New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-06-24
Wa, and the Farmers.

w ' ''lono-I;on Of the Wool which has
boon ssd In our village was bought ov
INGALLS, 81 Wells and Wells " acAlh'" ~, -
manufacturers oil North Adams, MASS; -,
purchased in this immediate vcihi'v aoo'' So.
thousand rounds for which they Pe!d Oh M ''' -
36i cents per pound, beng an ~ al nf,bs
Years prices OF about forty per ccnt' VI u. y.
they have Maid CASH. which has found It's way !hSg
the pockets OF our farmers, by whom much OF IL VII
be distributed among the merchants mcchah'c anu
ds,.labore-s. thus proving benefit to every cas-
in he community. Such are the effects Of iliT "ii's
Tariff. Attn ~ AZ
Seventy thousand pounds OF wool. at 3c5 cents
= pounG. amounts to about S2o,oOu, pretty
snug sum 10 be distributed among the conInu'
.i,v that makes At,ica lis market town. we
IA ye not the means Of asccrtaning precisely the
sun, paid out for wool. in this city, this season.
but ii must be very great. According 70 'he
census of 1910, the whole number OF sneep
in the United States was l9,3ll,3I4. Since
then the business of railing sheep mas re-
ceivcd great impulse, and II Is lar 10 assu'iis
thai the whole number is not now less than %
millions, with an annual product OF WOOL OF al
least fifty millions OF pounds, winch, at pfeseh,
prices, is worth fifteen mll0ns oil dollars ana
the advance on which, over last year pliceS'
viii certainly equal three millions oil doi!afs'
This sum g"es into the pockets OF the farmers
and is the legitimate result oil the ann. otnht
that measure down, rs Alr. FOLK proposes, ane
thu. wool now worth fifteen millions could not DC
sod ior half thc sum. Here Is an illustration o.
the direct benefits that the Tarift conlerS upon
the farmers, and the incidental benefits are sun
greater TO manufacture the wool thousands OF
operatives are required. These must De leo, ano
they furnish !, steady reliable home market for
the farmers wheat, corn, pork, bee butter, &c
the benefit of which can scarcely be estimated
All these bencficent results are obtained without
injury TO any ore. The cloth manufactured from
the wool we must have, and ut Is not made at
home We must send for 1t abroad, and pay foF 1t
in cash The lahorers, too, must be fed, and II
they cannot find work in factories where they
will be consumers OF the farmers products, they
must turn producers, and thus, by competition
with The farmer still farther dcprcclate the value
of his products.
TO break up the existing order OF things, and
plungc the county, back into the pecunlary en-
barrassmcnts under which all classes iahored t"o
or three wears ago, and from which under the
bright operation OF the Tariff it is now emerging,
is the direct and inevitable tendency OF the poIl-
cy advocated by Mr. Polk, the Loco Foco can
dida;e for President. To show his position on
this subject, we MAKE inc Io4o"iHS tAtidCts ioiii
authentic sauces:
JAN IL, 1927, Mir. Mallory, of Vermont, reported
bill Tor the better protection OF wool and woolens,
aud made an elaborate speech in its support. Mr..
Cnmbreleng of n. Y. tl-oco-Focol Immediately rose
aud ;tyowed FREE-TRADE DOCTRINES and
commenced war upon the bill. Nir. Polk voted
AGAINST the bill throus hcut- Cong. Deb. VOL ),
pages $50, 900. 1927, 1923, 1887, 1898, 1899.
Jan. 81, 1923. sir. Mallory Of W. reported the
G,mous Tariff bill of 1925 giving increased proiec
ton to wool, woocns and other branches OF do
nestle industry Mr.. Polk went with the 'enemes
OF the bill and voted AGAINST it-SGme, vol. 4,
part ,, pages 1918, 2i72.
April -, 1880, Mr.. Mallory reported n bill TO
prevent frauds in the importation of foreign pro
ducts, aud enforce the Tariff of 1928. Air. Pck
voted AGAINST the bii-S0me, vol. e, part .
pages go go.
Dec. H. 1890, Mr.. Barrngcr introduced a resolu-
ton TO RED CE the duty on coarse wool, wool
ems, sugar, &c and on the question OF consiGera-
ton, Mir. POLK voted in the AFFIRMATIVE.
1.-THE vvno growers consider the duty foreign wool
70 U.NDED ~ ERROR mo-, =
BE DUTY FREE" Speech OF j. H. Folk ConS. Deb
vol 3 pagc llIi.
And as if this evidence were not enough, the
Nashville Union his particular organ, says, eve
wish it borne in mind that the oppressive Tariff Of
1912 has been condemned by every true Demo.
cra;," and that its provisions are riercd with
AruoRRENcE by Gov. POLK and all his friends, we
need not repeat" Buffalo Com. ADV.