Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-11
r.lnlAlllrt ON srlON.
The pre.ident's Message Hostile to Home
Markets and bome abort Nttncts
from the speech of senator MOrrth
of Vermont in the senate,

| EFFECT OF FREE TRADE ON WOOL GROWING
| Is there any growing city or town, any
nook or corner in all OF our broad country,
winch con have any hope of advancing
prosperity upon the radical changes OF The
! tariff az urged by the message or the
presidents What new fields Of labor viii
b. opened, or what old ones will show i'll
creased activity Rather, which one
among them all will not be slaughtered
Win their occupations gone, where ale
the many thousands OF discharged labor
ers to gJ2
The president appears to dcprecate the
discussion Of protection aud free trade,
aud with Wonderf simplicity forthwith
proposes to recommend abs lutte free trade
in wool. He would by his measure cut
the ju 4ular OF every sheep in the county,
and proceeds to argue with the owners
tut they would be better off without
them, or that they lose more than they
= .tn ~ protection. lie would have them
to b iieve The dose he offers is nothing
more than a bread pill that will not oprr-
ate. But let me push the question 8a o"
how the adm.ssip + all ella. seq of wool.
| including also, a- the udului -lratlDu tlll
proposes, sho Idly, wJo en- RAGS, and mum
=
; ats where the cost u production is tue
owest. Texas, from its r'uh soil Uud
nearly wiuterle>s climate, Is not limited e.
| "-udI li1chs of from p TO So and by
the enterprise of its amb uOus people has
| pecuWe the seCOn NOJl growing State Of
the Union, aud has found II HdNauiH2eOuS,
| with the duty of 10 Gems per pound on
| duWasb Il clothing wool, to dispose of the
| .aue after transporting it to New Hork
or l'ostou, for II to lG cents per pound.
\ tate can raise wool more cheapiy.
The pres dent says the tarlH laws 'rai-c
! ne rice TO cOushmeIs of all articles i'm
ported and suhjrct TO duty by precisely
the sum paid for such duties" Now de
uct he protective duty imposed tor the
| benefit OF American wool OF 10 cents PEI
pound aud the value OF Texas wool III
New York ana Boston markets, even the
pres dent must admit, would suddenly
| drop TO i or cents per pound. Neithel
| texas nor any o het State would continue
Ia rai-e wool at that price, and WOul-1roW-
iug even III the Lone star state with al
area greater than thaJ Of q rmauy,
| france, SPAN, or Italy, would only De
kuoWn as one of the iu-J arts. The pro
UGious loss 20 laudcd CAtes from az
abaudJum-n Mt OF sheep hu9JaudlY is ii
problem UtdiiHcult solution.
EFFECT oN WAGES.
TIE reckless aasvtton has sometime
been made that tNt G. HrHD,r cost OF lNIL-
IN Great Britain iuIy cpmptu-&tDe iu.
We loWei rate of Tree lr de Na2.s IL tnt
- Yeas ending IN leNG 4&-2 OjJ iWut
-lAut, II. IA no brilion kIu4lum Glnl.
luto he United states, and iueir Hrtiu'
% auu1 the assertion as a cJlos-;i iuver4e-
uS. The mtauiuE 81 tulo g. further ac
eehtu tea ny The tct that the intt. nuIt-
uri OF ioielSu oofn residents iH the uu.tec
AlhHdun al the last cen H. WIS less tHu
the itau OF one per c-ni of the population
he Britsh Io"'Giade wages and Living
reeu diSaoutent at nome, and attract ur
Amcricah0, buJ tN Irleu lds year e 49,
OF tteir own SUBJECTS ri Wnom u pei
cent came to the United states, Nud al.
ARE S"lit WITNESSES against Tree trad,
fabrica lonN.
The wages OF ltborng mao, beyond all
dispute, are lar greater IN The Uuiteu
~taiee than IL any other country IA the
"orlG, AID the cost subsistence here Il
| only increased by its higher grade &LG
ana more generous amount. Uudou ted
y II Il more u Ill nit tor our 6@OOO,OOO Oi
urrple 10 liud plOiiJahe emplu! m,ut II
1855 than IL WAS tor 80 OJO,OOJ or 800 coo
~ 1851, and the dliicuity would be greatly
"a al