The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-03-17

Mills bill In the number OF changes made
Like the Mills bill II adds 10 the free list
reduces duties here, and everywhere; but In
the main Il Is u bill mot 10 do H." being an
ATTEMPT 10 reduce internal revenue taxation
rather than tariff taxes. II IL, however, as
much a free trade" bill as the Mills oil,
the chief objection TO both by extremists
being that neither go far enough. This Is
the plant of the Tribune The Mills bill
may be amended, but the Randall bill IL
hopelessly sham ard never was intended
20 be bin 20 reduce the burdens In iniqui
ties of the tariff
The Thirteenth District of Ohio has in
s,ructed delegates to the republican ma
tional convention 10 vote for John Sher.
man.
Gov. Gray of Indiana Is working up
quite boom AS a candidate Tor v.ce.presi-
dent on the ticket with Cleveland, though
Mcdonald and Voorhees, are said TO be
opposed 10 him. Gov. Gray Is certainly a
very popular man in his state and Is said TO
be the presidents choice rs running
mate"
The Illinois democratic central commit
tee met AT the Palmer House on Tuesday
last and issued n call for II state democratic
convention at Springfield on May %.
Delegates are 10 he selected (outside OF
Cook county by county conventions, on II
basis of one delegate for each two hun
dred votes or major fraction thereof, cast
for Cleveland in 1884. In Cook county,
the delegates are 10 be selected by con.
gressional districts, in this way avoiding,
as much NJ possible, the local difficulties
among Cook county democrats. The new
method will no doubt be valuable. The
meeting Of the committee was an eDthusi
astic one. Mr.. g. NJ. Haynes made the
opening address, In which he said that by
thorough organization Illinois could be
carried by the democrats in 1883, seeing
Oglesby Is only plurality governor. He
also attacked the financial management OF
the state that has given us tax OF fifty five
cents on the $l00-the highest for many
years, notwithstanding there Is no state
debt. John g. Campbell, speaking for the
Sth district, did not feel sure the democrats
could carry 1t, but he knew that with n low
tariff issue the adverse majority could be
reduced materially. Among the speakers
was ID. p. Phelps, of Monmouth, president
of the Weir Plow Co.. who said: 81 come
from manufacturing district and he re.
ferred to not only Monmouth, but Moline
and Rock Island We manufacture many
things, and they are all things that are sold
to the farmers. | make plows, others may
make wagons, but they all come under the
one broad head of agricultural imple-
ments. If have TO pay more for steel
and iron when go TO Pittsburg to buy II,
I'd like % know how am protected If
everything that goes into the plow l make
is taxed, must not the farmer who buys
from me have to pay for II? And If have
to pay more, under protective tariff, for
the material put into plow and have to
sell 1t TO the farmer who Is not protected,
how ls that protective tariff going TO enable
me 10 pay my laborers morey Further
more, as the protective tariff makes me
charge more for my plows, so the farmer
can buy less of them and where | sell five
plows If | could sell them cheaper, now
can sell only four. SO | can say for the
main manufacturing Interest of the west,
protective tariff hurts laborer, producer,
and consumer all alike, and would be
glad to know where ii does any one of us
any good"