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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-09
Raw Wool

Eyen cQrsory examination of the above
table will be sufficient to show that the high
duty prevailing since 1867 has not decreased
the average annual importation of foreign grown
WOOL
To further prove the assertion that foreign
woods do not compete with the woods of Ohio
Chaffee, the principal stockholder and president
of the Medficott company of Windsor Locks,
Ct, wellknown manufacturer of fine knit goods,
is quoted:
The Springfield Republican vouches that Mr..
Chaffee is ga stanch Republican and q
Protectionist clear way through" So when we
put him on the witness stand on protection
friends must not attempt to answer his state
ments by shouting "free trader" Mr.. Chaffee
says:
''We import from 50 to As per cent of our
wool from Australia. We go there for it because
We cannot get il here at any price. It's wool of
the finest texture, and is generally of the first
clip from Australian lambs. The tariff on the
fine Australian wools which we import evident
ly can protect no one here, as no American
grows such wool. 1t therefore would do no
harm to remove this duty so far as can see. 1t
would not affect us much as the people who
buy our goods. / acknowledge 1 patronize
home grown wool simply because want that
sort OF wool for certain class of goeds and
want it entirely regardless of any tariff, and
would want 1t and continue to buy it after the
tariff was removed
ROWLAND HAZARD.
No corporation in the United States has
more honorable record than the Peace Dale
manufacturing companay of Rhode Island. Mr..
Hazard of that company, says: -4
"It was through the wool manufacture rs that
the tariff ofS1S67 injured the wool growers.
The country did not produce wool enough for
its wants. Il did not produce the kinds of wool
required forcertaIn fabrics, aud suddenly the
cost to the manufacturer of all imported woels
was largely advanced. The mills could not run
without these imported wools. Those mills
which had used q mixture of domestic and for
eign woods were forced either to buy their
domestic wool for less advance the price of
their fabrics. A struggle was thus begun by
manufacturers to put down the price of wool
and put up the price OF goods; and such strug-
gle was entirely inconsistent with prosperity.
The wool growers necessarily had bad market.
Price cannot be fixed arbitrarily. The ability
of the consumer to buy is the final governing
fact. No legislation can affect this and if a
price is fixed above this ability sales can be
made. No juggling with the tariff can evade
this principle. By increasing the cost of the
imported raw material the tariff could, and
did, increase the cost of goods, but it could not
make consumers buy them. 1t caused manu-
facturers to work under unfavorable circum-
stances, and the wool market was necessarily
depressed"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-09
PRIVATE PENSION ACTS.

Since the Inauguration of President Cleve-
land he has approved or allowed to become
laws by Limitation over 200 private acts
granting pensions, while but 1,524 private
pension acts were approved or allowed to be-
come laws by limitation during the entire
tweutyfour years that the Republican party
was III power. There is little doubt that be-
fore the present congress adjourns he will
have approved or allowed to become a law
by limitation nearly or quite as many pri-
vate pension acts as all of the Republican
presidents from Lincoln to Arthur.
The above figures taken from the official
records show beyond cavil or question that
no such liberality to ex. soldiers. their wild
ows, orphans and dependent relatives in the
matter of pensions was ever shown by any
administration in the history of the repub-
lie and that no former administration has
ever extended the munifceuce of the gey-
ernment to so many of the benefciaries
of the pension laws as has the administration
of President Cleveland,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-09
THUNDER IN THE WEST.

Monopolists Can Rely on It-A Big Storm is
Brewing on the Plains.
The following letter to the "Farmer's Voice.
of Illinois is particularly interesting as showing
the sentiment of the farmers of Kansas. The
farmer of Wisconsin is in the identical same
boat with his Kansas brother, and should act in
the same independent spirit:
ODESSA, JEWELL Co., Ks, Feb. 10, 1888.
Editor the Farmers Voice:
DEAR SIR: Your valuable paper has come
to hand and think 1t ought to be in the hands
of every farmer in the United States. Let the
voice of the farmer go out and sound the trum-
pet, "Dewn with class legislation" Give us
more ex-senator Writings and Rayners of
Maryland.
have been voting for twentyeight years and
voting with the Republican party, but as this is
the first time in my life that have had achance
to vote for my interest shall certainly avail
myself of the opportunity.
Fellow-farnlers, let no party lash deter us
from voting for our interests. Talk with the
majority of our western editors.
"Oh yes," they will say, ..it is time the pro-
lection duties were reduced"
But not one word do they dare to utter against
their masters-political masters-and yet the
western editors support comes directly from
the farmers. Let let our political leaders
know that this protective sophistry isn't bread
and butter for us.
1, as farmer, grow or raise beef, pork, wheat,
rye, barley, potatoes, onions, radishes, beets,
peas and beans, of which we farmers always
have a surplus, thrown onto the foreign markets
not protected, and when / want to purchase the
staples Of life 1 find that have to buy under q
protective law.
have few plain, simple facts that give
when called upon by my fellow-farmers 10 ad-
dress a meeting, from the fact that know that
farmers as rule, don't go into detail of their
business doHfy
1 take my hog, for instance, and see how
often it has TO bear its share of the protective
i. Wagon, sa55 Z. cultivator,
8. Lumber in pen. 9. Hoe,
4. Nails,jd5i II 10. Spade,
8. Well pump, IL. Shovel
6. Plow to'raise corn.
Now have raised my corn and fatted my
hog and hauled it to shipping point, drive him
on pair ofori :;
IL. Scales, sd;
Is. Car itisshipped in,
| IA. Steelrails that cars run on,
15 Locomotive,
16. Coal TO make steam,
IL. Toolsthat slaughter it at Armour's
Is. Salt tugpaeA it,
19. Barrels to put it in.
Now, take my hog money and where can
go in this country and buy the necessaries of
life outside of my own production that are not
sold to US American farmers under a protectiv We
system? Nowherel
! Farmers and laborers of America, we have
been protected too long now already, as our
mortgaged farms, high taxes and q to per
| cent. per month our national banks charge for
money testify. Let us heed not the party lash
but walk up like intelligent men and vote fol
the man that will represent our interests.
F. NJ. AAMAKER.
P. s. 1 have studied the protective tariff fol
4 twenty years and am ready to take the
| field against any protectionist in this part
1 of the country.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-09
Average.........$ SO 81 40

These figures speak for themselves-corn
averaged 10 cents wheat 20 cents and oats 15
cents higher in low tariff years.
The rapid advance in the manufacturer
wealth also tells the story of robbing the many
for the benefit OF the few, In 1860 the agricui-
tural values of the country were $3.50, ,443 ,O63
and other values $S, ,l79, 123, ,005; thus showing
that the farmers owned nearly half the wealth
of the country. But how is it now after paying
tribute to the manufacturer for twenty years?
The census shows that in 1880 the value of
farms and farmers property was $12, lao, ,0Sl AL
and other values $Sl, ,5S7, ,902, ,557, the in.
crease in agricultural values being $4,123,-
6S8,37S while other values increased $23, ,35S,.
797 ,o54 The increase IN farm values during
twenty years of protection being 81 per cent.
while other values increased $50 per cent. And
further, the wealth of the farmers is quite
equally distributed, while the wealth of the
manufacturers is concentrated in the hands of a
few who are still ciamoring for the maintenance
of high tariff to protect their infant industries
while they form trust to fix an arbitrary price
on their productions.
To prove that wool has commanded a higher
price in low tariff than in protective years it is
only necessary to examine the official quotations
which have beenprepared by James Lynch and
George w. Bond, two of the leading wool i'm
porters in the United States, and printed in the
Cambridge Jeffersonian, from which what fol-
lows has been taken; the articles showing a
wide research and sound logical discussion. The
currency values for the period when gold was
at premium are reduced to gold:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-09

Iotal 1arm mortgages In the ten
The actual value of the farms living In the
ten states is today about $13, ,931 00O, 200. In
this valuation due allowance has been made for
the enormous volume of emigration which has
poured into Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota
and into the northern portions of Michipan and
Wisconsin since 1880.
All talk relative to this vast sum of money
ever being paid is utter folly. No agricultural
people can pay such sums The nrof;t dar;1aJ
from American agriculture is now SO small as to
pc unworthy of the slightest consideration, To
illustrate this fact: The interest money annuaIIv
drawn from the ten states listed if they pay
per cent. only, amounts to $239 OOO 600 Tba
profits of agriculture do not warrant the nav.
ment of SO great a sum, The total value Of
the farm product of the United States was in
1879, O0O, 600. OF this value the ten states
have listed produce $685., 600, 600. This wss Al
total value sold, consumed, and on hand. Saw
that the ten states now produce to the value of
81, ,OOO, ,O60, 600. If but onehalf the farms ara
mortgaged the produce they yield is worth $500 !.
100000 At least $239, 900 900 OF that value goes
to pay interest money leaving $261, 900 600 of
produce to support $4,000 farmers and their
families, or 1924 to each farmer. Out of this
small sum they must pay labor, pay taxes. sun
ply seed, buy tools and they and their families
live. The sum is utterly inadequate. It is not
possible for these mortgaged farmers, as a class
to ever lift their mortgages. Legislative enact,
ment cannot increase the price these
men receive for their products, but
now pay for the goods which they consnn,:
These men, though their names are borne on
the assessment rolls as the owners of the farn,s
they till, are actually tenants. They ceased -
be freeholders the instant they morteaged ,tba;r
land. The price they have paid to nroIect
American manufacturing industries has been tb civ
birthright, A continuance of the svsten Iii
surely cause the larger portion of the farmers
whose land is still unincumbered to morteaas
their lands. gage
Under our present tariff the eastern mann
facturers have accumulated all that the agr;.
to save. "oie
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-09
What Paying Tribute to Trusts
Does for the Farmer.

New York Times Independently: The amounts
represented by the faces of the farm mortgages
In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan.
Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-09

Pullman sleeping cars will nthroueh
without change. Tickets good to re-
turn on any regular train up to and
including train leaving CHICAGO at < AZ
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-09

ass li0u"ie IA piaclng US right upon
this point. But will Bro. Minieh tell
us where the water, not surfaceu
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-09

Thus, while the protected sheep have ide-
creased under high tariff the unprotected cat
tie. horses, mules and hogs have corresponding
ly increased.
That the high tariff of 1867 has not reduced
the importation of wool is shown in the follow
ing table, which gives the value of the raw wool
imports from 1865 to 1884, inclusive:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-09

root, and the work upon the walls will
soon bs completed. People are just
beginning to appreciate the extent of
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-09

- = wo years from
tne oay oI sale. with interest at per cent
on the premises sold. "p
j. W. HoLCoMB, Atty,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-09

unanimously given the
Pg remedies peculiarly
relief and cure of all
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-09

Total farm mortgages in the ten
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-09
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been used in the mixing with the Australian
wool had the cloth been manufactured in Amer.
lea. 4 =
HAS PROTECTION INCREASED THE NUMBER
OF SHEEP?
During what our protection friends are
pleased to term, the "free trade' era precedin q
1867 the wool industryg grew and prospered to
the farmers delight. In Ohio in 1866 the sheep
had increased 70 the number of 7,0S9, ,s99. In
1867 the number was 1855, ,5O7 But in the lat.
ter year high tariff was placed on wool and in
two years time lin 1869 there were only 6,272,-
GAO sheep in Ohio. In two more years ln 1S7i)
there were only, 4,302, ,904 sheep in Ohio--a loss
IN this one state under four years of high tariff
of 3,252, 6O3i sheep; loss that has never been
regained. For another example take the state of
Iowa. The last report of the auditor of that state
furnishes the following statistics concerning the
decline of the protected wool growing industry:
Year. 4. - No of Sheen
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Much injury 's done by the use of
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-04-06

and it is an unwarranted insult to
the intellect of our State to suggest
that we cannot find the requisite ca
pacity. West Virginia has as much
native intellect as can be found else
where. 1t may be true that no one
in this State has had occasion to
consider this subject sufficiently to
be prepared to make suggestions
but if proper effort is made we can
find within our limits men of zeal
and aptitude for work of this char
acter.
The more the writer reflects on
this subject, the more he consnlts
about it with ADLER men, the more
satisfied he becomes that if our
State viii employ some competent
person, or persons, stimulated by
personal pride and who has an apti-
tude for this work }, to apply him
self specially to the task of repre-
senting the general welfare as dis
tinguished from the private inter-
ests of individuals, such person will
soon be able to make practical and
valuable suggestions which, without
his employment, would not occur to
any OF our public men.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-04-06
MR.. PowDERLY's APPEAL.

Master Workman Powderly print
ed on the 2Sth a letter to the Knights
of Labor, advising them to abstain
from strikes and to establish an
educational fund to be used for cul-
tivatlng the minds of workingmen
and thereby place them on an equal
footing with employers in controver-
sizes which can only be settled by
brains"
This is good advice, and the best
way for workingmen to reach results
is to vote against every candidate
who does not discuss frankly and in
telligently public questions. The
trouble with labor is,it does not vote
intelligently. Vast sums are spent
to fool workingmen into voting for
the stOOl-pigeOns of monopoly, and a
little money expended in the oppo-
site direction will bring good fruit.
The Knights should induce thinkers
like Professors Sumner and Ely to
deliver lectures to them.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-04-06

extracts thirty gallons of fine oil
from every ton OF cotton seed meal
after the oil mills have done with it.
In the ''tailings" of the oil mills he
finds this unexpected and ample
store, which he deity extracts with
naphtha, leaving the meal more nu-
tritious as food for beast or field
than before he took $40 per ton from
it.
This process he has proved repeat
edly in his laboratory and next week
will approve in wider practice in a
mill erected for the purpose near At
lanta. This invention will add 40
per cent. to the quantity of oil taken
by the old process from given
quantity of seed.
More than this. it suggests the
splendid possibilities yet undevelop-
ed for this rural Cinderella that has
risen all so swiftly from the ashes
and the waste heap!
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-04-06

On Saturday, March 31st, the
Wheeling Intelligencer issued spe-
cial State Development Edition, con-
tanning 16 pages. On the lst page
appears a large outlined map OF
the entire State, all the counties,
towns, rivers, canals, creeks, rail
roads, pixies and country roads be-
ing plainly marked. The whole pa
per is devoted to the setting forth
of the natural resources of the State.
1t contains conscise history of the
50 counties, in which Jefferson APP
pears, and although the space allot-
ted compelled many important tea
lures to be left out, it holds its
own in every particular. The coun.
ty returns show present State pop
ulation of 100000, based on the cap
itations, gain of $4,000 since
1880. State taxation for all pur-
poses is 35 cents on the 500 of val
uation. The following is the report
from our County:
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-04-06
West Virginia Democrat.

If the people once begin to think,
they will bring to the front bold
men. who do not seek success by
standing silent while the masses are
being plundered.
A natural born thief cannot COM
prehend an honest man. A sneak
cannot understand a manly man. A
time-server cannot rightfully inter
pref a man of intelligent conviction.
The office holder, content with draw
ing salary out of the pockets of
taxpayers, cannot conceive why any
one should concern himself about
politics unless he expects place.
PRoHIBITIoN.-"The third party
element has decided to nominate a
full State ticket. Their convention
will be held in Parkersburg in July.
WHEELING, March 21.-A few
DAYS ago Hart of the IRtelligencer
stated, he had Wheeling made suit
of cheviot cloth, manufactured in
Pennsylvania, and equal to any i'm.
ported eheviot, the cost being $40
for the suit What have you to sayF
NoLoN.
We know whereof we speak; a
suit of clothes costing in New York
$50, can be bought in London for
SIS. Harris suit would cost in Lon
don about so.
During last year there were about
1000 strikes, aud the number en-
gagged in them was 100000. At this
time between $4,000 and $4,000 men
are idle, hoping to eoerce employers
into paying better wages. About
One-third of the strikes in 81 were
partially successful; the balance
were starved into submission. These
strikes cost Labor ten million days
labor; heavy loss to the class least
able to bear it. For several weeks
the engineers on the Chicago, Bur
lington Il Quincy have refused to
move trains, and are making stub
born fight, but they will presently
submit, and next fall the railroad
magnates will dictate their votes.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-04-06

1t is very instructive to bring to-
gether such paragraphs as the fol-
lowing:
The presidents of the coal roads
met yesterday and agreed to contin-
ne for another year their arrange
ment to limit the output of COAL
". Y. Times, March 81.
SCRANTON, March 10.-General
Agent Storrs, of the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western, has replied to
the miners. He says; The com
pany appreciates the confidence
shown in leaving the question Of
wages to the company, but there is
nothing in the business condition OF
the country to warrant an advance
in wages at this time. "-Despatch
to ". Y. Post.
The Delaware and Lackawanna is
one of the coal roads agreeing to
limit the production of coal.
SCRANTON. March 3.-Mr. Pow
Derby has issued an appeal in behalf
of the Lehigh miners. He says
"They struck after giving up all
hope of securing even the barest
necessities of life."-N. Y. Times.
A subscriber" asks US why an
thracite is no cheaper than 40 years
ago, although there has been such
an increase in the facilities of trans
portation? In 1916 anthracite coal
cost in Philadelphia $3.50. The
present price is $S.95.-Neac YORK.
Times, March 10.
These paragraphs, read together
speak volumes.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-04-06
AGRICULTURE SPEAKS.

The Executive Committee of the
Farmers Alliance for Minnesota,
met at st Paul on the Goth and
resolved:
/. That the so-ealled protective
tariff is an iniquitous tax on the
people for the benefit of monopOlists
and trusts, and we demand its i'm
mediate repeal on all raw materials
and the necessaries of life.
III. The smallest village must have
the use of the railway tracks on the
same terms as the largest city; the
humblest individual the same rights
as the millionaire. There must be
no discrimination against persons
or places.
III. Rates and railroads should
be so adjusted as to provide for
operating and maintaining expenses,
and in addition thereto q reasonable
rates of interest on the actual cost
OF the ROADS ana equipment.
". Free passes should be pro-
hibited.
V. All appointments must be
made for fitness and not to pay pO-
litical debts.
These are excellent resolutions.
The farmers should go a step fur
ther, and resolve to vote against ev-
cry candidate for a political office
who does not give public pledge
to carry them out. Those who man
age politics,-and draw the sala-
ries, laugh at a meeting of farmers.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-04-06
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
A Fertile Agricultural Region---Manu-
featuring Enterprises at Har-
per's Ferry.

CHARLEsrowN, County Seat, }
March, 1SSS.-Jefierson county was
cut off from Berkeley in 1901. Area,
210 square smiles. Population, 49,
600. Value of real estate now, A.
SSS,294 dollars; personal property,
1,729,5S2; assessed value per acre,
forty dollars. All taxes aggregate
oDe per cent.
Harper's Ferry. at the junction of
the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers,
rests in the centre of a triangle
formed by the three heights, viz:
Maryland, Loudouu and Bolivar,
each being in different State.
The entire county is Of limestone
formation, except that part which
lies between the Shenandoah river
and the Blue Ridge mountains, on
the east side of the county, which
has slate and sandstone surface
formation.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-04-06

admire your public spirit and
admit that if there were more men
like you the peoples business would
be better done. But you are vast
ing your breath. The men foremost
in politics have no ambition beyond
hanging to the coat-tail ofsome one
who has money or who has the ap'
pearance of being able to do favors.
The general run of voters, large
farmers, merchants and the better
grade of mechanics don't and won't
bother about selecting fit legisla-
tors. If they considered minute
they would readily see the impor-
lance of this matter to them from q
monetary point of view, but they don't
consider and the less fit for the leg
islature the more likely man is to
be a candidate and to get himself
nominated. One would suppose
that the higher grade of voters
cooperate to pick out the person
best qualified and to work up SEN
timent for his nomination, but on
the contrary they are the very ones
least apt to aid friends. ~