Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-11-25
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ITO duties which were enormously ex-
cessise before. the Dawes Bingham tariff Of
1857 added increased duties both on woods
and woolens. That little arrangement be-
tween the wool-growers. Of Ohio--and The
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS champion was
Mr. Dawes, Of Massachusesss--is we'll worth
the study OF the people, both in the inpuls-
es that led 10 1t, and the consequences that
have followed from IL, 1t is significant as
marking The practical conclusion Of the
wool manufacturers. that they could no
longer pull the WOOL over the eyes Of the
wool rrowers. OF course the WOODEN man.
ufactursrs are desirous that foreign woods
should come in free, or nearly SO and
they have b. en- able heretofore TO keep the
duty OH foreign wools down to low tisure;
for il 10 part Of the cue Of every protected
interest not only to get Itself protected.
but also those who furnish IL with raw ma.
terial shall not get protected But the
wool growers have not been able to see why
they should not have legislative aid in the
prosecution OF their business just As much
as the manufact1rers Can anybody see
why they should not They became SO
clamorous that domestic wool should be
protected against foreign wools, that the
manufacturers consented to . compromise.
Mr.. Dawes and Mr.. Bingham put their
heads together. The two wings of the wool
lobby joined forces. You help us get a
higher duty still on woolens, and we will
help you get higher duty on woods. So
the bargain was consummated, and the little
tariff was carried. The manufacturers con.
scented 70 be shorn little in hopes Of being
ab!o to shear the public good deal.
But the practical result Of their scheme
has stumbled and COMPOUNDED its authors.
They expected that wool would 20 up undsl
tho influence Of the ta-iff, and that wooleni
would have freer market At higher prices
Circulars TO this effect, containing . sum
mary Of the new tariff rates. passed rount
among the wool men in tho early spring :
But what are the actual facts! The pric
Of domestic wool has not been 20 Low sinc
the commencement OF the war 10 il has beef
ell this summer, and IS il 10 now. Fort,
cents currency per pound is about the Nv
erage price Of our domestic aeeccs that !
to say, with gold 81 tl.4l. wool 10 bringing
about twenty eight cents per pound gol,
value. The wool-growers certainly hav
not realized what they expected from th
combinations with the manufacturers.
"And how have the manufacturers them
selvcs Jared According 10 al account
they have had but dull summer Of il. -
Many Of the mills have run slack time, ant
the market for American wooden cloths ha
not been very bri.k. nor offered very re
munerative prices. II high duties alon
would make branch Of business thrive, tn
wooden bus ness ought TO have thrivsn. =
But the WOODEN business has not thriven.
lirmmt On Wade.
From the Correspondence OF the Cincinna
Commercial
The Ben Wade letter recently pubisbe
in the Commercial has furnished n week
interesting gossip TO the ciuzens and u
journers AZ the National CAPITAL. and ha
especially puzzled that large class Of Amer
lean citizens, who, knowing as much akou
journalism IS horse knows of the planeta
~ systetn, cant tell what in the name q
heaven the thing was ever printed for
whether 70 help this man or hurt that man
It certainly ~asat to help Wade, they say
because, II 90, the swearing would hav
been left out. 1t can't have been to bel
chase, because il makes y revelation .
Chase's efforts for nomination seven year
ago and it can't have been in the interes
Of Grant, because il IL . dead-set agaius
him all the way through. Let them rsa
the Commercial and pay their subscription
promptly, and perhaps they'll find out Al
about il.
Among others who have given vent /
their feelings about that letter is Geners
Grant, who earnestly protests that he neve
talked "horse' to Ben Wade in his life. Il
conversation on the subject with friend,
few DAYS since, he kays he didnt remeu
Der having ever met old Ben to talk 10 lin
except once, and that was at one Of Oh
Speakers receptions las. winter. An allu
sion having been made to West Point, o,
Ben said il was . nest of id traitors. =
This" said tho general, evoked me Ii,
tie. told him il wasn't so that while
WAS true that good many West Pointer
bad joined the rebel cause. it was also tru
that the proportion was much smaller thai
L.l n Al 4 4. l. =
he (Wade) had been rocked meaning III
Capital. showed him that every Southern
man in Congress, with one or two excep
tons, joined the rebellion, while less thai
half the Southern West Pointers did 80.
didn't talk . werd Of horse to him from DO
ginning to end"