Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-01-23
rHe Ollie WooLsaRoWERa.
Address OF ProsIdont Davis Ifarpstsr a
the Meeting of tho state Associatici
In Columbus, jantiary Ia, 1888.


Address Of PresIdens Davis uarpstsr a
the Mccting of tho state Associatic
In CoIumbus, january ~, 1885.
AT the last meeting Of the Ohio Asso
eiation Of Wool-growcrs, Mr.. bavii
Harpster Of Wyandot tsunty, VII,
owns tbe largest flock Of any man cas-
OF the Mississippi, was reelected Presi
dent In his annual address he said.
In accepting tho trust by yuu cunfded I,
my keeping emo year Ago, thon realized bu
part OF tho many en,barrassmonts connected
with the presidency OF the Ohio wool-qrow
ers Association under tho now existing elf
:. From the taftfr not ef 'Bi untll that OF a
tho dutIbs oh hDftiRn woods had been suiIl
el9nt 10 bnnblo tho wool-growers of tlib Uni
tod states to reaiizna reasonnblh pfdhs on
the necessary inytstment OF labor and car,
itnl reduitcd M the production OF wool, and
ns natural result the nockmasters 0f, oui
country In 1873 numbered more than 4 Millluf
-nincty-thrpe thoushnd OF whom were in
Ohio71nnd thS anf,ial yield of wool OF the
United Statos increased from 80,00O, 600 pounds
III 1850 to moro than 40, ,00O, 900 In 1881 and we
even yet werc growing less than the actual
yearly consumption n pgr ,ywn markets.
Sa ai ssona aacy b
without injpfy to the manufactures, and that
bach shouia be riac6d on an equal footing
With their foreign competitors: Sound pub.
nc policy not only requires that domestic
productions and manuiactpres shall DO pro-
properly ndluated This had been well done.
pfoteetion, and though In 1850 VIZ Imported
s6,m soGns SIInfsy per cSnt Pr the manufactured
Fere importing less than ten per Cent Fl from
1900 10 1850 the number of sheep Increased
put three per. cent; from 1890 to 1880 they
issreased is ,sSo iortythroe psr cent Also fto
ucts had each ihcreascd more than bnt 'hiil-
uted per cent. Hence, tHeta wis no serious
sompinint, no hihsefinl reduction was asked
fof and the manufacturers themselves in
theif statement to tho Tariff Commission,
dated October 10, 1882, answer tho question,
what Is nm equitable duty. on wool2 by say.
of foreign wool, laid down nm our wkaryes
SO much Greater than the ruling prce of like
Ernde uomestic wuOl, that consumers will
not pnrchase the FORMER except for peculiar
and exceptibha wants, so imperative as to
permit tho paying of the higher price," and
add, this is effectunl protection. And when
such s,l price Is reached, the difference between
the cost nt last port of export, plus the cost
OF impor,tatti9,, .t, nhd such price constitutes an
notice TINT IN their statement thes res-
commend a reduction of duty oh carpet
woods. Yetwhen w9 consider that more than
ninety per cent. of the carpet woods are i'm
pofted, port & from the fact that cheap labor In
~ aeh uuu DOTttOuS OI RUSSIA
renders II profitable to grow sheep of an In
ferior quality, we find little, if any, compe-
tltion u, In e. carpet woods BY, American pro-
ducers. 80 that, outside of this slight rhaiipe,
which would not have been ssrioiis under a
continuance of tho net of 1867, so far us our
sWoois were eoncernod, legitimate competi-
the united interests OF producer, manufac.
turer and consumer were guarded And
though tho full force of tho tariff reduction
had not been felt ut the tIinu st our last an
nual mpntiuH hk1bhttif, ifY,a
even then necessary to foretell the disaster
TO our industry that surely would follow, un-
less the coming storm could be stayed. Yet,
we OF Ohio, strengthened by promises made
20 us by those who had been chosen to leais-
late In our National Assembly, were Induced
70 9elieye, and 70 advise others TO believe,
not yet SET, and that we would again have
tho tariff of 1867 or its equivalent. Thus en-
c9euraged, GO he who now stands at the head
idcnts of Pennsylvania and other State
w,oo,l.growors, Y, went TO NV washington his
finally obtained a hearing before the Ways
and Means Committee. You ali know the re.
suit. Converse, Mckinley, Robinson aud
our organization for their labora in our be:
half. Yet after postponement and delay,
when tho vote on THE bill wns finally reached
IN april lss4, IT was defeated by 1l9 for and l26
Dill reducing the present tariff rates on wool
twenty per cent. came nearer passing than
did the Converse bill. Considering these ex-
pressions of the present House as Indicating
the real intentions of the majority | fear the
,Wool-growers will seek III vain for relief at
their hands.
When We consider the value of the lands
on which we grnze our fiocks, the labor neces-
shry to attend them, the cost of producing
or purchasing feed for mt least FIVE months
per year. the high rate Ofinterest that money
commands, our taxes, and other espRnstis
that civilization feqlire of capital, and then
realiz1 that we shan be forced to compete in
price with wool grown in countries reauiring
limited If any investment in grazing lands
no labor except that of tho herdsman. no
taxes or,other expenses of civilization, aud
condition of affairs would of itself DO ruffi-
must be protected.
>, Varied US are our national industries, sta
tistics prove TO us that forty-four per cent
Oh all persons engaged in grain-producing
occupations are agriculturists, and from 1870
u. 10 ioSo me number engnged In agriculture in
crohsed twenty-three per cent. Also while
the relative number of farm laborers dinijn.
lshed the proportion of proprietors inereased
and that there are how about 100000 of
100000: The entire producing power of the
people is now about $4,000 900 900
annually, OF which about slo0Oo,oOO000 be-
while the cry is that we are de-
pendent ON foreign markets foran outlet. our
lome consumption Is fourteen times greater
iha oh toiciBI AETlCulturp, then. iS
he foundation interest on which all others
ire based, and upon which ali others arc
And yet important MS are the
,Sn ,SrienahraI sine interests would not ask that
rom any other industry; but by united ac-
lon each should strengthen and supDort the
,tnSr. And Just as an interference with tho
Market Tor manufactured goods testrbys
'roht and depreclates the value of the fac
ories, so the prostratioh of the wool market |
-Dy unwise iegislation-reduces the value |
II N
atural result lessons the value of all adjoin-
ng lands. q
The entire experience of the past has |
len and developed American skill has made |
y grades Of goods cheaper In our markots |
men ne ,pc produced IN this country than when
nc present tariff rates may be on wool. or
ny other commodity produced In the United
tates. those rates arc too low If they allow
Did at price less than the actual cost of
reduction here. And this the present rnfo
q wool has allowed. NfI
Tho security of any nation rests upon its
iS ,naSle 70 o PC sGilrsnpporting; and no nation
ariety or industries can afford to bily in
,reign markets that which its citizens can
roduce at home,
And another stntistical truth enlargement
iayor OF protection is, that a protective
ity has tendency to reduce the price of
reign goods at the port of export, rather
1 F,
nus TO add to our revenue part of the profits
tho foreign producer as the following
ustration Will show. take tho Capo or
,uth African wool markets.:
In lsl9 1850 and 1881. when that wool was
ee or duty, tho cost at port of export WAS
neteen and four-tenths cents. In 1893
lon, there was duty of three cents per
und ana hye per cent. I'D yalorem thu
ice at port of export was slxteon cents per
una. In 1884, when our duty was six |
nts per pound tho price mt port of export
Is less than fifteen cents per pound, and in
2 and 1893. when our duty was ten cents
+ pound and ten per oent. ad yalorom. the
ioe at port OF export was less than eleven /,
Another cry Of our tariff reformers is TINT i
government has too much revenue and i
unnecessarily filling its vaults at the OK. /
nse OF the people, and for this reason ali 4
ties must be reduced. However n careful !
view or tho effect of the recent reduction /
wool shows an actual result ut variance /
~ THIS theory. For the year ending July n
100 pounds; for the year ending July i. | h
4, the imported wool amounted TO S7,fOO.
pounds, thus showing an increase of i'm
rts OF wool In 1884 over that of 1883 of 81
.vO pounds, or sixty-tive per cent The To-
duties on imported wool for the year end.
July !, lSs3 we're ~, l74,OOO; total duties ON G
ported wool for tho, year ending July i,