Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-03-01

Of the National Association of Wool Manu-
facturers, TO whom we have already refer
red The first three sources ought 10 fur
nish authority Of kind to satisfy even
Mr. Childs
The Commercial Bulletin says with un-
mistakable directness, The figures you en-
close are eminently misleading"
The Herald man thinks the figures were
compiled from the scrap books Of some
one Of the daily papers, but has no time
to investigate them
The tariff reform secretary and Globe
editor says 81 have examined carefully
the figures which you enclosed and | can
not tell you where they were obtained
My opinion is, from comparison with the
figures presented by Mauger & Avery, and
published in the late treasury report on
wool and the manufactures Of wool. that
they are Enthusiastically. The comparison
ON which this unfavorable conclusion is
founded it will be seen, is with the very
table of quotations which Mr. Childs used
to prove his figures right, and which the
Reformer says with owlish wisdom, "are
almost precisely the same as those Of the
Grindstone circular Another cruel thrust
under the fifth rib
Mr.. Battison suggests probable source
for the figures up to 1861, but says, 81 can
find no explanation at all Of the possible
source Of the balance Of the table"
In short, the testimony of this whole
enclosed correspondence" only adds just
so much to the condemnation Of the Grind.
stone figures.
How it happened that the World gave
twice false lead on the wool figures We
cannot say Under ordinary circumstance.
it might be thought that the intention was
to give some sort of an answer, trusting t.
it not being followed up. In view, how.
ever, Of the energy with which Mr. viii
son took hold Of the work after. he found
that we had undertaken the investigation
in sober earnest, and in view Of the squar,
and uncompromising declaration which h,
made when satisfied Of the falsity Of hi,
wool table, we are not called upon to max,
accusations, or to crowd the point as to tn,
reckless use Of figures by the leading Dem
ocratic journal Of the United States.
We presume that not even Mr. Childi
himself will undertake to say that this un
covering Of the falsity Of the Worlds fix
ures relieves him Of the charge Of reck
less aud INSCRIPTIONS use Of figures II
preparing and publishing his Grindston,
circular he set himself up AS a teacher Of
the public in political matters. The fact thai
he did not compile the figures himself, but
took them from some other source does moi
relieve him in any degree from responsible
ity for them. Least Of all should he hav,
taken them from floating newspaper DIES
patch Of unknown authority and with II,
other endorsement. 1t was his husues,
first to investigate the figures and max,
sure of their reliability
Our own Information is to the effect tha
he and other local Democrat, did So far in
vestigate this table as to become Statistic,
that IN the main its figures gave the high
est wool prices in low tariff years and tn,
lowest price, IN high tariff years aud OF
the strength of thi, the Grindstone circu
lars were showed out broadcast to try t,
mi-lead the farmers into the belief that pro
lection Is running the wool industry 80
only were these circulars used by the tel
thousand here at home, but they we're adj
verti,cd all over the West. Northwest an,
in California, and the total issue couute,
up into the hundred thousands, and ii ha
been openly boosted that the profits on then