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THE establishment of the ''FREE TnADru'' has
L. for its object the GENERAL VEL
FARE" To promote this efforts shall be
chieSs devoted to the dissemination of informa-
ton relative to the fertility and exhaastless ma
ture Of the soil composing the ypper Mnois"- -
to represent to the man of capital aud enterprise
the number of advantages THIS highly favored
section OF country presents for invsstment-and
to encourage emigration sAd settlement among as.
| To the FApMgn we premise liberal space of
our columns, and assure him thatth ''FRrETRA-
DER" will not be unmiridiul of his best interests.
He shah at all times be advised of the stale of the
markcts-furnishcd with fall and accurate infor-
nation relative to the improvemen of his lands,
stock, etc, which will be furnished from perio5i-
Gals Of the highest standing in the agrieulttIras
community.


| TO the MERCHANT and men of business gene
rally, we promise full and impartial account of
the "buaaess acorld," as far MS the same may
come to our knowledge. Having made arrange
ments for the receipt Of the sblcst and hest COM
mercial journals of the Atlantic cities, we will be
able TO give accurate info nation respecting the
principal commercial transactions in that quarter,
| in conjunction with the latest foreign news,
which at the present age Is all important to the
man of business, inasmuch as the Old and New
| World are closely linked together in their COM
mercial transactions. We will furnish all the
information we possibly can respecting the paper
circulation of the country, and expose with un-
sparing hand, all attempts to force on the COM
munity fraudulent and worthless currency.


The MECHANIC and the PROFESSIONAL MAN
we promise share of our columns. Belonging
to the first we shall at all times be pleased to ad
vocatc and sustain their rights, and render such
information as may tend to their prosperity and
happiness; and viewing the latter as essentially
necessary to the moral and political greatness Of
our country, we will with "opcn hearts and
willing hands" render them all the service eur
situation may command.


Having for our object the GENERAL
WELFARE,' as before stated, we arc impelled
by sense of justice to advocate and sustain the
measures of the DLMocuATrc Party. The
Free Trader" therefore, will be found on the
side of democracy and the peoples rights-op-
posed to monopoes of all kinds, whether state or
natonal-opposcd to all "oflicers for lte," and
will render all the aid in its power to the diffusion
of light and truth. The dark and artiul designs
of the monopolist, which have for season
clouded the prosperity and well nigh ruined the
commercial greatness of this mighty nation,
should be exposed to public gaze, and every free
man in the land be made acquainted with their
operations.


| We have taken our stand on inc paraIet Oh
democracy from a full conviction of its purity,
and as the only safeguard Offered to the protcc-
ton of the free institutions of our country But,
while we are the votaries of Democracy, and CHI
deavor to perpetuate its permanency by adyoca-
ting the principles of JEFFERSON and JACKSON,
we wish it to be distinctly understood that we
will never be so far Influenced by party co1ssde-
suti0ns, as to disregard the sentiments and fec
lings of Others equally eptied to their own opin-
ions, and who doubtless honestly maintaic them.


Our course shall be mild towards our political
opponents and our sentiments couched in re-
spectful though decided language


/ The miscellaneous department Of the paper,
together with such local news as may be of in
terest to the reader, will receive due attention
from the editors.


TERMS:


THE ILLINOS FREE TRADER is
published at Ottawa, the seat of justice of La
Sale county, Illinois, every Friday morning, on
large imperial sheet, at the following terms,
to-wit: TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS per
annum, if paid in advance-TnREE DOLLARS
if not paid before the expiration Of the first six
months and THREE DOLLARS AND TWENTY
FIVE CENTS if delayed until the expiration Of tho
year.


JOHN HISE,
Editors and Prop,sstrs.
OrrAwA June .s, 1910.