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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17
The way to account for this is, that be.

The way 10 account for this Is, that be
fore the tariff on wool was raised, the man
ufacturcrs of wooden goods enjoyed an al
most prohbitiye tariff and were prosperous
all over the country. Thus Ohio in 1876
produced $3,lS7,sl5 worth of manutac
turcd wooden goods; but in 1880 her pro
duct had fallen of 10 1878, 1879. So In
diana in 1870 produced s4,2l2,737 worth OF
wooden goods which in 1880 had fallen oil
to S2,729,341. An the product of Illinois
which in 1870 was S2725,69O worth OF
WOODEN goods, and had averaged that for
the preceding ten years, fell of in the next
ten years to 81 1896, AGO, our product in
| 1880.
The effect of the increase of the tariff on
wool, therefore was measurably f. destroy
our home manufactures of WOODEN goods,
while il brought no increase either in the
price or annual production Of wool in the
states named. They lost by the reduction
of an industry which in 1870 paid Sl5is,-
46j wages, to an industry which in 1850
paid but $Si9, 1876 wages or AN annual loss
in wages TO working people OF $iOOU
Say 500 people thrown out of employ
ment 10 tickle the wool growers with u
duty which neither increased the prodUc.
ton or price of wool, but which not only
closed two thirds of the wooden factories of
Ohio Indiana and Illinois, but has Grip
pied and nearly ruined the wooden manu-
featuring business of the whole country.
And now the cry goes up from Ohio for
more duty on wool while Mr., Cooling, one
of the heaviest wool growers in the state,
and Mr.. Bookwalter, both "A heavy wool
grower in Ohio as we'll ~ manufacturer,
have the manliness To declare the one in IA
speech at the recent wool growers cOnyen.
ton in Chicago, and the other to the ways
and means committee at Washington, that
the price of wool in Ohio never suffered an
iota on account of the reduction in the
tariff of 1888, because il had been still
high enough to exclude foreign wool from
profitable competition.
1t is manifest from these facts that the
Ohio howl for more tariff on wool is pure
" demogogical, and that il is not the wool
grower but the wool manufacturers that
need protection and the only protection
the latter ask is not more duty on wooden
manufactures, but permission to import
free certain grades of coarse woods which
this country does not produce. They even
offer, for that boon, to give up all "protec-
ton on WOODEN manufactures, and prom
Use thereby to double their product Of
wooden goods and thus the demand for
home grown woods,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

There was State Convention of Prohi
in the course of its deliberations Brother
: +. Fay hurled "A ire. brand at the head
o. Senator Edmunds, whose frigidity l.
said 10 be amenable 10 cocktails. Mr. Fav
smelt the deadly cocktail from afar, and
then poured ont his indignant soul;
John ID. Long, the President Of TEN
perance organiZation-and yet how strange
Ia find him supporting tina, man Edmunds
for President, who is whiskey dealing
man, and who gets drunk. know what
say and am ready to prove what claim
that Edmunds is a whiskey drinker and
gets drunk at times The Republican
party is the most corrupt organization that
has ever assumed 10 dictate 70 the honest
voters of Massachusetts, and the action OF
John ID. Long and the charlatans like him.
who are working for Edmunds, cannot bu,
bring everlasting disgrace 10 the people OF
this Commonwealth Hypocrisy! Hypoc.
risy! Hypocrisy! In advocating Edmunds,
Long is supporting man one of the mos,
dangerous that stands, and who, if elected
will menace and imperil the prosperity and
welfare of 50,000,000 people. Edmunds Is
one of those whiskey drinking men whom
you would not speak to if you met him on
the sidewalk, and yet this is the kind of
man that John ID. Long wants MaSsachu
sets 10 endorse--a man who goes and get.
drunk"
Fatal fatal cocktails! Let Brother FAY
20 on to prove what he claims His as
sertions about the corruption of the Massa
chusetts Republicans need no confederation
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17
WOOL,

The Morrison tariff bill was defeated by
Ohio Democrats who voted against 1t be
cause is friends refused u restore the
duty on wool AS II was fixed by the tariff
Of 1870 Under that law the duties on
wool were mixed-partly specific and part
IL al valorem Thus the duty on un,
washed woods was 10 cents per pound and
II per cent nd valorem when valued N 32
cents or less per pound, and IL cents per
pound and 10 per cent when valued at
more than 32 cents per pound. The tariff
of March 1888 changes the value line from
32 to 30 cents per pound, leaves the specific
duties unchanged, except as affected by
es the additional ad valorem duties.
Before 1870 the duty on wool was con
siderably lower not so low, however, but
that the wool growing industry of the
country seemed TO he sufficiently prosper.
GUS Al all events, according To the census
OF 1870, Ohio then owned 4,02s, $50 head of
wool growing sheep, n number which, I'M
der the then recent increase of the tariff,
in the decade from 1870 Ia 1880 fell of 10
1902 ,4st OF decrease of about 10000 In
ten wears during which the wheat, rye,
com, coal, and nearly every other product
of the state showed large increase. The
increased tariff on wool had the same
effect in Illinois, where the number of
sheep in 1870 was 1868, is6, and in 1880
/ ,O37 .073, showing a loss of 53l ,2l3 in ten
wears and a similar loss in the same de
cade is shown in Indiana. where the NUN.
Der .6l2 $50 in 1870 was reduced tn 100,
81 In 1890, decrease of 502, lI9; and in
Iowa, where the number, So, 1875, had
fallen Ia 455,359 in 1880.
Another curious fact appears from the
statistics The average price of Ohio, In
diana, Illinois and Iowa wool was from 10
10 Is per cent. less after the increased tariff
of 1870 than il was before that increase
And another curious fact appears, that al.
though there was a very considerable fall.
ing of in the importation Of foreign woods
after the high tariff OF 1870, there has been
no increase In the home consumption of
home grown woods
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

About every Democratic paper from
Southern Illinois that we open is urging
the nomination of Mayor Harrison, of Chi
cago. a. the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, and Henry Setter, Of Lebanon, 5,
Clair county, for Lieut. Governor Nj
Setter is the present state senator from 81.
Clair, and though quite young, has shown
decided ability and aptitude for affairs -
He is ii farmer-a German, and very popu.
lar with his country people as well as the
native born in Southern Illinois
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

Health Commissioner DeWolf produces
statistics 10 show that Chicago has the low
est death-ra Of any city in the world, be
ing 1855 per ,000-Iattr-O cedn.
Health Officer Macarthur produces stats
tics to show that the death-rate of Ottawa
has been a tritie over per 1900 during
the past year, and has at no time exceeded
10 per 1000 in the last years But then
Ottawa is clean city, with healing spring.
and the finest water for drinking and gen
eral purposes of any city in the country,
while Chicago Bridgeport. Faugh
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17
THE WALL STREET PANIC,

A. will be seen by the dispatches on an
inner page. the bursting of the Grant Il
Ward bubble in New York last week, and
which dragged down with II the Marine
Bank in Wall street as we'll As the SILVIA.
ter Car Company in Minnesota, was rapid
" followed by other serious failures, 50 that
ON Wednesday Of This week Wall street
was thrown into the widest panic II had
seen since the famous BLACK Friday III
teen years ago, and even the gloom of that
day il said 70 have been exceeded. Among
the more notable suspensions on Tuesday
and Wednesday were the Metropolitan Ma
tonal Bank and the heavy broker firms OF
Hatch x Foo,e, o. NJ Bogar IL Co., Nelson,
Robinson & Co., and others. The excite.
ment wa, also intensified by the announce
ment that John G.. Emo, President of the
Second National Bank had turned upa de-
faultcr TO the amount of S2,OOO,OOO, placing
that important bank in II ticklish position.
The result Of these failures, as already
intimated, was day of the intenseSt eA-
element and gloom The bottom seemed
to have suddenly fallen out Of every class
of securities, even governments becoming
suspicious As a sample, Bankers and Mer-
chants Telegraph stock, which the DAY De
fore was sold for 49, dropped 10 40! Even
New York Central and other gilt edge"
stocks went down from 3 to cents,
On Thursday, however, the excitement
had considerably cooled down. and no new
failures being announced duriug the NOR
ing, generally better feeling showed itself
on the Stockboard, and the upward tenden-
cy continuing, the bulls actually began to-
grow cheerful under the belief Tat the
storm was over and a new era had dawned
All these bright hopes, however, were sud
denly dashed by the announcement OF the
suspension of Fisk Il Hatch, the latter be
ing President Ct the Stock Exchange. Il
was within ten minutes of the close Of bu-
siness for the day. CONSERVATION seized
the assembled brokers, prolonged whistle
rang through the room, and then every one
simultaneously bolted for the street thus
abruptly winding up the business of the
day
The Metropolitan Bank has been put up
onits feet by the other banks coming to the
rescue with an advance of S3,OO0,OO0; and
the Second National Was saved from disas-
ter on account Of the defalcation of its Pre-
sident by his father promptly putting up
the stolen $2,000000
Whether, however, by such means the
"murrain" has been arrested remains 10 be
seen; as also whether the furry in Wall
street is to remain purely local in character
like the "Black Friday" disaster already re-
ferred to, or whether ii is to expand into a
nation wide disastrous commercial revul. |
sion and reign of "hard times like that
which followed the Jay Cooke crash in
1873, also remains to be developed
The better opinion is that the storm will
blow over, though there is no concealing
that the times are ticklish and that the i'm
portant deity Confidence" is hard To pro
pitiate
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17
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Second Cldss KdG Bdtbr.
1884
The Free Trader,

During the ensuing political campaign
will he the same RELIABLE, PRACTICAL
usgruL AND solrDLY DEMOCRATIC paper
il has always been.
II will az ever be Domocratic-the only
journal representative Of the party at the
county seat. where the conventions meet,
and where will he the headquarters for the
campaign.
II confidently relies upon not only Dem
ocrats but all who desire TO be fully posted
on home matters for continuance OF the
liberal support it has received in the past
Especially would it urge upon Demo
Gratis an increase of its circulation, to the
end that its influence upon the presiden,
tia canvass of the year may be the more
extended and greater
In accordance with our past custom dur
ing presidential campaigns, we will send
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

AN EDITOR IN LUCK.-Mr Peter Rupp
editor and proprietor of the Eau Claire
wis D,mokrat a German paper, received
the sad news from Germany few days
ago of the death of favorite and beloved
uncle: but his grief is somewhat assuaged
ty the further announcement that the de
ceased uncle had left him fortune rough
" estimated at 100000; Mr., Rupp be
ing al the same time notified that he had
been appointed guardian of the l2year old
daughter of his uncle. who was left $4,000
600 nv her rich father.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

The remaining survivors of the wrecked
State of Florida reached Quebec on Mon
day on the bark Theresa Captain Han
sen, of the latter craft, whose statement i,
coroborated by all the people with him
AYERS that the city of Rome, which passed
them within three ship lengths, refused TO
answer their signal of distress Captain
Monroe, of the City of Rome, states that
he passed ship about three miles off ;
that signal was hung out to the effect
that she carried a shipwrecked crew, but
that no ensign of distress was exposed
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

iured individual and ne can always rely on
them 20 vindicate him. misunderstood tha'
the War Democrat whom Mr. Harrison
wants nominated il Congressman VIM ~
Morrison. He thinks GOV Oglesby VIII
attempt 70 make a bloody shirt campaign
of it in Illinois, and the nomination
of war Democrat against him would
block that game. ASto the ISLANDERS OF the
Chicago paper, injuring Harrison in the
country. that i, all bosh, The more they
abuse him the better the country VIII THINK
o. him. The Chicago papers are valuable
for news, but their political influence
through the country is of very small ac-
rpDpt
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

MINERS. GIVE HIM \ BLACK EYE.-The
Alton Democrat, speaking of Hunt the re.
cent senator from Edgar county district,
and now Republican candidate for attorney
general, says:
There is one man on the state ticket re
Gently nominated al Peoria over whose
name every coal miner IN Illinois should
take pleasure in drawing a dark mark
That is Hunt, the candidate for attorney
general, who did all in his power 10 pre-.
vent the passage of the bill providing for
the weighing of coal AT the mines. He
should be taught that the workingmen ap-
preciate their friends and recognize their
enemies
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

Prohibition in Iowa works about as il
does in Vermont, Maine and other prohi-
bitiOn states. While there are no licensed
saloons or public places where liquor is
supposed 10 be sold, the t. 5. Internal
TO issue about as many permits 10 sell
liquor as are issued in the non-prohibitive
states. Thus L. s. Collector Simpson, of
the Dubuque District Iowa, has issued
100 permits to sell liquor within the last
two months, which is about the same mum.
Der he was wont to issue before the state
adopted prohibition and seems 10 show
that the prohibitory law is very little re.
garded by the saloon keepers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

A war in passenger rates OF unprecedeh
ted virulence has broken out between the
Burlington & Missouri River, the Union
Pacific, and the Atchison, Topeka " san
ia Fe Railroads over their competing routes
between Kansas City and Denver. The
fare from Denver 10 Kansas City is placed
at IS, but from Denver 10 st Louis II Is -
from Denver to Chicago sl45O, TO New
York $2s, Boston $50, &c But as the
roads east of Kansas City refuse 10 pro rate
on the cut. and these rates are the regular
rates from Kansas City To the points named,
the fighting roads are really carrying
through passengers from Denver u Kan
sas City for nothing.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

The r,mor few days ago by which
stockhoards were thrown into tremors and
speculation stood aghast, TO the effect that
Jay Gould had failed, is fatty contradicted,
and is accounted for, or modified as the
case may be, by the statement that the
Gould or Wabash system of railroads has
failed. or, as it is more mildly stated, has
been placed in the hands of y receiver 70
be Strengthened up and recognized
How the Wabash system can go under and
Gould remain solid is puzzle with which
we make no pretensions 10 be able 10 crap
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

The British government has finally been
shamed into makiHg an effort 10 rescue
Gen Gordon, whom il sent 70 Khartoum
and then, after surrounding him with the
hordes Of the False Prophet, deserted him
The government has now decided 10 send
an expedition, To consist Of 5000 men, 10
Khartoum, to start in July, Il portion going
by way of the Nile and another by the Red
sea Meantime FL Mahdi demands ran
som of $2,50O,00 for Gen, Gordon, though
he seems a trife previous, as no one has
yet learned that he. has captured him. He
seems TO be ignorant of the wise saw about
catching rabbit before cooking it,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

After phenomenally mild winter, dur
ing which. in the southern counties. grass
lettuce and radishes remained green, an6
winter wheat presented most prosperous
outlook, the same region in England, on the
18th inst, was visited by regular midwin
ter blast. In London, from the lst 10 the
4tb of Nav there was an almost continu.
Gus snow storm, varied occasionally by
showers of hail and sleet and similar
condition of weather was reported through
out Southern England. In many places,
especially in districts remote from the sea,
snow fell 10 the depth of several inches.
The result is serious modification of the
favorable predictions for England's wheat
crop that had been INDUCED in.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

Thus far, we believe, but three Demo
cratic state conventions have been held to
appoint delegates to the National Conven-
ton in July and of these Nebraska and
New Jersey have instructed their delegates
to vote solidly for the old ticket, Tilden
and Hendricks. while Kentucky in>tructs
its delegates first 10 cast a complimentary
vote for Carlisle and after that TO vote for
Tilden and Hendricks. On the tariff ques-
ton the New Jersey Democrats favor the
Randall idea of Sinking the tariff Is
sue during the campaign, while Nebraska
and Kentucky utter bold and manly de,
mand for tariff and revenue reform.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

Why rHE PEorLE WANT Mr.. TiLDEN.
MIR. Tilden is the living incarnation of
reform of the Government, the removal of
abuses, the suppression of corruption, the
-toppage of public plumber, the restoration
of Democratic economy, simplicity and in,
,egrity in the administration This is why
the honest and intelligent people OF the
Union, Republicans rs well as Democrats,
nov regard him with feeling such as no
other public man Of any party can awaken
in their minds, They believe that re.
form of the administration, such as he
represents and such ~ his nomination
would indicate, is matter Of the most
vital importance 10 the welfare OF the
country and there j. nothing that they
would welcome with such Astounding JOY
~ an assurance that he still felt the
strength and the energy 10 grapple with
the abuses that have tlourished and over,
grown the Government, 10 ,mte them
with the blows of an Intellect that cannot
be deluded, and hand knowing neither
mercy nor fOrebearance."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

On Tuesday evening Officers Bremen and
Simon of the police force arrested man who
rave his name as John Wilson. but who
proved 10 be- John Flynn, on the charge Of
horse stealing Tur accused gave odcll -
his residence and said hat he had been the
owner Of the beast "a mule for three years !:
whereas the Officers are sure the mule belongs
10 ". J. Nicely, and that Flynn had rode II
from that genilemsn's farm on Tuesday
Flynn was trying 10 sell the mule, first ofeF-
ing him for s45, and hually dropped 10 SIC
On examination the prisoner vac held 10
await the action Of the grand jury.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, was panic stricken last
Sunday morning by what at first was sup
posed to be shaking up by an earthquake
About three acres of ground, in thickly
settled quarter of the city, suddenly sunk
down about three feet, with a large lissure
in the center, carrying down and badly dam
aging number of houses The probable
explanation is that AN old coal mine under
the city caved In
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

Mayor Harrison has written letter 10
the Democrats of Bond county, who had
PASSED resolutions in favor of his nomina.
ton for Governor, that he is not "A candidate
for that office He thinks that some War
Democrat ought To be nominated against
Oglesby. Harrison adds that he has been
"slandered so much by Chicago papers"
that people throughout the State, many of
them good Democrats, may believe that he
Is not good man, and would therefore re-
fuse 10 vote for him. His neighbors who
know him, Carter says, believe he Is an in
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17
.oonness with which she fel, the disgrace

keenness with which she felt the disgrace
Of her poverty when entertaining royal Wis,
itors and worst of all, the pcnuriouNncss
of her husband in making II necessary for
her 10 often mend her own clothes, and
even 10 turn the garments of herself ana
children for new use when too thrcadhar"
on one side for further exhibition,
Without going into further details, the
English papers within the last few months
have RECALLED their readers with numerous
other cases Of noble blackguardism,
among which may be- mentioned the fol.
lowing: Within two months Duchess
secured divorce from her husband for
having among other things thrown knives
at her At the brcakiasttable and striking
her in the face; the child which she bore
Al the time had a mark on it, forehead in
consequence An Earl had Ia seek III"
protection Of parliament and the courts
against his wife and her paramour, who
insisted ON calling their illcgitimate child
by one OF the Earl's titles, A second Duke
sought to get divorce from his wife be.
cause she had another husband living. He
confessed that the Duchess was ~ woman
of thetown" when h. married her And
the wife of the son OF another Duke oh.
tanned divorce, and the grounds on which
il was obtained were OF 10 -candalous IA
character that the proceedings had 10 be
conducted in secret
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

The dynamiters are still worrying John
Bull On Monday a tin can containing Al
detonators was found under Woolwich Ar.
senal and another tin box near by contain.
ed ! lbs Of an earthly substance supposed to
be nitroglycerine. From which il looks as ii
the arsenal had made another narrow escape.
There have also been renewed threats with
more abortive attempts to blow up the Mel.
son column in Dublin.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

Congress has finally agreed 10 ''lend"
New Orleans 81 600, 900 in aid of It's worlds
fair, to open in November. Congress in
the same way lent Philadelphia S3,OOoOoO
in 1876 and with Mr. Springer in the house
TO look after It, got the money back. NJ
the present loan 10 New Orleans, though
generally regarded as gift need not he
lost if anybody in Congress will take the
trouble 10 attend 20 IL in time.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17

The war between France and China over
Tonquin, to which neither had any right.
eous claim, has come to an end, treaty OF
peace having been concluded by which
China comedies to France even greater
rights and privileges in Tonquin than She
originally demanded. But nations, like
individuals can afford to be liberal when
they give away what don't belong 10 them
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17
And on the table ii went.

The Illinois State Board OF Canal Com
missionerS have granted TO a company the
right 10 lay pneumatic tube along the
canal from Chicago TO the city Of La Sale
II distance of nearly 100 miles-fOr the
swift transportation of packages, bundles
and even Of grain II will probably be on
the Pennsylvania oilpipe principle. The
tube will be eighteen inches in diameter,
and will be operated by compressed air, at
the rate of mile in less than minute,
There will be Intermediate stations a,
Lockport, Joliet Ottawa and other points
along the line, Should this experiment
prove successful, We may expect eXten
sions in other directions and for longer dis
tanCeS