The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-01

England Is cheaper than Is was thirty years
ago And Pref Sumner told me that
none OF the farmers are doing any good
except those who have made money IN
some other way and then bought quite
large tracts Of land
never saw . new log house in mr. life
until struck Indiana On nr way through
There saw several Of them 81 a place
where they were clearing eff soEae timber
Isnd- I suppose they were ONLY tempe
rsry resort. for they were shabby affairs
but at least can have it 10 SAP that
have seen new log house.
One OF the prettiess SIGHTS I ever saw
was the glimpse got of dear old Lake
MichisaH. Il was not an Unfamiliar sight
for the waves Of that beautiful lake have
TnIIed me to sleep many and many
night For tgo years Of my
life il was mr. most adhered com
panion- Il was always in view Of M win
dow, unless covered with fog lis beauty
at fiEaes surpassed ANYTHING have ever
seen Or dreamed Of As / watched the
whitecaps play upon its surface I often
felt sert Of longing TO be cut amsag
theH-to be 9ne Of them Ofteuer pinned
take in all the beauty that was there go,
as ] caughta glimpse Of my dear old friend
the cid feeling rushed back upon me- DR.
Boise. author % the series Of Greek text
books IN use In most Of our Iowa colleges
and who has spent many Years in Europe
once told me that Lake Michigan, from the
Douglas monument, was the finest body Of
water he ever saw And / fully believed
t.
Nj A. l. Earle IS one Of The Old free
trade organizers He and others are nov
making efforts 80 perfect national ergani-
cation. Undoubtedly something Of the
kind viii be done before long The free
trade movement i making rapid progress
everywhere, particularly among young
men Il w0uIf make still more rapid pro
gress but for the fact that the efforts that
were made some years ago, before the
country was ready for ii. 20 completely
failed The Independent movement in
1872 was mainly a free trade move
f1eut IN purpose, but the Gin
cinnati convention nominated the Protec
ZIONIST Greeley, and many democratic free
traders refused TO vote for him Had
Charles Francis Adams been nominated
and elected. doubt not we should BY this
time have been far on the road to free
trade But the free traders of that day
were thoroughly disheartened, and many
Of them do net seem TO realize how the
times have changed The trouble with that
movement was that il does not begin
among the people The people have got
10 be educated they are willing and anx-
i0us to learn They are ANXIOUS to drop
old issues and vote for something. The
free traders here are beginning to realize
the situation and preparing TO meet IL
Mr. Beecher IS largely responsible for
this aew enthusiasm His.whole heart Is
IN the movement He made a speech al
the dinner the other night which Is would
have done yeu good TO hear. It's effect
was quite electric. Perhaps. next to him
and Mr. Wells, the most notable guest at
the dinner was Hon David Dudley Field
the distinguished iurist. Hon. Everett
P Wheeler was another. Such men give
strength 10 any cause
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NEW HAVEN Conn. March 25.-Among
the leaders in the Free Trade movement
there IS no more effective worker than Prof
Sumner. Of Yale college. He Is perhaps
the most finished writer OF all. and at the
same time he made a very telling of hand
speech before the Brooklyn club. He Is /
not 50 IuA OF STATISTICS as The ParSee Mer /
chant who Is thoroughly familiar with /
the practical workings OF custom house /
taxation, and delights to expose them. nor /
nor as Hon David A. Wells, who could I'll /
many volumes With the interesting infer 1
nstioa he has collected during several +
years Bat he has such a forcible way Of /
putting il that he leaves no doubt In the /
minds OF his readers or hearers. He has great /
iaith in the movement in lows. and have
he promise OF q number Of short articles
rom his pen He has just finished . Life
= Jackson, the third Of q series Of "Ame-
-ican Statesmes," published by Houghton,
sEifiiia s Co, which viii be out this spring.
he has a fine library Of Political Economy.
nd kindred subjects. and IS one Of the pro
Gun dest thinkers in America
The New York Free Traders are going
o have . mass meeting IN Chickcriuc Hall.
md Senator Vance, of North Carolina will
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