The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-03
TIE Wool TARIFF.
SOphiStry OF the Editor of the Econ
OmiGI.
correspondence of the Register.

Correspondence of the Register.
WHEELISG, April l, 1873.
The letter published in your paper yes
terday morning merits some attention
from wool growers. People are apt TO
law their troubles to the door of some
body else. l have just read an article
from an Eastern paper recOunting these
same troubles among Eastern mills, and
| laying all to the doors Of the GreenbsCk
and Silver men of the West.
The gentleman of the Economist GER
tainly represents but small portion of
cur wooden industries. Other mills have
expressed themselves IS unqualifedly the
other way. He represents s strange
anomaly manufacturers beng COM
PEELED TO use cows hair, &c,
&c, because they cannot obtain
the fine woods, when you know, Mr.. Ed
itor, right here in your city there are
thousands of pounds Of fine woods beg
ging Tor sale. The trouble, we fear, is
that these mills have gone on with their
ruinous policy OF making trash from
hair, shoddy, &c, until they have, TO all
| appearances, gIutted the market, and
! there is no sale tor their fine goods.
| Might it not be probable that the war
had something to do with this over pro-
! aaction? And how the flooding of the
country with free woods is going to raise
the price of our fine WOODS is more than
the average farmer can see, 1t might
! give few more people work IN the fac
| tories, but it would not lower the price
of wooden goods TO the thousands Of 9TH
! ors, as it is proposed TO have tariff on
wooden goods. And how would il raise
the price of wool when they cannot pay
| the prices now.
As to the tariff, think we may be
IN false position. We have, TO use an
| illustration to get the stream running
along the hill side, and having the valley
under cultivation, il would be ruin and
dcsOlation TO turn the stream back into
the valley. So with our tariff it would
be ruin and bankruptcy to turn US back
into any other system OF tariff, either for
revenue or protection, just at present.
II Is well 10 view question in its var
ious phases This gentleman may have
much of truth on his side, but be may be
predJudiced. He probably has never been
out among our wool growers, and in al
humble way, heard our story. We have a
side to our story; although among us
sre both tariff ard free trade men
Yet, Notwithstanding the efforts of the
gentlemen mentioned, they are not salts
fed, Mr. Mccarthy says, in the Econo-
mist for Msrcn 80, of the present tariff
bill: III this bill passes Congress, It
would prove tho greatest calamity that
ever befel this country, and we call up
on Democrats and Republicans free
traders and protectionists, 10 strsngle it
ut once; kill it outright 1t is disgrace
to the intelligence of the Ways and
| Means Committee. 1t stamps them as
imbecrles Let this bill pass, and one.
half the mills would be closed and sold
by the sheriff at 20 coats on the dollar
A thousand times better would it be TO
let the present tariff sione than TO give
us such farcitul tariff, which would be
downright ruin to the country, and
would evermOre Consign It's promoters to
oblivion"
The wool grower cannot use stronger
language than the above, and cannot be
blamed for opposing u tariff that raises
the tariff on WOODEN goods, but lowers
that on woods from Il TO 50 per cent.
j. d. w.