Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-08-22
CONCERNING WOOL.
Some Excellent Reasons why the Duty
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Some Excellent Reasons Why the DUTY on
It Should be Removed.
Whatever facts and arguments will throw
any light upon the complex subject Of the
tariff should not only be used but welcomed.
The New York Herald has departed from
the beaten path of tariff discussion, and in
an appeal to the comfort of the reader seeks
TO show that it would be wise on the part of
Congress and for the public good to remove
the duty on wool
These new Illustrations are Of a physical
as well as personal nature In the first
place it Is assumed for the sake Of argument
that nine months of the year in the greater
portion OF the United States is cold, cool and
freezing cold. Especially does this state
ment hold good in the localities north Of the
tnirty-nfth parallel Wooden clothing in
these sections is just as necessary for the
body, considering the extreme of climate. as
meat and bread are to the stomach In the
Northwest and West and in many parts of
the East, the range of temperature is sur
prising.
In one part of Minnesota the thermom-
etric range in one month last winter was
993 degrees. That is, from the highest
point touched by the mercury during the
coolest month to the lowest point, was 993
degrees. The range in winter in the West
ern States will be from as to 95 degrees
generally. This is a fair sample Of winter
weather north of the thirty-fifth parallel.
People who live in this climate, where these
changes are sudden as well as radical. must
always be prepared for them. The resident
In the British Isles is subjected to a varia-
ton Of about 40 degrees. Fifty degrees is
the range in Central Europe. Indeed, so
extreme and uncertain are changes, that a
well-known American scientist declares
that wooden undergarments should be worn
throughout the year.
Wool is a necessity among the people of
this country, the poor as well as the rich.
There Is no doubt that in the colder SEQ.
tons many life is lost from the effects of
cold Unless one is warmly clad the cold
that Is felt during the cold months in Min
nesota, Dakota, Northwest Michigan, Ne
braska, Iowa, Wisconsin and other States
IN neighboring attitudes, puts lite continu-
ally at jeopardy. Lung diseases, throat
diseases, kidney and nervous diseases.
which finally prove fatal, have been
brought about by causes such as this: the
failure to wear warm undertaking. Peo-
pie do not wear them because they can not
buy them. The tariff on wool runs this
necessary article to so high figure that
the poor people have not the money to buy
g. AAOAeo. W LAT snOukO De within
the reach OF every one as means to pro-
tect health and prolong life has become, by
the protective tariff, luxury in which only
the rich man can indulge. Those who have
their hands and their brain and their GOOD
health as their capital ought to take care Of
their health and their bodies. Failure To
90 TINS means. perhaps, impairment Of that
capital; perhaps, complete bankruptcy and
ruin The poor man should protect his
health first OF all For without that health
his wage-earning capacity is greatly low
cred
With these thoughts and facts in mind IL
would seem, says the Detroit Free Pres. 70
pe doing an act of justice to the poor man
that the dutv on wool should DO removed.
~ not only seems 50. but is Just. Think Of
the hard working man in Dakota or Mime
sofa, where the mercury falls as low "a
Iorty degrees below zero, trying 70 live IN
canton flannel Endorsements he com
PEELED TO use Canton because he can not h,yv
wool he can not buy wool because TIE
Protsstive tarin puts heavy duty upon II.
The consumer, or the man who buys wooden
underclothes, has got to pay for this leeis-
lation- There are sanitary reasons which
argue in favor Of the removal Of the dutv
on wool 1t Is q question which concerns
the health Of the entire Nation. II il aIso n
question which involves the health. ana
consequently the happiness OF the poor.
hard-working laborer, who has In the ewes
OF reason, as well as heaven, the right 10
enjoy life Is much a. the rich.