Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-24
PRoYacFiOhIsTS ALARMED.

Hr. Blsipes Reciprocity Views Alarm the
Wool Gen and 4he5 NFrita to Mckinley.
Mr.. Blaine's letter to the PRESIDENT in
fav6r OF edmitting South American
sugar ana wool free o. duty. provided
the nations OF that continent will re-
move Sheif entries against ous farm
products, has stirred up the Ohio wool
growers to q high pitch OF excitement;
end even the WOOL dealers and the
VooleA manufacturers have taken
alarm, for they remember the old threat
Of the voosasfovers, that if we ever get
free voDl through the action of the
manufacturers they would take ven
gesnce upon tAe clicked manufacturers
By putting voDlea cloth on the free list.
Accordingly some OF the manusactur-
ers and dealers themselves are alarmed
ut Mr.. Blaine's free trade break" and
. Philadelphia firm, which is one of the
largest vool houses in the country, has
written the sollowips letter - Nc
Kinley:
"The vool merket Is likely to be thrown
into q state of rfnic by Senator Hale's free
wool amendment to the Tariff bill proposing
to admit free OF duty SouthaAmerlcan wool in
exchange for the products OF the United
States The shipments, mainly merino worSk
| from the river Plate aloae, amounts to about
I'D, 00 0D pounds, eS aGainst the clip % 25D, :
| 0oo. GID pounds in the United states. The Agri-
cultural Departments stimat Sthe number Of
sheep in the United States for 1890 A COO 600,
| clipping an average of SD pounds each,
| and making in round figures about $50. 600 900
| pounds Of American wool In addition to
| the shipments from Che River Plate, it is
estim Ated that other South American sec
| tions producing mixed grades of wool-tbas
| 10, carpet woods and clothfns wools-pr4
| duce about Is much more as is shipped
| from the river Plate. The amount Of wool
| 80 rlxx%-
through the legislation OF a Republican Ad-
| Illustration 4oula be such an overwhelm-
| ing disester and disappointment to the
WOOL growing states that they could mos
| lfkely DO carried by the Democrats at the
very first elece}on. such action would be
| REGARDED Is q breach &C faith by the Sool-
| growers Who voted at the election in sc
directly on The issue OF Tree wool or Esro-
| tected wool.
eff the Blaine Hsls amendment e added
| to the Tariff BIZ, admitting South American
wool FREQ. the effect viii be to lower the
price OF al American WOOL fully ten cents
| per pound. In our opinion, this amend
ment proposes by Secretary Blaine Is a po-
| titical blunaer that involves the Admins
| trstion. The President will be confronted
| With the alternatives OF signing = Tariff bill
Rhich places vol on the free list on the one
hsna, or, on tbs other, of Sstoing the Tariff
bill, to enact which the Admin stration and
Q Hepublic4h House Of Representatives
we're elected. Democratic Senators may be
/
for this amendments for tSo reasons.
| "fhe frat will be b$cApse It contains free
ZOO, which is = Democratic principle. The
second re1soh, which = . more important
one in DeuocEetic estimation Is that It VIII
carry the Xool-Erowing Republican States
| into the DenocfStic ranks. Unless this
RnsadmeAt il hippsd ia the bud fmmedf-
stely. grete consequence will foAos."
Isserson Not aa Orthodox Professionals.
Colonel Robett G. Insersoll has al
wars been ohe OF the warehouses in the
proeectionist raaks. He made his share
Of high protection speeches in the last
csmpeien @nd said his share Il foolish
tAinse in support OF his ;party's policy.
But nov AcKinley's high-fying tariff
bill has moved even Ingersoll to speak
out against the e&treme protection
| which that so-called statesman is try
ing to saddle upon the country. Inger-
soil says:o''I believe in protecting what
are called the infant industries, but
sitter these infants get to be six feet
hish %nd wear No. IL boots it Is about
time to stop rocking the cradle, es-
recial15 when the infant tells you that
if Sou stop rocking he will get out OF
sae creslla and kick your head Of"
But IneezsoE is bsdly out of gear
eth the ortAosloH protection of this
year of srsce 1899. The grand old party
has leag ego abandoned this ''infant in
dustrg' argument; and protection in
seesa of heing milk for babes, is hence
forth to te the strong meat on which
fsll-erossn industries fasten- His party
has quit talking about encouragement
to ouv strugsling industries for q few
yea1s" Henry Clay believed in tina,
4 sort Of protection; but it is now more
than Fifty years since Clay said that
s.eieht years and q hair ought to be :
lonz enough period to feed the infants
on the milk Of protection
Coloael Ingerson il nos oFthodo<-no,
Ievea in protection
ers steal the brands of our goods in ordel
to palm OF poorer quality Of goods q:
American. But ii our manufacturer
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