The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-10-12


They are also unanimous In the statement
that In labor saving machinery American
factories beat the world. The machinery
for example, used In the ship yards OF the
Clyde,-the greatest ship-building point In
the world, which beats all others In the
quality OF Its ships and the cheapness OF
them, would In this country be thrown
into the scrap heap as superanuated, USE
less waste. Further, these writer's fully
confirm the views Of such men as lawyer
Forrest In his speech here last fall, Of Mr.
Sargent Of New Haven, Of Means OF Bos.
ton, and OF others, that while the foreign
workman gets less wages than the Amer
lean, II Is because he earns less, and that In
our manufactured articles In America the
tabor cost per piece Is less In America than
Ia England or Europe. II Is evident, then,
that while wages In America are higher
than In Europe, American manufacturers
are fully able TO compete with foreign
manufacturers In any line OF goods Into
which labor enters as the main cost. In
dollars and cents, American manufacturers
pay more; In actual wages, measured by the
manufactured goods, they pay less than Is
paid In Europe. This Is the lesson OF the
Scripts League workingmen's tour.
Washington was captured this week by
the Knights Templar, who held there the
| Triennial Conclave. The procession and
other festivities of the occasion were as
elaborate as usual and as only the Trien-
NAL Conclave can be. The two notable
receptions of the week were given the
knights by the President on Monday night
at the White House and by Mrs. Logan on
Thursday. The next conclave will be
held In Denver,
| The agricultural department reports the
corn crop of the country for 1889 as up TO
the average. The threshers' reports OF the
wheat yield Is an average of ii bushels In
Illinois-a yield exceeded by only three or
four States. Dakota yielded only 8.3
bushels, while Minnesota ran up to only
146.
Hon. Il. Q. Mills of Texas was In Wash
ington this week, and In speaking of the
work of the coming congress said: We
do not propose that the republican ma.
jorlty will pass single measure without
our consent For instance, you may de-
pend upon Il that the rules of the house
will not be changed by the republican ma
jority In any essential feature. We do not
propose TO permit them TO be changed, as
Is desired by Mr.. Reed and others, In any
particular feature. Nor will we permit
any of the proposed legislation looking to
control by congress of the elections, for
we see very plainly what the purpose of
that Is. The same can be said of the con-
test cases that will come up before con-
gress. We do not propose to let the re.
publican majority be further Increased ad
libitum, by throwing out democratic men,
IN no a In M h
or words, we propose to exercise control Of
the house just as though we were still In
the majority, because we know our mi
nOrity Is strong enough to make us the
virtual rulers
The delegates to the International Con-
gress are travelling through the manufac.
turing districts Of New England. Their
appearance ought TO be a protest against
that absurd tariff to which the New Eng
land manufacturers have heretofore pinned
weakening, happily.
Ex-state Senator l.. ID. Whiting of lis.
kilwa died on Thursday last, at an advanced
age. Senator Whiting has been prominent
the friend Of Lincoln and Lovejoy, and
q
port Cleveland because Of his tariff reform
Ideas. During the last campaign he made
speeches on tariff reform, and of late years
has been conspicuous In his advocacy of
the rights of the farmer.
The latest trust Is In carpets, the manu-
facturers having met In New York on
Tuesday to organize the deal. Some rs
million of money will be represented and
nj %r Of ha ,oxsn
!e controlled by the trust. There is also a
prospect for the formation of furniture
trust. The outlook for young housekeep-
CTS u.s. therefore growing more and a., more
able TO verify with their pocket book the
truth of Mr.. Allison's remark that 1.-THE
tariff is antagonistic to trusts " and that
" competition will lower prices"-with
competition stihed.
The Cronin case drags Its slow length
along, and as four more jurYmeu have been
secured (making eight now accepted), II Is
possible the case may be concluded before
the 1892 Exposition at Chicago crowds all
other subjects to the back ground.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Road has been indicted by the United
States grand jury at st. Paul for violations
VI tuo lutoI -Stdt0 CUuuIuoICo law, uuu tuo
trial Of the cause will be OF the greatest
Importance, testing, as 1t will, the right Of
railroads to charge higher rates to the
Interior towns than to st. Paul and Min
neapolis.
Joliet on Thursday celebrated the CON-
pletion and unwilling of $4,000 monu-
ment erected by Will county In honor of
Its soldiers and sailors In the late war.
Business was pretty generally suspended,
and the streets beautifully decorated with
all manner of flags and bunting. Governor
Fifer, General James 8. Martin and Gen.
Wallace, of Chicago, arrived at noon, after
which grand civic and military parade
took place. The column contained twenty.
four companies, representing nearly every
society, band and organization In the cOun.
try. Gov. Fifer, Gen. Wallace, Judge &.
ID. A. Parks, Col. James A. Sexton and
other distinguished men spoke during the
afternoon. In the eyening camp fire and
banquet was rendered the Grand Army
of the Republic by Bartletson Post of Joliet.
II was big day for Joliet and one thor
oughly enjoyed by all who were present.
General Manager st. John, of the Rock
Island Railway, has ordered . thorough
investigation Of every department Of the