Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-08

make greater demand far American wool.
Every pound OF intermediary wool import
ed would make more available every pound
raised here. Foreign wool did not come
info competition with American wool,
but was supplemented to its efficiency.
From 14! to 1850 farmers got
i've i've cents per pound more
high protective tariff. In England when
the proposition was made to take the duty
on from wool 1t was antagonized by the
wool growers, but the result had been the
price OF wool had steadily advanced. He
had been requested by the Legislature of
Ohio to vote to restore the duty on wool.
de had respect for the legislature
as body and for its individual
members, but he would not vote to make
WOODEN clothing dearer to the laboring
population Of the country if every Demo-
crst in Ohio asked him to. Loud sp-
Plause on the Democratic side. In con.
clusion he said: Woe to the party which
proposes to obtain power by making the
expenses of living heavier and the
struggle still harder to those who
can scarcely carry it on now. The
path to victory for such a party is
through the misfortunes and suffering Of
its fellow men. II lifted into power it will
De on the arm of taxation and monopoly.
The leaves of the laurel wreath will be
entwined with the poison yiRa,s which wilt
csuse them 70, Wither. Fos one do not
care that the party to which 1 be.
long shall come into power unless
1t should be to give freer trade to its peo-
pie, better investment to capital, larger
wsges to the laborer and greater glory to
the American name" Continuous ap-
plause on the Democratic side.)
Converse's Defense Of the Bill
Converse said the pending question was
not one as to whether the laboring people
should be compelled to buy higher priced
clothing. He would have liked it if his
colleague had shown by facts and f5ure1
that the price of clothing was cheaper now
thanait had been priCr to the passage Of the
tariff bill. Statistics did not sustain the gen.
tleman's rhetoric. The question was
whether this great industry should be
kept in the hsnds of American citizens
or whether its profits should be
divided among foreign nations.
(Applsuse.) The wool industry
was the largest single industry in the
United States. There were l, ,02O,72 hocks
of sheep in the country and the annual
product amounted to l50,OOO,000.. 1t fur
nishFd employment to more than two
out strong men. What was the effect of
the gentleman's proposition? The gentle
man quoted England as an example. Did
not the gentleman know-did not every
oody know-that American free tlade
meant British protection? (Applause.l
Did not every body know taat when the
tariff n wool was cut down 50 much
money was put into the pockets Of British
ers in Australia? His colleague was en-
tirely mistaken when he talked about the
fibre of wool. There was q fine fibre
produced in Australia, but superior,
more elastic fibre could be produced within
the States of Pennsylvsnis, Ohio and West
Virginia, Michigan and Vermont. The
wool farmers hal sent more petitions to
Congress than had been sent by all the
other industries put together. His col
league said the manufactures could work
up six hundred millions poands wool and
he wanted the machinery put in motion,
while two million men who were to fur
nish the raw material were to be deprived
of their rights. This theory OF free raw
was fallacy." The motion was
hen lost, yeas 1l9, nays 126.