The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-10-19
ATWATER.

OOIfCspOHueliCS'
G. H. Ballenger has sold his farm of
one hundred and twenty-eigbt acres to
Edgar Whittlesey, at $50 per acre.
This farm lies about one-half mile
west of Atwater Station, is well water
ed and has a good soil. Mr.. Ballenger
expects to go to Nebraska to live, and
it may be long time before we see
him at our Fairs with his long wool
sheep. Mr.. Whittlesey's son-in-law
will move onto the farm next Spring,
when they take possession
Mr.. James Barnes sold his farm
north of Virginia Corners, at fifty-six
dollars per acre. 1t is not known
where he will buy again.
Mr.. J. w. ingalls, sent from Atwater
station 81 car loads of hewed timber,
supposed to be intended for ship build
ing. Where it will be taken to be
worked up 1 did not hear. Some Of
the timber was cut in Deerfield town.
ship, and all of it in townships east OF
here, Whether it is good plan to cut
down large and thrifty oak trees and
send them out of the country l leave
for older heads than mine to deter
mine.
Randolph township must be coming
UP some if they can elect such a capa-
BILE man as w. H. Bettes for Justice of
the Peace. / hope they can have
correspondent for the PRESS.
1t seemssby the election of Frank
Hurd, free trader, and two anti tariff
men in Cleveland, that the people up
there are not in favor of protecting
few manufacturers to the disadvantage
of the many who are employed III other
business. All articles of clothing
should be very lightly taxed, if taxed
at all, because all classes of people use
such articles. Wool should be nearly
free, SO as to have clothing cheap.
There is no need to protect the farmers
as they are only part of community,
and besides they do not protect them
selves.t They sell calves and then buy
pork and beef at IA cents per pound.
There might be very light tax on
window glass and nails, just so as to
have them made in this country with
a small profit, so small that the work
men need not quarrel about 1t or stop
work in order to get larger share. i
am disgusted with strikes, and politics
should be directed so as to prevent
them. What does it matter to US
whether c0al and iron ore are taken
out of the earth at rapid or a moder-
ate rate. What difference does it make
to the people or Ohio whether the pop
uIation of Cleveland increases at the
rate of one thousand or five thousand
a year? We have too many discon-
tented people from old countries here
already. While we have high tariff
we encourage workmen to come, but
adopt free trade and we stop emigra.
ton. We can buy their articles with
more safety than to bring too many
workmen over here and have them on
a strike half the time. This is too good
a country to be thrown into confusion
by discontented old countrymen. The
United States must be free. The way
to remedy these evils is to Tighten the
tariff. Look to the benefit Of the whole
people and not to a few only. Let
manufacturers hire fewer men and not
try to get rich 80 fast, and hire men
who will stay with them. For fifty
years we have been trying to give bus
iness men a tariff for protection by
this time they ought to be able to pro-
tect themselves w.