The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-08-23
The Wool Question.
4 TELLING SPEECH FROM HON. :. l.. MILL


ioii"NlHS report III Il sNeecN bv Mr. Ml!iikCl
during the debate in the House on the Mill
bill. Mr.. Miiken said
Mr.. CHAIEIAN; The double headed propo
Slion made by our Democratic friends upol
the wool question is amusing in its absurdity
They tell lis that to put wool on the free-lis
viii give the farmer higher prices for his pro
duets and at the same time afford the peopl,
cheaper WOODEN blankets and clothing. jus
how finished article Is to be made cheaper by
increasing the cost of the material of which il
Is composed they do not explain. though they
have been many times III this House challenge,
To do 50. Indeed. the proposition would seen
to the ordinary human intellect to be the eli
max of nonsense.
But our friends on the other side are in
desperate situation. They want the votes o1
the laborng man, 50 they argue to him thai
the duty an wool is just much added to il
cost. and ~ a consequence 81 much added &c
the cost of his blankets and clothes, and hence
in his interest il should he repealed.
Bnl our Democratic friends want the votes
of the farmers and wool-growcrs also. and SC
they argue that by striking OIL the duty which
protects them from competing with cheap WOO
grown by foreign cheap labor and on cheap
lands the price of wool will be advanced.
You see how well they suit themselves to the
necessities Of their condition. 1t is true they
say this in defiance of all logic and common
sen,e. but when was the time when the De
li'craey Wa not equal TO the cheeky and I'M
pu'iehl lash OF endeaN1ilhg TO MAKE me people
n2iieNe mat hiafk J, Whte ana Wiiite !s hiacA II
their case appeared to demand il:
There can he no doubt that the repeal of the
duty Oh wool will make the price of wool hi%h-
er but not TO the American wool-@rewer. 1t
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Mp", ","I' IiI "tnelS. " 10 puH nlaih1t> :hu
y, Moo'et, 'l".ns "iio VIII pay ine i'Shti pricc;
ror Wh'h ,he oHty on Mo"' si,aI' -. IepeaieH
lHc tHcaP WOE vi -N">i' ana anu @outli Amer !
ta y III nov Hlo our marx hu 50 re'l'te the
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20 i'""'c 'ue revenue ~ ~ 10 pitneht any
dMtthei SUI ""> a'tuliliai'h9 III the treasury =
ihi> VA VIZ reason -'fed nN ~, itH"tth''
'HH = ,!ie l'"e'h g! eA'">G SNt' ~ t"e i'e0-
+, "''' i'i''5 ~. 4" 'H'N lH"S' l"i '>>'''''n4
it li''l",' ~ '''''i 'a'''' ~ tHt county
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Hirl'.I Oh 'ie liyc-''<' ~ i''c n'eii nn>"tleu
NJ 'ilIi = -'f"' N"i t''"N ia ''iU -o'>"i
Whieh tnfeatti's business i7i''' aha genera
"",!''a' ul>'>te'. ...,,
" iit'' We "Nh tn"t '.i'''InS >ioiV' .estt'p.t>'
l>' t &c I oI'll' .i'''u'.l'eS III 'ie
fo.'p ,'s no. "i .i't'i oeul l,l'o i"i-
'i-h c"'''r"' !" fhi"" pto!'hs loi y" ny '''tS'
'ire I" o"t "i- hol l''N'il- "HA "l lhc tA 'ch>t>
81 our ''oNeFnlheit' we nave been met WIN
! /" >a'i'c !',4H "n' ~ i"'C We "tt' ""th We
nave resisted lh' fti"iii"h ~ ul'ie> upon our
manu- i'''"''.- ai'" idIi to'i"rts Ill VIC N"Fih
y ;" 10" " h-uie ~ 10 }'iar, our lf"lIt ~ uh-
e'u.a 'o"t rli'lon "iln 'li'"P ''ooI on pi'r
hn'i'ffh border aid across NE sea. Ahao'i@h.
l"H we ltNt ' fl'ti our Noict> a-ai'i>t taA G Al7
~ l'"f", 7"uV"o'''" !" 'iii'h'dli sinai III,
N">tIA ~ '''H>iai,n "it'.i' ma h'fci Pi""ute"
more lhah ""t-iehth ~ me >u3;r 'le country
'ol>u'i't>' '',' Mi'tii we ash why ll.t >ho'''a
pay u'''H VI wv !'ei 'c'I,' III oI!'ei 70 p,oiett
Il ~" ia 7o''tn 81 '"''i' anu ',e"i
~ iilol7" II - e""" t'iat ny p'ieih9 tiNIt
Y" A,ii:t> ~ l'ir lr",-'>' lht revenues "oiilh
''' i!'IH lro"''', ~ ii 'hN iu' t.'i
a''uih"'l'i"h oi surplus ia ihe rta>uiN' ihe
o'HA itiN w -et y " So'in Np'f VI ''ic i','i'"-
re- 3" t"S i'''>c ~ ''ta'i 'ii'>e 'i'oi "''at!
'"titN'
ny luth y iii"' 'IG led'''i"i u the SUI lluN
- hoi ''i' purpose. out tne !lG,ense oi ihe
i,t'"tI"tN Ireo,'Fh't iartH. II Is iilaae Il
.!e'N TO cover ihe "llaeh ol MAJ party upon
NJ tl'4H Iee cA'ci' III >"iiii ~" iN or
tH bt'li'rF"ir 'i>tilfiS. ne surplus pas grown
"' GhH'' q l''i'i'',"lN n''li'iiistla'ion' "l-
IT "a: ''e,i "t,'N:', 70 'cc'Iii''i'lt Wnen
"ii''ei i>'i''1 i'" II 7iit ia, 'cch 'Piie.'
tl" noM - souIht 10 DC u>t. IL d menace 10
Al ii-!ttii Us mo tIc Iaiih> ol iire-i!ddei>.
n'' W >r'Vlit Nii ,'ot "oi NJ io[ eNeIs ~,
'till-ehi h'''i hho"s th|t ihe Mllis oit' VIII
nu@ I '!itnl - l,l.'e'lht "iilthsione 'ie very
'",,IVt mn l'!> ~ '9ii''s i,ie'eha " l'"i:
~ 01.-ti i mere III lie M a'tu'ii''iailnn ol
~ i'I, VI y ''ii''. , - !'ie lic"S"te i'l
''it n'I''i:' Ght"' ,i M,'i, IL .y lI'e upon
t'i' ~'''''' ~ -" an II iio'"o. business
i''i,'' a'i'i i,''.'i''ii oh's II! ohe wa.
'Sr'4l'iiN. 'i'a' - pN heSii@ OUT ol G'Feula'ioh
'i, nr'"y4 " "ni'H sHouiu ne a'iio'i4 'nc pc"p't.
M"mn IT, 10 >et lie surplus ui:h1'rsen; y;
"n't N'Gn' @''d'. N"'. loI SehSlpic N''l
=" :.!.H Nouid H'Io'llhSE 'iial purpose WIhout
,lluIi!'- our INDUSTRIES; n!it sucii plli VIII
NY 70 w i'Hiieu pH liic lrehu> oi -Ailierlca
~ 'nF'i no "rItcrt III iiel ihstitu,ioiis III 'ic
,"u1l'eh"G"rc oI htl llo>ltloh' ia lhe GENUS OF
n'' FtNNf .i''' '"c i'2"Ti oi hei "orhi'Shien
tl"t nj VANS ''e''l'n'i. - "l men WHO
hho" " nc,ieT MiiE 70 u's':l',ule nef surplus
lhai the MH'> n'i' proNlle>. "hicn i 70 sel1 II
"lUH> 'HN sea " M iH" treasures Oh ioIciSh
nations ana me poektl> OF iorei@n mailifar-
luleIS. Iol IA lh't ihe distribution OF our
ittN'ni >tlp'"N "ouIH increase the Noiuii,e Oh
our eifrulalih- currency Would De hlll frar-
non of the amount winch our circulation would
ne 'v'icaseu ''v our lo>S OF the money Whirh
'he -h!'Is hi'l Mo"iu >ehd OUT vi the country TO
puI'hasc loiciSh iiaiiuiaciure> ahu produces
10 lake me pace OF thoSe whlch the destruction
oi ouf industries "ouid prevent us from fur-
hlsiiing at nome.
Inc gentleman from 'aliorhla few days
ago presented the tables winch show that not
Wiih>tahdihg The surpiu, has Increased in our
treasury, the circulation OF money among our
people has al the same time increased from
month 10 month. How has this ocrurredI 1t
Is wholly due TO protection. winch has kept
our mechanics and farmers and all our produc-
ers at wcrk and thus Kept our money at home.
should the Mills bill become Il law, how long
would II be before the balance OF trade would
be against Us: How long before the volume
OF our money pouring out OF our country TO
foreign lands to buy what We now produce
would exceed by twofod the surplus which
runs into our Treasury! Whatever the dis
advantages OF the surplus may be | would
rather risk 1t in our own Treasury, where il is
the property of our own countryn.en, than in