The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-18

and finally driven from the platform.
When we look at the iron industry
we find the wages from 30 to 40 per
cent higher west Of the Allegheny
mountains than anywhere east Of the
mountains, therefore upon protective
logic the west needs protection against
the east In the iron industry. Sixty
years ago Pittsburg was protected
against Philadelphia pig iron by cost
of 38O per ton, price of transportation
Chicago by . cost of $3.50 per ton.
Now protection has been reduced to
two or three dollars yer ton. The
west had far more reason to dread the
competition Of the east than the east
or the west had to dread the compe-
titiOn Of Great Britain. The east had
all the capital. all the experience. low
er rates Of interest. cheaper labor. and
ifever any industry needed protection
against pauper labor aud superior cap
ital it was the iron manufacture Of the
west ~ against that OF the east. 1t did
not get It, and to day, ~ least two
thirds or more Of all American iron il
made In the west. Pittsburg has
crushed out Philadelphia and New
York, and Chicago is threatening to
crush Pittsburg. and should not be
surprised II very soon Ashland or some
Lake Superior point may crush out
Chicago In the iron manufacture. Why,
then, In the name of common sense,
talk about protection as necessary to
devel0pe manufacturer
In reference to the effect of high
protection in respect to the interest OF
Iowa and with reference to free wool
In Iowa l will content myself In quot
ing from the speech Of the late candi-
date from Iowa for president: Il viii
say that In regard to wool and wOOlens
that regard II not a. an Intentional
fraud, but as operating as though it
were . fraud upon the great body of
the people Of the United States. 4 al.
lude to the sc0Oleu tariff. q iasO, the eE-
feet Of which has been TO materially
i,?jure the sheep hMsbnndsy Of this coun-
try. In = single county In the state Of
Iowa. between 1867 and 1869, the num-
Der Of sheep was reduced from q .OOO
to Is. 600 IN two years, and what il true
OF this county is true to greater or
less extent of other counties In Iowa,
and during this time the price Of sOo0l
has cOnstGntly deprecated.
Mr.. Lawrence: II should like the
gentleman to inform me how q red &c.
ton Of the duties on wool and wooden.
goods would inure to the advantage Of
the wool growers"
Mr.. Allison: I will tell the gentle
man how In my judgment the wool
grower will be benefited. As the law
now IS the tariff upon fine woods, not
produced in this country, Is 100 per
cent. upon their cost. The tariff up
on w0Olens of the same class is only
about 80 per cent. SO that the finer
wooden goods are imported and not the
coarser fabrics. Before the tariff Of
1867 our manufacturers Of fine goods,
saired foreign fine iUO0ks with our do
,acsfic products and uere thus able TO
cOnaDete stlccessfuliu Nth the foreign
manufacturer and manufacturers of
similar sc00ls. But being prohibited
from importing this class Of W0ols, these
fine goods cannot nOsO be produced in
this country as cheapiy as they can be
imported, consequently. mills that Were
formerly engaged in producing these
goods have been compelled to abandon
business or manufacture the cOdrser
ta6rics. II they could Afford TO man
make q market which we do not now
Il0vO 1OE OuI uuC WOOIS ~ OC tulAC0
with other fine woods Of different
character than from abroad Z1his
U0nt Of q market, as understand Il. Il
the reason schy our fine U0ols ,a0sO COM
M0nd so lou q price. There Is no de-
not export them in competition with
fine woods grown in other countries. y
The agricultural interest, 1t will be
ooo,, -. ,r..,nh II vS,oot svf In
aggregate product as well as in the
number Of persons employed. ! be-
lieve no one will claim that this large
interest is directly protected. II Is true
that under customs laws there Is q
oats and other agricultural products.
What Is true of wheat is equally true
of other grains. Therefore the farmer
whatever benefit be derives Is from
what the home market furnishes for
home products. Unfortunately for the
Is fixed by the price which the surplus
In London or Liverpool At that
which lixes the value OF the whole
CuOR lag COukOO IA OOsnRCV1kAOn WIN IkSO
grain produced in tie Crimea in
Hungary and in the region of the
Baltic from fields cultivated FROM what
IL known IN comparison with our own
ss pauper labor.
But l am told that we must SO
legislate as to furnish 3 home mark ct
for all our agricultural products. and
this can only be done By high tariff.
ANY one examining the subject will
see that our agricultural products In
crease more rapidly than our pOpula-
ton, so that II We do not export these
products In their natural condition, VS.
must do 30 by converting them into
manufactured articles and export
these articles. But this cannot be done
under a high tariff for all nations ,Ciil
buy manu- actsIrcd pr0ducts phcre they
are the cheapest and the nation selling
the cheapest scM control the market
This rule excludes our highly taxed
manufacturers made from highly tax.
ed materials from the markets Of the
world, although we have natural nd
vantAges possessed by no other nation
1t Is sand that free wool Is sectional
and mainly operates on northern pro-
ducts. Now in 1887 there were In