The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-08-06

but wa ara inclined to think that these
very woOls are worth 70 cents tn anv
cloth maker who ihorOnghlyunderstands
their usea and who knows how
to benefit therefrom, But we must
FAY that the quantity grown
In the whole country IL 10 small
that we could we'll afford 10 send IL all
TO some exposition for display, for the
man would be regarded AZ curiosity
who 10 now seen going around anywhere
offering 55c, much less 60c for even the
finest SaxOny w00ls grown. We have
seen some very fine lieeees from West
Virginia that only stand the buyer In
this market 27028c,, and some hne
Texas fleeces, q years growth, at 220b23c.
"WoOl is not dear. II commands about
as high q price In London as II dCes In
New York, This being the case, q tariff
is imperative and Of no consequence"
Oil what a dreadful admission this Is
by wool dealer Of forty years expert.
ence and the Vice President Of the Har-
rison National Bank OF Ohio This gen.
tleman's experience Ia as broad on the
subject spoken OF as that OF Jesuit
cleric on theology, but for delicacy sake
he lets us know but very little Of what
he actually knows, and that little has
sprung out like water from rock, He
could not help it-it burst forth for
someIg00d cause.
The next admission of our highly az.
reemed correspondent 10 equally aston
lshing. He gays: "0ur wool growers
,ealize that their salvation (O depends
on further improvement OF their ilocks
and keep the standard 30 high that com.
petition In California, Texas and the
Territories will be out Of the question"
We are right glad 10 discover that the
farmers OF Ohio have finally woke up TO
realization Of the plain positive trade
sxloms which have vital bearing on
their commercial interests. How hard
II has been to school them TO this only
the few men born In Ohio, who battle
for the cause OF right and justice, know
full we'll.
The woolen interest OF this country,
under any form OF tariff, can never
flourish permanently while IL bows and
pays trinute 10 the farming interest by
the adoption Of laws which prevents
them from obtaining raw material at
any more cost than their competitors, for
then they are compelled, through nsces-
sity, to resort to substitutes from
which no man ufacturer can make decent
cloth, and as o matter OF course we have
seen and heard enough Of vile shoddy
and vile shoddy goods. As conse-
quence, woolen rags and all eh0ddiea
we're carried to q dizzy height, and re-
action has followed that sent the max.
ers OF shoddy goods to grass the rest Of
their lives. Prices OF w0olen rags and
bad sh0ddies have fallen TO q steep never
heard OF before, until now wo are
obliged TO become exporters OF such
stock TO free trade England where woolen
rags II not wool sell az better prices than
In New York. The admission 10 now
made that California, Texas and Terri
tories are the worst bone of contention
between the farmers OF Ohio and those
OF the above named sections; but we
must seek for remedy through q
di different course II IL this: The cloth
maker OF America can not make good
goods without as good aud cheap ma
| terial 9a his transatlantic competitors,
and when he makes cloth not adapted TO
no trade or the wants OF the people, the
goods will lay In store until they depre.
ciate In value-and no 10 cramped for
means. II then follows they must be
sold at whatever the people choose TO pay
for them, |. O., a heavy loss, and the mill
owner, (like the Washington millt) goes
under, and everybody suffers-farmers
and all--for when the wooden manufac
turer suffers, II follows the farmera, too,
must suffer, and the result Ia seen In
the lowest scale Of prices on record. Yet
In the face Of all these fixed truths we
are importing woolens and worsteds and
carpets every day, and exporting not o
case or bale under the highest tariff
laws known In ancient or modern times,
VIII some astute reasoner tell US the
real cause Of this, aside from the ac'
knowledgme h. by our esteemed CORE.
spondent from 0hlo.- [U. s. Economist,