The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-04-28
CONFIDENTIAL POINTERS.
A Sensibse aud Cosrircisg Argument on a
British Profectioafsf-The Lat Say
fs that shooting Mafch-Sosse
Work 20 De Done Fec.

FREE Is the most convincing arpu- 4
TRADE ments ever saw: 1.-The cap 4
italists OF England, and the
public men, professors and journalists l
who serve the interests ofcapitalista, are
passionateIy anxious for free trade in this
country. But the workingmen OF Eng
md, who have personal knowledge of the !
iEiuence OF that policy upon their own
condition and earnings, feel that IL IN a
curse to them, and have too much manly /,
sympathy for the workers OF this country
TO wish them cursed also. Testimony ON
that point has not been wanting, bet il !
rarely happens that as much OF sound
argument rs condensed into a single short
letter as is found in the following, from n
British workingman and an active leader
among them, whose few words embody
more wisdom than many volumes by the
so-called professors OF British political
economy: Secretary Home Market
Club, Boston, March %, 1SSS.-DEAH
SIR: Thanks Tor the papers you have
sent me. was in America for about two
months last summer, sent over by our
association, to see for myselfwhether the
working classes OF yourcountry were bet
ter off under protection than we are un-
der free trade, and the conclusion came
to was this: That any person who has
To earn n living in America as aproducer
must first become crazy before he be-
comes a free trader, and the farmers
must be the craziest OF the whole lot to
think Of such a thing. Before any ofyour
workingmen (either engaged I'm manufac-
turing or agricultural talk about free
trade, let them send one OF their number
over here and see what il il doing for this
country; let him walk about for six
months looking for a job, until his coat
gets ragged and his shoes get thin, and he
gets thinnest OF all, and everywhere he
asks for work he will be told that the
Germans and Belgians are doing the work
cheaper than he can do it; then let them
send Tor him home again, and hear what
he says about free trade. II IL IL the
surplus revenue that is causing the
trouble, send it TO some free trade coun-
try. You never knew them to have n
surplus; or II you don't like TO do that,
take it out TO sea and sink it, or bury IL,
or burn it, or do any thing in fact rather
than adopt free trade; that IL TO say, II
you do not want foreign competition to
ruin your manufacturing Industries, and
by so doing ruin your farmers by robbing
them OF their home market.
Yours truly, III. j. PETTIFER,
electro Plate Workerl, Secretary Work
mans Association for Defense OF British
Industry. 1856 Waterloo Road, London,
England.
The Florence newspaper seems
THE To b. endeavoring TO create an
LAST impression that am hard at
WORD work trying To steal from the
Florence Rifle club the honors
il has won, but stoutly deny the charges,
hut still maintain as have done hereto-
fore, that while the Florence club IL ahead
in matches IL Is not inpoints at this writ
ing by about seventeen points. Ina recent
issue that paper In a summary of matches
claimed, that, the Florence club had two
matches with the Crystal Falls Sharp
Shooters on February 4, last, and the
Sharp Shooters was not an organizat ton
until February z, and l am inclined To
think that il could hardly be termed a
contest with the rifle club al this place,
inasmuch as there were several Florence
shooters on the side i'm which the Crystal
Falls boys were shooting. There have
been but five matches between the two
organized clubs and the Florence Rifle
Club won three Of them, which IL saying
considerable for the Florence boys. The
total number Of points i'm the seven
claimed matches would leave the Flor
ence club one point ahead, but when the
two matches al February are thrown out
~ the count, which Ii just and proper.
the Crystal Falls club isseventeen points
ahead and that is all that can possibly
he made Of IL. have no desire To create
any i'll telling between the two clubs, uut
I'm the contrary am anxious that they
meet az often as possible, because much
benefit and pleasure IL derived from the
friendly meetings.
would like TO see the streets
WOULD cleaned up. would like To see
NOT sewer built OH main street.
you would like Co see trailing mr.
butus. would like Co zee less
snow. wound like TO see more tenement
houses n, this city. would like to see u
steam laundry. j would like To seeall oil
the mines i'm this district working with
full forces. / would like TO zee all oil my
delinquent subscribers walk up to the
captains office and have the hieroglyphi-
cal characters following their names on
my subscription book modified. would
like To have seen somebody TALL down ON
Main street on Tuesday afternoon;
though presume IL WIS no "larfing mat
ter" ! would like Co zee the roads in
better shape. I would like To- zee some
one who can beat those pedro players
who haven't done any thing since"
would like to see John Cleary's mustache,
claims he can. | would like To sec an-
other railroad In here. | would like TO
zee our magnificent water power utilized.
| would like To- see n better policed and
Would not you.
IL is juet at this time of the
ONCE year that every local paper In
the land has a word to say