Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-02-23
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birh protectionis's. 2 g traders
anil a contest will b the next
Congress over the same ana car
;,,o the Presid Election in
GOT We must ack &c we feel
peculiar interest IN ION on 'oe
~ interest as that, hve, is the
most important ques''V ng on the
: interest of the farmefsskc cannot
: believe thas, that gram will be
J. permitted to be injured oLal vote
n in the House of Reprc1
! A writer in the AmeyisJijn,toe
has taken up tins subid though
/ ~" 'o' 'ate to be off in the
present state of the Tam Con
gress, yet his remarks ar,s Of be.
" ing placed before our rkbr their
= s'''a"ge IN understand 5 ques-
: ton. He says;
! :, There is spare and 4 / areas
= of what are now waste LAM in the
old states to produce MILL mounds
OF wool yearly; while FIX, lands
of the West have a capadnrodnc.
ton beyond the warts whole
country. Why, then. ;....,rv
that We should be dcpe6dshn other
lands for an article Which nnossi-
Bile to do without, and viii, 1, - oas;.
ly be raised at homcy IYl.to,lj ,ons
of millions Of dollars abroad
every year 70 i'S'e' '9qdnstry that
comes 50 directly in coqet with the
agricultural interests Of Q, avn conn.
try?
1T would require, by&e best esti-
mates. in addition to the resent mum.
Der Of sheep in the United safes, about
% 900 600 to supply the :prrent de.
mand for wool There is u'good rea-
son why that demand should It be filled
from the focks Of the coury, while
there is every reason why it s,uld be so
produced
First, The demands oftl people of
this country require the DOL in in
creasing quantities, and it isetter than
The supply should be ofhoe produc
ion rather than of foreign dgiu, and
iuch as to benefit only the f@ign agri-
ulturist
"Se, ond. This industry would re,
ound to the benefit of the whole popu.
ltion; for an addition Of thirty or forty
billions to the number of sheep does MOI
lean alone an addition Of few milior
ounds Of wool, but it also means vas
'crease in the meat supply of the coun
y, either for home consumption or 70
xport, thus in two ways adding to tn
ealth and resources of the country.
Third, 1t is much better to expor
eats or even wool than grain, for, how
Ter rich and productive the grain field
: the West may be at the present tim,
ere VIII surely come ttno, and t1at
o, not very far in the future, whe
cir fertility will become exhausted
d when that time comes the incom
the country from grain exports vii
ase. As proof of the correctness o
ese views, look at the history of tn
cadence of the wheat crop in the olde
ties, and the crop census returns frol
G state Of Ohio, which now gives bu
st half the number Of bushels per acr
once did
Again, while an exhaustion of tn
il is continually taking place iron
ising grain, the production of meat
ID even of wool does not produce sucl
effect. All animals grazing upon, 0
ing fed upon, the products Of the lan'
turn as much, or even more fertilizins
after to the soil than they consume
erefore there is no danger of sucl
lis ever becoming barren and unpro
ictiVe.
IF. then, the raising Of wool is s.
nportant and SO beneficial to the who'll
,untry, why is it that We send abrol,
r so large quantity rather than stimu
te its production at home This ques
on is easily answered: It is because
lere is so much imported WOO. in tn,
arket that the home product does moi
ear price sufficient to render it prof
Ible, and the consequence is that al
Rough the namber Of sheep has materi
lily increased du-ing the last few years
nder the action of the present law, ye
lie treasury statistics show that ther,
as imported more than S23, 900. 00t
'orth during the last year, or $4,000,
90 in value more than we received for
Il the beef and dairy products which
Iere exported. and Of which ",
oast so much; in other words, if ",
ad raised our own wool, and had eater
Il our own beef, butter and cheese, w
would have been S6,Ooo,0OO better Of
or the year than We now arc
This is true and and fair statemen
# the wool question; and now are w
.eady, in the face Of these facts, to sac
.ifoe an industry so important, anc
which if properly fostered, would say,
q the country nm ontl,r - Nil