M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-09-27
Horton and Free Wool.


!, ritice ot the people he representa-
d This is question to be sAfSlsl
8 considered by the voters ofthis dis
] trict. |. ,
( Mr.. Horton @he, Republican esndi
K date for RepfesepAtiye, as all know
: is a capitalist o6greaS wealth, havin!
: private interests diGevent from nearly
D every vote in. his district. The pos
session of great weRtth has. teuden
j cy to beget selfShness. This is vel
: verified in his case. -
8 In 1857, we we'll remember ftht
wool growers of this distfict ct vi
I and forwarded to Mf, Horton many
: petitions praying fcr a duty upon
| wool, setting forth the fact Of the
alarming decrease in the production
of wool, and demanding inci$entaI
protection for that product. Il ,.
r AT the same time the celebrated
- I.awfence Stone q Cos. tariff bill,
smakdg f6ol duty Fsee and increasing
hhe SriRA WOolen manufactur6S. ].
was being forced through Congress by
the worst schemeS Of bribery aud cS.,
ruption ever attempted, in America,
and which caused the trial and ex,
pulsion Of several Black Republican
members Of Co91ess, including Tire
rvtoreus MattesSR.. -
This corruptly supported iii pass
ed the House by the aid of Mr.. Hor-
tons vote, nayy- more, no made the
only set speech of his Congressional
career againstxluty upon wool, and
in favor Of n on to the manufac,
turing capita New England, in
which he'prdS6imed the dangerous
and unpopular senttsietit, that labor
and agricultural interests could be-
best protected by protecting capital,
t that it might take care of the other ii-
His speech will bo>fonnd in Appen.
dix to Gong. Globe, Sd Sess.. p. 300,
and his votes in GlgBo of the same
sessions. ,,,.
We shall have occasion to comment
more fully upon his speech and con-
Fdnct hereafter at present we'd desire
to call attention to some facts illustra.
ting the. damaging influence of his
policy upon the great WOOL growing
interest, Of Ohio, and sho q the i'm;
portance OF our people giviA a little
more attention to their home interests,
and less to that other kind Of auool
which is the stock in trade OF Horton
end all other Black Republican poll
ticians.
The following is a statement of the
quantity and value of wool produced
in Ohio in the four years from 1854
to 1857, disclosingSMl which gave
riSe to the efforts of:eSvr wool growers
to obtain hrelief against foreign
competition, which was, and is killing
our wooTinteresS, in Ohio, by obtain.
tassF ~ incidental L 4 p'es''"n tAro'st&
Sheep in Ohio at different periods:
uos 2 No. of Sheep. Value
In 1854 4,S45,T0 $S,681,854'
In 1855 4,397,943 6,664,S20
In 1858 3.513,1S0 5000 410
In 1857 q 3,276,599 5,957,275
Hhis statement shows the alarming
and extraordinary decrease of over
| ,600,0 sheep IN 4 years, and de-
creeso in the material wealth of the
State of nearly $3,00e,009. '&.i.
2 The above is taken fron12ihe last
7olume Of Ohio Agricultural Reports.
The reason of this decrease is obyi.
ous, as will be seen by referenct.ts "a
statement in the same work, of the
quality of sheep raised nA SeripusA
parts Of the world, from which wool is +.
exported to the Q. S. 70, ta9! y.
Thus while the whole US. produ. r
led sheeplat the rate. OF but. one to.
each inhabitapt, @ Austria produces
eleven to eacE inhabitants and Aus.
ralia fifteen te each inhabitant, and
10 statiRfcsJhave been obtained f
rom 'n% HsFco' ile counties sI of South AperiJ.
The hafuE lecturers Of New, Eng.
and in he absepcsof a'duty upon 4
Vool can,impoft wool so-much cheap,
y from foreign lands, that the price "
# wool is so stricken down as to dis,
ourage wool growing in this, the y
inest wool country in the world sTs
We add comments made in the ar. L
icle in the agricultural report: iab|
1''Is it a patter,of surprise that I
Toolgrowers Ae becoming discoura.
cd, ,sand ,Are rapidly changing their r
lyestments, either selling the sbeo, :
nd lending the t.Senkins Estate.
lse investipes hereby given that .ros;.i r,.,.-
s,, administrator Of the Estate Of s.,,sIs SSisT.n ~
Sas, deceased, has fled In the Probs,o l., yei
Ylnton County, his accounts and vnr.S SSyYrS !
:, insRee9sn and final settlement, and ,bss y y.
same will be passed upoI, nv sa;d c., tpas =, ~
10Th day OF October, A. b. iss1 'oN'4t' on VI
Sept. 20, 1860. Gisw. f'f-' ftse's'o Sudge.
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