M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-10-04
Horizons Speech in Favor of Free
Wool!

HOriOn'S speech i'm Favor of Free
Wool!
The only speech made by VALEN
TINE B. HORTON, during the four
years he represented the 18th District
in Congress, was in favor of ADMIT
TING WOOL FREE! In this, re
was but following the foot prints his
old party leaders, advocating the inter
ests of the wealthy few at the expense
of the toiling millions, discriminating
in favor of the eastern capitalist and
against the Agriculturalist aud labor.
ers of the West. His ideas of pro.
lection tends to erslave the laboring
masses, and to make them the "hewers
Of wood and the drawers Of water" to
the wealthy and more fortunate. The
advalOrem Tatff of 1916, which abol,
ished all specific duties and imposed a
tay according to the real value of arti.
cles imported, didn't suit Lawrence
Stone & Co. The nabob manuiac-
turing capitalists besieged the Black
Republican Congress Of 1857, and
bought up the shriekers, like sheep in
the market, paying for their services
nearly 100000. This was power.
ful incentive, and produced great
activity among the corrupt scoundrels.
Horton was moved and delivered a
labored speech, the only effort he ever
made in Congress, in favor of protest
ing the manufacturers and admitting
wool free, thus discriminating in favor
of the aristocratic manufacturers Of
New England against his agricultural,
laboring constituency. We will give
few extracts from hiG speech:
81 have another view in regard to
this matter, which | feel bound to pre-.
sent. Ills my opinion that it is for the
interest of the wool grower in our
country to admit WOOL DUTY
FREEl believe that to this com.
plexion twill come at last. am
RQlly aware that this impression is not
general among my colleagues but
being thoroughly convinced of its cor
rectness, | take the RESPONSE
BILITY OF MAINTAINING IT.
The above is emphatic and unequiv.
ocal. He says the wool l-growers of
this District, in the face OF their peti-
tions to the country, that he is "thor.
oughly convinced that it is for their
interest to admit WOOL DUTY FREE !"
and that HE will "take the response
bility of maintaining it." His petit
TONERS will undoubtedly relieve him
from. all further responsibility" on
the second Tuesday in October.
Again, he says:
81 he demand for wool in large
quantities must come through the
manufacturers. SO far as can see
the niattor, therefore, the only way to
give incidental protection to wool
growing is TO AFFORD IT TO MANUFAo.
TURING
Profound logic, isn't it9 Levy a
high duty or the manufactured article,
so as to secure to the manufacturer
sales at his own figures, without for
eign competition, and then, according
to Mr.. Horton, "admb aoooL duty
f'ee," "to give incidental protection
to the wool.growers." This is Ger
taiuly wOoIly proposition.
But again he says:
'lf our friends will examine this
question thoroughly, they wi see that
trvrn tho nature of the raHe, the propor
way to benefit the wool-grower is to
do it through those who expend their
labor, skill and CAPITAL upon the
rGD material" n nc.
He would protect the CAPITALISTS
that they might take care Of the pro-
ducers ofthe raw material. He would
build up soulless corporations to bene-
fit the poor, the laboring classes =
God forbid that the honest laboring,
producing masses, should, through
such schemes become subservient to
the lordly capitalists Of the country.
DF 1t is said that the Black Re-
publican meeting which came off
here on Thursday lest, cost Mr.. Hor.
ton about 5000. 1t is understood |
that the money of that wealthy aristo-