The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06
WOOL AND WHEAT.


Dangerous Competition fo- ssnv wheat
Grower. Thr Wool T.rin AZ rsuss 4
strong tisai q" south AmcrieA Pau
per Labor" Tor ~. Farmer 10 Meet.
Mr.. Edward Atkinson h:l. written a
letter - Brads'rvtA cont,inin. fact
about w'.l AMI Nlra, Which will prove
~ great interest - tli,. growers IL these
staples. L'siatcs thu. whrn the wool
and wuolrn tariff ~ 1865 WAS under lis.
cnsSipn he was. invited b. The lite Ia
ward Harris. of Rhode bland. +, accom-.
pally HIM - Washington 70 oplrss. The
measure. The attitude ~ Mr.. liau,s y
specially worthy a note. "a h. was nj
that tim" ono nf ~" most intcllirunt and
successful manufarigi..rsufrn rncnsworlui
s,'1ds ~ the cnnniis ami the wool ana
wN'lcn tsuin ~ ~. u The foundation "a
al fni~'I Iicnt lsllation "a tli,afnbj~.t.
Mr.. Atkinson. rrrlfui,.d l,y Mr liar.
Ms ana 'ilrt fialnf;n tnr,r~. went 81
Waahingtnu AMI showed The WAY ana
i,rans committee that We were then in
porting ,.i, freely th, fine w.~l ~ ~,
Argentine Republic Ia south America.
and TINT ~ missing this wool with o,if
own prndmct cur manufacturers We're
allc 70 .omls.f. On fairly rI,ial terms
with their European rivals II was
claimed even tlcn. j,,st as during the
! pat two years. that The Importation u
the fine ssuuth American wouls would
bcnciif the American wool growers alu;
| fur the l..,t results IN wool,n nanufac.
! turing are reached w mixing ths.s. wnols
with our own. Til. lcin, ts,cazc. II
] VII, claimed that all cliss,.a gr,wrr<
manufactures andconsiinels would lr
benefited l,y free wool.
\ The grounds on which thc.' gentlemen
based their opposition 10 the wool tariif
Were VERY far sighted, and tulrrqncnt
events have proven the soundncs;s 81
1 their reasoning Tiny argued that il the
markets ~ the United States shorli lie
4 closed a. the South American wools,
lrse worls would not for that reason
tr.sc ~ lie yrrwn. The production og
fhc,n would continue. but. instead of
looming ~ us. those Nools would 10 10
lt.e two great European markets of Lon
,lm aud Antwerp. The prices there
| would decline i,y reason of The great pro-
lsluclion and by reason of the further fact
i that Europe furnished the only free mar
lxct for those wn,ls. Furthermore, with
an abundant supply II cheap wools Of
fhia kind. tho European manufactures
would invent special machinery and pro
ccSws for working them 10 gratest nd
vantage. Ia this way the cost vf manu-
factnrc would H. constantly lowered.
lani our own manufacturers would sur
fer an ever increasing, competition from
lthc very men into whose hands We Ind
nut a great advantage by not taking II
for ourselves.
The increased production Of these high
grade wppls III Australia and ~ the Capo
J Inf Gool Hope hat operated still further
to tho advantage of the European man
ufartur,r. The results have been as
prrlictcl. After twcnty-thrc' years of
this kind IL protection Mr. Mckinley
4 siill iiul- II necessary 70 place higher
duties on many CLASSES ~ wooden goods
The manuf:.e turrrs clamor 10 have wors-
!. scd~ elpssL as woolcns In order Ia get
higher protection. and the ohio sheep
rairrs hr,ic:,c the ways and means COM
> rniftcs ia their eager haste to get greatly
Iincr.y,scl luli,- on vol AMI ~ threaten
the Eastern woulcn manufacturers with
n ruinnu- dose Of free trade unle<s they
: 'l,,,t this higher duty.
Meanwhile the American consumer.
for whose benefit neither mlnutacturcr
nor growtr seems especially concerned,
vns on paying for his clothing nearly
double the European picc and getting
more AMI more shoddy for his money.
The rich man still imports fine English
goods for his coat, paying an enormous
duty into the treasury 'is y pcnaify ioz
imunrtina It: tho poor s.icrntcnts him
e.lf with Il "homc market" coat, paying
, his tribute ~ the protected mannt"c'
turcr.
But Mr.. Atkinson and his friends nsr''
: further argument in 1861. which y -
VI ,ecially worthy 81 attention ~ th'S time
= They predicted before the coninitsef
that IL we refused 10 take The south
American wools free not only would tns
! price az them be depressed IN Europe y
means of narrower market. bii' ihnt tn''
: depression IL the price would force ''i'
! South American farnlcrsto ~ turn' 'he'r ~
tcntion a. wheat AMI cotton. and thus =
brrn a course of successful c"inpct.noi
=. with other classes II our farmers I'M
nart of Mr.. Atkinson'r forecast y JUS
4 now hcing verified as correct. ~" ci'sT
a very interesting series q letters no"
4. appearing in The New York 'inpun'
from an intelligent correspondent y
south America Tho statements - 'hi
:. correspondent arc well worthy u tnc ~
\ fcnticn Of orr wheat growers. and shoui'
!. open their eyes ,s 10 how protection \
,nniuring up dangerous co'np'i,''I
= ~ them outside of the home market
Z and where the laws of the American con
u rress 10 protect the farmers canno
reach. -.
This correspondent writes from IN
" Argentine Republic. and his stnfcinen''
\. \, amply a. the single province q i5u'n"
y !, Ayrcs. which Is almost as large - 'n
\. \, three great states Of New York, frnn
y. svlvania and Ohio combined IN
= rrovincc Il one vast plain called "In
psmpas." and Il somewhat less than one
thir.ecnth az the entire area q the AZ
rentinc Republic. -