Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-10-09
SHEEP. sUErLUs AND LABOE.
william HOmswoOd Tells what ne
KnOws OF shsop Raising. surplus IN
the treasury and Psupsr Labor.


william Homsvood Tells what HI
KnoWs OF shsop Raising. surplus IN
the treasury and RauPsr Labor.
EDIToRs REPUBLIoAN:-In oompAr
ing the Bheep industry Of EnRland with
the United States, I find this difference
In America It takes one shsep In seven
to pay tho railroad, drove yard and
ooD mission expenses. The seven sheen
do not realize more than "a each, or e2S.
Ded not the ~ exDensag, and the AmeIi.
can farmer receives ga for his seven
sheep, out Of which he has to pay his
own expenses and lose the time in At
tending to them and getting them TO
market. believe this TO be q Just and
fair statement OF the American farm sr's
position.
The English farmer sends seven sheep
10 market. His expenses at the prsAtest
extreme rate will not exceed twenty.
hve oeLts each sheep, including every
expense from the time the sheep leaves
the pasture uutll The time the salesman
pays him.
The seven sheep will bring ON an
average twelve dollars each, or eighty
four dOllATg.
Deduct one dollar and seventy. .nve
oents expenses and tho English farmer
will be left with eighty-tWo dollars and
twenty-nve cents, ~ against the AmerI
can farmers tweniy-fouE dollArs.
am prepared TO prove this statement
true At any time.
Now compare the wool product. The
climate Of BnglAnd for producing wool
is one third better than the American
climate, that Is. 1t produces one third
more wool. The expenses Of market.
ing the wool 10 nearly the same in both
countries, except where the American
wool grower has 20 lend his wool Iona
distances BY railroad, In which case Il
ID against the Amsrlcan grower.
The present tariff on wool In Amer
loA plAoos the American farmer on equal
terms With free trade English wool. II
the present tariff ls taken off OF wool,
the advantage, the crossing OF wool 10 q
very small portion Of the beneflt Of the
sheep Industry 10 the 90, 900 900 people
in the United States
| Il 10 estimated that there are 43 900, +.
600 sheep In the United States. II eAcn
sheep produces 30 pounds Of mutton to
fsed the people, IL will amount TO about
30 pounds each TO the whole population.
IL it good policy to destroy this indus
TRY 10 accommodate few woolen man
ufactureTa whose industry Is three times
las remunerAtiv0 aa the down tIodden
farmers is2 IhAve been . sheep raiser
for ATTY years, part Of the time in Eng.
land and part in America, and defy
lAny man In AmeIioA to compete With
England, Australia, New Zealand and
lQaeennlaud in the production of wool
under q free wool tArih, while the rail-
lroad Companies Of this country take
lone sheep in seven for transportation,
A word now 10 the w0rkinemen,
whose VoteB are TO decide next Hovem
Der which OF the two parties is to rule
this country. Both parties are trying
TO secure your votes for the same pur-
pose-shAt they can have the power 20
appoint their friends to the civil service
ofioes aud pAy them exorbitant salaries
from the National Treasury, when
every dollar in the Treasury is pro-
dueed by the Workingmsn and is truth
fully the workinRmen'sb bank.
congratulate you oil for the surplus.
You have got one party that tells yen
that free trade will reduce your wages.
The other party says protection makes
you pay double the price for the neoes-
sariss OF life that you ought 70 pay Bat
think for yourselves and you Will IND
that 80 per cent. in every dollar you
spend IL the labor OF some workingmen
which IL the only property he hiss Rot,
and when you buy one mans lADoE
cheap you will have to sell yours cheap.
IL is nothing Tut sheer humbu9 to talk
lof protecting the EorkinRmAn with
free raw materials while keeping high
tariff on the manufactured goods. Thtl
leaves the employe at the mercy of the
employeT. The wages OF the working.
man Gfe ruled By the supply and De
mAnd. The workiD2mAn today 10
America has got 10 compete with all
the cheap labor OF the world In his OWE
country. Talk about protecting the
labor Of America against the paupeI
labor OF countries 5000 miles away
when that pauper labor is brought 20
this country by the thousands every
week, willing TO work for very Low
wages and live In . beastly stAts Of sK
isteDoe
The workinsmen OF America ere oom
pellsd to sell their labor At the SAINT
price which will compel them to live Ii
the sAme degrading state. 1t ls timC
for the Workingmen Of America, who
are American citizens, 10 protect Shem
selves The power 10 do 90 Is vested In
them by the right Of franchise conferred
upon them. Not only does this foreign
pAuper labor lower the workingmAn' Z
wages, but look ct the morals OF = great
portion Of the emiRraIts that have come
and still are coming. Go Into theII
lhabitAtions aud you will hnd them lly
ing In the most filthy ItAte-lIks swine,
not human beinRs-liosntiOusn and
debAuchsrg are praosloed without re
gard to OhT's,iAnity or humanItaElsn
principles. Tnis disgusting immorAlity
is prAotioed every day before the work.
'ngmen's children, who vii inherit the
lssme vices. Examine the Grimes, the
brutal murders that are committed, the
loWebt dtnB Of infAmy, and we do not
And Ia all these places one In dVt
AmeTicAn oitiAsna Consider the ex
penBe the nation Is put 70 by thest
IorlmeF, and then will any American
citizen say We do mot need . protective,
restrictive law against emigration?
No man who 10 candidate for Con
lRress, or tas L legislature, regardlsss o
lpArty, will / vote for who 10 in favor oi
free uurestticted emigration. A law K
Iprsvent emigrAnts Of bad character
IlandiOg In this country can easily bI
framed By requiring . passport for
the countries the emigrants come from
This 10 tha protection the whole coma
try wants, especially the WoIklngmen,
who are by far the greatest suff irerl
under free emigration.
II would be wise for every working
man to AtoartAln the Views Of both poll
ticAl parties on this question bsioFI
casting his vote next NoVsmb x. II Il
the duty Of both parties 70 protect thI
workinRnAn and stop the base corrup
tlon of his children which 10 increasing