The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-06-23

1901 mdue sleep DuSDdDUty III the Oull
States profitable. Are we unreasonable an,
altogether selfish when We ask for lis res,or
ON.
GENERAL FROST,
in responding to a toast at the banqT ne
given the National Association of Woo
Growers BY the generous merchants Of 81
Louis, said: 81 am a fire trader, and b
lieve if we cannot grew vol as chesply il
this country IS il can b. done in o,hel
countries. then we should go there for ou
wool, and turn our attention to something
else" Now, it is freely conceded by th,
wool growers, that owing u the price o.
land, amount OF taxation, rate Of interest
st of labor, and particularly the vigor o.
our elm ate such is the fact, and in sccor,
dance with this free trade theory, the gras.
and grain fed to The fifty millions of sheer
in this c.unrry should be fed &c
something else, our q cks sold foI
what they would bring for the flock,
or killed for the pelt as has been done ia
times OF depression before this and we
should make ourselves dependent up n 4
foreign supply. Now, without a word as
To tie justic. OF thus sacrificing the three or
four hundred millions of dollars worth OF
property belonging ID the one million flock
masters of the country, or as TO the proba
bility OF the conlinu ince OF the supply Of
CHI aper work from foreign sources, after
they have gotten us within Their grip.
TWILL ASK THE FREE TRADERS,
and especially Gen. Frost. whose ex-
perience should have taught him, that a
1 aked soldier is OF little use in the event of
war with any foreign power? l ask, how
should we clo:h the living wall" that
would spring 10 the defense of our coun-
thy? there would be courage, there
would be devoti IN, bat without TODD ard
clio hing there would be no endurance.
Wool is, thers fore, one of the essentials TO
the strength and stability of our govern
meut. As We might it be said, that, as The
great Krupp has become able, und,r The
fostering care of the German government
10 manufacture ordnance cheaper than C IN
be dine elsewhere, that we should buy our
cannon of him and throw away our fur
macs, our wsverters, our forges and ma
chinery. The sections OF the world that
buy their ordnance, rank far below first
class and so do those that must buy their
wool, until the day shall come cheat
ing swords into plowshares and sp ars into
pruning hooks" IL the Unit3d States
would be great among the nations, she
must possess within her borders all the es-
seDtials ID make her so, and not the least
of these is sufficient number of sheep to
supply her demand for wool.
WHAT Is THE OUTLOOK?
LET not him who has faith in the stability
of our Institutions fear for the future. Let
the people know the truth and their
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ed, at least sufficiently to enable us TO sup
ply our home market with an article so
requisite for the stability and integrity of
the country. Their motto Is: In time OF
pescs prepare for war.
Another argument used to SECURE the Re-
duction In 'SS, was, that this excessive
mark the language, gentlemen-the ex-
cessive protection of the the interests OF the
fOck masters, made the wooden clo:hiug o:
the balance OF the people of the country
cost just that much more than it shonld
Short sighted and fallacious reasonsrs, we
ask you. where has there been a reduction
in the price of clotbing in proportion to
the decline in wool? According to the
demonstration of the Hon. Geo. L. Con
verse, that champion Of our cause, in the
halls of congress.
THE EFFECT OF THE ACT
of 'S3 was loss to the wool producers of
ninety millions of dollars in the past three
years in addition to the depreciation in
value of our Il -cks, and we ask where or 10
what manner have the people been b ne
fitted thereby. There has not been sutf-
cient decline in clothing to induce the
merchaBt TO mark down his shop keepers"
The Amer.ci an people sre a thinking and
a reasoning people, ami when they see that
the r. suli has b en- 10 destroy Us, without a
benefit TO the country al large, their sense
of justice will dem md restoration of the
tariff of '67.
Upon this question the political parties
OF the country are divided among them
selves. Democrats and rtpublicaus stand
shoulder TO shoulder, both Tor and sgainst
and il is no longer an issue b.
tween irties, and he who favors protec-
ton 10 the wool industry and demands
from his representative in the u. s. con-
gress that he labor and vote for such pro-
lection, is not therefor either democrat or
a republican, but is patriot.
While l cannot point to The horizon Of
the future, bright with
THE PROMISE OF BETTER TIMES,
or even living for our bu mess to the
wool grower, would say 60 from here AID
call from your hocks all those sheep that
give the l-a,l return for the labor aud care
expended upon them, dispose of them as
best you can, the first loss will be the least.
And from those remaining, by judicious
selection in breeding, by Increased AMI
careful effort, produce wool which in
length and strength of staple, fneness and
briliiancy of fiber, shall deserve that for
which we ask, When the better time
comes, the present destruction of
focks will work 10 The benefit
Of the breeder, that has bettered the consti-
tuition, increased the efficience and main
tanned the purify of his flick. One word
more, and in it is The brightts; ray of hop.
| can offer for the western wool grower. |
Heretofore the trausp )rtation OF our pro-
ducts t. the markets of tie country the
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