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The Irwin County News.
Official Organ of Irwin County.
A. G. D, LOACH, Editor and
WORK OF CONGRESS
THE CLOSING DAYS BRING HUS¬
TLE AND HURRY.
Brief Outlines of Proceedings of House
and Senate.
THE SENATE.
The Rev. Dr. Milburn, the blind
ohaplain of the senate, opened the
session of the senate Friday with a
fervid and eloquent prayer extolling
the public and private virtues of
George Washington, who, he said, at
home and with his neighbors, and on
the broad stage of national life,showed
steadfast devotion to the interests of
his oountry, subordinating his private
wish and will to the good of the whole
people. Such a noble example mi^ht
well enter the character of every
American boy and exalt our patriot¬
ism, making our national institutions
the safeguard of all social, religious
and private institutions. Mr. Quay,
republican, of Pennsylvania, present¬
ed a memorial from the manufact¬
urers’ club oi Philadelphia, strongly
urging that the cause of financial dis¬
tress was the assault on the American
protective system, aud indignantly
protesting against the course of the
president in borrowing money from a
foreign syndicate. Tho memorial closes aud
with an earnest appeal to senators
members to so adjust tariff duties as to
overcome the distress of the treasury.
Two house bills were passed amend¬
ing the articles of regulation of the
navy. A spirited contest arose over
the construction of the bridge over
the Delaware river at Philadelphia.
It was finally agreed to take a vote on
the subject Saturday noon. Mr. Gor¬
man secured unanimous consent that
unobjected cases on tbe calendar
should be taken up at a night session
Tuesday. The Indian appropriation
then taken
Tho Indian appropriation bill was
passed in the senate late in Saturday’s
session, having occupied tho attention
of the body for four full days. Its
consideration was interrupted at 3
o’clock p. m. by a motion to take up
and consider the pooling bill, but that
motion was defeated bj the very de¬
cisive vote of 24 for aud 42 against.
After the bill was thus shelved, for the
present at least, a somewhat angry dis¬
cussion upon it was started and was
kept up for nearly two hours, with
Senators Butler, democrat, of South
Carolina; Gorman, democrat, of Mary¬
land ; Chandler, republican, of New
Hampshire, and Wolcott, republican,
of Colorado, as the participants. At
1:30 o’clock p. m. while the Indian bill
was under consideration a massage was
received from the president, and as the
sheet of yellow tissue paper on which
lists of nominations appear was hand¬
ed around among the senators nearest
the principal entrance door, it was
known that it contained the nomina¬
tion of Senator Ransom,Of North Car¬
olina, as United States minister to
Mexico. Senator Blackburn, as soon
as he looked at the list moved
that the senate proceed to exec¬
utive business. There was no ob¬
jection ; the galleries were cleared and
the doors closed; and, within five
minutes the public was again admitted,
the nomination of Mr. Ransom having
been in the meantime instantly and
unanimously approved and confirmed.
The pending business was resumed.
After tho passage of the Indian appro¬
priation bill, the sundry oivil appro¬
priation bill was laid before the son-
ate and became the unfinished busi¬
ness. The session closed with the de¬
livery of eulogies on the late Repre¬
sentative Shaw, of Wisconsin, and the
senate, at 6:35 o’clock, adjourned un¬
til Monday at 11 o’clock.
The belated appropriation bills were
before the senate Monday with the
prospect of work early and late to
complete them. Mr. Cockrell, chair¬
man of the appropriation committee,
made a statement of the need for night
sessions and speedy work. There
were, he said, the sundry civil and the
executive, legislative and judicial bills
on the calendar; the navel bill would
be on hand and the deficiency bill to
come over from the house. “These
bills need attention as fast as the sen¬
ate is able to work,” said Mr. Cock¬
rell. He asked that a recess be taken
from 6 o’clock to 8 o’loclc p. m. and
the session then to continue until
11:30 p. m. Mr. Chandler gave notice
that if this arrangement were agreed
to, he would object to anything out¬
side of th& appropriation bills. Mr.
Cockrell said this was the understand¬
ing. Mr. Manderson, republican, of Ne¬
braska, said there were too few sena¬
tors to make such an agreement. The
presiding officer construed this as an
objection and the request went over.
At this point several senate pages
struggled in with an enormous floral
horseshoe which was placed on the-
desk of Mr, Ransom, nominated and
confirmed as minister to Mexico. The
proposed purchase by the govern¬
ment of the historic property of the
late James G. Blaine, on LaFayette
square, in order to avoid its use for
theatre purposes, occasioned some
debate. Mr. Palmer, democrat, of
Illinois, said some of his Chi¬
cago constituents vere inter-
ested in the proposed theatre. H®
SYCAMORE, IRWIN COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH I, 1895.
opposed the government purchase,
saying there was no public Mr. require-
meat for tho property. Palmer
made a point, of order against the
amendment. Mr. Gorman presented
a partial agreement of the conferees
on the District of Columbia appropri-
ation bill. It was confirmed on the
items of agreement, and a further
conference ordered. The sundry civil
bill was then taken up. The item for
the examination of subsoil for the lot
for the new public building at San
Francisco was changed, to mnke it
mandatory on the secretary engineers of war to
bave two or more army to
continue the investigation. The ap-
propnation of $75,000 for a public
building at Annapolis, Md., was struck
out on motion of Mr. Gorman.
A financial discussion was imminent
when the senate met Tuesday. Tho
rapid work done at the session Mon-
day night hail cleared away most of
he formal matter preceding the im-
iiortaut provision forissuingflOO,000,-
)0© of certificates of indebtedness to
relieve treasury deficiencies. The res-
dution concerning the Mexican free
zone, to include the entire length of
the zone, was agreed to. Mr.Voorhees,
from the committee on finance, offered
an amendment to the sundry civil bill
embodying the recent resolution of
Mr. Wolcott for participation by the
United States in an international
monetary conference. The sundry
civil bill was then taken up.
Mr. Cockrell offered a committee
amendment, which was agreed to, ap-
Preprinting $4,000 to Colonel Ains-
worth, chief of the bureau of records
and pensions of the war department,
to reimburse him for legal expenses
resulting from the Ford’s theatre dis-
aster. An additional $10,000 for heirs
of two additional victims of the Ford’s
theatre disaster was allowed. Mr.
nerry, ot Arkansas, spoke against the
proposed committee amendment, re-
ducing the appropriation for protect-
ing public timber lands from $90,000
to $60 * ’ 000 ■ A letter et from irom the tne mm- com
- of , the ,, general land office
m ssioner
was read shvwing the value of this ser-
vice iVu Mr Berrv 7 uraed 8 f an an enlarge- ar ? e
ment * of the service and moved , an an-
crease. Mr. Gorman said the places
in this service were well recognized as
comfortable positions for “political fa t
vorites ’’ “So o«?o»” gross was “«M»S the abuse C
IL. -ihlt ”. L.
Go,™, e
cut down the appropriation $40,000
and I regret to say the officer in au-
thority exceeded that appropriation
by $45,000.”
THE HOUSE.
Four large American flags fluttered
from the dome of the American capi-
tol Friday in honor of Washington’s
birthday. The house wore a holiday
aspect. When the speaker called the
house to order today at 11 o’clock,
less than fifty members were present.
On motion of Air. Bynum the senate’s
joint resolution was adopted, extend¬
ing to Mexico the thanks of congress
for the high honors paid to Isaac P.
Gray, the late United States minister
to that country. The speaker an¬
nounced the following appointments:
Visitors to the military academy—
Alessrs. Wheeler, of Alabama; Wash¬
ington, of Tennessee; and Milliken,
of Alaine. Visitors to the naval
academy—Alessrs. Sayres, of Texas;
Tate, of Georgia; and Hull, of Iowa.
The house then went into committee
of the whole and resumed the consid-
eration of the general deficiency ap-
propriation bill. When the para¬
graphs relating to the eleventh
census was reached, Mr. Hep¬
burn, republican, of Iowa, wanted to
know when the reports of the last cen¬
sus were to be published. Five years
had elapsed, he said, and yet but two
of the twenty-six volumes had reached
the public. Mr. Breckinridge, in
charge of the bill, replied that all the
material would be in the hands of the
printer by March 1, and the volumes
would be published thereafter as rap-
idly as possible. Mr. Livingston,
democrat, of Georgia, _ moved to strike
out the appropriation of $120,000 for
United States marshals’ fees. It pre-
cipitated some discussion. Mr. Boat-
ner criticised the appropriation on the
ground that no specified lists of these
fees has been furnished. Air. Came-
ron, republican, of Illinois, defended
the appropriations. A large portion
of the sum was to pay deputy marshals
sworn in at Chicago at the occasion of
the riot there a year ago. The
amount of these fees could only be es¬
timated for, he said, as vouchers were
not transmitted to the department of
justice until they were paid.
After the transaction of some mis¬
cellaneous business, tbe house at Sat¬
urday’s session proceeded, in commit¬
tee of the whole, to further consider
the general deficiency appropriation
bill for the current year. The first
items brought before the committee
were several amendments providing
extra pay for certain employes. The
annual controversy over these extra
payments was resumed. Protests were
made against the practice by Messrs.
Dockery, Sayers and Dingley, but
aearly every proposition to pay cer-
tain named employes additional sums
to their salaries was agreed to, as well
as Mr. Tracy’s amendment to pay all
employes a month’s extra salary. After
this the motion was amended so as to
include members’ clerks, Without j
completing the consideration of the
general deficiency bill, the house de-
“In Union, Strength and Prosperity Abound.’’
voted the rest of the session to the de- j
livery of eulogies upon the late Sena-
tor Z. B. Vauce, of North Carolina. j
Fully thirty members crowded into
the arena in front of the speaker’s
chair when the house met Monday, all
pressing for unanimous consent to
consider bills of looal import. There
were several considered aud passed be- :
fore the “regular order” was de-
manded. The senate amendments to
the Indian appropriation bill were
non-concnrred in, and the bill was
sent to the conference. Tuesday was
set aside for District of Columbia bus- ;
iness, and the house went into commit-
tee and resumed the consideration of
the deficiency appropriation bill. The
pending amendment was to pay $17,- !
500 to Charles Morgan, C. B. Fnyue
and the Southern Steamship Company
for extra compensation as mail con-
tractorg before the war. Mr. Dockery,
democrat, of Missouri, raised a
point of order against the amendment.
The committee rose temporarily to
agree to a partial conference report on
the District of Columbia appropriation
bill, and send it to a further confer-
once, after which the chair sustained
lb® point of order. The amendment
t° P B y Great Britain $425,000, the
amount of the awards made by the
Bering sea tribunal of arbitration
against the United States, precipitated
a long debate. Mr. Breckinridge,
democrat, of Kentucky, in charge of
the bill, explained the decision of the
Baris tribunal against the unjust and
illegal seizures in Bering sea. engaged
vessels flying the British flag, and
m a lawtul trade, had been seized
m some cases their masters had suffered
imprisonment. The United States had
agreed to the rule of damages, Great
Britain having obtained judgment,
Tb e only question is as to the assess-
ment of the damages of Great Britain,
through Sir Julian IWeforte, has
demanded $o00,000 and Secretary
wesham has agreed to $425,000. Tues-
The house met at 11 o’clock
day. Mr. Henderson, of North Car-
’ chairman of th P committee on
postomoes ffi ana j post t roads, d i immedi mme di
ately called up the conference report bill
on on th tne „ postoffice postomce annronriation appropriation mil,
much , to the disappointment of mem-
bers who were clamoring for unani-
mows consent to consider bills. The
amendment providing that rail-
*«T -Wd rn.il dork. Wto .ppomlri
ooio
which they are assigned; but that
clerks heretofore appointed should not
be required to change their residence
was the only question in dispute. The
amendment was designed to destroy
the effect of general order 379, issued
by the postmaster-general requiring
clerks to live on the line of their route.
When the order was issued many
clerks lived off their line, since then
eight hundred have changed their res-
idences. Mr. Henderson read a letter
from the postmaster general earnestly
protesting against the amendment. As
it was evident the amendment would
occasion some debate, Mr. Henderson
withdrew the conference report in
order to give Mr. Catchings an op¬
portunity to present the special order
giving until 3 oclock to the committee
on labor, and Wednesday to the com¬
mittee on public building and grounds.
The special order was adopted without
division, and Mr. McGann, chairman
of the labor committee, called up the
national arbitration bill, entitled “A
bill concerning carriers engaged
in interstate commerce and their
employes.” The purpose of the
bill is to provide a board of concilia¬
tion, consisting of the commissioners
of labor and the chairman of the
interstate commerce commission,
whose duty it shall be, when a con¬
troversy concerning wages, honsr of
labor or conditions of employment
arose between a harrier under this act
and employes, seriously interrupting
the business of said carrier, to put
themselves in communication with the
parties to said controversy, and shall
use their best efforts by mediation and
conciliation to amicably settle the
same, and if such efforts should be
unsuccessful, should at once endeavor
to bring about an arbitration of said
controversy by submitting the same to
a board consisting of three persons,
one to be chosen by the employes,
one by the employer, and these two
selecting the third. After some dis-
cussion the bill passed the house with-
0 ut division,
ova C 4 t 1 QUITTED
After Fifteen Years of HI ling and
Suspense He Goes Free.
After having rested for fifteen years
under an indictment for embezzling
$11,800 from the government, most of
which time was spent in hiding. Cap¬
tain Henry W. Howgate has at last
been acquitted of the charge against
him and sent forth a free man. The
verdict was reached after the jury had
been out seventy-two hours. When
the news reached the accused man, he
fairly leaped and danced for joy.
_ B<mver „ Falls „ College _ „ _ Burned, .
Fbe Beaver Falls college, at Beaver
^ a ^ s » ^ a f ^ ee n burned to the
ground. The t loss is . about $7o,000.
There were abont fifty students in tbe
building, ladies and gentlemen, all of
wbom escaped, but all lost tbe lr
b 0 °a B > clothing and other effects. The ,
oollege was an old Methodist institu-
* lon > anc * W88 formerly a seminary. 1
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wrest , reservations, has favorably
. eported the amendment to the sundry
appropriating
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f , be senate finance committee has
order ed a favorable report on the
amendment to the civil suudry bill to
provide for the appointment for a com-
mission of nine on behalf of the United
•"’fates t° attend international confer-
f llce u ! ,on tbe rehabitation of silver,
111 ( aBe one shall be decided upon,
The senate committee on tinance
decided to favorably report the joint
resolution with regard to the free ad-
mission of goods into the Mexican
free zone. The resolution originally
provided for the suspension of the
laws providing for the admission of
goods in bond from the United States
into the free zone at any point be-
tween the city of Santa Cruz and La-
redo.
The senate committee on finance
Las ordered R favorable report on the
rego]ution introduced by Mr. Wolcott
providing for the annointment of dele-
g a t eg to the international monetary
con f e rence should such a conference
bo ca]led of the European
powers The appojntment of nine
,j e ] e ° „ a t es j s provided for ^,t, three to be
appo inted the vre3id three by
t he Bella t e anc i three by the house of
representatives.
8 t MiUs has given T “ notice “ of
tbo , following ,, . amendment , to the ,
sun-
dry civil appropriation bill: “And all
j wb wnicn ; eb authorize authorize the tne seeretarv secretary of ot
tbe treasury to sell bonds of the
b * 1 States 8 for * anv rmrnosc arc
y P. f, be amendment amendment
J^mtended . - . , to follow c ,, the paragraph
in
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0 ^ bor secur iti e s ’
The president has nominated , John T
7i '. »“°walter, of Illinois, to be
United States circuit judge for the
seventh judicial district, and Oliu
Welborn, of California, to be United
States district judge for the southern
district of California. Judge Showal-
ter > is a resident of Chicago and a man
about fifty years of age. He is
acknowledged to be one of the best
lawyers at the bar. He formerly filled
an honorable place on the bench as
one l be fudges of a state cirouit
conr k
For Increasing the Navy.
In the senate naval affairs committee
a resolution was adopted by the unan¬
imous vote of the committee, recom¬
mending the increase of the navy as
provided in the new naval appropria¬
tion bill as passed by the house. The
action was taken merely as an expres¬
sion on the part of the committee to
the senate committee on appropria-
tions. The committee agreed to report
an amendment to the, naval bill for
the appropriation of $100,000 for a
dock yard at Alare Island, and another
providing that officers of the navy de¬
tailed for shore duty shall receive sea
pay while performing this duty. The
latter amendment passed the senate as
a part of the naval bill of last session,
but was defeated in the house.
Murray Was Too Late.
Representative Murray, of South
Carolina, the only colored member of
the house of representatives, endeav¬
ored unsuccessfully Saturday to secure
favorable action upon a resolution per¬
mitting the remains of the late Fred
Douglass to lie in state in the rodunta
of the capitol during Sunday. The
matter was brought to the attention of
Speaker Crisp too late to be presented
to the house before the execution of the
special order, the delivery of eulogies
upon the late Senator Vance, was en¬
tered on. He informed Mr. Murray
that had he given notice of his desire
to present the resolution earlier in the
day he would have given him an op-
portunity to offer it for the action of
the house.
The treasury gold reserve has reached
$76,177,313, by reason of the gold re¬
ceived , from , the recent ,, bond .... sale being
taken up in the treasury cash accounts.
The reserve is thus $35,000,000 greater
now than it was on February I2th, on
which date it reached the lowest point
since specie payments were resumed in
1879. So far the treasury has received
from the Belmont-AIorgan syndicate
$36,319,191 in gold and issued to it
certificates to the amount of $35,319,-
191. The amount actually carried to
the treasury gold reserve fund was paid
in as follows: Baltimore, $104,494;
New York, $19,566,872; Philadelphia,
$104,494; Boston, $615,731; San Fran¬
cisco, $1,386,229; banks, $12,849,580.
Bonds Ready for Delivery,
The last process in the printing of
the new bonds, that of numbering
them ’ was begun Tuesday at the bu¬
reau of engraving and printing, and
the first batch is ready for delivery to
YOU. VI. NO. 1
the treasurer. Under the terms of 1
the Contract the treasury bears the
oxponse of their delivery to all
points within the United States,
but not beyond the limits of syndi-! the
United States. So far the
cate has not indicated when they
desire the bonds delivered, or
where, and they will be retained in the
treasury until such instructions are
received. Whenever the syndicate in-
dicate their desire, accompanying
their instructions with the certificates
; 0 f the tro ) ( i they have deposited, bonds
—registered or coupon—of the denom-
jnation asked for will be forwarded
where they desire. New York will
probably receive the first batch of the
new bonds this week. It is probable,
also, the treasury will be asked to de-
liver the European allotment of the
new bonds, transmitting the bonds di¬
. rect from Washington to Loudon, the
j syndicate paying the expense of their
ocean transit,
IN ONE PULPIT FIFTY YEARS.
Dr. Hoge Celebrates His Semi-Centen¬
nial at Richmond Va.
The celebration of the semi-cen¬
tennial of Rev. Dr. Aloses O. Hoge’s
pastorate of the Second Presbyterian
church at Richmond, A r a., commenced
Tuesday night with a general out¬
pouring of the people. At 6 o’olock
there was a banquet to specially in¬
vited guests at the Masonic temple,
and afterward a public reception.
Thousands attended the latter, and
at times the building was so crowded
that the doors had to be closed
b> P r event others from attempt-
ing to enter. The governor and bis
s ^> ft delegation from the Soldiers’
Home > tbe Fir8t regiment, Lee Camp
of Confederate Veterans, the Stuart
Horse Guard, and other organizations
attended,
Dr. Hoge was presented with en¬
grossed resolutions adopted by the
congregation of Beth Ababa synagogue,
and a handsome silver berry bowl by
the ladies of the Hollywood Confeder¬
ate Memorial Association.
Among the telegrams of congratu¬
lations received was one from Cardinal
Gibbons.
The celebration was continued Wed¬
nesday night with religious services in
Dr. Hoge’s church, on which occasion
he preached a sermon reviewing tbe
fifty years of his pastorate.
REMAINS OF FRED DOUGLASS
Escorted to Rochester, N. Y., and Con¬
signed to the Tomb.
The train bearing the body of
Frederick Douglass and esoort arrived
at Rochester, N. Y., Tuesday morning
and was met at the depot by Alayor
Lewis, members of tbe council, the
Douglass League, honorary and active
pallbearers and a cordon of
police. The station was filled
with a surging mass of people.
Crowds thronged Central avenue,
Clinton, East Alain and Fitzhugli
streets and thousands followed the
procession to the city ball. Here the
crowd was so dense that it required
the utmust efforts of the police to open
a way for the procession. People anx¬
ious to get a last look at the dead man
followed after the procession and for
four hours the corridors were crowded.
At 1:30 o’olock the remains were
j taken to the Central Presbyterian
church, where the final services were
j held,
HAMMER’S SHORTAGE.
How He Managed to Hide it on the
Bank’s Books.
The olficials of the First National
bank, of Lynchburg, Va., with the aid
of Defaulting Teller W. G. Hammer,
have been engaged in going over the
affairs of the bank. A statement for
publication will disclose a shortage of
not over $23,000, covering specula¬
tions of nearly thirteen years. Ham¬
mer concealed the transactions through
the means of teller’s checks whenever
there was to be a count, and whenever
the bank examiner would make his ap¬
pearance Hammer would borrow from
the other banks to make his cash
good, after which he would promptly
return the money. It is ascertained
with a reasonable eartainty that the
bank will not loie over $23,000.
OUR NEW MINISTER TO MEXICO.
; Senator Ransom, of North Carolina,
; Nominated and Confirmed.
| The president Saturday sent to the
senate the nomination of Senator Matt
W. Ransom, of North Carolina, to be
envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of the United States
to Mexioo.
Immediately after the nomination of
Mr. Ransom was received, Mr. Black¬
burn moved an executive session, and
the nomination was forthwith taken up
and confirmed by. the unaimous vote
of the senate.
Senator Ransom is admirably equip¬
ped for any diplomatic mission. He
has served in the senate for nearly four
consecutive terms, is a born diplomat,
speaks French and Spanish, and is
thoroughly at home in the Greek and
Latin classios. He is sixty-eight years
old, but is strong and active. He,
last fall, made a most vigorous cam¬
paign of his state, speaking nearly ev¬
ery day, and often traveling all night.
For twelve years he has been a mem¬
ber of the national democratic and the
national exeoutive committees.
1.00 A Year.
SAYS IT IS BUGBEAR
MOVEMENT OF MILLS SOUTH¬
WARD DEPRECATED.
Kx.Senator Howard Speaks for the
Massachusetts Spinners.
At the statehouse at Boston, Mass.,
Tuesday morning the legislative com¬
mittee on mercantile affairs continued
its investigation into the causes of-re-
moval to other states of textile corpo¬
rations. Tho committee heard a dif¬
ferent story cf the condition of manu¬
facturers and employes in Massachu¬
setts from that given at the previous
session of the inquiry. The competi¬
tion of the south was stamped as a
bugbear by ex-Senator Robert How¬
ard, of Fall River, who appeared as
the representative of the Fall River
Cotton Mill Spinners’Association. Air.
Howard Baid in brief:
“I have noticed during the past few
months that the comparatively few
manufacturers who are contemplating
the building of mills in the south have
spared no pains to obtain the widest
publicity for their views on the so-
called ‘southern movement.’ The bug¬
bear of southern competition has been
running in the ears of the people
throughout the length and breadth of
the New Eugland states, and Massa¬
chusetts particularly. It seems to me
that those who are doing the most
talking possess more of a theoretical
than a practical knowledge of cotton
manufacturing. The majority of the
manufacturers of Massachusetts de¬
pend more for success upon skilled
operatives and climatic conditions in
the line of goods they are engaged in
than proximity to tho cotton fields.
“Short hours are not driving the
cotton trade away from Alassachusetts,
for no state in the country has made
such wonderful progress in cottdn
manufacture as this state sinee 1874,
when the hours of labor were reduced
to ten hours dady. Carroll D. Wright
says that Alassaohusetts made a gain
in spindles between 1870 and 1880 of
1,517,236, and 30,741 looms.
“If the cotton trade is leaving Alas¬
sachusetts, as some persons wish to
impress upon the committee, how can
you account for the great increase in
spindles and looms? In 1880 there
were 4,236,084 spindles in the state.
The latest returns show 7,160,480, or
an increase of 2,834,396 in the past
fourteen years. Fall River, at the
passage of the ten-hour law, in 1874,
had in its factories 1,258,508, aud it
has now about 2,700,000. New Eng¬
land has 70 per cent, of the spindles of
the oountry.
“The south today has 33 mills strip¬
ped for 6ale in receivers’ hands. It
would bo difficult to find three idle
cotton mills in Alassachusetts.
“Ah fast as skilled laborers get to
the south you will hear the petition
for just snch labor legislation as the
people of Alassachusetts have sought
during the past few years. There are
but few using that bugbear of ‘south¬
ern competition.’ It has been stated
thnt raw cotton is taken by southern
railroads as fifth-class freight, while
northern railroads take it as only second
or third-class freight. This statement
is erroneous, since cotton is not only
shipped from the south to Alassachu¬
setts, and presumably to all New Eng¬
land as fifth-class, but it can be re¬
shipped from one point to another in
New England in carload lots as fifth-
class freight. Something has also been
said about coal. The two states which
are recognized as the most progressive
in the sonth are the Carolinas. Invest¬
igation has shown that the Carolinas
are as far from the coal fields as the
manufacturers of Alassachusetts, and,
what is more, the facilities for its
transportation are greater here, since
we are not dependent merely on the
steam railroads, but we have the sea¬
board.
“Now, the mills in fLe so-called
Piedmont district in the south are
situated in a cotton belt in which is
raised cotton suitable only for coarse
goods and yarns, and unfit for the
product of the average Massachusetts
mills. I think statictics show that
Massachusetts has, in reality, little
to fear from the competition of the
south. ”
‘ ‘I believe that every step that is
taken in the interests of the employe
to lighten his burden will return some¬
thing to the manufacturer and
the facturers state. have Alassachusetts always in manu¬ the
past, and will be in the future, com¬
petent, owing to the skill and intelli¬
gence of their own against all compet¬
itors. In proof of this, since the
passage of the ten-hour law we have
seen great factories built, large fort¬
unes made and rich families multiplied.
I believe that today Massachusetts is
raising a class of mechanics who are
destined to become a source of strength
to and the prop and mainstay of our
American republic.”
Columbus Implement Company Fails.
The Columbus,Ohio, Implement Co.
has assigned to Thomas E. Knauss.
Liabilities, $75,000; assets, more;only
a few thousand dollars to go to pre¬
ferred creditors. Cause—bills payable
and no money.
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