Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-14

bs produced In this country az cheeplYiss
they can De Imported. Consequently
mills that we're formerly engaged in pro-
ducing these goods have been compelled
to abandon business or manufacture the
cosrser fabrics II they could sfford to
manufacture those i1e goods, they would
make msIkst which we do not now have
for our fine woods TO be mixed With ether
fne woods Of q different CosTsctef from
abroad. This want of naIke', s5 l IN
derstsnd it. is the r5asou why our fDe
woods now command so low o price.
There is no demsnd for them st home,
snd We cannot export t5em in competi
ton with fine woods .roWn IN other coun
tiles.
Senator Allison e lows, March q,
1879 The aericpiluIal interest, Il Will
be seen, Is much the largest interest II
is7 aggregate products as we'll ss tha
number Of persons employed I believe
10 one will clam that this large interest
i3 directly protected. II Is true that ul-
der customs LAWS there Is small dutJ
upon wheat, barley, osts and other sgIi-
cultural products, but 1t does not afford
any PROTECTION 10 the gres! Hhea. snd
grsin producing regions Of the country.
What is trus of wheat is equally true Of
other grains. Therefore the farmer has
practically no protection ct sll, and Wha.-
ever benefit he derives is from Whist the
home market furnishes for home prod
ucte. Unfortunately for the farmer the
market price Of wheat is fxed BY the price
Ta,ci the surplus will bring abroad, or
the ptice Of wheat in London or Liver
pool. At that market, where tbe surplus
Is sod, AId which fxas the vll1s o. tht
whole crop, he comes in competition With
the grain prodrcsd IL the Crimsa, IN
HGpgEIy ard in the region IT the BAiyic,
from fslds cultivated by what is known,
IA comparison with our own, fs paper
labor. e.
Hat am told we must so leeislnte ss
TO f1.rish home mGl6es for 81 our sg
ricu!iUt4l products, SID this can only b.
iDns bg high tariff. Any one examining
The 3U5 jact will see thst our agricultural
products increase more rapidly than cur
so tnst II we do not expor,
.he5s products in their Natural condition,
We must DO 50 by converting them into
manufactured articles and export these
articles. But this cannot be done under
q high tariff, for all nations will buy man
ufACGEred proc ucrs where they are the
chez pest, end the ne!iCn selling ths
cheapest will control the market. This
Cule excludes cur highly taxed msnufac-
ures made from highly taxed msterisls
from the markets oi the world, sNhoug6
we have natural advantages possessed b.
40 other nation.
Senator Wnlism 2. Allison Of Iowa,
March 81, 1870: The tsr.E of 1876,
although Confeseedly and proiessetly
al f fer revenue, was, so far ss regard
81 The crest interests Of the country,
psriecE tariff as any that we have ever
1Ed.
But may be ssked how this reduction
shall pe made. l think it should be made
upon all leading articles, or nesrIY al,
sGd for mat purpose, when Csp get an
in the House, IL no gentle
msn does before me, s3sll move ths'
tho pending bill be Recommended to the
committee on ways and meEnF, with in
eIGctIons to report s reduction upon eX
sting Tstes Of duty equivalent to 20 pc.
cent. upon Existing rates, or one fitn re
du2Qon.