Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-10-10
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rh@ Failare .f ths T.riH TO Sat q, Grow-
.r- sn . Msas,Astarers "f wo"i-iiow the
High Duties on WooI iiays Failed ts I'm
cou' age weot Urowiag aud Wool Msuu-
facfurnTn NJ ths y ,ni Time The later. sts
sf the Geow-r snd tho usnufartarer irro.
q priiAble--Lrt tho Psoi.ls live Thesr
Is.isg.
Tho protection sts fancy that thoy
can mako kind OF protection on wool
and on woolon goods which will recon
clio tho confictng interests OF tho
wool grower ami the manufacturer In
order TO do this they put high dut es on
wool u vt mulate It's protect on; and
when they come 10 protect tho voolen
manufacturer they not only impose .
high al vu.orr m duty on woolcn goods.
but they give him also u so-c7lied com
ransa,ory duty" OF 50 much per pound
orlcr yard on tho competing foreign
products In order to compensate him for
tho high duties ho pa ON his foreign
wool. or for tiic tar if-increlsed price ho
pad for h = homegrown wool.
In th way. by p.lng up tariffs the
protection sts va.nly hope to make both
The grower OF wool AMI tho mnnufact-
urer OF cloth prosperous ani to hear
icm both calling down blcss ms upon
our bcnclccnt system OF protection.
Tho protect,.ns SITS make for themselves
very pretty u ctures OF the excellent
workings 81 their system. They take
especial light I'm showing how 1t
brings the woolon mills ncar to the
wool growers And then lust SEQ what
nm enormous saving OF. frc ght both
ways factory just ut hand with
many operatives TO bc fod with garden
true Truly protection is good thing
--''.t blcssos hta that gives and him
that iahcs.'
A beaut fui dreami Letus sec how it
is fu iill,d Ohio Is tho State which.
more than all othcrs has moved heaven
anlrarth to got high duties on wool. 1t
Is there that the so-called political
shepherds" live and have their being
viz. Delano. liarpater and Lawronce
In n Stale liko this the proteotionist
dream ought 20 10 realized. Any woolen
mill thero ought TO have smooth road
70 prosperity.
What are the fac,s2 Tho Dry Goods
Economist prints tho following piece OF
+. news. The woolcn mill Mt Findlsy,
q, has coascd 10 do business, and the
building Is now used as 4 glass factory"
The mill ut Findlay was doubtless
among that large number (James Do
Ian, the great protectionist wool manu-.
fscturer. OF Philadelphia, said In his
lettcr TO Senator Quay ono-ha'f OF all
the mills In the country which were
shut down during tho suilmes
But why did this mill select tho glass
industry? Tho reason Is plain. Foreign
window glass last year paid an average
duty OF in5 per cent. and Mckinley has
been trying To maze tho duties still
higher. Docs not th confirm the
statement quoted aprrovIngly by sena'
tor Plumb from friend OF his
that 'the American manufacturer
does not manufacture any thing
he can not mako certain
and great profit on and that he stands
out OF tho way OF the foreign manufact-
urer as TO other articles on which he
can not make satisfactory prohts?' DID
the enormous protect on on window
glass tempt tie Findlay WOODEN IN II to
cnango itself into glass factory? And
on the soil OF Ohio. too whero it could
buy its wool right at is doors and prove
the truth OF tho "home market" theory
Hut the home market" theory has
worried no better for the Ohio wool
grower than 1t has for the manufacturer.
: Pennsylvania affords still more
striking illustration OF the workings Of
tho homo market theory when applied
TO WOOL, Philndelphia is tho greatest
manufacturing centcr In America in the
CONSUMPTION OF wool. Surcly pennsyl.
vania ought to DO the State above all
Others where wool growing should
thrive; for there tho mills arc brought
IN largo numbers very close to the
growers OF wool--a very paradise In
VIII Oh to gather the fruits Of protection
and show how wise, and beautiful, and
g5od the home market IDEA is Buthow
docs the m ,tter stand In Ponnsy.vania?
In 1868 the State had 8. 422. 900 sheep; In
1858 1t had lost 20 in every 100 and had
only 9s4 OOJ left That's pretty
howdy-dol" The result OF all this high
protection on wool Is that sheep
rails ng has increased only in
tho remote West and Northwest where
vast tracts OF uncultivated land can
still be rented or bought at very low
ratca A further fact: Notwithstand.
ing the high duties on wool In prospect
whom the National Wool Growers Asso'
citation met in Galveston, Tex. several