The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-01-14
EXPORT OF PRODUCE
A Plan to Make Europe Pay More
for Our Food Products.
A THREATENED STRIKE IN MILLS.
The spInners of New England Vote to Re-
sist "a Proposed Reduction of Wages
by the Mill Owners-Looms
to BE stopped.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 11.-Walter N.
Allen, a farmer of jefferson county,
who years ago went from Kansas to
the confederate capital to advise jeff
Davis how to successfully carry on the
war of secession, arrived here last
night with comprehensive scheme,
the object of which is to enable the
farmers of America to get high prices
for their products. He will present it
before the annual meeting of the State
Agricultural society and Stock Breed
ers' association to-day. His scheme is
to have congress pass a law making
it obligatory on the secretary of agri-
culture not to issue permission for
the export of grain, cattle or hogs to
Europe until the commodities named
are quoted at certain price in the
European market Europe, he says,
gets 80 per cent. of its bread and 10 per
cent. of its meat from the United
States, and in order to get it would be
compelled to pay whatever reasonable
price would be demanded for it or
starve. AS it is now, he says, the
farmers of America are practically
working for their board and lodging"
for Europe. His scheme, if carried
out, would enable them to get reason
able compensation for their labor,
their risk and the money invested.
The details of his scheme are very
minute and he is not lacking in friends
who say they show vast amount of
thought. He attempted to get up
wheat trust ten years ago, but failed.
A THREATENED STRIKE IN MILLS.
New BEDFORD, Mass, Jan. 11.-Ap-
parently strike in the cloth mills
next Monday morning can only be
averted by withdrawal of the notices
of ten per cent. reduction posted in
the mills on Friday, December3l, The
spinners last night took final action on
the question of striking. The result
was in favor of resistance to the re-
duction. The vote was 30S to 4. The
attempts at arbitration have thus far
resulted in the decision of the state
board of arbitration to visit New Bed
ford. They will come to-day and
conference of millmen and operatives
with the state board has been called.
Both sides will be represented, but
both the millmen and the operatives,
it would seem from present indica-
tions, will be unwilling to surrender
their positions. Tonight the weavers
will meet to take final action on the
matter. Their representatives claim
they will ratify their previous informal
determination to strike.
COMPROMISE REJECTED BY wEAvERs.
PROVIDENCE, Y. l., Jan. 1.-THE
| - 1,a ANancly,,1y
last night rejected the compromise of
fered by superintendent Metcalf and
voted to strike. They had demanded
the restoration of the 1898 schedule,
as already put into effect at the mills
in Olneyville, and abolition of the
double loom system. The compromise
offer was TO pay cent extra yard on
all work in which over ten harnesses
are used. The demand for the general
raise and for the abolition of the
double loom system was refused. The
vote rejecting the compromise offer
was almost unanimous. The weavers
will not go into the mill again until
the strike is settled.
LOOMS TO BE STOPPED.
MANCHESTER N, H., Jan. lion
February /, 14O looms in the printing
department of the Manchester cotton
mills will be stopped for an indefinite
time. The cause assigned is the fall
ing OIL in the demand for printing
goods There will also be II reduction
of about ten per cent. in wages, affect
ing about 80 per cent of employees, on
January "a.