct her he was knocked down. kicked and IA
tally stabbed. Each ct the nllianS sworc that
the other did the Stabbing, hui rs both struck
and kicked the man, both wcrc equally guilty.
\ conviction and sentence. however. never
make hanging bee certain in Chicago. and
there may bc two or three Supyr>cdc.lscs and
new trials vet before that stage can bc reached.
especially ii the murlcrcr> have money, or
friends that have.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

Railroad authorities in New York state that
the business Of the Northern Pacific Railroad
which is running as far as Bismarck, has been
such during the past year as to enable the
company to resume its construction westward
and that two hundred additional miles have
been put under contract. As the collapse OF
that road was the immediate cause of the last
five years siege Of hard times who knows but
It's revival may be the precursor of n substantial
revival of business confidence and the return
Of GOOD times.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02
ANDERSON AND THAT BARGAIN.


The Ottawa RcpVjltcdH Is indignant over
the sentence Of Anderson, the convicted Iou'
siana returning board iorgef' ana lh"hcN "i'
following reckless statement;
The whole matter of the returns from err
uH parish, "' wei - io'', Wv ~ .nr,o
If thn mH.t rnincnt mon Of the country, OF
both parties. whoWcrc sent to New Orleans for
That special purpose N"I one u lllcse
, t'l wv. hnaL at tbot tmr There
were questions about throwing outthc vote, of
polling districts underline state law on account
OF htlmiaa'ioh ana o.o, oIN , S," t ,ir.t tinnc
j.; Tn r",mco ~ ,nc yi.itinr statesmen. ii
was not pretended that the figures had been
altered by members OF the board or uhaer iholr
ul'cc,ioH' 1ne NHot 9I,o 80 ami thr
nets ~ tLn hoard sustained
This shovys either cross Ignorance or shame.
ful mondacity The R,DgJliroa ought TO know
Itbot neither fine returns from Vernon or any
other parish were opcned and canvassed in
the presence Of some of the most cminentmcp
of thn cn,,ntrv or both nartic,." but when il
como ~ cyamining the returns the board al
WAY. went into "cyccutivc" or secret session :
and csncciaIlv i, if admitted even bv John
sherman that fine Vernon parish returns were
Icboncrd in that secret session and in such a
wov that il was impossible that Anderson
,hopld not he corpisant of the fact-thus fast.
ennc ON him criminal KNOWLEDGE of the for.
rc,,. whether me committed if himself or NJ.
Iovcl some one else to do if The pcDvLyj.
,o.', ,,,,,.. .,.,' ,l. ~.
run N"'''''"O - 'I""'l9 I'oNI'Ss "'"' 'ii'
whole subject was passed upon by the Presl-
Dental Commission and the acts of the board
sustained" Thoro !. inst u,hero tbo boovio,t
','.N ".. 49,.
coH'l'l"lhI III I'c ocili"ci"'S '"iheS In--'li"'
the Presidential commission utterly refused to
pass upon or even look at these VIGOROUSLY
forged returns
The RePUjitr1t further proceeds to say that
the prosecution Of Anderson us simply infa-
NOUS in the light Of the pledges made TO
Nichols ami his LEGISLATURE What were
those pledges? TWAS open and notorious that
endless fraud and specifically one palpable for.
gerry had been committed. Did the Hayes
commission, that made the bargain with Mich
oils and his legislature, stipulate that in return
for the recognition by Hayes OF the latter an
open, gross and palpable felony should be
compounded? Was that the pledge or bar
gainE' If not, what pledge or bargain was
broken in the trial Of Anderson? The St Louis
Embellishments on this head, has a trenchant
remark:
For men who are entirely innocent and en-.