Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-08-09
THE TARIFF AND THE WOOL GROW
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1t is part of the game Of the Locotocos TO
represent the Tariff of 1912, however i,
may benefit the Manufacturing portion Of
the community, as operating in,uriously up
on the great farming interest of the country;
and they specify, in many sections of the
country, the article Of WoOL as having ie-
crivcd no adequate protection from the ex-
isling law. 1t has been proved repeatedly
and incontrovertiblv by the advocates of the
Tariff, that the unfolding of manufactures,
the development of this brancI, Of domestic
industry, must Of itself prove Of immense
benefit TO agriculture. Common sense and
a moments reflection must convince every
candid man that this must be so and the
same thing is proved in IA manner equally
clear, and to many minds still more convin-
cling, by FACTS relating to the actual effect
which the Tariff has had upon the agricultu-
raj productions of the country. As Wool
is the article of which these sudden friends
of Protection make themselves the special
champions, we present from some Of our en-
changes the following facts relating to the
effects Of the Tariff upon wool.
The Rochester Democrat, Of late date,
has the tollowinr: -
THa wAY THE TARIFF RUINS FAHMERs-On
Saturday, we noticed three loads of wool com
ing into the city for merchant. We had it,
tie curiosity to know What it sod for. The first
was from John WadIam's, Esq, of Parma, and
contained l,0il pounds, and sold for 3S IL
cents. Last year it WAS dull at 30 cents. The
'arr pat into the PICKET of Mr. Wadham over
3 go on this one load. The second load was
from John ilamIln, Esq, of East Bloomfield, and
weighed 2,O0l pounds. Mr.. II. pocketed his
40 cts a ponud for it. Last year he got 30
! Here, then, Mr.. ilamln is benefited in sim
gle year over $500 by the tariff that the l.ocos
are cndeavorlug 10 persuade the farmers will
ruin them. The third was from JOSIAH &. Taft
Esq, of West Bloomfield, weighing l,5l7 lbs
It sold for IS and 40 cents. Last season for 30
ccnls. Making difference OF over $; 100 Such
ruin our farmers area always; Wiling toi stare
them in the face.
/ Had the lncoioco tariff bill passed the present
/ Congress. this same wool would have been
worth less Than even last years prices.
The following is from the Delhi, Del. Co,
Express:
Wo,L MARKEr-Our farmers are reapinr a
rich harvest, thanks 10 the ldoni,able Wings
for passing the Taif Blu. The demand for
! Wool is now great, and we are informed by our
farmers that scarcely an hour passes but that a
. purchaser, either from home or abroad, is al
their doors, cash in hand, 10 buy their wool.
One establishment alone, IN this village, has AL.
ready bought upward, OF twenty thousand lbs,
At prices VARYING from Nirfy Ia f,riU fire cents
l. Last year tins establ lshment had no d iicu-
! ~ IN getting all they wanted at from ttcenty RrO
To hceayeish cen's!! 'rhH Wing Tariff is
now in operation, and under it purchasers are
almost begging the farmers at their doors TO sell
l them their wool for cash at the highest prices
while betjre the tarlffWe into effect, they were
obliged To bring their wool To market and urge
Il OF at the Incest rates, and TAKE goods for pay
The following paragraphs are from the
Frontier Sentinel, published at o .densburg /:
THAT BLACK Wing TARIFF OF lsi2.-l.ast
! Friday Wing merchant in this place bought
the shcarng of flock Of sheep from Locoio.
co, for which he paid $40. Last year the same
merchant paid the same man for the shearing
Of the same sheep only 1925. What wicked
Blact Tari1' that is running the farmers, labor
ers, and mechanics. One fact like this out
weighs all the .judicious Tariff arguments that
can be produced.
FOURTH OF JU.y.-On this day we were told
by Mr.. Knight that he last year could not get
Ii cents pound for his wool, but that he had
just sod 1t to one of our new factories for 30
cents pound Oh that Black Tariff! One
more battle with the British Free 'Traders and
We viii have real Independence and be free
indeed.
The Rome Sentinel, Locofoco paper,
not LONG since assailed the Tariilof 1912 by
declaring that i, provided " no duty on wool
(of any accounD TO protect the farmer from
foreign Importation" In reply to this, the
following table from the Albany argus is
quoted, showing clearly that under the ope-
ration of the Wing Tariff the foreign i'm
} portatons" of wool have decreased from
fourteen and a half millions Of pounds in
1871, to less than fve millions in 1912 ;
! while al the same time the demand for Amer
lean wool has increased, and the price ad-
vanced from 25 to so per cent. The Ia
BILE gives a statement of the quantity and
, value of unmanufacturod wool imported from
/, 1910 to l843 inclusive, the year ending on
the 30lh of September