Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-05

-, rrst ~ sec Nhttuef CDHr'rrS VII
m.te,hi. 'aAliuonal appropriation.
Tins = b1, one OF lie ways, equally in
r,r,,u. aud rcprehe'.sihle. IN which the
money goes. Hos d. you like it, ,ax-pay-
en-, Nice, isn'tt,
egew shc " Ovl.sirOSve ere have
Shearca Ihesaselses.
The foAoxung articic, which we clip from
a New YORK exchange. We commend TO the
wo ., gro, crs Of the Northwest
Last January we showed by statistics
hat Ansricn wool hs always borne
l.,ter price ~ hen foreign vol was admit
red under n low duty, than when = hig'
'p,olcc we duty wa enforced. Oar object
-hoxin. III vas 10 warn the Western
wool growers against the folly VI insisting
upon what would certainly cause them aer,-
Gus los. namely, n high duty on wool But
they were taken with The n.i.e ~ 'protcc>
ton snd persuaded Congress, though ~
rejected tie general tariff bill. 10 grant IN III
q. . special favor higher, AMI what the)
called ',ratcct We duty on foreign ~ooi. -
ne,s IRE 20 protect them, the home pro
duccrs.' Vow il in . curious fact that ever
s'ncc this new and higher rate OF duty vent
INTO operation the price OF American wool
ha. declined, and the prospect l. nov that
the greedy aud purbl,nd wool>srowers OF
Ono will not get within several centa per
pound as nu h for their wool a. they would
have got Ind they left the duty on imported
wool v here 4 stood. Docs any one wonder
Mt tnis aud ask how il happens, Tho ex-
plsnation i. easy. The manufacturers OF
xoo'ens for the most part req ilre several
kinds or grades of wool, and caused some
mill, u stop; this. 81 conrs,, lesscntd the
general 4 stnand fpr wool and lowered the
prize. - hit the American Wool Grower,
Association, by demanding aud procnsing
the euactm ut Of snerisl aud higher pro
tcc,ivc tarlii, in ihc first place robbed then
ow pocket. AID ~ tie next seriously de-
rarsci an important industry.
'Hnt this - I nil j, let Us i'low the
mater lt,lc ftrihcr ihe woods sudden
lyrNs'u, d from our mark bv protc ton
=, lrri,litlon have hren thrown upon tir
l. lrnp.an markets. they navcuysrsf cked
these ". lfket. aui mlde woal very l'w i,
price IA r. - low, "a iAct. have prices
i,l.n, ths, if lhry "a tat httlc lpwer IT,
ger, w,ai shi.l M 10 - iwers II o ~.
i t.nl u Z .qoat hr verS h,gr tafif.
cln.e ia - .ptg n that tuiN. and under-
Sell Am,ricaa y .s, csca NJ their pr sent
los pr, :, aad dr.Nc the pricrs still i"wer
N,ri,tli, at. Tine wooden manutsc-
turcr, cf England and f.ance are. oi course.
usin, thi, encip wool. aud viii presently
scnd over her rn.Ap clata and stuhs. and
uni.r,el oar nSn mtnuf.c urcrs who have
ben prevented ~ the iar'H fron buying "a;
a prof able pricr some oi ,hes kinds o'
WOO u al-t haze Tor "a 'se gifit
"Au tnfs lp.- t. American ~o0i- growers
anil TO Am ricau VOL mtnu'sctnrers -
caused ~ tn al ,urd protective tsriii. and
vet, s,~tupid are many men, we s.ppo @
there vii not he J., king wool growers in
the next Cbn. ress to demand stiil higher
duties Ia, Cor "a xo.ls n protection to
Am +, an ,nd ,s,ry Z Fu "a. Wool ..rpx>
er,' As.acia ION ~ OAio i lust now protest
ing against General llsye>' nomination for
Gov rnor. on the ground that he voted
nrtiost the high dat, on foreign woeis they
do n,t see that be / j his best 20 ssvc them
rom l-.
TufRk r. ~ 5nn.oea Invested III COVE
crnmont 50 ia Il 'hey paid the taxation
20 which 81 Ter pteperty : inject, se would
rive Annually hom that source alone.
SIS nau 600 g. $1,000 400, which would
r,l,e,c TIRE present TX paying CITIZENS %
that anount But these bonds are exempt
from taxation snd thus The laboring classes
MT onlv .ise these rich bondholdrrs from
so. 900 zoo % Sluo. 200. 900 annusly, but
,hev'arc farthcr taxed aljo. 0oo 900 year
tatas the interest on thesc bonds.
49,
Illinois sill have 10 he vide awake or
California viii size upon her name Of the
Garden State. And perhaps in California
the township If San Gabriel may be called
the garden Of the South. 1t l. better adapt
Ell To the cultivation Of tho grape than anv
other district oil the same size in the South
ern California. There are fully $1,000
vines cultivated in this locality at presen,
We, this number covers but very small
portion OF land In the district which is
equally veil adapted to grape culture. There
are several Il 'urishing vineyards here. two
years old, which have not been irrigated
AID their owners say they appear to do. bet
ter ard more healthy than With irrigation
There arc. perhaps, over $4,000 acres Q
land in the township lying waste, and jus
as good rs any under cultivation.
Tus purchase Of the Island OF st. Thom
as by our Government IL deemed not q
improbable event. The town has a popu
lA,ion Of about eight Thousand. II i bull
on three hills. named ,espec lively Frenri
Enst sh anu DAnish Hills. The hasbor i
on excel ent one, an, looking from the ia,
presents picturesque appearance. IL
ee port. The most notable objects o
curiosity and historical value are old Blue
b-ard's castle and Santa Anna's residence
where curing his exile he spent so man,
years. The port has lately become III
stopping place of sil the different tropic
aud American steamship lines running I,
the Wet Indies and South America. TIL,
inhabitants take lively interest in tn,
subject. and are willing to come under IA,
stars aud str,p~s.
TINS New York Ex. resa TIM ks it would
be an exc~llent chance Cor fortune tellers 1,
asccr,ain where the Lincoln Fund went To
number of people paid in sundry dolsr
towards the erection Of monument TO III
"marsys" President, and would like to $.
their money applied to the specified pu,
po.e. Ifnot loo. TO those vino received {,
Il certainly is 20 those who gave. Tn
seventh daughter Of some seventh daust
tor might possibly tell where the green
backs have gone. and - no one else bs
vo,uu,eersd to furnish any information O
t,e subi-cs, the fortune teIers should Gle,
I'M the ,nsstsr--if they can.
Tus eommerc 81 affairs OF Richmo'
SCENE to be reviving. Six vessels are no
loading there with tobacco for Europe'
p,rss. and one with fsur fer Brazil. tt
exports Of Richmond for the year endi'
June 49,h, chiefly tobacco and tiou
amounted /, $5v4 TAT, and the imports
Aal.20v. With tns seItl.msot Of the z,
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