Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-18
SREEP R&fsENA,
Tha Effect OF Protection on tho Ind 1stEy In
tho United States.

Chicago Herald
In all the territory esst CT the Missis-
sippi after twenty-five years Of protec-
ton there ere no more sheep than there
were in 1860. TIE wealth Of the country
hiss been tripled, out In sheep there isnot
/. dollar of this gain. In view Of the pal
pable fact that men ere crOWding sheep
G IF the land they can mske g better use
G Mesxra. Blaine sud Foraker, urging
the continuance OF The dnty "to encour-
sge the sheep culture among farmers
throughout she UGicp," sre but vast
ing their ssponaceuus pslaVer on all
intelligent men. PODS there sTe
always willing to give Sir Oracle credence,
but every man who csn read csneus re
port can inform himself better. Mr.
Blaine should know something OF Yer
mont. From 1860 &c 1880. by steady
decrease, her sheep dwindled from 1872
900 to $1,000, a loss CT 40 per cent. Her
farms have increased in rumber Il per
cent, In value 16 per cent, and the
apparent loss is but Ger gain. Yet Yer
mont will always rear sheep, for she has
land that nothing but sheep can draw q
profit from. But the bonus of sc er
cent. en- wool Is not enough for her
snrewd wool growing citizens. They have
migrated with their fiocks where larger
gain is possible.
Mr. Blaine's faith in the credulity of
mer.,has been gained By his ilong posing
IS an oracle. The pagan priests had the
same unlimited faith, and they, too, NUT
| tered: words of omen when the offerings
grew scsnt.
In the southern states, Including Ar
kansas, the 1858, 900 OF 1860 sre less by
141 600. The impotence Of the tariff to
promote wool growing even where, in 8
great portion Of the I.nd, the conditions
are favorable, is manifest in this de-
crease. Far the hereditary habits CT the
south the shepherds lie is too monoto-
nous, solitary and psinstsking; one class
must retrograde and the other progre So
there before the business can be popular.
But besides these states, in which this
long experience should prove thst wool
culture csnnot be stimulated By the pres-'
ent duty, we have vast ares on which
wool is grown as cheaply as in New Zea-
land. There the sheep range is bought
of the M.oris IL the open market. Here
in the wide weat it is had f5r the taking
Alleged Mexican CT Spanish grants COW
erirg leagues, 5 few, sre Confirmed By the
efforts Of lobbyists or the facility of thu
bureau, are expSnded with tie elasticity
Of the claimants conscieDce 70 ever
| more thsn the space Ct states. When
these are not discovered or invented the
fraudulent -emptor assigns by hun
dreds to plaster with patents the sections
coveted by those our tariff On wool does
| "orotccf," ard wealth thst is germinated
by fraud ani bribery thriVes upon its
villsiny.
Where in 1860 but $4,000 sheep were
fouad, in Arizons, Colorado, Idsho, Mon
tens, Neyada, Nebraska and Wyoming,
were in 1880 already 1928, eco, ninetold
their number IN 1870 Kansas and Ore
g3n show 1858 600, where in 1870 were
but 427 900, and in 1869 100000; snd
Utah shows at the same dates 253. 008--
| IS, o00-57, 900. California and Ter
SIS $3.50 against $500, 0M
in 1870 and 1,S40,000 fan
1860. In 1880 Of ever $500,
600 sheep, 100000 were alreadybe-