The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07
PRoTEcT.ONiSTs ALARMED.

mfs bsINlWOo 1SRGSRtOc " Views Nt0fm the
Wool Men and They Write to Mckinley.
Mr.. Blaine's letter to the President in
favor of admitting South American
sugar and wool free Of duty, provided
the nat ons Of that continent will re-
move their entries against our farm
products, has stirred up the Oh o wool
growers to high pitch Of excitement;
and even the wool dealers and the
woolen manufacturers have taken
alarm, for they remember the old threat
of the wool-growers, that IL we ever get
free wool through the action Of the
manufacturers they would take ven-
geance upon the wicked manufacturers
by putting WOODEN cloth on the free list.
Accordingly some OF tho manufacture
ers and dealers themselves are alarmed
at Mr.. Blaine's free trade break" and
Philadelphia firm, which is one of the
largest wool houses in the country, has
written the following letter to Nc
x nley:
.'Tne wool market ID likely to b. thrown
into state Of panic by senatnr Hale's FREQ
wool aim .ndMert % the iari6 bill prop.,siny
10 admit free Of duty South Am rlca w.,ol N
exchange Tor the produ .ts Of Q Cnit"d
States The ship ',ents. nain'y me ino wo l.
from The river Plate alo1., amounts to about
3 O.0O.0O0 pounds. AS against tre 81 p Of Is =
90 tOO pO nds In III United states. The Agri-
cultural Dc?ar mcnt cstimat . he numb rnf
sheep lii the Unite statc$ for 1850 ut Az. 0D.OM,
clipping an average It ak pounds each.
q I'd making In round fiyu es about $50 OOO, 600
pnu ds OF American wool. In addition to
the shipments from the River Pit. II IL
estim d tnat other Sou h American sec.
tio product ,g mixed Rra es of ~ool-t at
is. carpet woods and clnthing v. w.ols-p.o.
du Q about AZ much more as ID shipped
from III river Plate. The amount Of w.ol
coming to the United tates fr o OF duty
hr uY thu legislation of . r publican Ad-
ministration wOul be an h nm Ov rwhelm-
Ing di a-tcr and di>app.i.t nent to the
wo l.gr,.w ng Atates that they would most
likely be carried by the Democrats ut the
very first election. tuch acti N " ,uld be
reg rael as a breach Of faith by tho wool-
grow RS wno voted ut tha election In 1873
dir .cily on tho issue OF Tree wool or pro-
ctei w0al.
III the Blaine Halo amendment 10 added
to the Tariff bill. y mitting 8. nth American
w vol free the effect v II be TO lower the
price of oil Americ wool fully ten cen .
per po nd In our opinion, this amend.
ment proposed by .cretary Bla ne Is po-
litical blunder that involves the Ad. inis-
tratinn The Pr .sldent will b. confronted
with the alternative Of gning Tar II bill
waich nj ces wool 0n 70 free list ON ha one
hind, or. on this 9th r. I vetOiny the Tariff
bill TO enact which tho Administration and
| = Republ cin House OF Re"resent tives
were elected d mocratic Senators may be
| counted ON as sure !. vate with Il puUlicans
or this amendment for tw reasons.
the tirst will be Oecau 20 It contains free
WOO which is De nocratic principle. The
second reason, which Is n more important {
one in Democratic est IN ation, 10 tnat IL will
carry III. wnol-gr0wilg X publ m States
Into the D'mOcra 10 ranks Unlo.s this
amendm mt Is n.pned In the bid immedi-
at .ly. grave con .cquenc will follow"