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tAeaper goolens, President Cleveland
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Il llred ia 81. &ooor1I2k ~ TIE een-
sas. meit.GnE cloths. 1sorste1s. carpetSs
ssoal BATS. fef g0ocs, hosiery su1 knlf goods,
was 5es -.52 sl3 There were nporled ia nat
ye4r. ef az soo.ens, goods valued 81 fsi,
s33.5s1. ca waiel The duty pad was - 'o4,
l5a making fle entire cost - al an4s q
wo0ieu goods. domestic and rhp0fted, tGsl,-
81 sl3 Tor nlty mli.aEs or people. or - a.
To- every person. Bat '-sgoe-ens must cost
nlt41n uore 10 Consumers True, IA regl0nS
where they are constantly VERA, out for ne
whole country the cost and quantities are
saoUn o. the census aud the olfcial returns
Of Imports But these are nuf@ctureis'
snd importers prices, aad gods cost more
when mAde 20 4nd retaled." True, aud ths
makers or tallors would charge just IS
mgca for the work under different tariff
a. they 90 now, unless a. wages should be
forced down. which tre Prcsidest af1rns
VII not be the result
Mr. Clevelznd's misrepresentation as 20
the cost o. woolen clothing arc met by the
on,ci&l records which prove that wooien
goods 0f ali sorts. domestic and imported.
cost only ;6f2 for every person. The farmer
consumes no more than bis share, and like
persons Ia other ayocations, the farmers
have al average q two others depending
o. them, fer their hirsd hands must DO
separately considered and the sons of
farmers. who soon fad occupations for
themselves. For three persoas the cost OF
woolen products and imports would average
si926; how much OF this cost would the
Mills ball enable the farmer 10 sayei
According 10 President Cleveland. wool
ems would be reduced in cost just the rate
Of duty on similar imported goods. On ssl,-
81. 80 worth of imported woolens the duties
proposed in the Mills bill, ~ per cent, would
be exactly -, 5SS. .GO7 less than the duties
actually paid ia 1880 a difference OF IL per
cent II All the wOolens oensuued, which
average for three persons $40 e in cost,
should be reduced II per cent IN cost, the
gam would be for the three persons just
s. 90, while the farmer would lose so in
the price OF his wool.
But the farmers son and hired man also
have 10 be clothed. True, and they pay for
their clothing out Of what they earn on the
farm Getting less money for his wool, the
farmer would be forced 10 pay less wages
20 any hired man or 10 MS son. The two
might save their share of the cost OF all
wOOlens. according 10 the Presidents
theory about IA per cent on s6 Il each, or
about - cents each person, but it would be
strange II their wages should not be cut
down more than that.
The truth Is. saws the New York Tribune,
that the Presidents theory is not correct
and that woolen goods would not be cheap
encd 10 the extent be supposes, II at all.
The d7ty on blankets is now about 90 per
cent. The actual difference IN cost between
this and other most favored countries was
recently shown when bids were invited for
the supply OF 2,000 blankets 10 the army.
An American bid S256 for four-pound
blankets; the lowest foreign bid for the
same blankets was 81 %; the difference
without any duty whatever was not
quite One-seventh OF the foreign cost, in
stead of 90 per cent But the blanket costs
relatively more in this country than most
other kinds OF wo0lens. Nearly all wOolen
goods are in fact as cheap, quality consid-
cred, in this as in other countries. Hence
it is the fact that heavy loss which the
farmers would have 10 sustain would not be
made good by any gains eslized by them or
by other consumers.