The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-03
VISITORS FROM FAR NORTH
They Marked Their Route from Mime
sofa with Protection Argument.
Calls on Gen. Harrison and Delegations Re-
ceived by Him MISUNDERSTANDING Crowd
from Fulton and Other Counties.

General arrison's receptions yesterday opened
with . call in the morning, at IL o'clock, from
. delegation of Minnssotans. about twenty-.our
IN number. most Of whom came from the Yer
million iron range in lower Minnesota. q hun
dred miles north of Duluth. They travelled over
the Monon route from Chicago, arriving here at
ga. NJ, and bringing with them specimens of
the Vermillion ores, with the motto, Protect
our wages and we'll buy your provisions" at
tached to them. These specimens were distrib-
uted libsrally at ali stations on the way from
Minnesota, and for General Harrison the visit
ors brought . solid block Of the ore weighing
400 pounds. and inscribed 'Vermillion Iron
Rangs-Harrison and Protection. Among the Wis
itors were Dr.. Fred Barnett. editor of the Yer
million Iron Journal; Capt. Elisha NJ srcom, who
opened the frat mine on the vermillion range in
June. 1884; Msssrs. s. +. White, Charles,R
Haines, A. Nichand, Geo. NJ. Smith and ". II.
Cruikshank. Of Duluth; John Owens, ". n.
Shepard. n. Fl. Bassett, s. j. Noble,
j. E. Bacor, j. B. Noble, Frank Burke. jr.,
W. FL. Wickes, Charles L. White, d. Mckinley
and Page Norris, Of Tower; W. p. James, Of
Ely. and o. G. Kniall, of Minneapolis. They
~oy y Nv ~ A1otKAsOu ooA
dencs and severally introduced 20 the General
by DR.. Barnstt. there being no formali:y con-
nected with the reception The conversation at
once became general, in which DR.. Barnett re-
ferred to the product of the Vermillion range as
having reached upwards OF 400. 900 tons last
year. He said the expectation was that half a
million tons would be shipped in 1888. adding
that of the 5000 votes of that section. 2. 500
could be confidently counted upon for the Re-
publican candidates and the protection cause
they represented. Captain Maroon. one of the
pioneers of the iron industry in tho vermillion
section. said that ND to the present time about
one million tons of Bessemer ores had been
taken from the range, and that Of the fifteen hun
dred miners employed the large majority were
thoroughly convinced that protection was their
salvation Their average wages now were s. Is
. day, and many of them cleared s. daily.
OF the value OF the product it was said,
for purposes Of illustration, that q ton Of the
Bessemer steel made from this ore and converted
into watch springs would be worth 1865, 900. aud
this statement led to some talk concerning
natural products and the work put upon them,
General Harrison remarxing that the Lord did
not give rs natural products of the kind referred
70 without expecting considerable labor to DO
put upon them, and that he would be glad to see
a good Democratic definition of raw materials.
During the visit there was considerable discus
siaa of tariff and protective issues, and their I'M
p~ortancs to the miners and farmers OF the
AS showing the importance attached
to them and the drift Of public sentiment con-
corning them, the Republican maiorities in
Congressman Knute Nelson's district we're cited,
and the prediction made that the Republican
majority in that district this year would exceed
Is. 900.
Before leaving. the members Of the delegation
were invited TO look through the house. They
spent = pleasant morning there before leaving
for their homes on q night train