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THE TARIFF AND WAGES.

Among all the false pretences, lmpositions
and decisions connected with our robber tariff
system, the most villainous and pernicious is
this LIE that the effect Of protective tariff is
to increase the wages of labor. Ii flies in the
face OF one of the simplest principles of pohti.
cal economy, that the price of labor, like the
price of everything else not protected" by a
robber tariff exaction, depends upon the law
OF supply and demand. Steel rails, for exam.
Pile, are taken out of the law, because they are
protected by a duty of SOS per ton, but labor
enjoys no such protection, and is as helpless
against competition In the open market as are
pumpkins and potatoes.
The Ottawa Republicans, however, persists
in UNFOLDING this pernlcious lie, and attempts
to establish its plausibility by publishing from
the doctored reports Of our consuls to the state
department at Washington, made In the inter
est of the tariff robbers, tables showing the
rates of wages paid in England and this couh
try for various classes Of labor 1t Is to be re
membered that IN 1879 so labor in England
especially IN the building and iron industries
was IN an Extremely depressed condition
while IN this country, IN the same departments
everything was booming Steel rails, h'
manufacture of which cost our iron lords about
1913 per ton, were selling for $65, and about
every other product of iron was in the samt
proportion. or course, under such circum
stances, wages were lower in England thar
here. There the rule was to discharge mer
and reduce forces; here there were not hal
men enough, and as the profits Of the mill
owners were enormous they could afford to
and did pay almost any price the men demand
ed. So the ordinary wages, which at Jolie
were from Sc to $50 per week "for common
laborers, and from $40 to $l2 for skilled labor
went up, the former to $40 and $12 and III,
latter to $1S and $50 per week and the sam,
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A DASTARDLY OUTRAGE.

Yesterdays Chicago papers are filled with
columns Of details of one of the most bastard
ly outrages ever perpetrated outside of Jessie
Jamess kingdom From the character of
the affair" says the Chicago Times, "it would
seem tina, section OF Missouri had been
brought up into Illinois and planted IN Cook
county For border ruffianism It could not
be equalled by New Mexican cowboys"
The facts In bret are as follows For the
past two weeks the Joliet Iron and Steel com
psny has been taking men up from Joliet to
Chicago to unload iron from the vessels at its
docks in tina, CITY, and taking them home each
evening The strikers have tried to break up
this sort of thing, and failed, but ON Thurs.
usy evening mob OF about fifty congregated
at the crossing Of the Alton and Pan Handle
railroads in Brighton, an outlying portion Of
the city, and, boarding the outgoing accommo-
datlion tram, which was taking about twenty
of the "scabs" home, dragged eight or ten of
them from the cars and beat them shamefuly,
fracturing Swede's skull and clubbing and
stamping a half a dozen negroes. During
the melee, which occurred inside the city
limits at $50 IN the afternoon, many shots
were fired by the desperadOes, One of the
bullets struck Judge N. j. Pillsbury, of Pom
tiac one Of the appellate judges Of the Ottawa
circuit lnficting dangerous and possibly ia
tai wound in the left groin. The Judge was a
passenger on the train, and did not leave his
aeat The ludue WA taken from the train 10
the Washington Motel where he was attended
by couple of surgeons, who found that the
ball had entered at the top Of the lett hip, at
what they called the superior spinal process of
the ilium, had glanced from that bone and
passed down just over the hip Joint and i'm
bedded itself IN the gluteal muscles of the
back. The wounded man was put under the
influence Of ether, and the surgeons probed
tor the ball but failed to find 1t. They did
not, however, consider the wound rs very dan
gerous, and he was able to proceed to his home
by the II o'clock tram the same night
After the outrage was over the assailants
walked away in body leisurely, tor little
distance, and then scattered like sheep, firing
their revolvers rs they went They disappear
ed as they came, no one knowing exactly how
the engineer meantime pulling up his train tc
the station to enable the surgeons to remove
Judge Pillsbury and the rest OF the wounded
Subsequently the police made four or FIVE ar
rests but there If no certainty that any OF them
are the right men.
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was the condition at all the iron mills in the

was the condition at all the iron mills in the
country.
But could tins asts The editor of the Re-
! publicaH IL a very careless reader OF the news.
papers of the day if he don't see how utterly
delusve is the dependence on tariff protection
to keep up the wages of labor. The tariff has
not changed in two years the amount of u
thousandlh part of Il penny on single article
of iron manufacture. Bat what is the condi.
ton OF the iron industry today and its half
million of unprotected tollers? "Thc fires
have been quenched in thrty-six rolling mills
around Pittsburg," says a Tuesdays dispatch,
land lS 800 workingmcn have been dismissed.
Brown, Bonnell Il Co., of Youngstown, Ohio,
have closed their furnaces and thrown out 10,
600 men The iron and rail works of Wheel.
ing have stopped for an indefinite period, dis,
charging 1900 men. Thirteen hundred men
at the Calumet iron works below Chicago
struck last evening against further reduction
of wages" and so on, and so on. From Name
TO Iowa, from Lake Superior to Alabama
there is not an establishment working IN iron
but is more OF less squeezed and forced to re-
duce men and wages.
Meantime what is going on at our seaboard /?
The story of big wages in America went
abroad, and now the dispatches report the ar
rival at Castle Garden Of from 5000 to 1000
per day of skilled laborers from Europe, anx.
ious to take the place of the strikers" in all
parts of this country. When the fifty thous.
and already discharged or on strike go back
to work, Will they, Is 1t imagined, IN the face
of this foreign competition, resume labor at
their late high wages? VIII they not be for
tunate, in word, if all of them find re-em.
poyment even at the present wages In Great
Britain? Wait six months; then see If the
consuls will dare to report, and the Ottawa
Republican publish houest figures of the
wages then paid in England and IN this coun-
try. 1t dare not even now publish compare.
tive statement paid to ship builders on the
Clyde and on the Delaware.
This talk of high tariff promoting high
wages is shameful fraud. The tendency OF
protection is to raise prices, as steel rails are
raised from $40, their normal price, to $50 per
ton, and the intelligent tree trader knows that
to raise the price Is to diminish production,
and 70 that extent to diminish the demand for
and therefore the price Of labor That Is the
simple A b c of it, and to pretend otherwise
argues either ignorance or dishonesty.
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1JT'TAWA FREE TRADER; SATURDAY, JUNE 3. 1882

which is patted on the back and strongly sub
sidised by the republicans, held state con-
venton at Bangor on Tuesday The conven-
ton was chiefly notable tor It's hostile express
ions toward Gov, Plaisted, who favors union
of the greenbackers with the democrats, a
union by which his own election was made
possible. The convention after solemnly de-
claring that honest greenbacklsm would not
be delivered as goods to the politicians" pro-
ceeded to deliver It's own squad over to the re-
publicans by nominating Scion Chase for gov
which will be enough, however, in that close
state, to give the election to the republicans
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rived on the White Star steamship Celtic, at
New York. Lieut.. Danenhower's father and
mother and his younger brother, Washington
Danenhower, came to New York on Friday to
await the Celtic's arrival. Mr.. James Gordon
Bennett put the steamboat John Birkbeck at
their disposal and early on Sunday morning
they went down the bay in company with a
large party OF other relatives and friends, and
met the steamer off Sandy Hook. The party
arrived IN good health, Lieut.. Danenhower
full of hope of recovering the sight of his
blinded eye, and Cole with a fair prospect of
recovering his reason which became shattered
by his sufierlngs.
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while England and France, and all Europe

while England and France, and all Europe
are ready to admit that If anybody has a
right to interfere to restore order in Egypt 1t
Is the sultan, they however are decidedly
not pleased with the way in which he proposes
TODD it, Instead OF sending Turkish army into
Egypt their demand is that the sultan shall
declare IN favor of the khcdive and summon
Arab and his malcontents to Constantinople
while they England and Franco, who have a
fleet ofiron clads at Alexandria, Will take care OF
the country. And here is the sticking point"
if the sultan rejects this advice and persists IN
sending his army into Egypt what will Eng
land and France do about 1t? Now it is said,
Prussia, Austria and Italy out of jealousy
towards England and France, Will side with
the sultan, while the latter may oppose him
even to the extent OF using force. What then?
Decidedly this little Egyptian complication
promises TO become interesting.
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EGyPT's LAND.-The only news from abroad
this week of any interest relates to the turmoil
In Egypt. A few months ago, 1t will be re-
membered, the present Khedive, Mohammed
Tewtik, who is really estimable and honest
man, was overawed by the military OF the
country, and compelled to dismiss his ministry,
and place Arabl Bey, the military commander,
at the head of the cabinet thus making him
in tact master of the country. Now England
and France, who have large interest IN Egyp
tian securities as well as III the Suez canal as
the gateway to the East, had placed couple
of agents, or consuls-generals, at CAIRO, to look
after the Khedlve's finances and thus really to
control the country, as far as 1.-The sinews
of war" are concerned. 1t made very little
difference to them, II is true, who might be the
prime minister, or "boss," so long as the ar.
rangement in regard to the finances remained
undisturbed, but Arabl Bey finding his SOL
ders troublesome about their pay, and the
Khedive growing FESTIVE under his domino
ton, began secretly, with the countenance of
England and France, who became uneasy
about their financial arrangement, to levy an ar.
my in the Soudan to counterpoise that OF Arab,
which led to rupture, and the Khedve had
council of the "notables" of the land called
to advise what to do, preiacing the meeting
by the removal Of Arab as minister of war as
well as recognizing his whole cabinet This
Arab resisted, the army backing him, and the
nn,ah'r~ hc'ru over .N''l Wy his power, he WAS
III realty able 10 set the khedivc al defiance
and held on to his headship of the cabinet IN
spite of him.
Now the sultan of Turkey, who claims a
sort of suzerainty over Egypt, bu; Of whom
the country for some years has been really in,
dependent, had the sbrewdness TO see IN these
troubles an opportunity to intervene and thus
regain his own mastery Of the country, and to
this end, to promote the quarrel, he is charged
with having played double part, both en-
couraging Arab in his rebellion, and promis-
ing the Khedive assistance, his object beng,
under the favor OF both to land an army IN the
country and really subdue both of them. Now
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-03

There is movement on foot among the nu.
Esezous friends of Frank James, the only
sHrviving brother Of the lately deceased"
lessee James and the last of the family OF rob
hers, to procure his pardon and allow him to
return to the pursuit of an honest occupation
Gov. Crittenden, Of Mo, IS understood to be
wiling to grant the pardon on Franks sur.
Eander to him, but the latter demands that a
pardon from the governors OF Texas and Iowa
shall be included in the grant, which Gov
Crittenden says is beyond his jurisdiction.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-03

The Arctic exploring steamer Jeanette,
sent out by James Gordon Bennett, of the New
York Herald, in 1878, after being helplessly
locked for two years in an lcepack, sank in
the Arctic Ocean on June 12, 1881. Last Sun
day, but fortnight less than year later,
Lieut. j. w. Danenhower, one of the thirteen
survivors of the crew of thirty-three men, and
three of his companions reached this country.
The three others are Prof Newcomb, the nat
uraIist of the Jeanette expedition, Boatswain
Jack Cole, and Long Sing, Chinaman, one
of the stewards OF the Jeanette They ar.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-03

THE AssAssIN.-Late Washington dispatch
rs state that the assassin Guiteau, rs the day
of his execution approaches, Is rapidly break.
ing down. The cheerful and audacious de-
meanor that characterized him through his
trial and the hopeful expressions he INDUCED
during NE first weeks after his convection
have vanished like sunshine before gather.
Ing thunder storm, and instead have appeared
the ashen hues Of terror. Yet amid allhe still
clings to an expiring hope of escaping the gal.
lows To an interviewer a few days ago he
said; "If man tails in this matter, il Charley
Reed does L,l Su,c,,d, aid II i,,s,"e"t "a.
thur does not stretch out his hand 70 save me-
there is one above who prompted me to take
one life for country's good, and who pro
tected me from the bullets of Mason and Jones
that will still protect me- The first hand tina,
is laid upon me for the purpose of doing vio
lence will be instantly withered. | fear no,
mans power. am Gods man, and He'll pro
tect me-"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-03

The Republican revolt against Cameron
and the machine IN Pennsylvania has assumed
such frightful proportions, that the bosses are
decidedly alarmed. Don Cameron In his DIES.
perstiOn called conference last Saturday OF
the leading commercial, financial and MANU-
featuring interests of the state at Philadelphia,
and informed them that unless they united
with him to secure the success OF the regular
glrket, he would no longer be able to uphold
aaIit protection in congress IN their behalf.
fhe SAID interests, however, didn't seem to be
half as badly frightened as Don was, and the
latter went away full Of wrath Meantime
the independents are holding monster meet.
mgs in the interior, western and north.
western counties, and are confident of being
able TO poll more votes than the regulars. The
outlook tor the latter Is so desperate that they
have issued call re-assembling the late
state convention at Harrisburg, ostensibly to
nominate candidate for congressman at large
N place of Marshall, declined, but in reality
70 attempt to cook up a compromise with the
independents, the favorte proposal now being
10 submit the rival republican tickets IN the
held to popular vote of the republicans, and
hen all hands agree te support as the regular
acket that which receives the most votes. All
Ribs time the democrats are iublant and so
confident of carrying the state next fall tina,
they talk Of making Gen. Hancock their can
a.date for Governor
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Floral Tributes,

Tuesday was generally observed throughout
the country as Memorial or Decoration Day and in
the annual exercises and tribute to the memory
of those brave men who went forth in the days
Of the nations struggle and laid down their
lives.
In This city many of the business houses closed
their doors in the afternoon, while many Tags
we're hung at half.mast during the entire day.
The exercises were similar in all respects to
those held previous years, and consisted mainly
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-03

ENoCH EMERY, for many years editor OF the
Peorla Transcript, and at times connected
with other journals in this state-an able as
Well as veteran editor and a man of consid
enable prominence rs a politician, died at
Peoria On Tuesday morning. aged about GO
wears His health had been failing for some
time and his death was not unexpected lie
WIS native Of New Hampshire and had come
So Illinois in ls5S
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-03

IN the diocesan convention Of the Episcopal
church at Chicago on Wednesday resolution
offered by Hon. Geo. II. Harlow, TO permit
Egmale members of the churches to vote at
parish meetings and elections, was voted down
DIV large majority.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-03

The RatL,cay Age gives complete statistics of
she construction of Railroads in Illinois during
1881 showing that the total mileage ofnew track
sxid during the year was 40S. This, added
10 the previous mileage of the State, gives
us s,633,2S miles, Illinois thus maintaining
abe position it has held tor some years past of
having greater railroad mileage than any
other state in the Union.
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The Republican Contra, Committe of this
county held E meeting at Ottawa on Tuesday
and decided not to call a convention to choose
delegates to the congressional convention al
present, and put off the county convention un
Ill tall A convention to select delegates tc
the state convention was called to be held in
Ottawa, Thursday, June 90, primaries to bt
held Saturday, June II.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-03

The Supreme Court of Ohio has decided the
socalled Pond liquor law" OF that state,
passed by the last legislature, unconstitutional.
The court holds that the law is simply one to
grant licenses, while the constitution prohlb.
It's such grant IL terms.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-03

The greenbackers OF Name are divided up
into two squads, one opposing separate politi
cal action, and the other, headed by Scion
Chase, insisting on maintaining independent
party organization and action. The latter squad,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-03

The Supreme Court of Rhode Island has
decreed the divorce of the Spragues, giving
lhe wife the custody Of three daughters and
permitting her to resume the name Of Kate
{rhagp
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-03

Where is She railroad and warehouse COM
mission? They have not produced a new
schedule since the 10th Of April,
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OUR CLUBBING

We are prepared 10 club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications furnishing both
;, the prices named postage prepaid The
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gesE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Times. s2.85
pREE TRADER anu .nicago Weekly Tribune. 2,65
gtEE TRADER ana Chicago Weekly Inter
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly JOurHdl. 100
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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-06-24
GanOtOWn.

The hot side of the earth Is to-
ward the sun now, or else the hot
side of sun is toward the earth;
either way will suit me.
Harvest is drawing near, and
"harvest- hands are in demand,
with good show for renumera-
tive wages.
A Sunday school has been or
ganized at New Hope, east of the
creek. 1t Is under the auspices of
the Presbyterian Church of Ger
ardstown, and DIR. j. B. Willy, of
that place, is superintendent. The
people east Of the creek have also
fitted up a grove on the farm of
Mr. j. w. Smith, on Buck Hill,
where religious services are held
every Sabbath afternoon. When
the weather is favorable, / hope
that both of these religious enter
prises may be productive of good.
Hhe bark trade is quite good in
this vicinity, but there has not
been any advance in prices, as yet.
Mr.. j. A. Chapman has started
"a singing school at Ganotown,
which meats every Sunday.
Mr.. John ID. Barney has gone to
Ohio, on business trip, which
will occupy two or three weeks.
Mrs. Anna b. Evans and child
rem, are visiting relatives and
friends in Jefferson county.
Mr. George S. Simpson and sis
ter, spent a day or two with
friends, near LeetoWn, last week.
Some of the Darkesvile boys
came over TO Back Creek few
days ago. for the purpose of fish
ing, but l believe they were not
very successful.
Messrs. Parsons and Lamp have
removed their cav mill to the
woods of Mr.. j. A. Chapman, and
will get to saving in day or two.
Business at Shanghai is just
booming now, and that place
promises to become an important
point in this valley. Enough en-
terprise to develop the rich depos-
its of minerals, in that vicinity,
will possibly bring a railroad to
Back Creek Valley, and that con-
summation which is most devout-
ly wished, will greatly enhance
the prosperity of this section of the
county. SQUINTs
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and very favorable throughout
the district. The courteous man
ner in which he agrees to surren-
der the field under the force of
circumstances should inspire the
heart OF every citizen with deep
gratitude, and place them under
many obligations for this self-sac-
riticing act and generosity Of soul.
Let Us render unto Caesa the
things that are Caesars" A Sec
ond term is due Col. Hoge, and |
can't think that any aspirant will
dare TO deprive him of his laurels,
until he has served out his privi-
legged time, and we want new
man. If so, whatsoever does do ii
may rest assured that the same
fate awaits them in the end. There
Is not much honor in going to
Congress just for one term and
d-n little pay. BY all means let
us return him, and III predict
that he will not be in anybody's
way next time, for the next place
we will find him will be ascend
ing the marble steps of the Senate
chamber. One Of the old maxims
which | have closely observed all
my life, 'never give up an old
friend for new one" have
found to be as solid as ii Is beau
tiful, and | think applicable In
the present instance, Hoge is a
good man and good representa-
live and | don't think it good pol
icy to swap him off just now.
Every man put a shoulder to the
wheeI--this is not time to lag.
Let us take a strong pull, a long
pull and a pull altogether and
we will secure the services OF a
man we have tried, and willing to
try again. / wonder who it Is SO
anxious to step into his shoes be-
fore he is politically dead ? My
opinion Is that somebody is just
feeling around a little to see what
can be done when the Col. takes
them off and dons the golden slip
pers to tread the marble halls.
Now when The position seeks the
man or set of men, it convinces
me that they are worthy, and just
such men as will represent US
with ability. They have no sell
fish motives nor foolish aspira-
tions to crafty, but are willing to
come out and serve us perhaps TO
the detriment of their own inter
ests at home. Under this head
comes Alex Parks and James Nc
Kown as candidates for the Leg
isfature. | cannot say why the
last incumbents are not talked of,
for my part, / have no objections,
and especially to our man Of "pen'
nyroyal' fame. No one here -
personally opposed to them an
cannot see why they could not
us. G.. T.. Il.