The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-04-14
THE GALAXY.
MIDDLEBURY- VT.
Tuesday, April Ia, 1916.
BURLINGTON DEMOCRAT, rs. THE
TARIFF ON WOOL.

present tariff. Ever since we entered the Pc
liiical field, we have from principle interest
been as sturdy, as stringent, and as diligenr
an advocate of Tariff for protection as We
possibly could be, and as surprising as 1t may
seem. never have we been without most biz
ter aud decided antagonists not only in the
Democrat but in every loco paper in Yer
mont. The party have ever pursued the
same bent, and 10 1872 in State Conven-
ton resolved uncquivocally, that Industry
should takeczre ofiise!C" The popular dis
pleasure has hitherto sometimes smothered
the full flame of their hostility to protection.
have cast aside every mask and are now
croakins against the present tariff IN perfect
harmony with an administration who for The
first time in the history of the country. have
/ bad the hardihood 10 ayow the ruthless Pur-
pose Of breaking down our own manufactures
to make way for those Of foreigners. Why
/ should such men as these murmur about de-
7 feels in the tariff in Withholding protection 10
The wool grower, " hen they are in close COM
munion with party who are now engaged in
purging the very principle Of protection en-
rrely from the Statute Book. On fine wool
Mr.. Walker proposes 10 reduce The tariT from
10 to 30 per cent. while he allows an add
cents. which is worthless as protection, and
only furnishes such men as the editor OF the
Democrat with an apology for base belray-
al Of the substantial interests of those whom
he thus preiends to favor.
Bat we will not stand upon point OF ell
quei,e with our interrogation. We Will an
swer directly to the questions Put, since We
mas satisfy reasonable men ofihe truth Of our
/ positions without entertaining the smallest
hope Of convincing one who has so long been
the dupe Of his own twilight reasosinSs 4.
sainsi protective tariff.
/ To the question whether the present tariff
is not death 10 Tie lrO0l groise-." we answer
that So far lroul ii that nothing but this tariff
has prevented the knife from being applied
TO the throats Of nine-:enihs Of The sheep in
the country. Ii is vastly better than ihe To-
co tariff reduced TO 90 per cent advaluTen1 in
! 1912. OF the proposed loco tariff Of 25 per c..
orISi6. In Isi2 wool was 25 cents Per ID.
In I843 wool was on the rise. In lSI4 it
brought 20 cents. Last year il fell TO 80
cents. And " by this decleuiionl One rea-
son may have been ;he immense impor;ations
OF South American wool. which is by 10
means chargabe upon the tariff oflsl2. but
the ;reachery Of free trade locofoco eyecu-
tion Of the law. The Introduction of truly
coarse wool which would not compete with
the domestic product. and could help only 20
aid manufactures in the country which wouid
otherwise become extinct, is TO subject Of
complaint.
But unfortunately perhaps more than che
half Of this South American wool is fine woul
which does compete with the American
fleece. and instead Of being charged with
duty of per cent, might he charged with The
highest rae of duties amounting 10 10 per
CT. which would have prohibned il il the tar
if had been fairly executed. and not entirely
sci at defiance by free trade administration.
The trouble has always been that the tariff
of 1912 is blamed for consequences which re-
suit from the treachery Of those who are char
ged with its execution.
But after all, il is to be seriously doubted
whether the present depressed price Of wool
is not owing more to the over-prodnction in
our country. than 10 importations from a
broad. 1t has always been known that the
South. who control the measures ofthe loco
party, hare a more deadly aversion TO wool
en- manufactures than TO any other establish
ed at the Nonh. John Randolph declared
in Congress that he would 20 mile to kick
sheep. and the bill Of Mr.. Walker, while
granting 80 per cent TO the iron mongers Of
PENNSYLVANIA and the sugar boilers Of Lonis
lana, proposes but 20 per cent on all wool.
aud from 20 to p per cent on wooden goods.
the protection TO which is Of vastly more
importance to the farmer than protection TO
tories have not been extended in proportion TO
other branches Manulacturersieltth that the pol
lev of this government was vaseiilatins'& thai
the triumph Of Iocofocoisin would ruin them
The manufacturing cities which spring uP as
h, magic on the soil of Massachusetts,. are in
,epded TO consume the slave product Of cot
ION ratherihan the free labor product ofwooL
In The mean time, the West have overwhelm-
ed our markets with millions on millions Of
wool which never before appeared there Ii
is notorious that the wool Of Vermont last
season was almos, displaced from the markets
Of Boston BY The appearance Of an immense
amount Of this article from the West. In
deed the markets OF the country were so over
stocked that large explorations of wool have
bsen made to Eng land. Even with these hsa-
w expectations to foreign market n Is quite
..-oL.Llo -, sp1aIx. "a GREATER than the de- \